Chapter 1 Strange Land

On the calm sea, there are three-foot waves even when there is no wind. Amidst the waves, a wooden trawler with a length of more than 30 meters that is quite old is advancing on the sea with difficulty.

The mottled hull below the waterline of the fishing boat has made it difficult to see the original paint color, and the deafening sound of the steam engine in the engine room also seems to indicate that the working condition of the most critical machinery on this fishing boat seems to be worse than before. , like an old cow in his twilight years who is still struggling to pull the bullock cart uphill, it seems a little powerless.

A group of skuas are flying with this old fishing trawler. The skuas living in this sea area already know that once these fishing boats set up their nets, some sardines or sea shrimps that are too small in size will not be taken by this fishing boat. . The sailors on the boat will throw the fish that are too small directly into the sea, and that is when they eat.

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

The skuas have been flying with this old trawler all morning. In one morning, the fishing boat has cast nets six times, and two of them have good harvests, and the skuas have followed suit twice.

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

Not only the engine on the fishing boat was screaming, but even the skuas in the sky were screaming loudly at this moment.

"Boss, go to the Internet cafe, even the thieves in the sky can't wait!" a sailor yelled.

On the side of the boat, a middle-aged man in his fifties, with a thick body and a face sculpted by the sea wind, was holding a pipe in his mouth. He was staring intently at the sea water next to him. His concentration seemed to be able to see through the sea water. .

Hearing the cries of the sailors on the boat, the man raised his eyes from the monotonous sea water, looked at the sky, and then waved his thick hand vigorously, and said loudly, "Drop the net, and collect this one!" Net, we will go home!"

Following the man's movements, several sailors on the ship got busy, one by one putting the arranged fishing nets into the sea from the stern.

The man called the boss came to the pilothouse from the side of the ship, and said directly to the person at the helm, "Monte, starboard, I feel that there is an ocean current under the sea here, and those silver-headed spots like to run with the ocean current!"

"Okay!" said the man at the helm, and turned his head to look at the situation of the sailors on the deck setting the nets. As soon as the nets were finished, the man at the helm turned the rudder skillfully and let the fishing boat go to the right. Draw a big circle.

The boss of the boat came to the deck again, watching the floats of the fishing net lowered from the stern together with other sailors.

"Boss, this Barracuda is too old. It has been running for more than ten years, and it can't run anymore. Why don't you buy a new boat for everyone..."

"Yeah, the market is so good now. I haven't seen it when I grow up. No matter how many goods there are, as long as they are pulled to the shore, they will be wiped out. Now the buyers of those canneries in the city are all They all squatted on the pier, and when they saw the goods coming, it was like seeing a beautiful girl, and they all rushed over. We used to beg them, 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 those factories dare not accept them!"

"Last time I heard from the sailors outside in the tavern that the mainland is in chaos now, it seems that there is going to be a war, and the demons are going to make a comeback.

There is a city that seems to have been wiped out by the demons..."

"Never mind him, as long as we have money to make!"

"It's a pity that we won't be able to go to sea once the port freezes in two months, otherwise we will make more money!"

Several sailors took advantage of the gap before pulling in the net to talk here. The boss of the ship was still smoking his pipe and staring at the stern of the ship, but a brand new steel trawl net more than 50 meters long flashed in his mind. The look of a fishing boat.

What sailors can think of, why can’t he think of it? The order for a new fishing boat has already been placed. Just at the Minsk shipyard, he found an old friend and got a little relationship. He can save him from queuing. Ships will be available in January.

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

Thinking of the more than 1,800 gold coins that he had paid in advance, the owner of the ship felt distressed again. Just a month ago, the price of a steel trawler with the same length of more than 50 meters and a gross tonnage of 1,900 was just over 1,900. It looked like a gold coin, and he had thought about changing to a new ship at that time, but at that time he just hesitated a little, and wanted to wait until next year to change it, and then let the Barracuda hold on for a while. Great time to buy a boat.

With such a delay, the price of Chuanguang's fishing boats rose by 20% as a whole.

After all the cigarettes in the pipe were smoked, the boss of the boat knocked the whalebone pipe in his hand on the side of the boat, "Okay, work, close the Internet cafe!"

The sailors on the ship immediately turned the winch at the stern, and as the winch turned, the lowered fishing net was brought up little by little. As the fishing net was slowly drawn up, the face of the boss of the ship slowly sank.

The easier the sailors turn the capstan, the less it promises, because all gains are heavy.

The last fishing nets were all collected, and they were empty, not to mention fish, not even a single shrimp. What made everyone unexpected was that at the bottom of the fishing net, everyone found a fish with a diameter of more than two meters. Neat holes.

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

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

"No, if it's a monster, how much strength is needed to tear out such a big hole, we should feel it on the boat!" A more experienced sailor shook his head.

The boat boss twirled the fishing net at the hole with his hands, held the broken fishing line in front of his eyes, and looked at it carefully. The thread ends of the broken part of the big hole in the whole fishing net were neat and brilliant, as if they were cut by a sharp weapon instantly. Same, with an inexplicable weirdness. Not only the boss of the ship saw it, but even other sailors saw it.

I don't know if there is something in the water that can make 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 started to turn around and sailed north. After sailing on the sea again for half a day, at nightfall, the trawler, which had a good harvest today, finally sailed into a noisy place full of fishing boats on Kaga Island. fishing pier.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the journey, everyone on board was relieved after returning to the pier safely.

Back at the pier, the fish caught today on the Barracuda was quickly sold out. After a busy day with a group of sailors, the Barracuda today brought more than 90 silver coins to the owner of the ship. The market price from a month ago has been much higher, 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 on the boat. He had to take it back overnight and let someone repair it, 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 the fresh products were sold out, there were fewer and fewer people on the whole pier. After the staff left, the entire fishing pier area was completely quiet. There was only the sound of the surging sea.

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

Then that figure came to the door of the crew cabin on the fishing boat, and the small lock that locked the door of the crew cabin was twisted forcefully by that person, and with a slight click, it lost its function and turned into a mass of scrap iron .

Three minutes later, the figure found a set of clean and well-fitting sailor clothes in the ship's knife warehouse. 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 effect on Zhang Tie who has dark vision, Zhang Tie walked on the street, looking at this place curiously..."

There are no tall buildings in this city, almost all buildings are less than six storeys, and the tops are pointed or sloping. The exterior walls of most buildings are white, beige or light wood, and they retain The original texture of the wood, stone and other building materials used to build houses is natural, simple, strong and heavy.

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

For Zhang Tie, this place is completely unfamiliar...

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

No one knew where Zhang Tie was going, and even Zhang Tie couldn't know exactly where he was going when he left. He only had one general goal in his heart, the northern sea area of ​​the Hawaiian subcontinent. (To be continued[This text is provided by the breaking dawn update group x-on:swds途途风风]. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (m) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please to m to read.)