On the vast sea, the sea is endless, and a merchant ship is heading into the distance.

The sails were pulled up, blown by the wind, and the bow of the ship broke the current, forming waves of water.

"I'm so tired."

On the deck, a teenager sat there, moving his shoulders and looking tired.

"Marcel, you're tired of unloading such a little goods?"

Next to him, there was a middle-aged man, leaning on the boat gang, holding a bottle of wine in his hand, looking at the young man with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Joze."

When Marcel saw the comer, he sighed and said, "I really didn't expect to be so tired. ”

"That's what your father did all along." Qiao Ze raised the wine bottle and took a sip of wine, and said with a somewhat stunned expression, "Now that he is gone, you are the only man in the family, and you must support this family." ”

When Marcel heard this, his eyes became firm, and he clenched his fists and said, "I will do my job well." ”

"He's a good boy." José rubbed Marcel's head.

"Then, I will practice my sword well, kill all those pirates, and avenge my father." Marcel's eyes were full of hatred.

Half a month ago, the merchant ship of the Chamber of Commerce was robbed by the pirates, and the pirates killed two people in order to establish their authority, one of which was Marcel's father.

Without his father, Marcel's family lost their only source of income.

There is also a younger brother and a younger sister at home, of which the younger brother is still in infancy and needs to be taken care of by his mother.

Originally, his mother planned to let herself take care of her younger brother, but her mother was not in good health, so the sixteen-year-old Marcel decisively got on the merchant ship and worked as a porter to support the family.

Although it is very good, but as a man, he needs to take on this responsibility.

The people on the ship also took good care of him, he was the least efficient, but he went to sea with the ship, and carried it at a time, at the price of one working hour.

The price of the man-hours of the porter is 4,000 baileys, and he can go to ten villages and unload ten times at a time, at least 40,000 yuan.

Twice a month, that's 80,000 Baileys.

80,000 Baileys, save a little money, and basically meet the expenses of a family.

As long as you work for two or three years and become proficient in the work on a seagoing ship, you can not only work as a porter, but also as a helmsman, sailor, lookout, bookkeeper and so on.

You can even catch some fish along the way and take them home to sell or eat.

Marcel is full of hope for the future and believes in his future.

Marcel turned his head, looked at Uncle Joze, and said with a smile, "Uncle Joze, can you give me a drink of rum." ”

"Want to drink? You're too young, and rum isn't what you can drink right now. Qiao Ze said with a smile.

Marcel said dissatisfiedly: "Uncle Joze, I'm all working, I can drink." ”

"Let's have a drink, then."

Jozer thought for a moment and handed the wine to Marcel.

Marcel took the bottle, put it to his lips, and swallowed it directly.

Ahem, ahem.

Marcel coughed violently, and his face turned red.

"Hahahaha."

Qiao Ze laughed happily, and waited until Marcel stopped coughing before saying, "You drank too much, rum is not the same as beer, the degree is very high, you drink it for the first time, don't drink so much." ”

Marcel nodded, handed the bottle to Joze, and shook his head, feeling a little foggy.

Alcohol consumption also needs to be exercised.

Men who sail on the seas are not allowed to drink.

Marcel thought, rubbing his flushed face, when a voice sounded in the distance, "There's a sea fish down there, swimming with our boat." ”

"Carver, it's just a sea fish, what kind of sea fish we haven't seen, what's the fuss." Qiao Ze shouted into the distance.

"It's a big fish."

In the distance, a stout man lay on the other side of the boat, staring underwater.

"What sea fish? It is better to catch it with fishing nets, just as the merchant ships have some space to catch and sell. ”

In the distance, an old man shouted.

"Old Jon, you're not going to catch it."

Carver said with a smile, looked at the fish and said, "This fish is almost twenty meters long, it's too big." ”

"So big?"

Both José and Marcel ran to the boat gang and looked down.

In the shadow of the sea, a huge sea fish followed the ship.

This marine fish is about twenty meters long, black all over, with a huge head and a thick body.

The head has a prominent ramming angle, the first dorsal fin on the back is raised, like a scythe, and there is a ramming angle in front of the dorsal fin.

"It's huge."

Marcel couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Joze, what kind of fish is this?" ”

Qiao Ze looked at it for a while and said, "I haven't seen it either, it looks a little weird." ”

"Why is it following us?" Marcel asked curiously.

Qiao Ze shrugged his shoulders and said, "It may be to hide with the help of the hull of the ship, or it may be because the arrival of the ship will stir up the current and cause the fish to be caught up and prey, or it may be just for fun." ”

"That's right."

Marcel nodded, looked at the bottom of the sea, and suddenly put his finger to his mouth and whistled.

。。。

"Huh?"

At the bottom of the sea, Xia Qiu heard a sharp whistle and raised her eyelids slightly.

This sea fish that followed the merchant ships was naturally summer and autumn.

If you kill the colonel yourself, the navy will definitely hunt you in this area, so Xia Qiu chose to leave.

The ocean is so big, as long as you leave this sea area, the navy will not be able to track you at all, and you will not remember yourself at all after the search for fish in this sea is fruitless.

So Xia Qiu chose to leave, but the method of leaving needs to be considered.

You can't blindly look for a direction, after all, there are sea beasts and sea kings in the East China Sea, even if it is near the sea, there are also kings of the near sea.

I also need to find the next island, most of the surrounding waters have limited water depth, most of the waters around the shallows, most of them are below 30 meters, and a few areas can reach 100 meters.

Of course, there are also islands with cliffs or vertical straits under the shallows, which can even reach hundreds of meters.

A deep-water port with a water depth of more than 15 meters is a deep-water port, and such a deep-water port can already stop 8,000 TCU cargo ships.

The water depth is relatively small, and large fish rarely go there, especially marine fish with a body length of more than 30 meters.

The limit of his combat power can almost deal with sea fish between thirty and forty meters, which is already dangerous, but it can still be overcome.

Therefore, the best way to find the next island in summer and autumn and avoid sea kings and sea beasts as much as possible is to follow the boat.

There are many merchant and cargo ships plying and plying the island, and you can take yourself to the next island.

Summer and autumn did not choose huge cargo ships, and the cargo ships that came here every week to transport salt would be loaded with salt and would sail to the companies and factories that handled it.

Most of those companies and factories are located in small towns or countries, which are relatively large islands.

There is no need to go to a large island, where more and more powerful pirates will be gathered, and there will also be a naval station. You know, the naval branch base is stationed in the town. The naval branch base of a town is about 20 villages.

Therefore, Xia and Autumn aimed at small islands, and they needed merchant ships that could go to the islands.

For example, this merchant ship is very huge, and some of the cargo is unloaded, and the draft is still very deep.

Such a merchant ship would certainly not trade and transport daily necessities for a single village.

So it has to go to the next island that needs commodities to trade, and the size of the island will not be too large.

Moreover, such a huge merchant ship must be on guard against sea kings and sea beasts, and most of the routes chosen should be non-sea kings habitat areas.

This guarantees basic security.

Xia Qiu didn't respond to the shouting of the ship, closed his eyes, slowed down, dragged back a little, and then slowly followed the merchant ship to move forward.