Then he hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Fellow, we saw your fishing boat parked here from afar, and then you were waving a national flag, I wonder if there is something wrong with your fishing boat?" ”

Hearing this, there were two sighs from the bow of the boat opposite, and finally Zheng Liangzhi said with a sad face: "Don't hide it Brother Li, there is a problem with the power system of our fishing boat, and even the spare parts have a problem, and we have been moored here for two days!" ”

"Ahh Li Xiaoliang, who was next to Li Xiaofeng, exclaimed, and then asked, "Didn't you ask for help from the ships coming and going around here?" ”

Speaking of which, it is not far from the international waterway, and there are many ships coming and going.

And there is a reason why Li Xiaoliang questioned this, because according to the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: any country must oblige the captain of a ship sailing under the flag of that country to rescue a ship shipwrecked at sea without seriously endangering its own safety!

There are such provisions not only in international waters, but also in China's domestic Maritime Security Law.

So on land, if you see someone in distress or not, it may be just a moral issue, but at sea, if you don't help, it may really be a violation of international law.

And whether you are a big ship or a small boat, in the final analysis, you are begging for a living at sea, and no one can guarantee that you will not encounter this situation in the future, so many ships are willing to help without threatening their own safety.

Hearing Li Xiaoliang's words, Zheng Yongjun, Zheng Liangzhi, father and son, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and finally Zheng Yongjun said: "We did ask for help from the cargo ships that came and went, and there were indeed ships willing to rescue us." But they were only willing to send our crew to a safe place, and our fishing boat had to be abandoned here, so in the end we chose to give up ourselves! ”

Hearing Zheng Yongjun's words, Li Xiaofeng and several people also understood in their hearts, and several people could understand their behavior to some extent.

For fishermen, fishing boats are really their lifeline, a tool they rely on to support their families, and how can they be willing to give up until the last minute?

For these cargo ships, they have no problem doing it. They can rescue the crew in distress, but they are not obligated to rescue such a large fishing boat.

And if you let them tow such a large fishing boat, it is generally unlikely.

However, Li Xiaofeng was still a little puzzled by their situation, so he continued to ask: "Uncle Zheng, it stands to reason that there should be a lot of Filipino fishing boats passing by around here, haven't you asked them for help, some of their fishing boats should have the accessories you need?" ”

Hearing Li Xiaofeng's words, the father and son both showed anger, and finally Zheng Liangzhi said indignantly: "When the radio on our ship was not broken before, we did ask for help from the nearby Philippine fishing boat!" There was a fishing boat that did have the accessories we needed, but I didn't expect such an accessory, and they directly offered us $100,000, don't you say this is naked blackmail? ”

100,000 dollars, these people dare to fucking ask for it!

Hearing this, Li Xiaofeng's heart couldn't help but be full of anger.

Speaking of which, as China's economic situation has become better and better in recent years, there are many Chinese people who spend money abroad like running water, which also leads to Chinese people being often regarded as wronged by them abroad.

Hearing Zheng Liangzhi's words, Li Xiaoliang also said angrily: "How can these people take advantage of the fire to rob, they should sue them!" ”

Hearing his words, Han Minghua next to him couldn't help but roll his eyes and asked, "How did you sue them?" ”

Although there are provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, such as the situation of the Zheng family and his son, it really does not belong to the rescue content stipulated in the Convention on the Law of the Sea.

And even if there are provisions of international law, not to mention the situation of not being able to save yourself at sea, there are many of them!

Take the famous Titanic in history.

When the Titanic sank, there was a nearby Californian cruise ship only 19 miles away from it.

But when they received a distress signal from the Titanic, the ship did not choose to go to the rescue immediately, which eventually caused the tragedy of more than 1,500 people killed on the Titanic.

Finally, after a careful investigation by the U.S. Senate, it was confirmed that Captain Rhodes on the Californian did not save him.

However, the final punishment result was just that Captain Rhodes was fired from the cruise company where he worked.

Hearing Li Xiaoliang's somewhat naïve words, Zheng Yongjun could only shake his head with a wry smile and said: "So in the end, we can only anchor here, looking forward to meeting a domestic ship to rescue us." Alas, I didn't expect it to be this morning, and to make matters worse, our radio also had a problem! ”

Zheng Liangzhi next to him also said with a bitter face: "So when we saw the five-star red flag hanging on your ship, we desperately stood on the bow of the ship and waved the national flag at you, hoping that you would notice us!" Thank goodness you found us. ”

After listening to the words of the two, Li Xiaofeng comforted the two of them: "Don't worry, Uncle Zheng, don't say that we are real Dongjiang fellows, even if we are not fellow villagers, it is impossible for us to stand idly by when we meet other compatriots in China here!" And don't worry about accessories, if we don't have them on our fishing boats, we will also go to Singapore to help you buy them back! ”

Hearing his words, the father and son also let go of the worries in their hearts and hurriedly thanked them.

Subsequently, Li Xiaofeng arranged for Hu Dequan to take the entire crew to board the fishing boat of the Zheng family and his son through a rubber boat to assist them in overhauling the fishing boat.

In addition to the two fathers and sons, there were seven or eight other crew members on their fishing boat, and from time to time these crew members were their relatives, who were their neighbors, and when the group learned the news, they were all relieved and let out a burst of cheers.

Speaking of the radio from the fishing boat in the morning, they were also frightened, after all, this place is not only far away from the motherland, but also far away from the mainland, looking at the vast sea all around, it is strange not to be afraid.

After being overhauled by Hu Dequan and several people, fortunately, they were lucky, and the maintenance warehouse of the "Deep Blue" fishing boat happened to have the spare parts they needed.

In the end, with the help of Hu Dequan and several others, it took more than two hours to not only repair the power of their fishing boat, but also repair the radio on their fishing boat.

Later, the father and son brought a lot of cigarettes, liquor and other things and boarded their fishing boat to thank them.

In the end, Li Xiaofeng and the others really couldn't refuse, so they left the cigarettes and liquor, and let the father and son take back everything else.

In the end, the father and son thanked Dade again, added each other's contact information, and then they drove away on the fishing boat.

(End of chapter)