Chapter 976

Since getting the new job, former Stasi agent Ulrich Sandmann has felt more turbulent than ever. Who is the new employer, never met.

However, everyone knows that.

Because there is no direct contact, once something goes wrong, even if they are arrested for murder, it will not involve the high-ranking big man, just like a long time ago, if the Stasi agents failed in their mission, they would not get any public recognition of East Germany.

This is the norm.

Ulrich Sandmann has been an active agent this year, which is a bit old. When the country he used to be loyal to collapsed, Ulrich also considered taking advantage of the situation to retire and find a dull job. It's a pity that things are not always up to people.

First of all, his foundation is very dirty.

Even if you want to retreat completely, it depends on whether the new German government after the merger is willing to let it go. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the new German government has never stopped investigating and pursuing the former Stasi members, so much so that Numerous ex-Stasi members have been arrested, many others have been forced to flee, and many have been assassinated and died inexplicably.

By comparison, Ulrich has been very lucky.

Secondly, even if he was lucky enough to escape the reckoning, it was not so easy for Ulrich to calm down, or there was always some unwillingness.

Because he has a lot of people to feed.

Not only the elderly parents, wife and four children, but also a younger sister who is 21 years younger than him. The younger sister has good academic performance and had no chance before. Now, she is about to graduate from Columbia University in the United States. If he gets a doctorate in 2018, if he turns to plain, even his sister's tuition can't be paid, not to mention, there are also his children who are growing up.

It's just relatives.

Ulrich also needs help from the families of six deceased comrades.

An unforgettable past.

Once he worked hard to climb up, and once reached the rank of major, it was even a bit ridiculous and sad, either because he had some official addiction, but to get more salary subsidies, and quietly use this important position to earn some shameful extra money, just for the sake of I can help as many people around me as possible.

So it's impossible to turn flat anyway.

Now, except for the younger sister, Ulrich's family lives in Australia, and they are prosperous and stable. Even if he understands that his relatives are fundamentally taken as hostages, Ulrich does not feel wrong.

That's right.

Moreover, as long as he does not betray, nothing will happen, even if he dies in the mission, he believes that his relatives can be well taken care of. The most important thing for a young rich man with assets in the trillions of dollars is money, and what the other party wants is his loyalty.

Once he could be loyal to his country, now Ulrich can be loyal to a certain person.

In his bones, Ulrich understands that this is a very fair exchange. Even if his life is sold to the other party, because the salary given by that person is much richer than that of the East German period, he can also help those people more generously. family of comrades.

Nothing bad.

The current Ulrich publicly holds an Australian passport. Although the name has not changed, under the operation of the Westeros system, it is basically a change of person, and the past is also scattered.

Presumably confirming his loyalty and reliability, Ulrich is now in charge of five action teams.

After a few years of quiet observation, Ulrich understood that for the relatively flat and unrelated Westeros family intelligence team, this is already a very high level and a lot of trust.

Ulrich was a little more fortunate.

Over the years, the team I was in charge of might have killed people, but no one died.

Therefore, the debt will no longer increase.

Moreover, this time, even if someone dies, it will only be that person who needs to make up for it, and it has nothing to do with him.

In the past, he was equivalent to an officer. The officer commanded the soldiers to charge into battle, of course, but he was never used to commanding others to die, and he was even more willing to die himself. Maybe he was promoted to the rank of major at a young age, but he was not promoted for many years, because the top Stasi found out that he was a woman like him.

This time, Ulrich also took care of himself.

It is also a somewhat inexplicable task to investigate the smuggling routes leading to France from all over the world.

Probably because of the need to personally follow up the smuggler organization, there is considerable danger, so they used their team.

Nothing bad.

Although, Ulrich wondered if the young rich man wanted to know what to do. Just like in the past few years, they always received various seemingly unreasonable tasks. One of Ulrich's subordinates once With a laugh, he pointed out that the big shot probably just didn't want them to be idle.

Maybe this is possible.

Still, it would be great if it were true.

Ulrich would not be so naive, just like two years ago, some trivial actions they participated in in southern Italy seemed very unreasonable at first, however, one night later, a family of the Glory in southern Italy was uprooted. . I don't know how many people were killed in the whole process. Think about it, there must be a lot.

That night, in the city of Reggio, which is across the sea from Sicily in southern Italy, there were gunshots in many areas, and it even made people think that there was a riot.

Based on subsequent indications, Ulrich also discovered that their behind-the-scenes

Ban also took advantage of the opportunity to support a puppet family in Reggio City. In their investigation of the smuggling route, the Danieli family, a subordinate of the Glory Society headed by Danieli, gave some help.

Then there are thousands of kilometers running.

Ulrich personally took two other members of his immediate team and first came to a small town on the northern border of Iraq.

There is a snakehead stronghold here, which is responsible for recruiting customers.

After waiting patiently for a week, the three of Ulrich left Iraq with a group of 129 clients recruited by the smuggler team, entered Turkey at night, and traveled overnight to a small village near the sea in south-central Turkey.

Hide temporarily.

This was another three days of waiting, until late at night, when all the stowaways who were tired and a little depressed were woken up, hurried to the shore, boarded a freighter, and entered the most difficult part of the sea voyage.

The 129 stowaways were all driven into the lowest cabin. The members of the smuggler team wore masks throughout the whole process. After entering the warehouse, they received $1,000 in cash from each stowaways. This is half, and the other half has to arrive at the destination. Charge later.

This is a rule of the more formal smuggler team.

Or it is a rule formed after a long run-in with stowaways, because there have been too many bad incidents of stowaways being murdered and abandoned on the smuggling route. Therefore, a little smarter stowaways will keep half of the funds, regular smugglers. The team won't force it either.

A regular smuggler team is a bit weird to say.

It is a fact.

Because there are many irregular and unprofessional smuggler teams, as well as poor stowaways who are deceived and even die without knowing the rules.

Ulrich and the three of them performed a very delicate disguise during the entire mission. After boarding the ship, they were regarded as VIPs on the ship because of the arrangement in advance. Those smuggler team members only wore masks when they were in contact with the stowaways. However, they didn't hide anything, and they cooperated quite actively to give the three people the information they needed.

Even taking pictures is fine.

The task of the three requires photo care, because this human snake team has a very close relationship with the Italian Glory Society. After the special explanation above, as long as sensitive information such as people's faces is not photographed, the three people are allowed to do their own thing. .

In general, this is a cargo ship registered in the Panama Islands.

It is also a practice that freighters sailing in the Mediterranean are registered in Panama. There are even many registered in Africa or South Asia, which are less popular. In the final analysis, it is convenient to shirk responsibility in the event of an accident.

This smuggler team, to be precise, also comes with smugglers.

From Europe to North Africa, send smuggled goods and bring back a group of smugglers, making money on both sides.

The smuggling fee per person is $2,000, which is the current market price.

The cost of smuggling on land and sea is basically the same. Those unprofessional smuggler teams will ask for less, maybe $1,000. Of course, the smuggling scale they organize will be very small, and there may even be some small companies within the entire shipping company. The team secretly made extra money using regular voyages, and quietly hid a few people in the cabin.

After all, although the work of seafarers is hard, the salary is not high.

Even smuggling ten or eight at a time is enough for some people to get an extra income.

And this regular smuggler team can earn more than the $2,000 smuggling fee.

Because after arriving, there will be another group of people who will arrange work for these stowaways, and then they will need to use the next few years to pay an additional fee, the amount varies, this time, the public figure is equivalent to about 8,000 US dollars.

That is, the overall cost is $10,000.

However, these stowaways are actually lucky.

Because after paying 10,000 dollars, their everything can be settled quite properly, unlike some amateur teams and some stowaways who think they can live a good life as long as they reach the other side, the end is often very miserable.

Of course there is no agreement.

It's just that these people will be tightly controlled by an entire organization for the next few years, almost equivalent to cheap labor, or, to be precise, slaves.

So, say $8,000, who knows, that number will only be more.

In any case, for these stowaways, as long as they can settle down overseas, it is probably worth the extra effort.

Ulrich knows that these people are Kurds living on the Iraqi border. The Kurds in the Middle East are like Gypsies in Europe, and their living conditions are even worse, and it is difficult to guarantee even the most basic life, especially in these years. As the economic situation in Iraq, which has been severely sanctioned, deteriorated, so did the situation for the Kurds.

"Actually, this is not a very good route." On the deck in the dark, Ulrich was smoking a cigarette with the captain who called himself Reynolds. Because he was very good at making contact with people, the snakehead team had a few words about Ulrich. People may be curious, but they don't have too much vigilance. At this time, they talk a little: "Since the end of the Cold War, smuggling has been the most popular business in recent years, but whether it is the Middle East or France, one is not the best starting point. , a not the best destination, John, do you know why?"

Public introduction, Ulrich naturally will not use his real name, he is now called John.

Shaking his head, Ulrich asked, "Why?

Captain Renault said: "In the Middle East, you must be very clear, because they are not too big.

Qualified cheap labor, therefore, smuggling these people often outweighs the gains. "

Ulrich asked with a smile: "Then why do you still do it?"

Captain Reynold's eyes flashed a little, and he smiled: "Because we can guarantee that after they arrive at their destination, they can't do whatever they want. If someone is lazy, the whip must be very useful. For other people, it is impossible to guarantee this. Yes." Having said that, before Ulrich asked again, Captain Reynolds added: "As for France, because the right-wing government has been in power over the years, the crackdown on illegal immigration is very strict, so it is very difficult to smuggle it. "

Having said that, Captain Renault changed a cigarette, lit it, took a deep breath, and said, "The best smuggling route now is actually from Eastern Europe to Western Europe. Because of the similar skin color, Eastern Europeans are more likely to integrate into Western Europe. Like niggas in Africa and those in the Middle East, Eastern Europeans are also more capable, so that the governments of some countries, such as Germany, almost acquiesced to the illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe to sneak into their countries because these countries lack cheap labor. Besides, hehe, In fact, there is also Asia, but this line is too far, it is very difficult to do, but, as you may know, Asians are very hardworking, if it is not for the lack of connections, I actually want to be in this line of Asians."

Ulrich smiled and chatted with Captain Renault for a while. When it was time for dinner, everyone entered the cabin to eat together.

Then it was delivering meals to the stowaways in the bottom warehouse.

This is actually a chore that many people don't like to do.

Ulrich took the initiative to help naturally, and came to the bottom bin with a plastic bucket filled with rice. As soon as he entered, a mixed strange smell came to his face.

The members of the snakehead organization responsible for distributing food and fresh water knocked on the buckets in their hands and signaled the ghost-like stowaways at the bottom to come and collect food. In fact, it wasn't that they didn't want to put down their things and leave, but, once this happened, some people might starve to death.

These are all labor, and the smugglers are not like people who are interested in it. Of course, they have to do it themselves.