Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Fight Begins

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Not to mention Lydia, even a few big men are also fascinated by pearls. It's so beautiful, this kind of big, round and good color pearl is very rare, Randall washed the beads and handed them to Li Han and said: "Boss, this pearl is in good condition, at least it can be worth a million, do you want to go back and put it in the safe first?" ”

Li Han shook his head: "No, there is a safe on the ship, and there will be no outsiders on the ship, which is much safer than at home." ”

Lydia looked at the pearl reluctantly, and tried to buy it several times, but she didn't think it was good. Her expression of wanting to speak and stopping fell in Li Han's eyes, but she didn't see it directly. He had already figured out what to do with the bead, so he could put it aside for now and talk about it later.

Because of Randall's high skill, both of the clams' shells are very complete. Li Han took out all the meat and used a sprinkler to wash the algae and mucus off the shells. In the sunlight, silver-white shells with water droplets glistened.

"No wonder the ancients regarded clams as treasures, they are so beautiful." Tridacnus is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism, ranking in front of gold, silver, agate, coral, glass, and amber.

Gavin nodded: "Go back and ask someone to process these two scallop shells a little, it is a very beautiful jewel in itself." ”

Li Han also has this plan. Even if it's a clam, it's rare to be so big, and it's too wasteful to cut it, so the best way is to keep it as it is, and only work on it a little without changing the original appearance. For the time being, he wanted to restore the clams to their original state, adding a mechanism to the joints of the shells, so that it would be easier to open and close, and could be used as a box.

But just such a shell is worth at least a hundred thousand pounds, what can he put in it? He is quite rich now, but apart from his house, car, and yacht, there is nothing of value worth keeping in a box of about 100,000 yuan.

This thing is too big to be piled up on the deck all the time and get in the way. Fortunately, shells are not heavy, so Li Han directly picked them up one by one and put them in the empty guest room.

They played at sea for a total of four days, the next two days were not as good luck as the previous two, the fish caught were some "small" fish weighing a few pounds, fortunately, the purpose of their sea was just to play, every day basking in the sun, drinking a little wine and then playing cards and swimming, the happy life is like a fairy.

When it was time to return home, there was a convoy of fishing boats on the way, which looked like it had gone through a battle, and it was a mess, followed by a team of warships.

What's going on? There is no Internet at sea, they are like isolated from the world, and they can't hear any news for half a day.

A fishing boat approached closely, and Li Han roared: "Hey, buddy, what's going on?" ”

The young fisherman said indignantly, "Don't mention it, we got into a fight with an Icelandic fishing boat." ”

Yes? Li Han was dumbfounded, he had often heard about the detention of fishermen in Huangguo before, so could this kind of thing happen abroad? Seeing that the war has not been won in this way, I don't know if the warship went out to rescue people or did it help? Li Han hurriedly beckoned Randall to pull the boat over: "Dude, tell me in detail, what the hell is going on?" ”

Benedict and Tom also came to him, and the fisherman, who was angry that they were all concerned, began to tell them what had happened.

The fishing war between Britain and Iceland has a long history, and after World War II, Britain and Iceland fought three times over cod resources.

In the history of Europe and even the Americas, cod was once a more precious treasure than gold. It fed starving Europe and promoted the exhibition of North America. After the independence of the United States, the focus of European fishing boats shifted to the cod-rich waters of Iceland, a small island country of only 30,000 people, lacked natural resources and could only rely on the sea to eat the sea, Iceland was very worried that the cod resources on which they depended would be destroyed in the frenzied fishing, so in 1958 it announced that it would expand its territorial waters to a range of 12 nautical miles from the coast. This immediately angered the British, who had been sharing Iceland's coastal resources for a long time, and London brazenly sent 37 Royal Navy ships to Icelandic waters to escort its own fishing boats, and the "Cod War" broke out.

At that time, most of the British ships and soldiers had participated in World War II, and they were experienced and menacing. Although Iceland is a member of NATO, it does not have any warships, and even its defense is in charge of the United States. In terms of pure hard equipment, Iceland was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and the British thought that the Icelanders would certainly not resist, but the situation turned out to be unexpected.

The British did not dare to make a big move against Iceland because they thought that if they went too far, they would provoke American intervention, and as a result, despite the success of the British navy's escort operation, the British fishing boats could hardly catch fish under the interference of the Icelanders. Britain had to start negotiations with Iceland.

The second war lasted a shorter but more thrilling one, and in 1959 Icelandic engineers specially revealed a weapon specially used for the cod war, the trawler, and installed it fully on seven Coast Guard patrol boats. If a foreign fishing vessel is unwilling to leave after being driven away from the 5o nautical mile waters, the Icelandic garrison boat will drag the weapon vertically through the rear of the fishing boat, twist the cable with the four tines on the device and cut it, which will cost the fishing vessel at least $5ooo dollars of fishing nets and catch. In addition to the means of cutting the net, Iceland also implements the method of collision warfare, and the Icelandic patrol boats converted from icebreaker fishing boats are equipped with ice-breaking axes, so the collision ability is very strong, not to mention the fishing boats, and they will not suffer losses when they encounter ordinary warships.

Iceland has banned British aircraft belonging to NATO from entering the air traffic control zone, and at the same time has threatened to close NATO bases and seriously review whether it wants to withdraw from NATO. By 29 August, an Icelandic policeman had been electrocuted while ramming and cutting cables. World public opinion has taken a tougher stance in favor of Iceland, demanding that if Britain does not withdraw from the 5o nautical mile waters by 3 January, Iceland will sever diplomatic relations with it, while designating Norway as its representative of its interests. At this time, NATO realized the severity of the conflict, so it put pressure on the United Kingdom, which had to once again "focus on the overall situation" and recognize the 5o nautical mile fishing ban.

In 1974, Iceland again announced the extension of the fishing ban to 2oo nautical miles, a move that was immediately opposed by Britain, Germany and other countries. At that time, Federal German fishing vessels continued to break into the restricted area for fishing. Iceland immediately used its "navy" to drive them away and cut their nets. However, the German government did not dare to send warships to escort the convoy. Britain was tougher, its fishing boats still broke into the restricted area to operate, the Royal Navy warships went to "protect the fishing", and Britain and Iceland went to war again.

Soon after, a British Navy cruiser "Loeetoft" was damaged by the Icelandic Thor, and several fishing boats were caught in Reykjavík, Iceland. Britain had no choice but to announce the severance of diplomatic relations with Iceland on February 19, 1976.

In recent years, as global warming has increased, a large number of mackerel have moved north into Icelandic waters. Mackerel is a very common edible fish, delicious and nutritious, and is a delicacy on the plate of many households.

July is the last month of the mackerel spring flood, and many fishing boats will want to take advantage of this last chance to catch as many mackerel as possible, which will inevitably be close to Iceland's offshore waters. Although they were more than 2oo nautical miles from Iceland, they still clashed with Icelandic fishermen.

"They threw rocks and flares at us, and if the warships hadn't arrived in time, they would have almost hit us with their ice-breaking boats. Look at my boats, the nets are all cut up. The young fishermen were indignant, but helpless. Iceland has always been tough on fishing issues, and the British navy, although well-equipped, has been forced to do nothing because of international pressure, and they have to swallow their anger.

Li Han was dumbfounded when he heard this, while the other Britons were all angry. It's just that this thing is not a war, you can directly pounce on it and fight to the death. The role of the fishing boat is to catch fish, and the Icelanders only need to destroy. It's always easier to disrupt than to be prepared.

It was not too early, they said goodbye to the fishermen and sailed towards the harbor. As soon as he entered the offshore sea, the mobile phone had a signal, and Li Han's mobile phone rang, with at least twenty missed calls and a dozen text messages.

Li Han took a look, and it was basically calls from Wood, the head of the clinic, and several doctors, and two were unfamiliar numbers. In addition to a few advertisements and billing notices, there are also two of Wood's text messages, and the content is the same: "Boss, something happened to the clinic, please call me back as much as possible." ”

What's wrong? Li Han frowned, the first thing that came to mind was the people who came to the clinic last time to make trouble, could it be that the instigator behind the scenes made another move?

He dialed: "Wood, what's wrong?" ”

Friends all looked at it with concern, Li Han didn't know how to explain, he didn't know anything.

"Boss, something is wrong with the clinic," Wu De panicked, "The clinic misdiagnosed and treated a patient to death, and Dr. Liu was sued by the patient's family and has been arrested by the police." ”

Last year, a survey reported that the NHS was in a serious crisis of confidence, with hospital maternity departments facing a massive shortage of staff, with a quarter of women abandoned by medical staff during childbirth, and some even having to give birth in hospital corridors or on the floor. In addition, midwifery providers have a low level of care, and some do not even read the number of instruments that monitor a baby's heartbeat. In the extreme case at Colchester Hospital, it took six months for a patient with cancer to be treated, and the parties involved were now falsified to cover up their negligence, and the police were involved in the investigation. In addition, there are maggots in the consultation room of Zàinhs Hospital, and the medicine given to patients has expired, and there are as many as 5 medical errors per week on average.

Li Han sighed when he saw the report, but he never expected that there would be such a big accident in his clinic, and it was born during the time when he was not in London and could not be contacted.