"It is not safe to sail on the Mekong River. There are too many robbers around. It is necessary to thicken the key parts of the cab with steel plates. Otherwise, it will be hit by heavy fire and the people on the boat will hardly survive."
While Ye Huang was standing there knocking, a middle-aged man in his fifties got off the boat. He was not very tall, and his skin was dark and purple. It looked like he was exposed to the wind and sun all year round.
"Are you the owner of this ship?"
Glancing at the other party, Ye Huang asked. He could see that the other party was very honest. While talking, he did not forget to pass a cigarette to Ye Huang. The cigarette came from the Honghe River in Yunnan and was not expensive, but Ye Huang still took it.
Came over.
"Yes!" The latter nodded, with a smile on his face, baring his teeth to reveal his yellow teeth, but his eyes were full of embarrassment.
"The boat looks a little worn out, but it is very strong, has enough horsepower, and can sail quickly. It can make one or two more trips a year than others." When talking about his boat, the latter seemed a bit talkative.
"You see, it must have been replaced with a high-power diesel engine. By the way, is the Mekong River still so chaotic now?"
"It's getting better. It's not like in the past few years. There were quite a lot of dead people." He seemed to be thinking about something and said a few words, but the ship owner didn't say anything more.
Ye Huang didn't ask any more questions, smiled, and turned around, "Director Cao, this is the ship."
"Sure, Colonel Ye agrees, so of course I have no objections. Captain Sun, I'll leave the three of them to you this time."
Cao Hangtian, who was standing behind, saw Emperor Ye saying this, nodded with a smile on his face, and immediately looked at the captain next to him and warned.
"Haha, don't worry, Director Cao, I guarantee that he will be delivered to his destination safely."
Here, the captain smiled and agreed.
"Without further delay, Director Cao, we won't stay any longer."
Seeing that it was agreed, Ye Huang didn't say any more nonsense, but cupped his hands and prepared to board the ship.
He knew that sailing time was very precious, and if the three of him delayed the voyage, it would probably cause huge losses.
"Since Colonel Ye said so, I won't go into details. In short, I wish you a safe trip and a safe return."
Cao Hangtian didn't repeat the compliment, he held his hand in front of him and was polite.
"must!"
With a smile, Ye Huang waved to Nalan Qianqi and Xing Tian, and immediately the three of them stepped onto the wet ground of the dock and boarded the cargo ship.
After boarding the boat, Ye Huang was afraid of disturbing other people's sailing, so he found a relatively remote corner and sat down.
"This boat is really broken!"
After finding a clean place, Nalan Ganqi sat down, looked at the rusty areas around him and the smell of diesel coming from time to time, and muttered something.
"Be content. This is a cargo ship, not a cruise ship. Do you think it's a trip?" Ye Huang gave the old boy a blank look and looked in the direction of the cab.
The captain surnamed Sun shouted to the crew to go over and untie the cable. After shouting a few words, several more crew members took long iron poles and pushed them to the cement ground on the pier. The huge hull slowly came to a halt.
After leaving the dock, the engine started, moving slowly at first and then starting to accelerate.
The huge power of the diesel engine caused the entire ship to start moving towards the lower reaches of the Lancang River...
At the port, Cao Hangtian looked at the cargo ship going away. His smile instantly disappeared and was replaced by a cold expression. He turned around and winked at Liu Jiawei next to him. The latter nodded, picked up the phone and walked aside.
, the call ended a few minutes later.
"Everyone in the lower reaches is ready. I also heard that other forces have also received this order and are gearing up."
"I know, just try your best. Once it gets dark, find a good place and start."
"Um!"
…
The boat had been sailing for about ten minutes, and Jinghong Port was almost out of sight. A burst of footsteps came from the opposite side, and the three of them saw the boat owner coming over with a smile on his face with a basket of fruit.
"Why are you three here? Why don't you go to the cabin?"
"Haha, isn't it strange to see you sailing on the boat? I'm going to take a look. By the way, what is on this boat?"
"Some groceries. The industry in Southeast Asia is not developed, so I just bring some random things when I come back to make some money. I have everything."
As he was talking, Captain Sun didn't know what he was doing. He lifted up a corner of the felt cloth next to him. Ye Huang glanced at it. It was probably some compound fertilizer and other fertilizers, as well as some steel. In addition, there seemed to be a few barrels of refined oil. Indeed,
It's some groceries.
"These things are common in China and don't count. However, things are different in the south. The industrial system is not neat and some things are unavailable or very expensive. These things are rare items brought here."
"Still not sure what to call the three of you?"
The captain carefully covered the things, then found a place to sit down and asked a casual question.
"My surname is Ye, and these two are my brothers, and their surname is Xing." After all, it was the first time we met, so Ye Huang did not directly name them, but just spoke in general terms.
The latter, also Lao Jianghu, knew this rule, smiled and nodded, and didn't ask any more questions.
"My name is Sun Manjiang, I am Thai Chinese and my ancestral home is in Yunnan."
…
Later, during the conversation, Emperor Ye learned that Sun Manjiang was the one who entered Southeast Asia with the expeditionary force of his grandfather's generation. Later, his grandfather settled in Thailand without returning home, married a Thai woman, and slowly spread his business.
Sun Manjiang's father had been running boats on the Mekong River, and later it was passed on to him, and it has continued like this.
The other party also asked Ye Huang about the purpose of going south this time. Ye Huang randomly found a reason to excuse it. Sun Manjiang could see that Ye Huang didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask any questions.
The taboo thing when sailing is to ask random questions. Sometimes you go south with some drug dealers or criminals. As long as you don't ask random questions, you won't get angry.
However, as for Ye Huang and the other three, Sun Manjiang recognized them as members of the Public Security Bureau from the very beginning, thinking that they were going south to handle the case, but did not suspect anything else.
After some fussing, Sun Manjiang asked Ye Huang and the others to go to the cabin to prepare a place for the three of them to rest.
Ye Huang naturally had no objection and immediately followed him with his things.
After getting off the cabin, it was pretty much what Ye Huang expected. There were several beddings in the narrow space, and there was a strong smell of sweat.
"Brother Ye, I'm sorry. Boating people are not that particular. The place is cramped and very dirty."
Sun Manjiang felt a little embarrassed and apologized to Ye Huang.
"It's nothing. They come and go in the wind and rain. It would be nice to have a roof over their heads. I've seen many places with worse conditions than this."
"Haha, thank you for your understanding. Lao Liu, roll up your bedding and go to sleep in the cab. Xiaojiu, take out the new bedding your wife made for you and give it to Brother Ye and the others to use first."
Sun Manjiang, who was standing in the cabin, gave orders.
After hearing what he said, the man named Lao Liu looked unhappy, but he still bent down and started to pack it up, then took the bedding and stomped up to the deck.
But Xiaojiu stood there hesitant.
"Xiaojiu, why are you standing there stunned? Go get it quickly!"
"No, Uncle Sun, my wife gave it to me, and I haven't used it yet."
"Where did you come from with all this nonsense? Just take it if I ask you to. It will benefit you later. If you are still howling at me when the bed is covered, be careful I beat you."
As he spoke, Sun Manjiang's eyes widened, as if he really wanted to take action.
And when Xiao Jiuyi heard that it was good, he turned around reluctantly, walked to another cabin, made some fuss, took out a clean and thin bedding, and threw it on the mat, and then he also
He left the cabin with an unhappy face.
In the cabin, Ye Huang and the other three looked at each other with wry smiles on their faces.
It can be seen that except for Sun Manjiang, the crew members on this ship who welcome the three of them are not very fond of outsiders like themselves.
"Brother Sun, if you don't care, the journey isn't that far anyway, so we can just stay up there for one night."
Ye Huang said kindly.
"Brother Ye, please don't say that. I'm paid this time. If I don't entertain you, I won't be interested in taking the money. Don't worry, I'll teach those two guys a lesson later."
Patting his chest, Sun Manjiang also looked angry.
"Forget it, we came here to occupy their place. If you do this again, we will really feel bad about it."
Waving his hand, Ye Huang stopped the other party's behavior.
"Okay then, you can rest first and I won't disturb you. Conditions are limited. If you have any requests, just ask and I will try my best to satisfy you."
"Okay, Brother Sun, go and do your work." After nodding in agreement, Ye Huang and the others began to tidy up the bed and make the bed, while Sun Manjiang went up to the deck.
In the cabin, in addition to Ye Huang and the others, there were several sleeping crew members who were probably preparing to work the night shift. They glanced at Ye Huang and the others, but they didn't have any good looks, and most of them looked indifferent.
Ye Huang was completely immune to all this. However, Nalan Qianqi was a master who did not suffer any loss and glared back fiercely.
Xing Tian acted more domineeringly and accidentally dropped the gun from his arms and hit it on the hull of the ship with a clanking sound. The few sleeping people were about to get angry, but they stopped immediately when they saw the fallen thing.
Each one of them was extremely obedient on their own beds.
"You kid, don't scare people." Ye Huang reprimanded him, but didn't say anything else. He made the bed and said, "Go to sleep first. I guess the road won't be peaceful."
"Um."
The two agreed and immediately lay down, and the three of them closed their eyes and fell asleep.
I don't know whether it was because of Sun Manjiang's instructions or the effect of the Xingtian Gun. After the three of them lay down, no one disturbed them.
It wasn't until there was a commotion on the deck that the three of them opened their eyes.
"Go up and have a look." After saying this, Ye Huang immediately went up to the deck and took a look. He had already reached the border port in front of him. Sun Manjiang was instructing the crew to cover the cargo and asked the driver to slow down.
