Lin Yuan thought to himself: "In that case, then this person who came tonight should be my enemy, but who is this person?" So Lin Yuan asked, "Who is this guest tonight?" ”

The master hurriedly said: "It's Lord Yuan Shikai's special envoy, saying that he came to the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau to inspect the construction of the warship. ”

Lin Yuan nodded silently when he heard this, and thought: "Since it is Yuan Shikai's person, it makes sense, Yuan Shikai and I have always had a grudge, and that call may have been made by this envoy, but the level of this envoy is really not very good, and if he wants to stab me, he should be behind the back, and he can't get off the stage for me in front of the gong." ”

Lin Yuan smiled and asked, "Do you know the name of this envoy?" ”

The master shook his head again and again, and said, "After he came, we all called him the envoy, and as for the name, no one asked. ”

Lin Yuan was at the dining table next to him and asked, "You don't know the name of Lu Dao?" So how do you put name tags on the table? ”

The master smiled: "The envoy must sit at the main table, do you still use a name tag?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "That's okay, since you don't know who Lu Dao is, then I'll stay and see for myself." ”

When the master heard this, he knelt down again, and begged: "Lord Lin, I can't help it! Our little life ......"

Lin Yuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, I'll just hide in this room and not go out, that envoy will never go upstairs and search me room by room." ”

The master knew that neither the envoy nor Lin Shuai could be offended, so he could only agree, and Lin Yuan asked the driver to come up again, let people get some good wine and food, and wait for the envoy to come.

In the evening, he heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from the street, Lin Yuan looked at the street from the window, and saw a long dragon-like guard of honor coming from a distance, and when he came to the door, he heard the sound of firecrackers, and a large sedan chair carried by eight people stopped at the door, and the sedan curtain was lifted, and a tall man wearing an official uniform came out of the sedan chair. ”

But Lin Yuan looked down from the top of the man's head, so he couldn't see his face clearly, and when the man entered the hall, Lin Yuan saw his face clearly through the crack in the door, and he was suddenly surprised at this look, it turned out that this person was Yuan Shikai's cronies - Yuan Er, this Yuan Er came out to stop Lin Yuan when he was building the railway, and beat Lin Yuan with a whip, and was beaten by Lin Yuan fiercely.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I cleaned up Yuan Er so badly, it's strange that he doesn't hate me, I really didn't expect him to be promoted, it seems that Yuan Shikai is the ghost, it's really a person who has ascended to heaven!" With Yuan Shikai and Yuan Er in the way, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to get all the technical workers of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau to me, what can I do? ”

At this moment, only to hear that the originally bustling hall suddenly became quiet, Lin Yuan's heart moved, and he thought: "This must be Yuan Er's speech, I'll listen to what he will say." Lin Yuan listened quietly with bated breath, and only heard Yuan Er say at this time: "I came this time to inspect the battleship and create the situation on behalf of Lord Yuan, and when I go back, I will report the results of the inspection to Lord Yuan, and Lord Yuan will also report the results to the Holy Lord." ”

Lin Yuan listened to Yuan Er's words and smiled secretly in his heart: "As soon as a few words are paused, look at Yuan Er's official tone so much!" I heard Yuan Er continue: "I came this time and brought you a generous gift." As soon as the words came out, everyone listened with anticipation, and Lin Yuan also thought, "Generous gifts? What kind of gifts? ”

At this time, I heard Yuan Er say: "Our Lord Yuan said, as long as we can build two warships in two months, so that our family can show their faces in front of the saint, our family will be rewarded, please rest assured, everyone will be rewarded." ”

Everyone let out cheers, but Lin Yuan thought, "Build two warships in two months?" That's too fast, right? Even if we have mastered advanced technology, we can't build two warships so quickly! ”

At this time, I saw a foreigner coming out of the crowd, it was Du Yeer, he smiled heartily at everyone: "Let me tell you a good news, our battleship has been mostly completed, and now only the painting work remains, and our workers are also working overtime around the clock, I invite you to watch the ceremony in a few days!" ”

Lin Yuan was shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself: "How long has it been since the emperor asked Yuan Shikai to build a warship, and there are all kinds of miscellaneous things in between, how can they build a warship so quickly?" No, there must be something greasy in this! What's going on here? I should go to the shipyard and take a look, I might as well go now, their heads are here, and no one in the shipyard will notice. ”

Lin Yuan then called the driver on the side, took advantage of the staggered space in the hall outside, came down the stairs, quietly slipped out of the back door, and then drove straight to the shipyard, which was still far from the shipyard, Lin Yuan asked the driver to stop the car, and then said to him: "Park the car, I'll go into the shipyard to have a look, and I'll be back in a while." ”

The shipyard is leaning against the sea on one side, and the other side is sealed with a fence, the fence is very high, and the top is still pointed, it is not easy to climb over, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "With such a long fence, there will definitely be people inside to make a gap for the convenience of access, so I will look outside, maybe I can find a gap, and it will be much easier to get in." ”

Lin Yuan had just walked a few steps, and he saw a gap more than one person wide on the fence, Lin Yuan got into it, this is a warehouse where waste parts are stacked, so there is no one nearby, Lin Yuan learned that they are not patrolling at night when chatting with the guards, so he walked in the direction of the dock with confidence.

Lin Yuan passed through the steel pretreatment workshop and the cutting and welding workshop, and the more he walked, the more he felt that something was wrong, because the factory was too quiet, if according to what Du Yeer said, the workers were working overtime, and now the factory should be very noisy! Could it be that their battleship is really left with the last part of the livery left?

Lin Yuan thought in his heart, and soon came to the dock, to his surprise: there was no one patrolling here, only a small light was still on in the room next to him, and an old man inside was already snoring like thunder.

Lin Yuan smiled secretly in his heart, walked through the preparation lot, entered the slipway, and was surprised when he looked at the slipway below, it turned out that there were really two battleships on it, chimneys, main guns, and secondary guns, Lin Yuan thought in surprise: "The hull has been built, the outfitting has also been completed, it seems that there is only the painting left!" ”

Lin Yuan looked at the surroundings and saw that there was no one around, quietly went down the steps on the side, came to the side of the battleship, and carefully looked at the hull by the starlight, only to see that it was painted with silver-gray paint, there was nothing wrong, Lin Yuan thought: "The painting on the hull was completed before the outfitting began, if there is anything that has not been painted on this warship, it must be the outfitting part above, that is, the turret, chimney and other parts." ”

Lin Yuan thought of this and wanted to go up to the warship to see, when he saw a tall wooden shelf on the side, so he walked up to the wooden shelf, went up to the ship and took a closer look at the turret, so surprised that he almost fell off the shelf.