Relying on his remarkable calm, Alonso finally stopped the car. The place was still about a kilometre from the dock, but Alonso didn't dare to drive the car anymore, so he parked it on the side of the road and got into trouble. What now? In those few days of study, he also had a little contact with car repair, but to be honest, in a few days, how could he learn anything, such as the problem of the brake system, which he could not handle well. Normally, he should have gone to the Volkswagen guys right away and asked them to see what was wrong. But this cart of goods can't just be left here, otherwise, don't look at the lot of things in the car, and there is no one around, but Alonso knows that as long as no one is watching, some guys will suddenly appear next to this car as if they came out of the ground, and then at most half an hour, maybe only ten minutes, this carload of things will evaporate from the world. And this place is outside the city, there are no public carriages, and it takes at least two and a half hours to walk from here to Volkswagen, and with such a long time, not to mention the cargo, even the car itself, it is difficult to say what else is left.

Or walk to the dock first and let the people on the dock come and look at the goods first and then figure out what to do? However, from here to the dock, it will take dozens of minutes to go back and forth, and no one dares to say how much cargo there will be at that time.

So, Alonso had to wait here until there were other cars or carriages passing by, and then ask them to go to the dock and call a few people. It's just that it's about time to eat at this time, so the time that runs on this road, whether it's a car or a horse-drawn carriage, is gone. Probably their drivers or coachmen have gone to dinner.

Alonso waited on the side of the road for a few moments before he saw a man walking towards him with a crooked bicycle and half a wheel in his other hand. Alonso immediately thought of the man he had almost hit just now, and he quickly met him and said to the man: "Brother, the brakes of my car just now failed, and I can't stop." Something almost happened...... What do you think? Are you alright, bro? ”

Alonso noticed that the man's clothes had been torn in several places, and a large side of the sleeve of his left hand was torn open, revealing the white sleeve of his shirt inside. There was also a big hole in the pants, and it was covered with dust. The man's face was even more blue and purple, and his left eye was swollen.

"You look at me like this, do you look like you're okay?" Subi said, squinting at Alonso as he estimated the size and strength of the guy opposite. At the same time, he was thinking about whether he could beat this damn guy if he fought. After observation, Subi came to a very frustrating conclusion: the guy on the other side was almost a head taller than him, and he was also very strong, plus whether he was injured or not, so he would probably not be able to beat him. After realizing this, Subi felt more and more depressed.

After making promises such as paying compensation and promising a commission, Subi agreed to help Alonso get someone to look at the car. At the same time, as a journalist, he is also interested in whether the new cars really have performance flaws.

A few hours later, the "Volkswagen" people arrived, and after carefully studying the condition of the car, they came to the conclusion that there was no problem with the car at all, and that the driver must have been so tired that he made a mistake. In short, just like the company with the same name in another time and space, no matter what the problem is, even if it is a broken axle, it is definitely not a design flaw or a quality problem, but a misoperation by you. And what's even worse is that the Volkswagen people got into the car by themselves, drove for a while, tried the brakes, and there really were no problems. Even Alonso went up and tried it, and he had to admit that the brakes are good now.

"But just now...... ...... just now," Alonso muttered.

"You must have made a mistake yourself." This time, even Subi said the same.

……

"Captain Haddock! Captain Haddock! I am back. Bobby yelled before he could enter the door.

"Ah, this kid Bobby still can't hold his breath." Captain Haddock said to Nelson with a smile as he opened the window, then he stuck his head out and shouted at Bobby, "Bobby, here, come here!" ”

"Yes, Captain!" Bobby replied, and ran over from this side.

"Captain, do you have something to ask for? So I went out first? Nelson said. As a piglet bought by Vito, Nelson has done a great job in smuggling operations for the past two years, and now that he has paid off the money he owes to Mr. Vito, it stands to reason that he can leave the ship and not do such a risky business. But during this time, Nelson found himself completely in love with the sea and the adventurous life that felt like walking on a sharp knife. What's more, if he continues to work, all the money he earns will be his own, and, because of his excellent appearance, Captain Haddock promises that he will give him more if he is willing to stay.

"Nielsen's technology is pretty good. But this technology is not worth the price I am giving him now. But there's one thing Nelson can't compare to, and that's this guy's super good luck, you see, how many things have happened to us since this guy got on our ship? And a while ago, we sent him to do something, and it turned out that there was a lot of things on the ship right away, didn't it? It is said that this is how Captain Haddock explained this to the first mate at that time, and the first mate also agreed with Captain Haddock after thinking about it. So Nelson became the sailor and mascot aboard the USS Mississippi Slut.

"Ah, this matter is also related to you, so you can listen to it too." Captain Haddock said.

At this time, Bob had already run over, and without knocking on the door, he just pushed the door and came in.

"Bob, did you buy it?" Captain Haddock asked.

"Got it. I've driven it back. Just outside the yard. Bob replied.

"Good, how's that? Is driving fun? Addock asked.

"It's fun." Bob replied.

"Then hurry up and play, it won't be long before you don't have to play." Captain Haddock said.

"Hell!" Bob said.

"Captain, can you tell me, what are you talking about?" Nelson asked.

……

It turned out that Volkswagen's advertising also hit Florida. So Captain Haddock saw an advertisement in the newspaper. On a machine that was a little bigger than a horse-drawn carriage, there was a forty-horsepower engine. So Captain Haddock immediately thought that if this engine could be installed on his smuggling boat, wouldn't his smuggling ship be invincible if it could be smuggling?

Captain Haddock immediately sent Bob over and told him to contact Vito so that he could buy an engine from Volkswagen and put it on his dinghy. Soon after, however, Bob sent a telegram back saying that Mr. Vito had sued him that "Volkswagen" had declared that engine production was limited and that all of them had to be used in cars, and that there was no surplus to sell. The field is deep, and he doesn't have much more good ideas. So Aduk had no choice but to instruct him to simply buy a whole car and come back. But even the whole car is not so easy to book, but fortunately, Mr. Vito still has some means, successfully ordered them a Volkswagen truck, and arranged a train for them to send this thing back. Moreover, Mr. Vito even got through the work of "Volkswagen" and had them send an assistant to help Addock refit the boat. Of course, it's not free. The entire service costs almost more expensive than a car

So a few days later, the 40-horsepower gasoline engine was moved to a small sampan, which was simply and crudely mounted on a bench that could rotate left and right in the stern section, and the power it output, without even going through the transmission system, was directly connected to a propeller that could rotate with the engine, and thus the world's first large smuggling airship appeared.

Of course, compared with another time and space, when seven 250-horsepower engines were installed in one go, and the smuggling speedboat could run an astonishing 60 knots, the maximum speed of this "speedboat" with only one 40-horsepower engine was only 24 knots, and after it was filled with cargo, the speed would drop to only about 15 or 6 knots. However, this was enough, because the Spaniards simply did not have warships capable of running to this speed.

With this thing attached, Captain Haddock has another artifact dedicated to smuggling. However, Captain Haddock was a man of great secrecy, especially when attending meetings of the Seamen's Alcoholics Rehabilitation Society and publicly demonstrating how to quit drinking 8 to 10 times in an hour. Of course, the so-called abstinence refers to Captain Haddock's finish drinking a bottle in his hand before he has time to open the next bottle. Like the five-hour hunger strike in some places, Captain Haddock tactfully called it "a successful abstinence."

During a certain "successful abstinence" time, Captain Haddock told the story of buying a car and refitting a speedboat without paying attention. As a result, the story immediately spread in the Florida smuggling community, and then, it didn't take long for "Volkswagen" to continue receiving orders from Florida. And these buyers, after buying the car, will even take the engine off and take it away, and sell the rest to the companies that buy auto parts (in fact, Volkswagen is also owned).