When Fang Lang returned to the Charles Jos, Captain Cross looked at Fang Lang who returned empty-handed with a surprised look and asked, "Hey! Fang, why did you come back empty-handed? ”

Of course, Fang Lang did not return empty-handed, and had an extra Patek Philippe first-generation perpetual calendar watch on his wrist. Just this watch, Fang Lang's impression is that it is limited to four pieces in the world, and the auction price has reached more than 70 million. This is what Carlo must give to Fang Lang as a gift.

Fang Lang bought two Luger P08 pistols for fifty dollars at Caro's suggestion, because according to Caro's understanding, Luger P08 pistols are very popular in the American collectibles market, but he can't say how much they are worth, Fang Lang still accepted his suggestion after thinking about it again. Not to mention that there is one more way to make a fortune.

"Mr. Captain, I'm on the streets of Italy, except for the pizza shop, which is a pasta shop, and I really don't know what to bring to the United States." After saying that, he shrugged his shoulders and looked at Captain Cross helplessly.

"Haha..... Fang, haven't you found the beauties of Italian street specialties? Captain Cross began to joke with Fang Lang between men.

"Mr. Captain, I have not discovered the difference between an Italian girl and an American girl when I am too young, and I think I need your personal demonstration and guidance."

Obviously, women are always the most attractive in the topic of conversation between men, and without Fang Lang answering, the surrounding crew began to talk about the difference between Italian beauties and American beauties, and the atmosphere was called a warm atmosphere, which made Fang Lang integrate into the team quickly.

In this way, time flies, and there is no word for a night. The next morning, before the sky was fully bright, the Charles Jos Victory Ship began to set sail, and Fang Lang also started his voyage life again after being reborn.

Captain Cross originally thought that the young Fang Lang was suspected of bragging when he said that he was capable of handling the shipping work of a large ocean-going ship. However, when the first mate took Fang Lang with him, he became familiar with the location of the equipment on the ship, and how to use it.

Fang Lang's performance surprised all the sailors on the ship, he was up to almost any role on the ship, as if he had a lot of experience in every position, which made Captain Cross very satisfied, and felt that he had finally found his kind.

Because in this era of European and American countries, the captain is not the same as modern China, must start from the grassroots sailors, step by step, and to take the exam one by one to be able to finally participate in the captain qualification examination, most of the captains are directly in the navigation school after receiving the study of navigation majors, on the ship is the management position, and as the chief engineer of the modern society ocean container ship, Fang Lang is the captain qualification certificate, and needs to be on duty when the captain rests.

Captain Cross is an exception, because he is black, even if you are better than white people in American society, you can't enjoy the same treatment as white people, so he also started from the most basic sailors, and finally through his own efforts, plus the shortage of captains during World War II, he had the opportunity to become a rare black captain.

This made Cross like Fang Lang very much, although following the escort fleet, there was no opportunity to choose the route independently, but when the two were discussing, Fang Lang had a very rich reserve of nautical knowledge, and there were many geographical knowledge such as seasons, climate, ocean currents, and weather, which even Kroos had never heard of.

The use of navigation equipment on board is also very proficient, sextant, compass, radio compass, astronomical clock and various equipment are used immediately, and the measured route, latitude and longitude are very accurate.

Fang Lang's seafaring skills were unanimously recognized by the ship's crew, and he was directly assigned to the duty rotation after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar.

In fact, Fang Lang also had unfamiliar equipment, such as anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-submarine guns on the ship. As long as there is a chance, Fang Lang will go over and maintain these guns and artillery with the soldiers, after all, this is a man's romance. I don't know if the size of the escort fleet is too large, or because the Germans know that this is an empty ship returning to the United States, and there is no attack value, so after fifteen days of sailing, Fang Lang did not encounter an attack by the German Navy's submarine forces, and safely arrived at New York, the largest port city on the east coast of the United States.

At this time, the port of New York was basically crowded with Liberty and Victory ships coming and going to Europe, and there were no spare berths to berth other merchant ships, so most of the people you saw in the port were American GIs. Now because it is a time of war, in order to pursue the efficiency of loading, it is basically three shifts, and the loading and unloading work at the port is basically in a state of non-stop personnel and equipment, so the efficiency is very high.

Originally, based on Fang Lang's understanding of the bulk carrier of the Victory Ship, it would take about ten days to fill a 7,000-ton Victory Ship, but as a result, Captain Cross told Fang Lang that they only had three days to load and unload supplies and overhaul the ship in New York.

In fact, Fang Lang has been observing Captain Cross and the others on the ship, and after nearly half a month of getting along, Fang Lang feels that Captain Cross and the others are trustworthy. After thinking about it again and again, in order to maximize the benefits and expand the number of their single purchases, they decided to pull all the crew members into their own plans, and of course they would not tell everything and everything.

Just before the ship was about to dock, Fang Lang found Captain Cross and said with a serious face: "Mr. Captain, I don't know if we can talk alone!" ”

Cross looked at this excellent young man, picked up the pipe in his hand and took a puff lightly, then nodded: "Of course, Fang, you can talk to me at any time if you have any matters on your mind." ”

Although he didn't know what Captain Cross was thinking, Fang Lang knew that he must have misunderstood something, but he didn't care.

"Mr. Captain, after half a month of getting along, you don't treat me as an outsider at all, and I am very grateful. In order to thank you all for taking care of you during this time, I have a small business that may allow you to make a small fortune, I don't know if you are interested. ”

Hearing that Fang Lang could make everyone make a small fortune, his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "Fang, of course we won't refuse anything that can make a fortune, I don't know if we can talk about it, what to do, things that violate military discipline are not good, and everything else is fine." ”

"I don't know if carrying some personal belongings on board is considered a violation of military discipline?"

Fang Lang's answer made Captain Cross's heart relax, and when he saw that this kid was about to dock, he suddenly wanted to talk to him alone, and thought that he was going to do something illegal and criminal! As a result, they want to smuggle some goods. I think I, an American GI, can do the thing of transporting drugs with military planes, and you use a boat to carry some personal belongings, and you make it so mysterious, it's scary.

"Of course it's no problem, you can bring as much as you want, but what does it mean to take us to make a fortune together!"

"I have a financial road in my hand, and now I invest a hundred dollars, I will purchase the goods, help ship them to Italy for processing, and guarantee you three times the profit, I don't know if you are interested." Fang Lang would not tell them the real profits, the fewer people who knew about this kind of profiteering business, the better.

Hearing Fang Lang say that there was three times the profit, Cross's eyes widened, but not every business has such a high profit.

"Fang, are you serious?" Cross said seriously.

"Of course, you don't have to care about anything, invest in me, I'll purchase, you help me transport, I'll sell, and guarantee three times the profit, which is not enough for me. If this time goes well, you will help me purchase it in the future, and it will be shipped to the destination, and I will pay you three times the price, how about it? Fang Lang also looked directly into Cross's eyes and said seriously.

One might wonder if these crews themselves don't know about the market for cigarettes on the battlefield! Why don't you buy it yourself and sell it yourself? In fact, the main place in the cigarette market is on the front-line battlefield, and the crews of the Navy's transport fleet basically have no time to stay in the war zone, and they are constantly transferring materials back and forth.

And during the short stay in the war zone, most American GIs will go to find women, after all, during the war years, soldiers pinned their heads to their belts, and they earned an extra day of life, so there are not many people who can think about making money in this situation.

However, there will definitely be some black market merchants who will find these crew members to buy cigarettes, but the merchants all want to make money and will not let these soldiers make too much, so Fang Lang promised to triple the profit and definitely let all the crew members participate.