Chapter 319: Picking Fruit
After a week of working in this area, the salvage work came to an end temporarily, although there were occasional flashes of gold in the pumped sediment, but the gold content was extremely low, and the gains outweighed the losses.
Brother Badou then announced the end of his work, counted the harvest in the past few days, and obtained a total of nearly four tons of gold, which can be described as a great harvest. And the most important thing is that through this successful salvage activity, the team has been trained and the cohesion of the pirate salvage team has been enhanced.
After returning victoriously, all members were given a day off. Unexpectedly, these pirates are now enthusiastic, led by Aladdin and others, and they have asked for battle.
"How can there be so many treasures waiting for you to salvage!" Harris told the truth, only to be nearly headshot by his companions - these guys have also learned the fat man's finger powers, and his brain is brittle and loud.
When they finished making trouble, Hei Laobao explained: In marine salvage, the most difficult thing is surveying, which is similar to looking for a needle in a haystack. Generally speaking, a salvage team is good to have a large-scale salvage activity once a year.
"I understand, it's similar to an antique shop, it won't open for three years, and it will open for three years. Everyone is relieved that the monthly salary will be opened. The fat man nodded his head as well.
The members of the pirate salvage team couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and they just mentioned their heads.
At this time, I saw the fat boss say a few times: "Rest assured, everyone, our pirate salvage team does not have this problem." Because as early as a few years ago, I organized people to conduct large-scale exploration and found out the location of many shipwrecks. When the time comes, don't shout bitterly and be tired. ”
I see. The boss had already taken precautions - the black old bag couldn't help but nod his head again and again. If that's the case. The pirate salvage team is busy.
So still take a day off, and then continue to work, the location of the fat man has long been chosen, or in the Gulf of Aden, this time the location is closer to the coast, the average depth is less than 100 meters. It's just that the difficulty of salvage has increased, and it's no longer the golden sands, but an old shipwreck.
This time. Brother Badou went to sea on the old man all day long, but he was not as blind as people seemed on the surface, and basically found out the situation in the nearby waters, of course, in the eyes of Captain Jack, this boss traveled around, catching fish and shrimp, and there was nothing serious at all.
Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Li Changjiang officially offered his resignation. Some political tasks were secretly explained to their nieces. But what made him more depressed was that. The niece is now at a high level, and everything starts from internationalism. Especially when it comes to Africa, she takes the wizard king as her own responsibility, and clearly rejects the things that the third uncle put forward that cannot be put on the table.
Li Changjiang only sighed, leaving Fan Yong and their team to protect Li Xiaoman, and then left in a daze.
The fat man is unaware of all this, and in politics, he is basically illiterate. However, when he suddenly learned that a delegation sent by the Somali authorities had found him, the fat man still smelled a hint of something unusual: If you don't come early or late, you won't come to fight the autumn wind, right?
It turns out that the fat man's guess is still relatively accurate. After cordial and friendly contacts, the head of the delegation euphemistically expressed the government's willingness to take over the pirate salvage team, and the intention of picking the fruit was undoubtedly exposed.
"Well, I can't be the master, you have to ask those employees." The fat man was so angry in his heart: it turned out that you couldn't control it when pirates were rampant, but now that you have just changed a little, you can't wait to compete for the fruits of victory, is there such a cheap thing?
The employees he called were, of course, pirates, and lent the delegation a few guts, and they didn't dare to look for pirates. As a result, the bespectacled regimental commander made his true intentions clear: the government was ready to send troops to completely wipe out the remnants of pirates in the Gulf of Aden, hoping that the pirate salvage team would cooperate closely.
You must know that in addition to the coast guard that has been reorganized by the fat man, there are more than a dozen pirate gangs, large and small, active in this sea area. Although this move is also suspected of reaping the benefits, after all, from the overall situation, it is still a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and Brother Badou nodded and agreed.
The Glasses Captain didn't expect it to go so smoothly, because they had always thought that it was a change of soup and not a change of medicine, and that the new generation of pirate kings was dead, but with a new leader. But it turns out that people don't mean that at all.
Could it be that there is some conspiracy in this, could it be that this fat man is deceiving, to unite with other pirate gangs, lure the government troops here, and then eliminate them in one fell swoop - something is abnormal, Mr. Regiment Commander can't help but start thinking crankily in his heart, analyzing the serious consequences of this kind of thing, he also broke out in a cold sweat: he almost fell into the trap of the other party!
Seeing the change in the face of this regiment leader, Brother Badou was also puzzled. It was time for dinner, so the two sides had their own thoughts and temporarily suspended the meeting.
The head of the regiment called to report without mentioning it, and after dinner, the fat man also gathered his small team together to discuss. As soon as Hassan heard this, he stopped doing it, clamoring to sink all the representatives of the government into the sea, and then Mr. Gao, the fat man, ascended to the top and shouted, and it is not impossible to completely unify the northern region, and then unify the entire territory of Somalia.
The fat man waved his hand again and again, he was not interested in doing such a thing. But if he just gave up the benefits he had gotten, he would not be reconciled. In the end, Li Xiaoman made a suggestion: it is best to lease a small island near the Gulf of Aden as a base for the salvage team and future fishing team, and at the same time, it can also properly house the big teeth and big ghosts. Because with the increase in marine activities, there will definitely be more marine animals joining their camp in the future.
"Okay, just like Hong Kong Island and Macao ~ Gate back then!" The fat man couldn't help but applaud, and the word lend-lease used to sound like a sense of disgust, mainly because it represented a history of humiliation.
And if you want to develop on the sea, you can't always drift, you must have a base. But the problem arises again, Brother Badou only represents an individual, and he is not equal to the Somali government, and if the name is not right, it is not good. In the event of a dispute in the future. I'm afraid that there will be some trouble.
However, this concern is a little unnecessary. When the next day he talked to the delegates to continue the consultations, the head of the glasses group readily agreed, and demarcated an unnamed island in the eastern Gulf of Aden, bordering the Socotra Islands, and the lease term was also negotiable, and it was decided to be 99 years in advance.
Things are so happy, Brother Badou happily signed an agreement with the other party, and Li Xiaoman is the Wizard King. It also witnessed this historic moment. At the same time, for the sake of security, this agreement also needs to find two countries from the surrounding countries to act as similar intermediaries. Of course, this is all handled by the Somali government.
In Brother Badou's original plan, he was ready to buy a private island, but of course he didn't have to buy it now.
Since people are so happy, of course Brother Badou also actively cooperates, but he has already given an order to the members of the original pirate group: they must work and not work!
What does it mean, that is, you can help the government army to lead the way, but when you fight pirates, you can just watch the excitement from the sidelines. And. Those who have been captured by the pirates, if they are willing to join in. Fat people want to.
When the fat man and the head of the glasses made this request, they almost made each other foam with snot: these pirates are all objects that cannot be reformed, even if they are imprisoned, it is a waste of food, since someone is willing to collect the rags, why not?
When it came to the war, the fat man didn't follow suit, and still led the pirate salvage team to continue to work. In the signed agreement, it has been clearly stipulated that his salvage team and future fishing teams have the right to operate in this sea area, and the fat man also said that everything must be done in accordance with the rules, and there is no ambiguity about what fees should be paid, and even the property salvaged must be divided with the authorities and handed over to 20 percent.
Although judging from the current situation, there is no need for Brother Badou to do this at all, because the sea area of the Gulf of Aden is temporarily controlled in his hands. However, he also does not want to be the king and dominate, since he is engaged in the marine salvage industry, everything is in accordance with the rules, so as not to be criticized.
After the two salvage ships and the Victoria Old Man arrived at the sea area designated by the fat man, Brother Badou called more than a dozen divers led by Aladdin to go down to investigate the situation together, and conduct underwater shooting, and then take them up to agree on the salvage plan with the experts.
This sea area is not too deep, but the divers are still fully armed, after all, with the support of oxygen tubes, they can stay on the bottom of the sea for a longer time.
In order to hide people's eyes, the fat man also had to get a piece of diving equipment and jump into the sea with Puff Knock. By the time they reached the bottom of the sea, the visibility was already very low, and after turning on the diving lights, a group of people launched a dragnet search underwater.
As it turned out, this was a trivial exercise, because in just a few minutes, they found a cocked bow in the mud and sand of the seabed, which looked so abrupt on the gentle bottom of the sea.
Most of the hull has been buried in mud and sand, but from the pointed bow you can still tell at a glance that it is an old three-masted sailing ship.
It is precisely because of the emergence of the three-masted sailing ship that the great development of the world's maritime industry has been promoted, making circumnavigation no longer a dream. In those days, most of the sailing ships that rode the wind and waves on the sea were three-masted sailing ships. It was thanks to it that Columbus was able to discover the New World and Magellan to sail around the world.
Seeing the shipwreck, Aladdin was visibly excited: what the colonists had taken away from the African continent must have been the best!
On the contrary, after seeing the wreck up close, Brother Badou was a little disappointed in his heart. For through the mud and sand, he could see that there was not much value in the cabin, except for a few scattered gold coins and some silver vessels, just some ivory. It's just that after soaking in the sea for hundreds of years, these ivory have become worthless.
It seems that the ship may have carried ivory and spices, although at the time it was also a treasure ship; However, time has passed, and there is not much salvage value now.
However, looking through the diving goggles and looking at the excited eyes of Aladdin and others, Brother Badou decided to salvage the ship, which should be regarded as a training for everyone.
After making up his mind, Brother Badou swam towards the bow of the boat. Suddenly, a canopy of mud and sand rose not far from him, and then, a black shadow pumped on the fat man with great speed. At this moment, Brother Badou felt a strong force from his waist, and then, his entire body seemed to be strangled in two. (To be continued......)