The Jinliusha River, originating from the snowy plateau of the Tanggula Mountains, flows all the way to the southeast and flows out of the border of China from southern Xinjiang.

The river basin covers hundreds of thousands of square kilometers outside the region, nourishing large areas of dense primeval jungle and is also an important water source for Southeast Asian countries.

At about 11 o'clock in the evening Chinese time, when the southern regions were in the season of frequent trade exchanges, many cargo ships departed from the ports of southern Xinjiang in China, loaded with daily necessities and light industrial products produced in the mainland, and traveled thousands of miles to trade with foreign cities such as Siam, Annam, and Laos.

In exchange for foreign exchange, they will also bring back to China special handicrafts from foreign countries in South Asia, tropical fruits, and some agricultural by-products.

In recent years, under the policy of China's driving force, such exchanges have greatly promoted the economic and trade development of southern Xinjiang and Southeast Asian countries.

This is a good thing, and if good exchanges and economic exchanges can be maintained for a long time, it will be a good thing for both sides to benefit the country and the people.

Unfortunately, unlike in China, these foreign states in South Asia have long been in a relatively chaotic situation, with unclear geopolitical exchanges, warlords fighting each other, and bandits, thieves, and drug dealers.

From time to time, sudden changes occur that interfere with normal trade.

In particular, the border case that occurred not long ago shocked Kyushu, and for a time the number of ships on the Jinliusha River was greatly reduced, and many water trades were interrupted for a time.

Only a handful of fishing boats and freighters are still in operation.

And Wang Zhaohe's family is one of them, three fathers, sons and brothers, plus four dock guys recruited, all of whom are on this medium-sized cargo ship with a displacement of 2,500 tons.

It's not that they don't want to stop, it's not that they're not afraid, it's that the nature of the business they do forces that the shipload is all perishable and perishable, and if they can't get out as soon as possible, the loss will be too great, and the compensation at that time can make the already sluggish running boat business even worse.

Another point is that Wang Zhaohe's family has been running boats in southern Xinjiang since their ancestors, relying on this river to feed three generations, and they think that they are very familiar with everything on this river, and they are somewhat lucky.

"There are still many good people in the world~"

This is Wang Zhaohe's mantra, and he said in a wordy manner while snorting the noodles covered with a fish.

Cantiao fish is a kind of small fish that is a specialty of Jinliusha River, each one is only the size of a small finger, and there can be hundreds of thousands of them in a net, without picking up the internal organs, as long as you smear some coarse salt and soak it for a few days, you can go down to the pot and stir-fry, and simply put some coriander seasoning is the best cover topping.

"Dad, you always say that...... Suck and slip"

Wang Mingshan, who is also sucking noodles, disagrees, they are all people who run boats and drive water, and they only have the word profit, if you have money, you can do business, and if you don't have money, you can't do business, the reason is as simple as that.

"It's not that we haven't seen those poor mountains and bad waters on both sides of the Jinliusha River, just the Songpu Port, half the size of the dolls dare to steal our things, looking at the cute little girl who can actually sell black goods, and the last time Siam Gan Province Port unloaded, I bought a pack of cigarettes in the city, and was followed all the way by a group of gray boys......"

"I also think what my brother said makes sense, how many good people can there be in these countries"

Wang Minghe on the side said kindly.

Wang Zhaohe sighed: "Alas, how can people be born bad, most of those people are also forced to be helpless, the country is turbulent and the environment is unstable, and they all let the poor make trouble." ”

Then he glanced at his two sons, and saw that they were not very speechful or thoughtful.

Wang Zhaohe couldn't understand their thoughts.

The two sons have been purging themselves to give up running boats, and their young people are lively and have their own ideas, plus they have been sleeping on the river all year round, and they really don't want to do this hard water work for a long time.

I had long planned to let him sell the ship and save a wave of capital to open a shop in the mainland to do business.

It's just that Wang Zhaohe thought that this was a family business that he had been doing since his ancestors, from the beginning of the fishing and wooden boats, to the later small steamer of the diesel engine, and until he changed the big boat...... Decades of wind and rain on the river in exchange for the family business.

In recent years, there has indeed been some turmoil on the southern Xinjiang border, and the situation in several major foreign states in South Asia has been somewhat chaotic, and the running boats have indeed been affected a lot.

Especially the captain who had an accident in the border case last time, he had a few encounters with him before.

Thinking about my waist and legs rheumatism, is it really time to leave this river?

Syllable!

Just when the father and son of the Wang family were each thinking about their hearts, the cabin door was suddenly opened, and a young man in the crew shouted: "Boss! There was a boat on the river that capsized, and someone fell overboard! ”

Immediately rushed to the deck, at this moment the sky was dark, and only faintly heard some voices shouting on the river not far away.

Wang Zhaohe immediately turned the searchlight on the boat, and sure enough, there was a fluttering figure on the river, and a small fishing boat that was half-overturned.

"Save ...... Help ......"

A head swelled up and down in the water.

"It's a Chinese person!"

Wang Zhaohe and the others were shocked, this person shouted for help in the water in Huaxia, but he didn't expect that there would be a Chinese fishing boat capsized here.

"Hurry! Lean over and put the rope ladder! ”

Wang Zhaohe didn't think much about it, and directly asked the crew to turn the rudder and dock the ship, while the cargo ship slowly slowed down.

"Little brother insist, let's put the rope ladder down, you hold on!"

On the side of the boat, Wang Zhaohe shouted loudly and put down the life-saving rope ladder, and the young fisherman who was floating in the water grabbed his hands quickly, and finally grabbed the rope ladder, and then was pulled up little by little.

After dragging the soaking wet and embarrassed young fisherman up, Wang Zhaohe hurriedly came over with a dry life jacket to change him.

"How do you fish, you have come here, don't you know that this is all over the border? This is a no-fishing area, why can't the boat capsize, this is ......"

Wang Zhaohe asked with concern.

"Thank you...... Thank you very much, thank you for the board......"

This accent sounded a little strange, Wang Zhaohe was about to ask where this young man was from southern Xinjiang, and just as he was about to speak, he saw this young man who was still trembling just now suddenly raised his head and showed a cruel and playful smile.

Immediately after that, there was a flash of cold light, and blood splattered and flew!

Along with the blood, there were three fingers, which were Wang Zhaohe's index finger, middle finger and ring finger.

"Ah———h

The sudden change and the painful screams shocked everyone on the ship.

Except for one person, the young "fisherman".

It's just that he doesn't seem to be catching fish in the river.

A delicate and sharp short-handled round-bladed axe resisted Wang Zhaohe's carotid artery, and it was this axe that had just ruthlessly chopped off Wang Zhaohe's three fingers.

Wang Zhaohe, who had been hit by the severe pain in his hands and almost fainted, could only resist the urge to roll under the pressure of life and death.

"You, you...... Who are you!! What to do! ”

"Let go of my dad! Let him go! Otherwise, I'll call the police."

"Hurry up and make an emergency call ......"

After a few seconds of stunnedness, the rest of the crew on board reacted and took action, either shouting in panic or calling the police.

"Don't move...... Fight Don't Move...... Otherwise...... He's dead! ”

The broken Chinese language came, with a cruel calmness and ruthlessness.

It was only then that everyone noticed the guy's dark skin, as well as the obvious Southeast Asian eyebrows.

This guy uses Huaxia in the water to deliberately confuse them, and the drowning is also faked, there is no doubt that he is excellent in the water.

At this moment, the captain's life is in his hands, and judging from the ruthlessness of chopping off Wang Zhaohe's three fingers without blinking his eyelids just now, he is definitely the master who will kill him.

For a while, everyone didn't dare to move, but it was the delay of this moment that made them miss the last opportunity.

A few waves on the dark river surface cut through the waves, rushing towards the cargo ship, which had slowed down and could not get rid of it, and several equally neat figures climbed up.

It was only then that the crew clearly understood what had happened to them, and one of the young crew members immediately turned around and rushed to the ship's alarm call!

Bang bang bang!

After a series of gunshots, this young life fell and died.

"Let you ...... Don't move."

The cruel and cold words came, and the young Southeast Asian with a sharp axe in his hand was so indifferent that he walked to the corpse and spat on it.

The crew of the ship was stiff and trembling, and their faces were distorted with excitement and fear.

But there are also people who can't suppress their impulses, that is Wang Zhaohe's second son Wang Mingjiang, looking at the boatman who died tragically in front of him, the green tendons on his forehead and neck burst out and he was about to touch the cargo hook on the side of the ship and slash it over!

Poof-

"Ahh

There was another scream, and Wang Mingjiang fell on the deck with his right hand, which was mostly broken, heartbroken.

Flicking the blood from his axe, the dark-skinned Southeast Asian stared at everyone on board with the eyes of a dead fish.

(End of chapter)