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So far, there are more than 200 merchant ships registered in Lanfang, which belong to the three major transportation companies in Lanfang.

In Qin Zhiyuan's plan, all future transportation of Lanfang will be handled by Lanfang's freighters.

This goal has been basically achieved, but there are still some hidden dangers, and the problem lies in the selection of the captain.

Although Lanfang's freighter has the ability to sail to the sea, the number of Lanfang's captains is seriously insufficient, and it can only hire a large number of French or British captains, and at the same time, Lanfang's own captains are also being trained.

This is the case with the "Minnan".

"Minnan" is a 10,000-ton ocean-going freighter with ocean-going transportation capacity, and is currently running from Wanghaizhou to Northern Xinjiang in Lanfang. When the "Minnan" went to the Northern Frontier, it transported all kinds of materials needed by the Northern Frontier, and when it returned, it brought people who wanted to emigrate from the Republic of China to Lanfang.

The "Minnan" is a relatively advanced cargo ship, and its sailing speed is relatively fast, and it can run a round trip from Wanghaizhou to the northern Xinjiang region every half a month.

Like most of Lanfang's ocean-going freighters, the captain of the "Minnan" was a Frenchman, and he was an acquaintance of Qin Zhiyuan, the captain of the "Victory News" that Qin Zhiyuan took when they went to Europe.

Henry was a little depressed in the past two days, because the original first mate and second mate on the "Minnan" were transferred away and went to a new ship to serve as the captain and first mate respectively, and Henry had retrained his first mate and second mate.

And this happened once four months ago.

That's right, Henry has been under Qin Zhiyuan's command for more than half a year.

The world war caused extremely serious trauma to Europe, the "Victory News" was originally an "old fellow", and when the "Victory News" was about to be decommissioned, Henry's boss had no money to replace the new ship, so Henry came to Lanfang to find food.

In fact, for Henry, even if he retires now, Henry can live a worry-free life.

But the love of the sea has been deeply rooted in Henry's bones, and Henry can't refuse the temptation of the sea, so he continues to Lanfang to exert his residual heat.

came to Lanfang from France, Henry only had a group of unskilled sailors, not even the first mate and the second mate, it can be said that "one poor and two white", Henry had to train from scratch.

Fortunately, these "children" are diligent enough, they are enthusiastic about learning, and no matter what Henry tells them to do, they always do it neatly, which makes Henry feel very happy.

Just when Henry had trained a qualified first mate and second mate and was about to start a happy and leisurely life as a captain, the bad news came, Henry's first mate and second mate were transferred, and Henry had to start all over again.

This is already the second time.

Henry knew that Lan Fang was using him to train more qualified captains for himself.

If this continues, then one day, Henry will be out of work again.

It is true that some British and French captains rejected this arrangement, not wanting to develop competitors for themselves. But Henry did not want to refuse, because just after the "Royal Ocean Line" transferred Henry's first and second officers for the second time, "Royal Ocean Line" and Henry re-signed a contract.

According to the contract, if Henry doesn't want to be a captain now, then Henry can choose to go to the "Deep Blue Ocean Academy" founded by Lan Fang to teach, and train those jerky hairy boys into qualified sailors, which is equivalent to finding a way out for Henry, and at the same time, the contract also increased Henry's salary a lot, which made Henry completely worryless.

Of course, Henry has another choice, Henry can choose to join Lanfang nationality, then there is no worries at all.

Henry is indeed thinking about this matter, Henry has been to Coconut City and knows how beautiful Coconut City is, if he can own a house in Coconut City, then Henry thinks it is not bad to join Lan Fang nationality.

In fact, Henry has already thought about it, and Henry plans to apply for Lanfang nationality when he returns to Coconut City, in that case, Henry will feel that he will live happily in sunny Lanfang.

Every time he thought of this, Henry felt that his bones were thirsting for sunshine, knowing that the long years of life at sea had caused Henry to have severe arthritis, and Henry really didn't want to experience the cold and damp of the European winter anymore.

In contrast, Lan Fang's sunlight was so attractive that Henry felt that he couldn't bask in the sun all year round.

It was another sunny morning, and Henry got up, washed, changed into a new shirt, and went to the bridge with his pipe.

"Lu, where are we now?" Henry asked the first mate who had just taken over.

That's right, this is Henry's daily life as a captain, he cares almost nothing, and only speaks when his crew needs advice, and the advice given by Henry is often the accumulation of Henry's lifetime sailing experience.

"Sir, we are now near 37 degrees north latitude and 131 degrees east longitude, and we will reach Vladivostok at noon tomorrow." Lu Feiyu, who has just been promoted to first mate

Dedicated.

"Very well, Lu, keep the current direction, let's keep going." Henry sat down in his place and began to fill his pipe with shredded tobacco.

"Yes, sir." Lu Feiyu replied respectfully, and then began to record in the logbook.

While Lu Feiyu was recording, Henry was carefully observing everyone in the bridge, and the results made Henry very satisfied, everyone was doing their job, and no one was lazy.

Well, the Chinese are always so diligent.

Just when Henry was thinking about whether to go back to sleep, Lu Feiyu's report sounded in his ears: "Sir, there is a Japanese warship approaching at high speed on the port side. ”

Japanese warships?

Henry immediately fell asleep.

Henry knew about the recent dispute between Lan Fang and Japan, and at this critical time when Qin Zhiyuan was about to ascend the throne, it was not a good thing to encounter Japanese warships at sea.

Henry could be sure that the Japanese warships were not just going around, and that something would definitely happen to them, with or without a reason.

"Keep course, keep speed, send a report to Vladivostok and the home port, report on our situation." Henry was methodical.

As a captain, there is no need for Henry to worry about daily sailing, the first mate and second mate will handle the daily work, and Henry's value is reflected in dealing with unexpected situations.

On the vast sea, the freighter has no advantage in the face of warships, and can only passively wait for the unknown fate.

Soon, the Japanese warship approached the "Minnan" at high speed, followed by the Japanese warship and began to shout: "Minnan, we are the Imperial Japanese Maritime Anti-Smuggling Team, you are now suspected of participating in smuggling, please stop the ship immediately for inspection......

Get checked!

This is a somewhat insulting act, the "Minnan" is a Lanfang-flagged cargo ship, sailing on the high seas at this time, the home port is not a Japanese port, the destination port is not a Japanese port, and the Japanese warship does not have jurisdiction over the "Minnan," let alone the right to board the ship for inspection.

The Japanese warship and Lan Fang were walking very closely, almost a dangerous distance, and at the same time, the Japanese side kept repeating what they had just said in French, Japanese, and Chinese.

The only thing that echoed in Cambridge was the shouts of the Japanese side, and everyone looked at Henry, waiting for Henry's next order.

"This is the Lan Fang Minnan, we are from Lan Fang Dagang, the destination is Vladivostok, we have not had any kind of contact with your country, according to the practice ......of the high seas, you have no jurisdiction," Henry also replied.

"Minnan, we are the Imperial Japanese Maritime Anti-Smuggling Team, you are now suspected of participating in smuggling, please stop the ship immediately for inspection...... the Japanese warship continued to shout, even though the current distance is already a dangerous distance, the Japanese warship is still getting closer.

"Your decision will definitely trigger a dispute between the two countries, and this time it will have serious consequences, please think about it carefully." Henry continued.

The content of the Japanese warship's shouting remained unchanged, but it opened up a little distance, and the guns on the warship had begun to turn, pointing in the direction of the "Minnan".

"Stop the ship and get ready for inspection." Henry gave a surprise order.

"Sir......" Lu Feiyu was anxious and didn't quite agree with Henry's decision.

"Stop the ship, let's do it, when facing a warship, we don't have much ability to resist, this is not the time to be strong, for a captain, keeping the ship is the first priority." Henry's tone was resolute.

Henry is not a soldier, he does not have the consciousness of preferring to die unyieldingly, when faced with force majeure, Henry will make normal choices for normal people, which is understandable.

Lu Feiyu is different, the contradictions between the Chinese and the Japanese have a long history, and Lu Feiyu hates the Japanese.

Stopping the ship for inspection was like raising his hand to surrender to Lu Feiyu, which made Lu Feiyu unacceptable.

However, it is obvious that the "Minnan" is a freighter and does not have a military background, and it is inappropriate to buckle the big hat of national righteousness on the head of the "Minnan", which is too heavy for the Minnan.

After all, Henry had supreme authority, and when Henry gave the order to stop the ship, the engine of the "Minnan" stopped running and the speed slowly slowed down.

The Japanese warships had already lowered their dinghys, and about a dozen sailors climbed up the rope ladder to the "Minnan".

"Hello, I'm Captain Henry of the Minnan, and we will cooperate with your inspection, I hope you can understand that we don't want to get involved in any disputes." Henry greeted him, and his words were quite polite.

The soldiers who boarded the ship did not reply, their expressions were fierce and their movements were rude, as if they could not understand French or Chinese.

Since this is the case, it is impossible to communicate.

Although the Japanese were shouting in French just now, it was clear that the interpreter did not board the "Minnan".

So the Japanese soldiers replaced words with actions.

These soldiers gathered all the people on board the "Minnan", found a container to empty the cargo, and then locked up all 45 crew members without giving any explanation.

Well, the Japanese didn't mean to check at all, they just deliberately stirred up trouble.

(To be continued.) )