After opening room 313, Tagawa Nanazaemon politely said to the two neighbors, "Come and sit when you have time!" ”

"Definitely! Certain! The tall and thin man replied.

Tagawa Nanazaemon was about to enter the room, and he saw two waiters coming over with a quilt each, and he made a way for the two waiters to enter the room before he followed them.

"Where are these two quilts?" The waiter asked politely.

"Just put it on the couch." Tagawa Nanazaemon pointed to the sofa, and when the waiter was finished, he said, "Thank you for your hard work!" ”

One of the waiters said, "It's not hard, just ask me if you need anything." ”

Tagawa Nanazaemon said, "No." ”

The waiter asked, "Do you want to sleep on the couch?" ”

"That's the plan." Tagawa Nanazaemon replied.

The waiter reminded: "If you are sleeping on the sofa, you should pay attention, when the waves are strong, it will be very bumpy, so you should pay attention to safety." ”

Tagawa Nanazaemon said, "Thank you for the reminder, I'll pay attention." ”

When the two waiters went out, they closed the door with them.

He went again to the oval window of the bedroom and looked down, when the labourers on the deck were gone, only a few sporadic passengers were on deck, and the sailors were untying the cables on the docks, and he ran past the ship, knowing that it was time to untie the cables.

He walked out of the living room and sat on the sofa to make a cup of tea, when he heard a loudspeaker hanging on the wall of the living room start broadcasting:

"Attention passengers! Attention passengers! 'Dongfeng No. 1' is about to set sail, please do not stand on the deck, return to the cabin, return to the cabin. ”

He took a sip of tea from his teacup, then put down his teacup and got up, walked to the large glass window in the living room and looked out, this window was facing the sea, and what he saw now was another 10,000-ton ship docked at Pier 2, which was also preparing to set sail.

A long whistle sounded, and "Dongfeng No. 1" slowly left the No. 1 pier.

Tanakawa Nanazaemon had been standing by the window of the living room and looking at the 10,000-ton ship opposite, and the slowly moving "Dongfeng No. 1" gave him the illusion that the opposite 10,000-ton ship was moving. When the ship left the wharf, he saw seven 10,000-ton passenger (cargo) ships parked on the wharf, waiting to leave the wharf one after another.

Dongfeng No. 1 was the first to leave Yangon Pier, and its speed gradually accelerated from the first 2 or 3 knots, heading towards the deep sea.

About 20 miles from the steamer, Tagawa Nanaemon saw more than 400,000 10,000-ton ships waiting to enter the harbor and join the queue to transport laborers.

The doorbell rang suddenly, and Tagawa Nanazaemon estimated that Jiang Qiren and Mitsuki Akimoto had returned, and he said to the door, "Come in, the door is not locked." ”

It was the two of them who pushed the door in, and they came back and sat on the couch.

Tagawa Nanazaemon asked, "How's the arrangement?" ”

Jiang Qiren said: "It's very smooth. I really admire Huaxia's shipbuilding technology, to be able to build such a large ship, our laborers each have a bed to sleep in, and everyone is very satisfied. ”

Tagawa Nanazaemon said, "It's good to be satisfied." Let's take a sip of tea first, it's time to eat soon, and we'll go down to the restaurant on the second floor to eat later. ”

Mitsuki Akimoto said enviously: "It's like staying in a hotel here, it's too luxurious and magnificent!" How many people do you need to rock such a big ship! ”

Tagawa Nanazaemon said: "This ship doesn't need people to shake it, it relies on machines." ”

"Machines?" Mitsuki Akimoto looked dazed.

"Yes, it's the internal combustion engine." Nanazaemon Tagawa explained, "But you don't understand it, you can just take the boat with peace of mind and don't worry about anything else." ”

The three of them drank tea silently, and the sound of the engine came from the swaying hull slightly, which was very rhythmic.

After being silent for a long time, Tagawa Nanazaemon said, "This sound is the sound of the internal combustion engine. ”

Jiang Qiren and Mitsuki Akimoto put their ears to the back of the sofa like children, listening to the sudden sound.

At this moment, a mezzo-soprano came out of the speaker again:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for dinner, so please go to the restaurant on the second floor! Please dine at the restaurant on the second floor! ”

Tagawa Nanazaemon stood up and said, "It's time for lunch, let's go, go down with me." ”

The two followed Tagawa Nanaemon to get up and go out of room 313, in the corridor of the guest room area, Tagawa Nanaemon saw the jewelry merchant Lao Feng who was in the hall just now, Lao Feng was also going down to the restaurant on the second floor to eat, he saw Tagawa Nanaemon come out, and hurriedly flashed to the side and let them go first.

The three of them came to the restaurant, and at this time there were not many people in the restaurant, and at a window to pick up food, there were several people in line, Tagawa Nanazaemon walked over, and the line was last, with Jiang Qiren and Mitsuki Akimoto following closely behind him.

Tagawa Nanazaemon told the two that the food was provided in rations, and that they could eat as much as they wanted, and that they could not waste as much as they wanted.

The three of them took the food and came to an empty table in the restaurant to eat, they ate fragrant Siamese rice, for these island laborers, it was the first time to eat this kind of rice, the dishes were also very rich, two meat and one vegetable, because it was just set sail, so the dishes were very fresh, there were bamboo shoots fried shredded pork, tomato scrambled eggs and a plate of cabbage.

At this time, China had already begun to import tomatoes from South America, but the quantity was very small, and it could only be eaten on ships in the open ocean.

The rice and coriander were fragrant, and Jiang Qiren and Mitsuki Akimoto added three bowls of rice in a row.

Just as they were about to finish their meal, their neighbors, two railway engineers, also came to dinner, and they came to Tagawa Nanazaemon with their food, and said tall, thin and tall, "Hello neighbor, can we sit down and eat together?" ”

Tagawa Nanazaemon glanced up and recognized the two people in room 311, and he smiled and nodded, "Welcome!" Welcome! ”

After the two engineers sat down, the tall, thin man asked while eating, "What are you doing in Durban?" ”

Jiang Qiren hurriedly replied: "We are building a railway. ”

"Oh, it turns out that you are railway workers, so we are still together!" The tall and thin man smiled.

Tagawa Nanazaemon said, "We are from the island country. ”

Another engineer who was a little chubby also spoke: "You are laborers!" ”

Jiang Qiren introduced: "This is Deputy Director Zheng of the Labor Bureau. ”

The fat engineer was a little embarrassed and said: "It turned out to be Deputy Director Zheng, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Tagawa Nanazaemon said modestly: "We are all serving Huaxia. ”