At 4 a.m., the icebreaker, disguised as a freighter, sailed smoothly on the Barrow River, and after a night of sailing, it was close to the mouth of the sea.

In the captain's room, Ma Wei sat at the table, holding a quill in his hand, dipped in ink, and the tip of the pen quickly swiped across the paper, leaving lines and lines.

He was refining the Book of Truth, and if he had previously piled up theoretical concepts in his teachings, he would now have to describe them in more plain and understandable terms.

Except for him, as the original author, I am afraid that no one in the world can better understand the core of the idea that the Book of Truth is trying to express.

This task is also his.

With one foot sticking out of the quilt, Yunia lay down on the bed in a large figure, turning over for a while, obviously not yet able to adapt to the life of sailing on the ship.

Xiao Hei was lying at the head of the bed, sleeping deeply, and Fat Tang was squatting on the windowsill looking at the starry night sky, the room was extremely quiet, only the rustling of brushstrokes.

"Aren't you sleeping?"

A few minutes later, Fat Orange jumped on the table and yawned, "I'm sleepy." ”

"Can't sleep."

The quill was inserted back into the ink bottle, Ma Wei leaned back, rubbed his sour eyes, and took a sip of the cold black tea: "Isn't it quiet?" ”

"Luckily, I can hear voices coming from the computer room."

The captain's room is well insulated, and if you don't open the windows, you can't hear any noise, but for cats who hear three times as much as humans, the noise in the steam engine room is a bit noisy.

"How did you kill your boredom when you sailed before?"

The thought of having to drift on a boat for months, a year, or even more makes Fat Tangerine a little unbearable, he is not a house cat, he likes to go out and relax.

"Playing cards and drinking." Ma Wei leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to recuperate: "No matter how beautiful the scenery is, there is a day when you are tired of seeing, you will be very excited at the beginning of the voyage, but slowly, you will be a little bored." It's useless to get bored, you can only endure it silently, so when the ship docks, the crew will vent in retaliation, either gambling or prostitution, and basically can't save money. ”

"That's how you came here?"

"Please, I'm the deputy commander, which deputy commander did you see taking the lead in gambling and prostitution?" Ma Wei snorted, "We have to take care of the face of the Royal Navy, and there are some things that we can do as little as possible. ”

"So you did it anyway?"

"I'm not a good person, I used to drink rum the most, and I was often drunk, and it's not an exaggeration to say that I was an alcoholic." Ma Wei opened his eyes, looked at the ceiling of the captain's room, and said, "I haven't drunk until I was ambushed that day." ”

"Was it the Battle of Perea that day?"

"yes... Crowley and I were both drunk that day, and you would be excited if you grabbed enough gold and silver to pile up a mountain of treasure, but that night, we were the only time we slackened..."Ma Wei said quietly: "Of the 1,225 Royal Navy elites, only 139 survived in the end, although we are full of evil, and it is not an exaggeration to say that we are innocent, but... It's so unwilling. ”

Fat Orange stared at him, and after a while, he said, "You still won, even if you don't have any precautions. ”

"The Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Windsor is the best navy in the world, we are equipped with the latest weapons at that time, and the ships we are on are also made of steel, why lose?" Ma Wei took a deep breath: "Everyone in the world thinks that we have won the battle and are heroes, but only we think that we have lost. What infuriates us most is that King Rhodes IV has only paid a meager pension to our dead companions, and even before the execution, he was unwilling to pay the ransom and admit that we were privateers with royal permission. ”

"So that's why you want to start a revolution...", Fat Orange suddenly realized.

It had never heard Mavi mention the Battle of Perea before, and Mavi was silent about it, not wanting to tell the story of the time, as if it were an indelible stain on his service.

Right now...

Fat Tangerine finally understands why.

"If I were to go back to that moment, we would definitely be able to crush the enemy fleet." Ma Wei shook his head: "Forget it, what are you talking about, the past has passed, how can there be regret medicine in the world?" ”

Winter, winter, winter!

Winter, winter, winter!

The door of the captain's room was suddenly knocked hard, and the sleeping Yunia sat up, her eyes full of confusion, and there were traces of saliva running from the corners of her half-open mouth.

"Cake baked?" She asked, blurting out.

"No, no, we'll have to wait a while..."Ma Wei hurriedly coaxed.

"Oh... That... Then I'll have some chocolate chip cookies first..."

With a plop, Yunia fell asleep.

Mavi opened the door, looked serious, his hair was messy, and Yakov, who had just woken up, made a silent gesture and closed the door with his backhand.

"What's wrong?"

"It's time to reach the sea." Yakov said succinctly: "The lookout on duty saw the ships of the Royal Navy, and they were approaching us. ”

"It's very tightly blocked..."

Four o'clock in the morning was the darkest hour of the day, and it was extremely difficult to detect the ships on the sea with the lights out, but the Royal Navy still spotted them at the first time, which proved that there were no loopholes in the naval blockade, and the other side was on guard and refused to let down their guard at any time.

Without hesitation, Ma Wei directly dragged up the communication next door that had just fallen asleep for a long time, and asked him to disguise the crew one by one, so as not to be discovered that the crew members were Eastern Slavs.

Dino also got up, and he walked out of the room, changing into an expensive handmade suit, and his hair was meticulously combed and shiny.

Mavi was not idle, pulled out a captain's hat and put it on his head, put on his overcoat, and went to the deck.

Under the quiet night sky, two tall battleships approached the icebreaker, one left and one right, the dark barrels on the side of the ship were aimed at Ma Wei and others, and then a grappling hook baffle buckled the side of the ship, and several soldiers armed with rifles boarded the icebreaker under the leadership of the commander.

The lieutenant with a gold trim tattooed on his cuff looked around at the people on deck, raised the brim of his hat, and asked in a deep voice: "Who is the captain?" ”

"I am."

Ma Wei stepped forward and asked, "Is there any problem?" Mr. Lieutenant? ”

The lieutenant of the navy gave a perfunctory salute and said: "According to the wartime regulations, all merchant ships must obtain customs permits, and they are not allowed to go to sea between 1 and 5 o'clock in the morning, and you have violated the regulations. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Dino greeted him with a smile, skillfully took out a rolled document from his arms and handed it to the lieutenant: "I'm really embarrassed sir, the river flow speed is a little fast today, more than half an hour earlier than the original time to go to sea, we have no intention of violating the regulations, please forgive me." ”

"The pass issued by the royal customs?" The lieutenant opened the document and looked at it, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "If you set off from the royal capital, you shouldn't pass through this sea area, what kind of cargo is on board?" Where to go? ”

"There is no cargo on board, we are from the royal capital, we are free merchant ships, we just finished unloading in Waterford City yesterday, and this time we plan to go to the Kingdom of Mysore to buy spices." Dino replied quickly.

The lieutenant glanced at him, moved his gaze to the cabin, and waved his hand:

"Go in and check!"