The wide river surface is cold and calm.

From the time they set off until now, Chen Tian and the others only saw one cargo ship along the way. And the cargo ship doesn't look like it's running long-range...... And if it were before, in such a section of water, I am afraid it would be normal to encounter more than a dozen ships.

From this, it can be seen that the Mekong River has not been very peaceful recently. It can be said that there are no boats that dare to walk on this body of water now, and all this is obviously made by those drug lords.

The sky was getting dark, and Chen Tian and Wu Shun were still sitting on the piercing head. The lights hanging on the top of the cabin emit a dim light in the darkness, and the already quiet surface of the river is even quieter. All around, there was only the roar of their boat.

"Brother Chen, do you want to find a place to rest. If we continue to move forward at this point, someone will definitely stop us. Wu Shun spoke.

Chen Tian nodded, "Brother Wu, you are most familiar with this water, we will do whatever you say." ”

Wu complied, and then arranged for the two crew members to slow down and find a place to stop first.

In fact, there is no way around it. Originally, it was not peaceful here, and in the middle of the night, the roar of their ship was so loud that it could be heard from afar. And as soon as they hear that a boat is passing by, those who stay on the shore and live on this boat will definitely hear it.

Of course, Chen Tian is not worried about this. There was another reason why he agreed to let Ushun stop the boat. That is, until now, Yin Zhongtu and the Taibang master have not called. In other words, although Chen Tian has entered the area of the Golden Triangle, he does not know where to go and where to trade.

This point is also unclear to Ushun. The reason why he knew that the crew had been kidnapped in the first place, and then kidnapped the two crew members and asked him to find Chen Tian. It was because the returning crew members told him that he had no direct contact with the two crew members.

Leaving a crew member at the bow to keep an eye on the situation, Chen Tian and Wu Shun entered the cabin. took out the beef and other side dishes prepared in advance, and then Wu Shun took out a bottle of liquor.

"Brother Chen, take two sips?"

"Okay. Brother Wu wants to drink, let's accompany ......" Chen Tian said with a smile, and then before he finished his words, he suddenly stopped.

Voice, someone on the shore is coming quickly towards this side. And there should be a lot of people, and the running sound is very noisy.

Discovering this, Chen Tian couldn't help but sneer. It seems that these people were not far from here just now, and they must have heard the roar of the ship before they were lured.

"Brother Wu, I'm afraid I'll have to drink this wine later. Chen Tian said, turning his head and sprinting to wink.

The Assassin understood, and immediately turned and walked out of the cabin, patting the captain at the bow of the ship and motioning for him to enter the cabin. And the boatman didn't know why, so he couldn't help but look at Wushun.

Wu Shun was also stunned, but he knew that Chen Tian was not an ordinary person. Although he is not a person from the underground world in the true sense, he also knows a lot about the things in the underground world. If he didn't even know Chen Tian's name, wouldn't it be very painful?

"Brother Chen, what's wrong?" Wu Shun's expression sank and he put the wine away. Then he waved another crew member to open a hidden compartment at the bottom of the cabin.

The boatman is also a clever man, otherwise he would not have been chosen by Wu Shun to come to the Golden Triangle with Chen Tian. With just one look, he understood, and after opening the dark compartment with a quick movement, he took out a double-barreled shotgun from it.

It is said that it is a hunting gun, but in fact, it is the kind of folk earthen gun. The kind that has to be reloaded if you hit it, this thing is now considered an antique when taken out. Usually people who play with guns, no one uses this.

But Wushun and the other boat gang are not underground gangsters who lick blood on the knife edge after all, but are really engaged in regular business. Naturally, they don't buy pistols, rifles, or anything like that. In fact, putting such a guy on the ship is purely for self-defense.

"What are you stunned about, give me the guy. Ushun said to the crew.

Who knew that the guy shook his head, "Boat boss, you stay here, I'll come." ”

It turned out that there was only such a earthen gun on this one, so if Wu Shun took it, then the crew would not have to take it. If the crew took it, Wushun didn't take it. But no matter who takes it, there is no doubt that they will be on the front line, and the danger is naturally needless to say.

Seeing that the crew was about to walk to the bow of the boat with a gun, Wu Shun suddenly got up and grabbed him, and roared in a low voice: "Bastard, the hair hasn't grown, you know how to play this guy." Stay in the cabin obediently, and if something happens, immediately jump into the river and hide. ”

The crew was helpless and was snatched away by Ushun with the gun. Speaking of this crew, his name is "Xiao Qi", and the one in the bow is called "Xiao Wu". Both names are nicknames, and they are called out by everyone going out to run the boat together, for convenience.

Chen Tian sat aside, smiled at this scene and did not speak. Judging from the performance of Wushun and Xiaoqi, the boat gang is still good under the management of Wushun. At least the brothers in the gang are righteous and will not drop the chain at a critical moment, which is enough.

"Brother Wu, don't be so nervous. If there's really something to talk about, put that guy away first, and I'm blind. Chen Tiandao.

"It wasn't so good before, but I've been nervous a while lately. Wu Shun said, putting aside the earthen gun in his hand and covering it with a piece of oilcloth.

Chen Tian can naturally understand. Legitimate businessmen, whoever encounters this will be nervous. Especially lately, it's been a rough patch.

And in such a short time, those who came from the shore had reached the river. Because of the lights on the ship, you can clearly see the movements of those people.

A rough estimate shows that the number of people is about fourteen or fifteen. And when they arrived at the shore, they immediately raised their guns at the boat of Chen Tian and others, those were real guns, there were pistols and semi-automatic.

"Pull over the boat. Don't think about running, unless you're not going to take this line in the future. A guy on the shore said coldly in a stiff Chinese language.

Due to the special geographical environment here, these people all rely on this river to survive, and most of the people who walk from this river are Chinese cargo ships. It is not surprising that these people can speak a few words of Chinese.

It's really painful to say, and he speaks a foreign language when he robs!

Hearing the shouts of the people on the shore, Wu Shun, the boss of the boat, stood at the bow of the boat and said, "Brothers, we didn't come out to run the boat this time, there is no cargo on the boat." A little wine money, please a few people, not too little. ”

As he spoke, Ushun asked the crew to pull the boat over. In fact, at this time, if Wushun really drove the boat and ran away. The people on the shore may not be able to catch up, but although they escaped this catastrophe, it is equivalent to completely offending this group of people to death.

This is extremely unwise for people who run a business. Because Wushun knew that these guys on the shore had no reason to talk about at all. This time you run away, they won't have the patience to wait until the next time they catch you. They will have no purpose at all, and will take revenge on every Chinese cargo ship that passes by.

These retaliations are not necessarily killers who use knives and guns, sometimes they are doubling protection fees, beating crew members, and so on. For example, sometimes one box of goods can pass, but the next two boxes or three boxes may not be able to let you go.

It is precisely for this reason that anyone who encounters this kind of thing will not walk away. That would leave a woe for their fellow believers. And if you meet some people who don't belong to the boat gang to do this, the boat gang will come out too. Otherwise, you will run away with the goods once, and you will never walk on this waterway again, but what about the big guy of the boat gang?

Therefore, nine out of ten cargo ships that walk on this waterway will join the boat gang. Otherwise, if your ship wants to go here, you'll have to give an explanation to the boat gang. This means that you can pay a boat to follow you, or you can use a boat to help you transport your goods.

Although this point is a bit overbearing, it seems that the entire waterway is monopolized by the boat gang. But this can't be helped, life-threatening matters, wouldn't it be completely messed up without some rules?

Of course, if it is replaced by a ship from another country, for example, the boat gang will naturally not be able to control it. In the same way, if the ships of other countries offend the group of guys on the shore, the guys will not retaliate against the Chinese ships.

As the saying goes, interlacing is like separating mountains. These are all ways to run a boat, Chen Tian doesn't know much, but he can really understand it. In the final analysis, everyone is trying to make a living, and it is not easy for everyone. Just like the boat boss, in order to earn some money, his son is gone, and his wife is also in a nursing home, is it easy?

The ship gradually approached, and during this time, Chen Tian and the assassin kept an eye on the movement on the shore, but the two did not speak, and everything was left to the ship boss to negotiate. If you can pass smoothly, give some money, give some money, and don't make it easy to find excitement here for this little thing.

As soon as the boat landed, a group of people on the shore immediately got on board. The rest of the people were still pointing guns at Wu Shun, Chen Tian and others.

"Big brothers, there is really no cargo on the ship. Can you just give it a convenience today?" Wu Shun said, already taking out a red envelope from his pocket and handing it over.

This thing is indispensable every time before going on a ship. If you don't meet these evildoers halfway, you're lucky. But if you run into it, maybe this red envelope will work.

Wu Shun is an old man on this waterway, so naturally he will not forget this.

The guy took the red envelope, tore it open on the spot and pulled out the money inside. Chen Tian saw it very clearly, the thick pile was probably a few thousand yuan at the bottom.

If you meet four or five times along the way, then a mother's shipload of goods will run away in vain. Tens of thousands of tickets were thrown to these brutes for nothing!

Thinking of this, Chen Tian's mood was inevitably a little uncomfortable.

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