"Captain! Captain! The crew in the vests trotted all the way from the deck to the wheelhouse of the river barge, "The god of the world has been caught!" Elta has been liberated! ”

"What's the hurry?" The captain calmly opened his eyes that were pretending to sleep, "I care more about getting ashore today than this." Alright, you go wake up the rest of the crew, we can get to the railway site by noon. ”

"Captain, they're all awake." The young and vigorous crew rushed all the way to the door frame panting, "You're not excited about this good news at all?" ”

"It should be in their plans." The captain lit a cigarette before answering slowly. "It's not unusual for the Chinese to have this bit of power. You see, we're not all used to maneuvering such big ships now. Come to think of it, didn't we all think of it as a monster before? ”

It was only when the Otherworldlys' oarless, oar-free, sailless, speedboat overtook his wooden boat more than half a year ago, that he truly understood why the merchants east of Elta were so eager for the new world of commerce.

It's weird to say. How could Elta find so many jobs in the years when he was not chaotic? At that time, the only large quantities that needed to be shipped were various bulk goods from the Magic Powder and Wheat seasons, and at other times, it was only a regular domestic transportation of sea goods and short-distance temporary commissions......

As soon as the ship arrives at the destination entrusted by the merchant, the cargo on board is often sold out immediately. After counting how many gold coins they had earned, the merchants who felt that they were full of oil and flour naturally immediately urged the captain to return to Mendong City and make a profit. What the? Want to take a break? It's okay, the sane businessman, stuffed with money, immediately pulls out more gold coins: the commission is doubled!

During this period, there were many stories that happened on the Minerva River. For example, some of the sailors unanimously felt that the merchants and captains were too unkind, and threw them into the river at night to seize all the goods, and then fought because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, and finally made the bamboo baskets empty; Or in the vacuum of order where the turmoil in the various parts of Elta began and the Twin Moon Sect had not yet arrived, the bandits and thieves from all over the country were jealous of the goods on board for a long time, and ambushed the passing cargo ships on the shoals or anchorages.

Despite the money, you can enjoy the delicacies of the land, and you can enjoy the wine and prostitutes on the shore. But the crew and captain are getting worse and worse. It wasn't until one time after landing that a notice suddenly appeared on the bulletin board in the port of Shield City: The Otherworlders were buying ships and hiring crews, and their treatment was so generous and clear that the entire ship had made up their minds.

This is exactly the recruitment notice for "Minerva River Shipping Co., Ltd.". At the same time, the prefabricated kits of the inland self-propelled springboard barges transported from China have also gradually arrived at the Duncheng shipyard in the suburbs of Duncheng.

The draft of the inland self-propelled springboard barge is shallow, the requirements for the route are not high, and the requirements for the wharf lifting machinery are even lower. For a ship with a deadweight of nearly 3,000 tons, the seaworthiness of a fully loaded draft of just over three meters is really against the sky. In the case that the road and railway network has been built in the poor conditions of the route from Mendong City to Duncheng, the entire route from Duncheng to Garcia can be completely let go and let the Erta people control these big ships to complete the transportation of various building materials.

"Big ships", this is the name given to these inland river self-propelled barges by the Elta people who joined the "Minerva River Shipping Company". Compared with the sea boat, the inland river boat is called a calm sea, and the 1,000-ton self-propelled springboard barge is enough to make people lean over the bow and raise their hands high to do the classic posture of the Titanic - it is too stable.

Why does steel float on the water? How do I radio-receive instructions from the shipping dispatch shift and the terminal office? How to safely anchor in foggy weather and ensure that you are not hit by other ships? Where is the Minerva River really reefed, and where is it suitable for boats?

It was a new lesson for the captains and sailors, and it was only after this that they ascended to the wonderful scenery that now sails on the Minerva River.

After dredging by dredgers and super-intense fire deterrence from patrol boats, all navigable sections of the Minerva River from Garcia to the Lake District of Mendon City and further west have been completely calmed. All fishing boats must be equipped with special fluorescent flags to catch fish, and there are also mesh and channel restrictions for fishing - in other words, if you are stuck in the self-propelled barge channel and do not know how to give way to the big boats, if you accidentally sink it, you can climb ashore and climb ashore yourself.

The days when the captain received all the commissions and then gave meals to the guys below and paid dividends at his own discretion have also become a thing of the past. In the statutes of the Minerva River Shipping Company, no one from the captain to the sailor has any ownership of the ship. Although the captain has reverted to the status of "employed", the same generous remuneration has made it impossible for the charismatic and well-behaved captain and management to enforce the same standard of rules and regulations on different vessels. From this point of view, the high-profile treatment is totally worth it.

In his thoughts, the captain's cigarette also burned to the mouthpiece. The busy unloading dock can already be seen in front of the barge, which is also the end of the voyage. The young man shouting the trumpet on the dock was just as excited as the one on his ship—whether it was the construction site here, his own boat, or the reconstruction team in front of Garcia, they must have known the news of the liberation of Elta's entire territory.

"Number barge 1024, which is carrying standard gauge and paint...... Really? ”

The passionate horns on the dock came and went, and the two people who handed over couldn't help but increase their voices.

"Well, that's right. Here is the manifest, please sign here after inspection. The captain looked at the forklift that drove into the barge behind him, and took out the cigarette box with a relaxed face. Good brother from China across the door, come to one? ”

"Thanks, but I didn't smoke." It was the dispatch of an engineering team of China Railway Construction that came to hand over. A few years ago, graduates like him were still fragrant, but now even if they have learned all the eighteen martial arts, they have to come here to find a job. From the portal's side, they are doing drudgery with no other choice, and here they are the gods of Elta, who are all-knowing, all-powerful, and do not put on a show......

How can there be a big man from above who is willing to squat in the dirt with the workers? No, no, no, this starting point is completely wrong. How could any of the princes and nobles above be willing to open their treasury just to dredge a few rivers and build roads that could be walked by the steel express train that the common people could ride? Dream on.

Such a Ming monarch has only been a handful of people in the entire Elta Continent since it had history. After that, all the kings or secession kings just patched up on their foundation - and this is not bad, and it is normal for dams, official roads, and bridges to decay in the wind without sewing or repairing them, which have been built with great manpower. And the people sitting on the high platform of the capital of the central region only need to nod slightly: this pot, the magistrate himself will collect taxes to carry it. The central government will remember your hard work......

At the same time, the ratio of Ming Jun and Yong Jun plus Faint Jun is also applicable to the magistrate. After a project, it is already extremely enlightened to swallow only the money in the corners, or to build a small project for himself with free people, and directly make a broken bridge on two bridge piers after collecting taxes with great fanfare, or sprinkle the ancient road with loess again, and immediately return to the original state after the rain, but there are many people......

Now the new Elta royal family has contributed money and efforts - bah, the Elta royal family has long been out of half a penny, and the Chinese have contributed money and efforts to help them build these spectacular or inconspicuous but comfortable projects, and the wages have fallen on their own heads, these people are not gods and mortals? To tell the truth, it is necessary to make the well-fed workers grateful that they are willing to use a large sedan chair that carries eight shoulders to the construction site every day, and they are willing to carry the dormitories after work.

However, no one has put up such a high shelf except for the fact that there is not much communication between the two sides, whether it is the driver and maintenance personnel who do not know the Elta language, or the engineering management personnel who have received training in the Elta language. Chinese workers' canteens can also be enjoyed if Elta workers are willing to pay extra wages instead of eating free meals; There seems to be no difference between the dormitories of the two sides, except that there are a few more air conditioners on the Chinese side.

These captains may not be able to see it, but there are also Chinese who operate self-propelled barges and other ships like him on the Minerva River - only the barges operated by the old boatmen he admired were larger, the speedboats were faster, and the dredging boats looked more spectacular. They were dressed not much like him, and his boatmen.

The same white vest and hard hat, wide, shorts with tools, the same protective gloves, the same engine room oil - for some reason, the captain was very moved by the fact that the Chinese from other worlds were willing to do the same thing as himself. At the same time, he also believed that it would not be wrong for the Erta people to follow the steps of the Chinese like him - they themselves are walking, and if they want to fall, they will also fall together, and it is a common law for men to live together in the courtyard and put them among the male social animals of which time and space.

"Well, that's probably the total. Thank you for your early arrival, Captain. "Within five minutes, forklifts were working with trucks next to the dock to bring the rails and paint buckets ashore. Self-propelled barges that arrive early in the afternoon mean that lunch can be eaten with peace of mind, and there is no need to delay the task and cause the dock to be clogged or the food will be mushy after loading and unloading.

"Nothing, nothing, no thanks......" The captain also stretched out his right hand and held the other tightly. Did the dispatch give us any new tasks? We left on time in the afternoon. ”

"Afternoon? Hahahaha," the young man who handed over to him smiled knowingly, "Miss the food in the land cafeteria, right?" The task given to you by the dispatch side is to set off in the afternoon and return to Shield City to pull the machinery needed by an engineering team to Garcia. There's still a lot of time, let the young man on the boat come down and rub it well, and I'll be in charge of getting the meal ticket! ”