Chapter 403: A Quiet Morning
In the darkness of the night, the logging team had traveled a few hundred meters, and when everyone looked back, the naval port had completely disappeared from view. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Stop. Zheng Fei said urgently.
As soon as the words fell, everyone immediately jumped out of the car and gathered around, their eyes focused on the craftsman lying on the flatbed, who was already unconscious and motionless.
"Pour hot water from the pot on him. Zheng Fei said while pinching the midpoint of the craftsman's nasolabial fold, that is, the middle of the person.
Although the craftsman pretended to be dead, he only wore a thin coat in such a weather of more than ten degrees below zero, and in order to make the craftsman's face pale and more like a dead man, he deliberately let him freeze in the cold wind for half an hour before coming out.
In order to escape from this prison that I don't know when I will be liberated, and in order to meet my son, who has not been heard from for eight years, the craftsman is willing to gamble with his life at the cost of everything.
There was deep tension and worry in their expressions, and they kept pouring hot water over his whole body and rubbing his limbs to keep warm, this place was only a few hundred meters from the naval port, and if he lit a fire to keep warm, he would be discovered by the guards.
In this way, time passed minute by minute, and the craftsman in the coma never moved, and his face was bloodless.
"My God, he's not really dead, is he?" the lumberjack leader began to blame himself for his plan.
"Keep pouring hot water, don't stop. Zheng Fei frowned: "Santiago, pour a few mouthfuls into his mouth." ”
Santiago hurriedly unscrewed the lid of the pot, broke open the craftsman's mouth, and poured in the rare warm current of the cold winter night.
In order to prevent the water from freezing on the craftsmen, people poured hot water one pot after another, using the most primitive heating method, hoping that the craftsmen would wake up.
After all, their hearts are not as cold as winter nights.
The unremitting efforts of the crowd finally paid off, and after some time, Santiago suddenly noticed the craftsman's eyelids move and exclaimed, "Hey, he's awake!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the craftsman coughed heavily, and then slowly lifted his heavy eyelids, his eyes haggard.
He could feel his body gradually recovering, and he raised the corners of his mouth slightly, glad that he had picked up a life.
After a few more minutes, he was able to speak, and the first thing he said was: Thank you.
"Didn't the guards wake you up with a whip just now?" said the lumberjack leader curiously.
"At that time, my consciousness was awake, but my body was not awake and I couldn't move. ”
The craftsman shivered, and a lumberjack wiped the water off his body and wrapped him in a fur coat to ward off the howling wind.
Seeing that he was fine, Zheng Fei sighed with relief, took out the wine jug to drink wine to warm up, and nodded to the lumberjacks: "Where are you going now, go back?"
"Otherwise, you can't sleep in the field tonight, can you?" said the leader with a wry smile.
"I mean, are you going to continue to work as lumberjacks and collect wood for the Navy Harbor?"
"Of course, although the salary of our lumberjacks is not high, it is twice as much as the porters at the docks, which is a bit more miserable. ”
"But the problem is that if the guards later learn that there was no sudden death of the craftsman tonight, and that the shipyard commander did not let you transport people out, you will be in big trouble. ”
Zheng Fei's words made the leader stunned for a moment, and the lumberjacks looked at each other in the cold wind, and a trace of panic appeared in their pupils.
Even if the officers and guards of the shipyard disliked each other and rarely communicated with each other, if this happened, the consequences could be imagined.
Thinking of this, the leader couldn't help but clench his fists, his eyes rolled around in a panic, and he regretted that he had decided to take the craftsman out.
However, the next second, he heard good news.
"If you wish, you can sail with me and sail across the ocean to my land to be my lumberjack, and I will pay you twice as much. ”
Hearing this, the loggers' eyes lit up.
"Where's your territory?" asked the leader.
"Across the ocean. ”
"Across the ocean...... On the other side of the Baltic Sea, is it Gdansk?"
"Well, I'm talking about the Atlantic, not the Baltic. ”
"Atlantic ...... Where?"
"In ......" After thinking for a moment, Zheng Fei scratched his head with a wry smile: "I'll talk about this later, are you willing to go with me?"
The leader made eye contact with the guys, then smiled, "What reason do we have to refuse?"
"Okay, then go back now and bring the things and people you want to bring, and we'll go into the city tonight. ”
Probably thinking of something suddenly, the leader frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Before that, I want to ask you what you did when you entered the naval port, you can't just come out after a circle, right?"
"It's just a turn, and the craftsman can testify. Zheng Fei smiled and sat on the flatbed.
The leader Nunu mouthed, seeing that the craftsman nodded affirmatively, he didn't think much about it, and beckoned the men to continue on their way, this ghost weather was too cold, and no one would want to stay in the cold wind for longer.
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Next.
Several connected manors on the outskirts of the city are temporary residences for everyone.
These manors belonged to the same family, and their owners were a well-known old local nobleman who encouraged his sons to carry forward their chivalry and join the army for training, ready to join the expedition plan at any time.
It was also for this reason that several of the family's estates were left idle, and the old nobles often rented them to people who had just migrated to the city, not only to provide convenience, but also to make a lot of money, after all, he was old, had no other source of income, and had contributed most of his fortune to the expedition in the early years.
Each manor accommodates more than 1,000 people, fortunately, the Danish Dynasty at this time did not lack land, the manor covers an extremely wide area, and more than 1,000 people did not feel crowded in it at all.
Of course, the rent of such a large manor is not cheap, and on average, each manor costs more than 2,000 silver coins per day.
When Zheng Fei woke up from his sleep, it was the most wonderful time of the day, early in the morning.
It was a quiet morning, and he stood by the window, squinting in the warm sun, holding a glass of hot milk in his hand, looking out at the distant scenery.
Beside him, Britney lay quietly on the couch, holding a book in her left hand and her long silky hair with her right hand, which was just wet after washing, and from time to time water droplets dripped onto the book.
"Hey, can you wipe it for me, I'm not as strong as you. "She's coquettish.
Zheng Fei smiled happily, put down the milk cup, picked up a dry towel and gently wrapped her hair, and wiped it gently.
At this moment, the door creaked, and Brad's figure appeared in the doorway.
Seeing this ambiguous scene, Brad patted his head: "Sorry, I forgot to knock on the door." ”
"Is there something wrong?" Zheng Fei pinched Britney's face.
"There's something very important about the Christian. Brad said. (To be continued.) )