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Connick thought of the matter of Lin Yuan playing with him and Antoine on the boat, which was kept secret by him. He was worried that he would lose face if it was spread in front of everyone today, so he deliberately changed the subject and said, "We I came to find Xu Linxiang today, the delivery date agreed in our contract has passed, and they haven’t delivered yet.”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "So that's why you came to arrest people?"

Connick nodded, and said, "Of course, according to the "Shanghai Pidgin Joint Trial Regulations" signed by our British government and your Qing government in 1868, all cases involving the citizens of our British Empire must be handled by our consular officials. Preside over the joint trial, whether it is the plaintiff or the defendant, as long as one party is a citizen of our British Empire, the case must be taken to the joint trial court set up by our British Empire."

"Now the bristles that Xu Linxiang gave me are overdue, I want to sue him, so I am the plaintiff, and I am a citizen of the British Empire, so this case has to be tried by our tribunal. By the way, you Qing government can send The officials are going to visit the interrogation, Mr. Lin, do you want to go?"

What Connick said is true. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to China’s weakness, foreigners enjoyed extraterritorial rights in China. Just as Connick said, as long as foreigners are involved in a lawsuit, they must be tried by foreigners. .

Connick was very arrogant when he said these words, Lin Yuan smiled faintly, and said, "Isn't it just that the expectations were not paid? It's easy to handle, don't you just want liquidated damages? Tell me a number."

Connick stretched out a finger, and said, "One million pounds, even if you lose one cent."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "That batch of bristles is only worth 3000 taels of silver in total, and you're asking for 100 million pounds now, isn't that extortion! But this matter is very strange. If it is extortion, the amount of money extorted It can’t be too much, if it’s too much, others won’t be able to give it out, so it’s better not to cheat.”

Lin Yuan thought about it for a while: "Connick must have thought this way. He heard me mention Xu Linxiang when he was on the boat today, so he concluded that Xu Linxiang had a relationship with me, so he wanted to blackmail Xu Xianglin, but Xu Xianglin couldn't get it out. With so much money, I will definitely ask for help, and I will definitely not just sit idly by, and will definitely help Xu Xianglin pay back the money, so that he can get the money back."

Lin Yuan guessed right, that's what Connick planned, he wanted to use this method to get back all the fees Lin Yuan charged, Lin Yuan saw through Connick's trick, so he smiled: "The amount of liquidated damages is not what you said How much is how much, we must talk about things according to the contract, you take out the contract, we will do the math."

Connick unhurriedly took out the contract, handed it to Lin Yuan, and said, "It is clearly written in black and white. If any party breaches the contract, it must compensate the other party for the losses caused by the breach."

Lin Yuan searched through the contract, and murmured "no good" in his heart. It turned out that there was only this sentence in the contract about the penalty for breach of contract, and there was nothing else. This sentence was vague and did not explain the losses caused to the other party. How to define it leaves a lot of room for both parties to operate. If the law enforcers can deal with it fairly, it will be fine, but now the two parties are going to the British tribunal, and Xu Xianglin's lawsuit is doomed. "

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Xu Xianglin will definitely not be able to hand over the money, and I certainly can't just sit idly by, but I will definitely not give money to this traitor. What can I do? If I use the army and don't pay, it will appear to be publicized." I am at a loss, so I have to think of a way to get the best of both worlds."

Lin Yuan pondered for a while, and came up with a brilliant idea. He walked up to Xu Xianglin and whispered to him, "Is your family rich?"

Xu Xianglin said helplessly: "This old man is a small-profit business, and after so many years, he has only spent a coffin money."

Lin Yuan asked, "Give me a number."

Xu Xianglin replied: "There are only less than 200 taels of silver in total."

Lin Yuan nodded, and said in a low voice: "That's enough, that's enough, you can do whatever I ask you later, understand?"

Xu Xianglin didn't understand what he meant, so he nodded in agreement. Lin Yuan turned his head and said to Connick, "Okay, you're right, we're going to the tribunal now, and I'm going to attend the trial according to the regulations."

The soldiers present were very puzzled when they heard Lin Yuan's words, and Yu Ming said directly: "Shuai Lin, how could you let this traitor take our compatriots away?"

Lin Yuan waved his hand lightly and said, "It's okay, we'll go to the tribunal."

Connick thought to himself: "No matter how tough you are Lin Yuan, you still have to bow in front of the British." Connick said triumphantly, "Master Lin, return the guns of our soldiers of the British Empire."

Lin Yuan's face suddenly turned serious, and two cold lights shot out from his eyes. Connick felt the hairs all over his body stand on end. He quickly turned his face away, not looking into Lin Yuan's eyes, and an ominous premonition emerged in his heart: his plan I'm afraid it won't be that easy.

Lin Yuan said coldly: "I have already promulgated a ban on guns. It is strictly forbidden for anyone to come to the people with guns. You British people openly disobeyed. If the commander does not detain these guns, what face will he have?"

Connick didn't dare to say any more, so everyone came to the interrogation court together. The appearance here was very similar to the yamen in the Qing Dynasty in China. After Lin Yuan entered, he sat in the guest seat next to him. Someone brought a chair for Connick. Let Connick sit down, and Xu Xianglin let him kneel on the ground.

The person in charge of the trial was Asco, and Antoine had already greeted him, so the interrogation process went very smoothly, and the final verdict was entirely Xu Xianglin's fault, so Asco sentenced Xu Xianglin to pay Asco for breach of contract. Gold, Xu Xianglin said: "The goods are only a few thousand taels of silver, so there is no need for a liquidated damages of 100 million pounds!"

Connick then stood up and said angrily: "Your Honor, the liquidated damages of 100 million is less. You see, if their goods don't arrive, the ship we hired will be for nothing. They need to compensate for the money, we also signed a huge contract with the brush factory, and there are also liquidated damages to be compensated..."

Asko then nodded in agreement, and pronounced the verdict on the spot that Xu Xianglin had to pay a liquidated damages of 100 million pounds!

Xu Xianglin thought to himself: "100 million, how can I have so much money! I still have to rely on Lin Shuai for help!" So he looked at Lin Yuan as if asking for help, who knew that Lin Yuan pretended not to see him, which made Xu Xianglin's heart ache. I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Lin Yuan's gourd.

Connick saw Xu Xianglin look at Lin Yuan begging for help, and he was extremely proud. He looked at Lin Yuan and thought, "You have to spit out our money if you take it from us." He said, "Lord Lin, are you satisfied with the verdict?"

Lin Yuan nodded and said: "Satisfied, of course I am satisfied. If there is nothing else, we will leave first." Lin Yuan took Xu Xianglin out the door after speaking.

When Xu Xianglin got outside, he begged Lin Yuan: "Master Lin, you must save me."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm all ready."