Another four days passed, during which the crew lifted a body from the cabin and threw it into the sea.

The next thing I learned was that death was a common occurrence on this kind of smuggling journey, and the conditions in the cabin were very poor from the bottom up, with little fresh water and food, as well as poor temperature and ventilation, and even breathing would be difficult.

On this kind of smuggling boat, you don't expect them to prepare medical medicine for you! But that's not what scares me...... What really makes me feel a little cold is the smuggler crew of these smugglers and their attitude towards people.

The same people, the same kind, were kept in the cabin and were not allowed to come out...... It all makes me feel like the slave trade in those old movies!

This kind of hearing made me feel a little more alienated from the old snake and his men.

But then at dinner, the old snake pulled me to chat, and I couldn't help but ask him: "If the people below die, won't you not be able to receive the money?" Why don't you give them more food and water? ”

The old snake smiled, his smile was very cold, and he gave me a strange look.

"You are Chinese and do not understand the market." The old snake replied lightly, and then he smoked a cigarette and pointed to the bottom of the cabin with contempt, and said, "These people, dead, are worthless. ”

I deliberately tricked him into some words, but the old snake didn't care, and casually told me a little about the situation in this industry.

Smuggling is a problem that cannot be avoided anywhere, and from the perspective of East Asia, the smuggling of people and smugglers is divided into two waves, one is China's domestic coastal areas, mainly in Fujian.

The other wave is some scattered snakeheads in Southeast Asia.

"We are different from you Chinese." These are the exact words of the old snake.

In the seventies and eighties of the last century, the human snake syndicate in Fujian smuggled many smugglers from the mainland to Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao, and of course, Japan and the United States.

It can be said that it was a golden age of smuggling...... It is ridiculous to say, mainly because the country's economy was not yet developed at that time, it was not open, it was relatively backward in all aspects, and the communication channels with the Western world were also, and most of the smugglers went out with the mentality of going to the West to make a fortune.

To put it in a ridiculous phrase, it was a "seller's market" and the golden age of human smuggling syndicates, and the prices of smuggling into the United States were high, and most of them were non-bargaining...... What's more, pay first, then get on board!

The direct consequence of such an action was that almost all the human snake groups at that time lacked the awareness of "after-sales service".

When the people got on the boat, the money was received, and the human snake syndicate usually transported the smugglers like slaves, using the most frugal methods...... Try to cramit as many people as possible in the cabin, and one more is an extra sum of money! Bring as little water food as possible, because if you bring less goods, you can bring more people!

At that time, the disability rate of stowaways was very high!

Speaking of this, the old snake seemed to smile and said, "Don't look at the suffocation of people in smuggling boats or car fuel tanks that I said two years ago, these news will make a lot of noise...... In fact, ten or twenty years ago, the number of dead people was many times higher! It's just that the media was not developed at that time, so there was not so much publicity. ”

However, with the nineties of the last century, China's economy took off, after the national strength became stronger and stronger, the exchanges between China and the Western world became more and more smooth, and it was no longer difficult to go abroad.

As if a joke or to confirm the truth that "the market dominates everything", the smuggling business has gradually changed from a seller's market to a buyer's market...... It sounds a little ridiculous.

However, in order to attract business, the Human Snake Group has also taken a lot of measures to adapt to the Chaoliu.

For example, price movements...... Lao Snake said that there is even a situation where several companies on the road fight for prices and routes...... "It's like your domestic travel companies fighting a price war." ”

Secondly, it is after-sales service!

In recent years, there has been too much propaganda about the smuggling of dead people, so that many people dare not smuggle out of the country, so now the smuggling of people and snakes is taking the method of collecting half of the money first, and then collecting the other half after arriving at the destination safely.

In this way, until the money is confiscated, they will not dare to abuse the smugglers as before, because when the person dies, they will not receive the final payment!

"But...... The two people who died in the past two days ......," I asked, frowning.

The old snake's eyebrows raised, and there was a hint of cruelty and cunning on his thin face: "What I said is the situation in your China, we are different from you!" ”

He then explained that in many small countries in Southeast Asia, the national economic level is still very backward, and the rules for smuggling business are still the same as those of China more than a decade ago.

That is, collect all the money first, and then get on the boat!

Such a situation also makes these snake smuggling groups in Southeast Asia not care about the life or death of the smugglers...... Anyway, the money has already been received!

"There were Vietnamese people, Indonesian people, and Malaysian people." The old snake said lightly: "They all paid first and then got on the boat." ”

Then he casually mentioned one thing as if inadvertently: there are even some ruthless human snake groups...... After collecting the money, when you arrive at the destination, you will join forces with the local gangsters to make a black and black deed! Sell the people on the boat directly to the local gangsters, and I heard that some people are sold to South American drug plantations! I don't know if I live or die......

Hearing these words, my heart jumped, and I immediately couldn't help but look at the old snake's eyes with a little more meaning.

The old snake laughed, patted his chest, and promised: "Don't worry, I'm very trustworthy!" You're a friend of the fat man, I won't sell your land! ”

Looking at this guy's flickering gaze and somewhat obscene smile, I secretly thought to myself, believe in you to have ghosts!

But then I felt a little more jealous and vigilant about these people, and I was much more alert when I slept at night...... These are real killer guys!

As the boat moved north, the climate became less and less hot, and even cooler in the morning and evening.

I don't know if it's because I'm lucky, we've been calm all the way, we haven't encountered bad weather, since the sixth day, the old snake has been babbling every day from the morning and doesn't know what to say, as if praying not to encounter a storm.

As the climate got colder, I was relieved that there were finally no more dead people in the cabin.

Even though I told myself in my heart that it wasn't my business, it was not a pleasant thing for me to watch someone die in front of me.

Although the old snake said that those were Vietnamese and Indonesian.

That night, when I was still asleep, I was woken up by the noise outside, and I immediately rolled out of bed, just in time to see the old snake push open the door and call out to me: "Come out, you have arrived." ”

Puzzled, I walked out of the cabin to the deck, only to see something that surprised me!

The fishing boat I was in had lowered its sail motor and had stalled, and next to it was a larger boat, which looked black in the night, with a metal shell and a much higher side than ours.

Now the two boats are side by side, with two planks in between as an improvised bridge.

The old snake stood beside me, his hand touching his waist...... It was a gun, and several of his crew members were standing with guns in hand.

What amazed me even more...... The door to the cabin under the fishing boat is open! A group of people are coming out from underneath and moving to the big ship through the two planks on board!

In the darkness, I couldn't see the appearance of these stowaways, only that most of them were men, few women, all dressed ordinarily, everyone was carrying simple luggage, there were not many things, and at night, no one spoke, they were all quietly queuing up to move from the plank.

Most people's steps are vain and weak, most people walk alone, few in groups, and everyone walks with their heads down, even if they or the people around them are weak and almost fall, no one will help each other!

And on that big ship, I saw several black figures standing on the deck, with black guns in their hands, and their eyes twinkling like wolves under the dim light bulbs.

"What the hell is going on? Old snake? I glanced at the guy next to me with some wariness.

The old snake smiled a little weakly, but then said in a low voice: "I can only send it here, you are going to change ships now, you take that boat, they will continue to carry you to your destination." ”

I was faintly annoyed: "Why didn't you mention this before?" Square...... Does he know about your arrangements? ”

Looking at the old snake's embarrassed smile, my heart immediately brightened...... This guy's arrangement, it seems that the fat man doesn't even know about it!

Strictly speaking, what the old snake is doing now is a bit like the kind of business often said: "two dealers", but the difference is that the two dealers sell the goods to the next family, while the old snake sells stowaways!

Although I was a little angry, I wisely kept my mouth shut, and I knew that it was useless to protest against the old snake at this time...... These people are all murderous without blinking, and I say how useful it is now? said that he was annoyed by others, so he shot me directly and threw me into the sea, and there was nowhere to shout injustice!

The old snake accompanied me to the big ship, and I found out that the crew of this boat were all ghosts, and the first fellow was a black man, shirtless like half a black iron tower, with a cigar in his mouth, a hideous face, a calm gaze, and a military dagger in his hand.

The old snake went up to say hello to him, and I obviously saw that the black man looked at the old snake with a trace of disdain in his eyes, and then the old snake talked a lot to him, and then pointed at me, and the black man didn't speak from beginning to end, just looked at the old snake coldly and waited for him to finish.

Finally, the old snake wiped his sweat, turned to me and said, "Okay, I've explained, you go with them, what about your belongings?" ”

I patted the bag I was carrying, and I had taken it with me since I saw the dead man on board.

The black man looked at me coldly for a moment, and I could feel that his eyes were cold, and there was something eerie in them, and when he looked at me, I felt as if I was being stared at by some kind of beast!

Then the old snake talked to him twice, basically the old snake said, and the black man occasionally hummed.

Finally, the old snake patted me on the shoulder, and the smile on his face was very hypocritical: "Have a safe journey!" ”

Then he ran back to his own boat, removing the planks that connected the two boats.

This bastard!! I couldn't help but curse.

Being a human snake actually changed hands!!

Then I sighed and glanced at the black man, who was also looking at me, but then he turned away, not seeming to be of much interest in me, and one of the crew members came over with a gun in his hand and pointed ahead.

That means: the past!

I took a look, and it turned out that the dozens of stowaways had already entered through the door of a cabin, and it seemed that on this ship, they would continue to be locked up in the cabin below deck, and continue to live like ground rats.

The difference is that the crew next to me signaled me with a gun, which means that I should go with them!

I hesitated for a moment to discern something, but the black man was already far away, and he didn't pay any attention to me, and the crew had a murderous and arrogant look, and it seemed that if I didn't move the place, he would probably not hesitate to come up and give me the butt of a gun!

I finally recognized the situation I was facing, and my first-class treatment along the way was over! I'm going to live with the stowaways in the cabin below......

I held back the anger in my heart, I knew that the situation was pressing at this time, and I couldn't have any room for resistance, so I could only walk over silently, and follow the people outside the cabin to slowly line up and walk into the cabin leading to the lower deck, and there were crew members on both decks with guns urging from time to time.

Probably because I was too slow, the last time I got into the cabin, the bastard in the back kicked me, and I staggered down, and the hatch behind me slammed shut!

It was dark in the cabin, and I could feel that the place was not big, it was small, and it was filled with a strange stench, and the dozens of people who had come in first had already scattered to find a place to sit and lie down, and it was difficult to find a place to put their feet on the ground.

The door was occupied by three or four men, and I was about to sit down when they came and pushed me and motioned for me to go inside.

It turns out that the location of the cabin door is actually very "popular"! Because the outside crew comes down every once in a while to deliver water and food, they are randomly thrown at the hatch, so the closer to the hatch, the more food and water can be grabbed...... And only the physically strong can grab this good position!

The old and infirm were squeezed inside.

The innermost place is the least airy, and usually the most stuffy, cold or hot place!

I didn't want to cause trouble, so I didn't clash with the people at the door, but chose to avoid it for the time being, and walked into the cabin, the space inside was really not so crowded, but the air was very stuffy, full of a musty and rancid smell, which made me almost suffocate, and I found an empty spot at random and sat down, but I heard a few coughs not far away.

Intuitively, I could tell it was a woman, she was not very old, and besides, her coughing voice sounded weak, as if she was sick!