Chapter 133: Cute Bastard
I stayed in the cabin for two days, and for those two days I stayed in a cabin in which only Wick and the strong man before me had grown old, and I heard from Captain Wick that he had ordered that no other crew member of the ship be allowed to enter my room.
I later learned that the man was Wick's engineer and the ship's first mate. There were six crew members on Wick's fishing boat, and when I came up that day, the first mate himself jumped into the sea to catch me.
After rescuing me, only Wick personally checked my bag, originally just to see if he could find some documents about me or something, but as soon as he opened the bag, he froze! Luckily, there were only two people in the room at the time, him and the first mate. In other words, of the six crew members, only Captain Wick himself and the first mate knew that there was such a huge amount of money.
The deal I proposed impressed Wick.
Seafarers are adventurous gods!
I didn't have any injuries on my body, just that I was extremely tired and lacked nutrition. After a day and a night of rest and some hot food and hot water, I recovered. Although I still feel a little weak, my movement is basically not affected anymore.
Captain Wick is a typical smiling tiger, and I have seen this from the conversation with him in the past two days, this guy is very cautious and strict, he strictly forbids the crew from contact with me, strictly forbids the crew from entering my room, and also requires me not to go out of the door to the armor.
It is clear that Wick has great authority on this ship, and no one dares to disobey his words. At first, I thought it was weird...... After all, the crew members all saw me on the ship and rescued me from the sea as a suspicious person, I think in this case, ordinary people will guess my identity, wouldn't those crew members report jǐng?
Later, I was careful to tell Wick about my concerns. Captain Wick smiled when he heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Chen...... (I told him my name during the two days of communication.) ”
Mr. Chen...... I can tell you that you are very safe on my boat. Wick smiled mysteriously: "Actually, your smuggling status is not a problem for or my ship. ”
I didn't understand at first, but then I vaguely guessed something!
Especially later, Wick and I talked about what happened to the black man's ship, and told him that I was chasing the boat because the boat was being pursued by the gunboats of the Jǐng side. just jumped into the sea to escape......
Wick immediately had an angry look on his face - I could see that the anger on his face was not disguised, but genuine!
"The boat you said was black, is the hull black...... There was no flag hoisting on it, and the captain was a black man! His men all have guns...... Oh God, I see, that boat you're talking about is that Mardin's bastard! ”
"Mardin?" I glanced at Wick.
"It's that!" Wick scolded angrily, and then he immediately explained: "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry I used the word nigger, I am not racist, but that Mardin, he is indeed a devil, damn the devil!" ”
Mardin, it's the name of the black man, and I learned the name of the guy I killed.
"He's not just a bastard because of his own misdeeds...... What's more. He's a rule-breaker! Captain Wick explained, "Actually, I think you can understand that there are many underground companies in the coastline of any country, which are engaged in the business of smuggling. This business is very profitable, and there is always someone to do it when it comes to making money. ”
I nodded in understanding.
Then Wick continued to say angrily: "That Mardin was originally in the smuggling business, but he is unruly!" Even if you are engaged in a smuggling business, you should pay attention to the rules of conduct, otherwise, you will lose your credibility. Then everyone is not alive! But Mardin, a fool, has done a few black things, and has ruined his reputation, and as a result, the foreign smuggling organizations have no trust in our counterparts in this sea, so that other smuggling companies here are facing a situation where they have no business to do! Mardin is a black sheep! Oh. God, I've finally memorized this idiom! That's right, it's the black sheep! Wick suddenly became a little happy: "There is another sentence in the Chinese dialect... Well, a mouse's [**] is broken...... Grace ......"
"A rat poop spoils a pot of porridge." I replied with a smile
"Well, that's it!" Wick immediately nodded and smiled, "Mardin is a rat!" He's done a few things to break the rules, and now the local smuggling organization sees him as a public enemy! He has brought shame to all the smuggling organizations in our seas and has suffered great losses...... Oh, and one more thing... This Mardin, because he couldn't do any smuggling business recently, was later said to have taken his crew to commit a robbery at sea! He's become a pirate! ”
"Sea helmets?"
"Yes, pirates!" Captain Wick said very seriously: "When there is business to do, he is a stowaway, and when there is no business, he is a pirate!" Do you understand what I'm saying? ”
I understand...... And understand more!
Because I looked at Wick's indignant appearance, and suddenly figured it out......
Why did Wick hate that black man so much? Why did he say his crew wouldn't denounce me?
The answer is simple! Because Wick's own boat has also done the smuggling business!!
It's not surprising that fishing boats are in the business of smuggling! Isn't that Vietnamese snake's boat a fishing boat!
"That guy robbed a fishing boat and shot and killed several fishing company crew members. His actions have already caused public outrage, and I suspect that the gunboat chasing him is likely to be the result of the Coastal Guards' decision to exterminate him. Because the coastal guards will not fire on stowaways...... But pirates are the same! Ha ha! I think that's a good thing! Wick smiled and picked up a cup of coffee: "Cheers to the peace of this sea in the future!" ”
After asking the questions I wanted to know, I was finally relieved. Then I cautiously asked, "Captain Wick, when will your ship dock?" ”
"Soon, we'll be ashore early tomorrow morning." Wick smiled: "To be honest, originally my boat was going to stay west to fish, but when I met you, I think you must be in a hurry to go ashore, so I turned around yesterday and changed course." ”
"Thank you." I sighed.
"Oh, it's nothing." Wick smiled slyly, "I didn't catch a fish, but the money you gave me was enough to make up for my loss!" I even thought, with this money, I can sell my current ship and change it to a big one! ”
I was completely relieved.
It seems that this Wick ship may not be a good person...... He also seems to be in the smuggling business, and he is a smiling tiger, but also cunning.
But at least. He's very well-behaved! Doing business is also about credibility!
Such a person, I am still very willing to deal with him.
"We're going around on the left side of Vancouver Island, and by this time tomorrow, we'll be able to go ashore. I would park the boat at the pier in Little Victoria Harbour. Wick said slowly, "I must explain, Mr. Chen, I don't want you to come into contact with my crew until you get off the ship. It's my rule. On my boat. You're my guest, but your guests must obey my rules as well! Got it? ”
"Yes. That's fair. I nodded.
"Do you have any questions?" Wick looked at me.
I hesitated for a moment, but finally made up my mind: "Maybe I'm asking too much, but I don't know if you can help me arrange a route to Vancouver before, preferably help me find a car, or something." ”
Wick smiled. There was a hint of smugness in his smile. Then he patted me the shoulder and said with an exaggerated smile: "Oh, my dear Chen! You're so funny! I thought you'd put up with it. All right. Actually, even if you don't say it, I'll ask. This is one of my service projects...... What's more, if you pay me so much, I will also provide you with the best service! ”
My heart moved. What he said was tantamount to implying to me in disguise that he was actually in the smuggling business.
Then Wick laughed, "You're going to Vancouver, aren't you?" Hey, this one isn't that hard! Don't worry, I'll help you arrange a very safe route. ”
Wick wasn't lying.
In his words. He is a very reputable businessman. So the next morning, our boat really landed!!
After so many days of life and death struggles at sea, I have rolled all the way on the death line many times, I don't know how many times, I thought my life was over!
And now, I finally see the land again! Saw the ground!
"It's a pity that I can't send you directly to Vancouver, because my ship doesn't have permission to go directly to the port of Vancouver, so I can only send you ashore at the small Victoria port terminal." Wick finally allowed me to step out of the room.
A wrench. The crew is busy, putting away the sails, untying the ropes, blah blah blah.
At this moment, the sea breeze is fierce and gentle, and the waves on the sea are scaly, but unfortunately I will never forget the terrifying side of the sea in my life. There were a lot of fishing boats moored on the dock that were similar to Wick's boats, and Wick himself took the helm and carefully steered the boat to the shore......
I complied with his instructions and did not go ashore, and at the same time hid in the cabin.
The crew outside was busy, and a truck drove up to the docks, and a few uniformed officers or inspectors and the like got on board to check on them, but Wick easily sent them away. Wick then put me in a dirty uniform and arranged for me and the first mate to lift the fish from the boat.
This is a large fish that is one and a half meters long, and the first mate and I each have a hook and hook the fish to the shore. I was wearing the crew's overalls, dirty orders, and walked past the two inspectors, but they were chatting with Wick, and they didn't even look at me, I saw Wick smile at me, and smiled at me silently: "Have a good trip!" ”
The rest is pretty simple.
Together with the first mate, I threw the fish in the big basket of the staff on the shore, where someone stuffed the fish with ice and loaded it onto the truck. I walked to the side of the truck with the first mate, and the first mate chatted with the driver, and the two smoked a cigarette.
As soon as the two of them blocked my view, I immediately jumped into the car and jumped into the cargo ship behind.
Five minutes later, the cargo door closed and the car started......
The cargo hold was full of fish, a fishy smell, and ice, and it was cold! I shivered from the cold and kept rubbing my hands. Just when I couldn't help but sigh, I heard a bang on the bulkhead in front of me, and then a click, a small window opened on the other side of the cab, and the driver inside shouted at me, "Welcome to Vancouver, brother!" ”
He speaks Chinese! The driver is also Chinese, and he smiled: "You bear with me for a while, right...... Don't pee in my car, those fish are going to sell for money. ”
He threw a blanket through the window, and then there was a bag and told me, "This bag was given to you by that guy from Wick." ”
Then the window closed, and I immediately wrapped the blanket around myself to warm it up a little before I opened the bag. There was a set of clothes inside, and although it was old clothes, it was very clean. It's the kind of person who will never stand out when you walk down the street. At the same time, there are stacks of banknotes at the bottom of the bag.
I know, it's Canadian dollars, I counted it, and it's about a thousand Canadian dollars.
I laughed anyway, and I'm grateful to Captain Wick. He's not a good guy, he's even greedy, but at least he's a businessman.
Although, in a way, he took me so many big bags of money, which is a few million. Now only one set of clothes and a thousand dollars have been given to me. But at least, he did everything according to the rules of business! I gave him those two bags of money, and I volunteered.
And this bag of clothes and this thousand dollars, even if he doesn't give it to me, I can't say anything. He did it...... Well, how do you say that......
He may be a greedy bastard, but at least he's a cute bastard.