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Volume 14 Chapter 1 Strange Land

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    On the calm sea, there were even three-foot waves despite no wind. In the midst of the waves, a rather old-looking wooden trawler more than 30 meters long was struggling to move on the sea.

    The mottled hull below the waterline of the fishing boat has made it difficult to see the original color of the paint. The deafening sound of the steam engine in the engine room also seems to indicate that the working condition of the most critical machine on the fishing boat seems to be no longer as good as before.  , just like an old ox who has entered his twilight years and is still struggling to pull the ox cart uphill, it already seems a little powerless.

    A group of skuas are flying following this old trawler. The skuas living in this area already know that once these fishing boats set up their nets, they will not take any sardines or shrimps that are too small.  .  The sailors on the ship will throw the fish that are too small directly into the sea, and that's when they get a delicious meal.

    If the sailors are in a good mood, they will laugh and throw the fish in the air, watching the skuas performing aerial acrobatics as they bite the fish and shrimp into their mouths one by one.

    The skuas have been flying with this old trawler all morning. In one morning, this fishing boat set the net six times, and the harvest was good twice, and the skuas also benefited from it twice.

    At this moment, the fish hold of the fishing boat is already filled with most of the seafood, and there is still a little more to be filled with wine. The tons of fresh goods make the sound of the coolie-like fishing boat engine even more sharp and harsh.

    Not only the engines on the fishing boats were screaming, but the skuas in the sky were screaming loudly at this moment.

    "Boss, get off the Internet cafe, even those thieving birds in the sky can't wait!" A sailor yelled.

    Beside the ship's side, a middle-aged man in his fifties with a stout body and a weathered face sculpted by the sea breeze was holding a pipe and looking at the sea water next to him. His concentrated look seemed like he could really see through the sea water.  .

    Hearing the cry of the sailors on the boat, the man raised his eyes from the monotonous sea water and looked at the sky. Then he waved a thick hand vigorously and said loudly, "Lower the net and collect this  Net, let¡¯s go home!¡±

    Following the man¡¯s movements, several sailors on the boat became busy, one by one putting the arranged fishing nets into the sea from the stern of the boat.

    The man called the boss came to the wheelhouse from the side of the ship and said directly to the man at the helm, "Mont, right helm, I feel there are ocean currents under the sea here, and those silver-headed spots like to follow the ocean currents the most!"

    "Okay!" the man at the helm said as he turned to look at the sailors on the deck putting out the nets. As soon as the nets were put out, the man at the helm skillfully turned the rudder and turned the fishing boat to the right.  Draw a big circle.

    The boss of the ship came to the deck again, and together with other sailors, he stared at the floats on the fishing net lowered from the stern of the ship.

    "Boss, this Barracuda is too old. It has been running for more than ten years. It can no longer run. You can buy a new boat for everyone"

    "Yes, the market is so good now. I have never seen it before in my whole life. No matter how much goods there are, they will be swept away as soon as they are brought to the shore. Now the buyers of the canneries in the city are all working all day long.  They were all squatting on the dock. When they saw the goods coming, they rushed over to them one by one. It was us who begged them before, but now it¡¯s their turn to beg me!¡±

    "I heard that the business of those canneries is very good now, they are working overtime every day, and there are so many orders from outside that the factories dare not take them!"

    "Last time I was in the tavern and heard from the sailors outside that the continent is in chaos now. It seems like there is going to be a war. The demons are going to make a comeback. In one city, it seems that all the people in the city have been wiped out by the demons"

    "Whatever, as long as we make money, that's fine!"

    "It's a pity that the port will freeze in two months and we won't be able to go to sea. Otherwise, we will make more money!"

    Several sailors took advantage of the gap before closing the net to discuss here. The boss of the ship was still holding his pipe and staring closely at the stern of the ship. In his mind, a beautiful new steel trawl net of more than 50 meters long flashed in his mind.  What a fishing boat looks like.

    What all sailors can think of, he couldn't think of. The order for a new fishing boat has been placed. At the Minsk Shipyard, he found an old friend and made some connections, which allowed him to skip the queue and go to the Minsk Shipyard.  You can get the boat in the month of March.

    Now the business of the shipyard is also booming. Not only is it booming, but the prices of the fishing boats produced by the shipyard, like those canned fish, have also begun to increase.

    Thinking of the boat payment of more than 1,800 gold coins that he had already paid in advance, the boat boss felt distressed again. Just a month ago, the price of a steel trawler with a length of more than 50 meters and a gross tonnage of 460 tons was just over 1,500.  It looked like a gold coin. He thought about it at that time.?It was time to buy a new boat, but at that time he just hesitated a little, wanting to wait until next year to change the boat and let the Barracuda hold on for a while. Just by hesitating like this, he missed the best opportunity to buy a boat.

    With such a delay, the price of fishing boats in the shipyard suddenly rose by 20.

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    After all the cigarettes in the pipe were smoked, the boss of the ship knocked the whalebone pipe in his hand on the side of the ship, "Okay, let's get to work, close the Internet cafe!"

    The sailors on the boat immediately turned the winch at the stern. As the winch turned, the lowered fishing net was pulled up little by little. As the fishing net was slowly pulled up, the expression of the boss of the boat slowly sank.

    The easier it is for sailors to turn the winch, the less harvest they have, because all harvests are heavy.

    The last fishing nets were all collected, and they were empty. Not to mention fish, there was not even a shrimp. What everyone didn't expect was that at the bottom of the fishing net, everyone found a fish with a diameter of almost two meters.  Neat big holes.

    The boss of the boat and several sailors squatted beside the fishing net, carefully examining the strange big hole in the fishing net.

    "Is it a monster in the sea?" The sailor's teeth began to chatter when he asked this question.

    "No, if it is a monster, how much force it would take to tear out such a big hole, we should be able to feel it on the ship!" A more experienced sailor shook his head.

    The boss of the boat twisted the fishnet with the hole in it with his hand, and took the broken fishing line in front of his eyes to take a closer look. The threads in the broken part of the big hole in the entire fishing net were neat and shiny, as if they had been cut instantly by a sharp weapon.  Same, with an inexplicable weirdness.  Not only the boss of the ship noticed it, but also the other sailors.

    There is something in the water that can turn this fishing net like this in an instant. If the target of that thing is this boat thinking of this, everyone on the boat feels a little chilled.  One by one, the sailors looked at the boss of the ship.

    ¡°Today¡¯s harvest is enough, let¡¯s go back!¡±

    Hearing this sentence, everyone felt relieved

    The Barracuda began to turn around and sailed north. After sailing on the sea for half a day, at nightfall, the trawler, which had a good harvest today, finally sailed into the noisy place of Kaga Island full of fishing boats.  fishing pier.

    Seeing that the journey was uneventful, everyone on the boat breathed a sigh of relief after returning to the dock safely.

    Back at the dock, the fish caught today on the Barracuda were quickly sold out. After working with a group of sailors for a day, today's Barracuda brought the boss of the ship more than 90 silver coins in income. This price is better than  The market price has been much higher than a month ago, and the sailors who received today's wages left happily.

    The boss of the boat directly called a trailer to unload the fishing net with a big hole in the boat. He had to take it back overnight and have it repaired, otherwise he would definitely not be able to go to sea tomorrow.

    A few hours later, as the fishing boats that went out came back one after another and sold out all the fresh food, there were fewer and fewer people on the entire pier. After twelve o'clock at night, as the last few canneries guarding the pier purchased goods,  After the officers left, the entire fishing pier area became completely quiet.  There was only the sound of the surging water.

    At this time, at the stern of the Barracuda, a black figure, like a legendary water ghost, emerged from the water silently, grabbed the side of the ship with his hands without a sound, and then flipped onto the deck of the fishing boat.

    Then the figure came to the door of the crew cabin on the fishing boat. The small lock that locked the door of the crew cabin was twisted hard by the man. It made a slight click and lost its function. It turned into a ball of scrap metal.  .

    Three minutes later, the figure found a set of clean and fitting sailor clothes in the crew cabin. After changing into the clothes, he quickly went ashore and left the fishing pier.

    There are almost no street lights on the streets of this city, but this has no impact at all on Zhang Tie, who has dark vision. Zhang Tie walked on the street and looked at the place curiously

    There are no very tall buildings in this city. Almost all buildings are below six floors, with spires or sloped roofs on top. The exterior walls of most buildings are white, beige or light wood, and retain  It reflects the original texture of the wood, stone and other building materials used to build houses, which is natural and simple, yet strong and heavy.

    There are almost no tall chimneys like those in Heiyan City in the city, and there are no tracks or traces of rail transportation on the ground. There are not even many cars parked on both sides of the street. Everything here seems to indicate that this place is  The industry is not very developed.

    For Zhang Tie, this place is completely??A strange place

    Three days ago, after arranging everything in Huaiyuan County and Qianlong Island, Zhang Tie left Qianlong Island.

    No one knows where Zhang Tie is going. Even Zhang Tie couldn't know exactly where he was going when he left. He only had one general goal in mind - the northern waters of the Hawaiian subcontinent.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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