Chapter 860: Mysterious Goods
In the early morning of April 22, the docks of the Ventura Yacht Club were bustling with dozens of people, all waving at a galleon that had just left the dock, and several photojournalists with cameras on their shoulders staring intently at the galleon with rat heads painted on the side of the ship. Hong Tao was standing in the center bridge at this time, wearing a white captain's uniform and a black soft-brimmed hat, waving to the people on the shore with a smile.
When the sailboat reached a safe distance from the dock, he raised his right hand high, and then stretched forward, and Carol and Lada, who had been standing on either side of the bridge, immediately quickly shook the winch grip in their hands, and drove the mainsail to slowly rise. A huge rat head with colorful teeth and a grinning grin slowly revealed its true face, and when it was blown by the wind, the mainsail appeared in an arc, and the rat head suddenly seemed to be alive, and was grimacing at the crowd on the shore.
"From today onwards, we will sail the sea together, and we are one on board, so it's time to show them the spirit of solidarity as a whole!...... Hahaha...... Hmm......" The light rose and the big mouse sail Hongtao still felt that it was not enjoyable, he put Carol and Rada, who jumped into the control platform, one by one, and then started from Carol, and one person came to a wet kiss. At this time, Hong Tao felt that he was a captain with a little taste, and Carol and Rada were very cooperative, and they didn't care about the cameras on the shore to shoot this scene.
Embracing a beautiful woman...... Sail ...... Facing the morning glow...... Rush to the sea...... Stop when you want, walk when you want, eat when you want, sleep when you want, even the wind is free!
This picture is so beautiful, so beautiful that Hong Tao completely forgot the cruelty and ruthlessness of the sea. By this time he had left everything behind. What is not listed, what son is not a son. What a damn villa, how many times in this life can a person be able to make all his own decisions? Sometimes not once! Now that he has such a chance. Why don't you enjoy it, and wait until you come back, if you can come back.
Hongtao's first stop is Vancouver's Fisherman's Wharf, the distance from Ventura to Vancouver is about 1,100 kilometers in a straight line, but the sailboat cannot go in a straight line, and the voyage should be 1,500 kilometers after the calculation of the navigator Lada. The Mad Mouse III's normal cruising speed is around 16 knots, and there are almost 14 knots left after the hydroelectric generators are put down, if you plan to travel 12 hours a day. It's 170 nautical miles, about 320 kilometers, and you can reach Vancouver in 5 days.
In fact, sailboats can travel day and night, but when driving at night, there must be a night captain on duty on the bridge, and the main task is to keep an eye on the radar to prevent collisions caused by deviating from the course. There is only one qualified captain on the Crazy Mouse III, Hong Tao, who can't drive during the day and at night. If he's on the high seas, Carol and Rada can help him steer for a while. But off the coast of the United States and Canada, don't bother with that. The Coast Guard often has helicopters patrolling the sea, and once they see it with binoculars, they board the ship to check it. This question is strictly zhòng.
Although this is the first time that Hong Tao has sailed such a long distance on a boat alone, it is really easy to sail offshore, as long as the route is correct and the ships on the sea are observed. Driving 1,000 kilometers is no different from driving 100 kilometers. On the evening of the 25th, Hong Tao arrived at Fisherman's Wharf on time. Before the sailboat docked, Hong Tao saw Xiao Wu and Heizi standing on the pier.
"Why are you both here? Aren't you afraid of accidents in this kind of thing?" Hong Tao was very moved. But reason told him that such behavior was unwise. It is more than 4,000 kilometers from Toronto to Vancouver, even if two people take turns driving, it will take two days to arrive without sleep, and they have to pass through states and provinces on the way, and they have to pass through several toll booths (some sections of Canada's highways are tolled).
"You're not afraid of death, we're afraid of a fart! But we're not that stupid, we came by plane, and there are other people in the car, so it doesn't matter if we meet the raid. I've seen your stuff, it's too dangerous to ship the whole box, I mixed them separately and mixed them in the trucks that carried the construction materials, and I only reloaded them when I got here. Let's move the box first, I'm also scared if I put it in the car, are you going to war?" Xiao Wu smiled and pulled Hong Tao to the side of a box truck parked on the dock, and opened the compartment door, revealing the two flat wooden boxes more than one meter long.
"Damn! I will live another three lifetimes, and I can't play with you, your boat is really capped, where is this boat, it is more luxurious than Kuroko's house! The two of them will accompany you? Yes, I understand, in the future, there will be such a thing to call my brother and me, I am not afraid of death, what is the difference between letting others kill and drowning Nima, I am also content to live a few days like this!" After carrying the wooden crate into the cabin, Xiao Wu looked at the layout and decoration in the cabin, as if he understood something, and when he saw Radha and Carol cooking in the kitchen, he really understood.
"Look, challenging the sea and fighting with nature is originally a very gentleman's advanced sport, why is it so vulgar in your mouth?" Hong Tao doesn't agree with Xiao Wu's statement, he often likes to stimulate others with the truth, but he himself sometimes doesn't like to listen to the truth.
"Don't talk nonsense, aren't you a master with the two of them, if you take the two of us, you'll be a two-tailed son! It's really a high-level sport, you are exercising on this big bed, right? Jinnyima can enjoy it! ......" Kuroko told more truth than Xiao Wu, he opened the master bedroom door at the stern, and then he and Xiao Wu understood better.
"I can think whatever I want with JB...... Let's have a little food on the boat for dinner, and then go ashore and find a bar for a drink or two, this may be the last time our buddies will see each other!" Hong Tao couldn't fool the two of them when he saw it, so he could only change his tactics and play the sad card.
"Pull it down! We are not sensible, and we will not be so useless! What should you do, we two still have brothers waiting, and we will not be here to get in your way." By the way, I almost forgot about it just now, what are you doing with those big guys?" Xiao Wu glanced at Rada and Carol again, and was about to leave the hatch with the sunspot, but suddenly stopped again.
"The seas are not calm either, and I am there to deal with pirates. You said that we have all broken through the wind and waves, if it is planted in the hands of a few thieves, how unjust? Don't worry, I am not as bold as you, as long as no one forces me to die, I will not take the initiative to cause trouble. Hong Tao saw that Xiao Wu couldn't stop again, so he hurriedly stepped forward, and while answering his question, he pushed him and Heizi out.
"Brother, just have a good time at sea, don't really play that life, if you want to sail, let's buy a big warship and go together!" Xiao Wu and Heizi had already gotten off the boat and walked out a few steps, but they turned back and shouted to Hong Tao. They don't want Hong Tao to do this crazy thing in their hearts, but persuading others is the weakness of the two of them, and they usually use knives or bullets to persuade others, and it's really unprofessional to use their mouths.
"Cheng, you first go and inquire about how much the aircraft carrier sells, and then calculate how many houses you have to build to afford it, and then I will come back and tell me an answer! If you don't have enough fingers, you can break your toes and count them together!" Hong Tao understood the thoughts of the two of them, but his cowhide had already been blown out, and the halfway egg bag was not his own style, even if he didn't have a bottom in his heart, he had to pretend to be light and drizzly on his face.
"Silly X! I don't know what to do! Don't call me if there's something, we don't know you!" Xiao Wu hates others for laughing at him for being uneducated, if others say so, he would have been in a hurry, Hong Tao said that he really has no way, so he can only quickly avoid him, saving more ugly words later.
In fact, not only Xiao Wu was unwilling to let Hong Tao go on a round-the-world voyage, but Tan Jing, Ah Shan, and Eliza were also unwilling to let him go, and they called him on his mobile phone in the past two days, but he didn't answer. In the end, Han Xue actually called, obviously someone informed her of this matter, and wanted her to persuade Hong Tao not to toss around. Hong Tao answered Han Xue's call, but before Han Xue could say anything, he had a showdown with Han Xue first. It probably means that no one should persuade them, and it is useless to persuade them, so it is better to pray and pray for yourself more if you have that spare time, and I hope that you will not encounter any bad luck and can come back safely.
Han Xue was told this by Hong Tao, coupled with his very impatient tone, he also knew that he couldn't be persuaded this time. Hong Tao has a bad problem, that is, whoever persuades him to annoy him about the things he recognizes, and any allusions to advice and good medicine are useless to him, unless he is asking for your opinion. Once he has started to move, he can only not hit the south wall and not look back. In this life, Hong Tao's problem has become even worse, because he knows that his decision is right.
But this time he really didn't know whether it was right or wrong when he sailed around the world. If Tan Jing and Ah Shan both support him to go, and even want to go with him with the child, he may think more about it. Once he gets into thinking mode, maybe he won't go, this thing is really dangerous, and he can't take any risks. But everyone objected in unison, which aroused his momentum to go backwards without leaving, and he had to go!
Seeing off Xiao Wu and Kuroko, Hong Tao did not delay for a moment, and directly sailed the sailboat out of the port, crossed the boundary between the United States and Canada overnight, and docked at Port Angeles on the Seattle side. The reason why he left in such a hurry was mainly because he was a thief, for fear that the two big boxes on the ship would be discovered. It's not that he doesn't believe in Xiao Wu and Kuroko, but it's his habit to always be on guard against the possibility of a qiē, just in case, just in case, what he is afraid of is this ten thousand miles in the middle! (To be continued......