Chapter 1,229 The Curiosity of the Beautiful Young Woman Nami
"Frank, we shouldn't have taken this mission. It's very dangerous to come to England now. There is a daimyo navy in this area.
If they knew our ship was loaded with weapons and ammunition, they would sink us."
"Oh! Come on, Mike!
You've said it all the way, and I'm not willing to take on such a dangerous person. But... the price is really good, 20,000 US dollars for one trip.
We can't make so much money in a year, but this trip is enough.
Don't you like that girl named Jenny?
With this money, you can buy a house in New York. Then marry that girl and let her give you children and have a lot of children.
Think about it, a little meatball-like guy calls you daddy!"
I have to say that Frank's words are very tempting.
Mike stopped talking. Frank's words had little effect, but twenty thousand dollars had a great effect.
I've fallen in love with a beautiful girl, but I don't have a house yet.
You can't let a girl and you live in a dirty bachelor's dormitory.
Besides, there is no room in the bachelor's dormitory.
According to the agreement, the first mate can earn two thousand dollars on this voyage. This is a lot of money for the poor Mike.
With this money, he can own a house and live there with his beloved girl.
I have to say that the charm of money is endless.
Mike stopped talking and just looked at the sea conditions seriously.
We are almost reaching British waters, and this time our destination is Inverness, the northernmost seaport in Scotland!
Perhaps the British also know that it is too dangerous to go to London at this time, and no one dares to take this mission.
"The British coast is ahead. Although it seems that this mission is dangerous, fortunately it has been completed." Looking at the chart, Frank breathed a sigh of relief.
According to the current voyage, we can reach Inverness Port in the evening. It is a full twelve hours ahead of schedule.
Perhaps because of his early arrival, his employer would give him more commission. Now everyone knows that Britain will always go to war with the Germans.
What the British lack most now is weapons and ammunition. When fighting begins, these things will come faster than rain.
"Let's sail slower and enter the port at night.
If we are discovered by the Ming Navy in broad daylight, they will sink us."
"Yeah! Mike, what you said makes sense. Reduce the speed. Let's approach the British coast after dark."
"Reduce speed!"
"Reduce speed!"
The sailors repeated Mike's words until they reached the ears of the chief engineer.
Just when the speed of the ship had just slowed down, Mike suddenly spotted two small black spots on the horizon in the distance.
"Frank, what do you think that is?" Mike hurriedly went to find the telescope.
After digging out the old-fashioned monocular telescope, Frank looked at it for five minutes.
"What's that?" Mike asked as he saw the plane getting closer.
"It's a very strange thing, I've never seen it before. It looks like a flying machine, I've never seen it before." Frank handed the monocular to Mike.
"Is it an airship? It's not an airship. This thing is much smaller than an airship, and it flies much faster than an airship. What is this!"
"I don't know, I've never seen it. God knows what the people of Ming Dynasty have done!"
For people in this world, all new things were created by the Ming Dynasty. As long as they encounter something that they cannot understand, they say it is from the Ming Dynasty.
"The Germans really adapted to the situation and actually negotiated peace with the Ming Dynasty.
Oh, right!
I read in the newspaper that Ming Dynasty has a flying aircraft. This aircraft is very powerful and can attack targets on the ground and sea in the sky.
A few months ago, the British Royal Navy was completely destroyed by Ming aircraft."
"By the way! I also remembered, this thing should be an airplane. What should I do?
Speed up! Sail at full speed!”
"Captain, it won't work. Even if our ship accelerates to the extreme, it can't run faster than the planes. Look, those planes are about to hit our heads!"
Mike pointed to the sky, and Frank saw that in just a few minutes, the plane had become a small black dot and his outline could be clearly seen.
If you look through a monocular telescope, you can even see the red five-pointed star with the Ming Dynasty logo.
"It's really a Ming Dynasty aircraft!" Frank felt very regretful about why he had to take a trip into this muddy water.
If the Ming people find out that their ship is an arms ship, they will definitely sink it.
Together with them, they will also be sent to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
"Frank, hang up our flag. Let the big names know that this is an American merchant ship. Maybe they won't attack us."
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Hang the flag, raise the flag. Quick, quick! Quick!" Frank shouted urgently to his men.
Soon, the men rummaged through and found the national flag.
Hurry up and hang it on the top of the mast!
At this time, the Daming plane had already flown over the ship.
The plane kept circling the freighter, as if a vulture had discovered its prey.
"We are an American ship. The Ming people will not attack us, and they do not dare to attack us." Frank encouraged the crew.
In fact, even he himself had no idea.
Ming Dynasty, when did we need to give face to the United States?
The plane swung its wings and circled for a while before flying away, leaving Frank, who was still in shock, jumping on his feet and asking the chief engineer to sail at full speed to reach Inverness as soon as possible.
As long as they deliver the goods and get the money, they will immediately return to New York! And they vowed never to set foot on this fierce North Atlantic route again.
"I hope we can reach Inverness soon!" Frank took out the cross and prayed devoutly.
Perhaps prayer played a role, and the Ming Dynasty plane flew away, never to return.
"You mean, there is a 5,000-ton American merchant ship transporting goods to the UK?" When the telegram was sent to Li Xiu's desk, they were on their way back to Porto Port.
This time when they landed at Cape Dover, the Ming army's task was to provide artillery support.
Of course, this was done at the request of Germany after consultation with Germany.
The Ming army's own mission was to blockade the coast of England and not allow a small English sampan to go to sea. It also did not allow ships from any country in the world to enter British ports.
The British re-export trade, which was once prosperous for a while, is now completely unavailable.
"Yes! According to the voyage, they will arrive at Inverness Port at nine o'clock tonight.
Going south, maybe they themselves are definitely not safe."
"Since the coastline has been blocked, it is to ensure that no one or goods can pass through the Ming Dynasty's territory at will."