Chapter 44: Burial at Sea
This captain is far worse than Berto Schhaib. It looks smart, pampered and indecisive! Originally, Berto Schhaiber was invited to take a look together, but people didn't want to see the British!
Looking at the testimony signed by Alain Ferdinand, which was similar to what the crew had written, the captain of the ship belonging to the East India Company was an employee, and the captain had been promoted for less than two years. "Mr. Captain, do you admit that you, the crew, and the freighter have been captured by pirates!" ”
"Sir, I confirm!"
"Are you sure that the Germans defeated the pirates, rescued you, and captured the freighter?"
"Sir, the ship belongs to the East India Company."
"Mr. Captain, you only answer whether what I just said is true?"
“…… Yes, sir! ”
"Mr. Captain, would you like to help us drive our loot to Shanghai! I would pay the crew 200 marks per person, and the captain Mr. 400 marks. ”
"Sir......."
"Or shall I give you a dinghy and we will go our separate ways? Mr. Captain, you don't think that my kindness has no bottom line! ”
"I'm here to help! Thank you sir for your kindness in rescuing us! ”
"What do you suggest to the shipwrecked and pirates?"
"The pirates will hand over to the authorities of the British Concession in Shanghai and hang them! The dead were buried at sea according to the rules! ”
"Okay, take what I just said, you write a written statement! Don't make a mistake, it's a hassle to rewrite! And swear in the name of God, it is entirely you who declare it according to the facts, without any coercion! I'll come over in a moment. ”
Captain Berto Schhaiber, Sergeant Major, Han Ping, and Tian Gong were called. I touched it and said, "The freighter on the opposite side is my trophy, and I have to drive back to Shanghai, otherwise I will suffer a loss, and I need to make up for the reward I paid!" Captain, I'll give you 10,000 marks, please send a crew to help me drive back!" ”
"Alright, Mr. Lee! I'm just doing what I'm told, I have to make it clear! After all, while you are employed, it is necessary to obey your orders! ”
"No problem, I can assure you, they still have 9 crew members, I'll separate them and the captain will take advantage of it."
"Yes, I'll arrange for manpower and send the first mate to be the temporary captain!"
"Sergeant Major, let's also divide the labor, you take three veterans to be responsible for the safety of that freighter, and the field workers cooperate as translators! You go first. What is missing, bring it here! ”
"Understood, Mr. Li!"
Looking at Alain Ferdinand's statement, there was no problem with the signature. said: "You will return to the freighter in a while, take your men to deal with the aftermath of the victims, and seal all the personal belongings of all passengers separately, so that they are not allowed to be missed!" Return their families to Shanghai! Han Ping took Dawu and the captain over, Dawu took pictures of the whole process, Han Ping supervised, and the captain told you that the crew members are absolutely responsible for the death of these people, and anyone who dares to resist and disrespect the victims will be immediately sentenced to death and let him go to hell to repent! Bring those relics here. Then leave the live pirates in the care of the British, and we don't care whether they live or die! ”
It wasn't until dark that the arrangement was dealt with. The captain arranged for the first mate to take 10 crew members to the cargo ship of the "Water Fairy", leaving 4 British crew members, and ordered the first mate to continue to fly the British flag and accompany him. Arrange 2 crew members to be in the speedboat, and two freighters tow the speedboat to set sail again.
Seeing the tragic human disaster, there was no usual laughter on the ship! I didn't feel comfortable in my heart, I didn't even listen to Lao Chen's report, and said that I would talk about it later!
Plan the route with the captain, stay away from the port, and send it directly to Shanghai!
The Germans did not like the British very much, even in their faces. Dinner is also a field worker who can comfort Captain Ferdinand! Seeing that he couldn't understand German, everyone had no scruples about talking. Captain Schhaiber also expressed his sincere gratitude!
"Mr. Captain, you have to preach that the Germans saved the British from the pirates! Sergeant Major Ehrlich commanded wisely, fought bravely, and was a hero of Germany! Here's how you experience it! We just need to tell the truth, no need to exaggerate! The bravery of a group of German veterans is indelible! "How dare you deny the bravery of others for your own cowardice? And how dare you deny the bravery of the Germans in front of your compatriots?
"Mr. Captain, you are very correctly positioned, you are the most important circumstantial evidence! Because of your professional ethics, you don't lie, do you? If something goes wrong, in the mouths of the big guys, you Germans may not become heroes, and you may become more hateful demons than pirates! "The cowardly must be threatened! See if you dare to be a public enemy of the Germans?
"Mr. Li, my courage will not let me lie! I have the courage to tell the truth! "He's a cunning captain who counts the severity of things!
Let the field workers take the British captain away, and he continued: "Then let's plan first, and see how to deal with it more safely." ”
Everyone began to come up with ideas and solutions.
"There's still time, let's not say for sure. Tian Gong, Franz and Dawu took the British captain to find a few more people to help clean up the passengers' belongings. Find out the identity of the passengers, make a list of the relics, in Chinese, German, and English, and ask the British captain to sign the list for confirmation; Dawu took pictures of the list and the confession of the British, and took 3 copies, and Franz was in charge. ”
"Understood, Mr. Li!"
took Han Ping and Lao Chen back to the cabin and asked him to briefly explain the situation.
"Mr. Li, there are more than 115,000 pounds sterling, more than 30,000 dollars, nearly 50,000 yen, 60,000 marks, and 210,000 French francs. There were about 2,000 taels of gold, 56 pieces of jewelry, and about 500 silver dollars. ”
More to gain than to grab in Germany! Not bad.
"Lao Chen, order out a copy of 5,000 marks, 9 copies of 3,000 marks, 2 copies of 500 marks, and one copy of 10,000 marks, and you will pay Captain Schhaiber 1,000 marks to Shanghai, and give me the others. Take care of the rest and the three of you, Dawu! The gold and jewels were brought back to Shaanxi, and the large amounts of currency were kept separately and deposited in the Shanghai Bank; The rest of the small and unknown currency, Lao Chen disposed of, as the start-up capital for you and Franz to start a trading company, and I will add if it is not enough. ”
The money must be sent quickly, don't let people always worry about it.
Make arrangements and continue writing the book yourself. I have to hurry up, look at the manuscript that is gradually thickening, and feel full of achievements, in this case, I can still write a book quietly, and I am satisfied with my mental level.
The passengers' relics were cleaned up and registered, all of them were employees of the East India Company, one family of four was Japanese, one family of three was Cantonese, and the other 28 were British. I have some interest in the Japanese, I specifically looked at his relics, and there is nothing special about it, in a few books, there is a Japanese infantry drill code, which shows that this person has been a soldier; The other books are relatively new, and maybe they are used by Japanese spies to make codebooks. It was not easy to take it away, and a few films were scrapped to photograph the covers of the Infantry Drill Dictionary and other books, and the publication of the annotation pages.
As Shanghai approached, there was a general consensus on the discussion of dinner every day. The three-point film was backed up and kept by the sergeant major, and Franz and Lao Chen took two veterans to Lihe Company to explain the situation and give them a copy of the film; Docking the back work, how to transport, how to start a trading company, and determine the cooperative relationship with Li and foreign companies.
He and Dawu took the film taken at the scene and a document film with a veteran, processed the film, and revealed it to the newspaper along with the press release. Let the two captains jointly write a letter to the Japanese and the city government, asking for someone to be sent to collect the relics of the Japanese and the Chinese.
When they returned, they asked the British captain to inform their employers, lest they get any trouble.
Arrange for Han Ping and Sergeant Major to stay on the freighter.