Looking at Zeng Lingfeng and Sophie embracing each other at the bow of the ship, Rosa's relationship was a bit complicated. She really hoped that the woman in Zeng Lingfeng's arms would be her, but she was rational and did not break such a beautiful atmosphere.

Although Rosa also wants to have more Zeng Lingfeng's love, she is a person who likes beautiful things. Such a good time and such a warm scene. Although the happy woman is not herself, she cannot bear to destroy such a scene.

At the corner not far away, a girl who was about to stand also looked at Sophie with a pretty face and bow with envious eyes. This girl is nothing but Zheng Yumeng.

It has been a year or two since the two met each other eleven years ago, Zheng Yumeng has developed a vague affection for Zeng Lingfeng. Especially when they were in high school, they entered the same school and met every day. When Zheng Yumeng had already begun to understand love, this kind of relationship quickly sprouted and grew vigorously in her heart.

However, what made her sad was that Zeng Lingfeng had been evading her feelings. Even if she showed it clearly, Zeng Lingfeng turned a blind eye.

It is precisely because Zeng Lingfeng turned a blind eye to her feelings that the sensitive Zheng Yumeng no longer had the courage to confess to Zeng Lingfeng, especially after they graduated from high school and decided to show off to Zeng Lingfeng but was bypassed by Zeng Lingfeng. She dared not mention it to Zeng Lingfeng again. She was afraid that once she confessed to Zeng Lingfeng, they would not even be able to make good friends.

Therefore, Zheng Yumeng had to settle for the current situation. In general, she felt that this was good. Although she didn't know if Zeng Lingfeng loved her, she could be by his side every day, watching him do things, thinking about problems, and seeing him achieve success after success... All of this made Zheng Yumeng feel very satisfied, just as if she had achieved success by herself.

However, just now, when Zeng Lingfeng hugged Sophie and said that sentence, an extremely complex feeling surged in Zheng Yumeng's heart, and even the salty and wet tears tended to burst out from her eyes.

At this moment, a curious voice came from behind Zheng Yumeng: "Yumeng, why are you crying?"

Zheng Yumeng was shocked, and then she found that everyone on the bow of the ship was focusing on her position.

Zheng Yu dreamed of his eyes and said embarrassedly: "Charlotte, how can I do it? I just got up and couldn't adapt. When the sun shook, my eyes were a little red..."

"Uh, it's also haha. The sunshine here is really a bit dazzling." Charlotte set up a pergola, looked at the rising sun that had just risen in the east, and said.

When Rosa saw Zheng Yumeng and Charlotte, she quickly greeted them. Sophie at the bow of the ship also broke free from Zeng Lingfeng's arms. However, when she left, she squeezed Zeng Lingfeng hard on the waist, and then when Zeng Lingfeng grinned, she gave him a big hygienic eye and walked to the chair beside Rosa and sat down.

For a moment, the deck on the bow of the ship became lively. dukA, we were the first to speed. However, Zeng Lingfeng was neglected. Several girls were chattering there, but he couldn't speak.

In desperation, Zeng Lingfeng ran directly to the captain's office.

The captain of the "Danxing" was a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties. His surname was Lin. He was a person dug from the navy after Zeng Lingfeng handed over the order for the "Danxing" to the Ferreti Group. He had a lot of experience in navigation.

"Captain Lin, where are we now?" Zeng Lingfeng asked as soon as he entered.

Captain Lin saw Zeng Lingfeng coming in, and quickly stood attentively and said, "Chief, we are now 100 nautical miles southeast of Sardinia, about 500 nautical miles from Malta. At our speed, we can reach Malta in the evening this evening."

Before Zeng Lingfeng walked to the chart, Captain Lin pointed out the current location of the "Danxing" to Zeng Lingfeng.

Zeng Lingfeng looked roughly on the chart and it was indeed as Captain Lin said. According to the cruise speed of the 32nd Kind of the "Danxing", he could reach Malta in the afternoon.

Zeng Lingfeng said, "Captain Lin, let's stay in Malta for one night tonight, so that we can replenish some supplies there. Then, we head straight to Port Said."

"Yes, Chief" Captain Lin bowed again.

Zeng Lingfeng nodded to everyone in the captain's room and left.

Zeng Lingfeng went to other places and when he returned to the bow of the ship, several girls were already packing up their things and preparing to leave the deck. At this time, the sun had risen very high and the temperature had risen, making it look a little stuffy and uncomfortable.

The Mediterranean climate is characterized by dry, hot and rainy summer and warm and humid winter. It is midsummer. Under the control of subtropical high pressure, the airflow sinks, the climate is hot and dry, the clouds are sparse, and the sun is sufficient. During the day, the deck is hot and people can't stay there.

When I returned to the yacht, I finally felt a little chill with the help of the air conditioner.

It was finally overwhelmed during the day. When the sun set, the "Danxing" finally arrived at the port of Valletta, the capital of Malta.

Dagang is the largest natural port in Malta, located between the capital Valletta and the three ancient cities of Billgu, San Glea and Cospika. The coastline of the port area is 15.56 kilometers long. Ten thousand tons of cargo ships can enter the port to load and unload cargo, with an annual throughput of 1.6 million tons. There are many deep-water docks and loading, unloading, refueling and grain storage facilities in the port.

Malta is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, 90 kilometers south of Sicily, Italy. It is known as the "heart of the Mediterranean" with an area of ​​316 square kilometers. It is a world-famous tourist destination and is known as the "rural countryside of Europe". The country consists of five small islands: Malta, Gozo, Comino, Cominoto and Felfra Island. Among them, Malta Island has the largest area, with a 245 square kilometers. The coastline is 180 kilometers long. The terrain of Malta Island is high in the west and low in the east, with hills and undulating, with small basins between them, without forests, rivers or lakes, and lack of fresh water.

Today, Malta no longer has an important strategic location, but a famous leisure and vacation area where tourists from Europe can be seen everywhere. Although Malta also has the passionate sun, clear sea water, beautiful beaches, and dazzling coral reefs, these are only part of the reason why tourists are attracted. The most intoxicating part of Malta is its unique history. There is no longer a charming place like Malta in the world. In such a small place, it has so many brilliant archaeological sites, cultural monuments, traditional buildings, handicrafts, and various historical treasures that mark the process of human civilization.

However, Zeng Lingfeng did not intend to visit Malta, so the "Danxing" only stopped in Valletta for one night, set off early the next morning and headed straight for the Port of Sed in Egypt.

The journey from Malta to Port Sed is long. Even though "Danxing" has accelerated, it still arrived at Port Sed the next morning.

Port Said is one of the main port cities in Egypt, one of the world's largest transshipment ports, the second largest port city in Egypt, and one of the world's coal and oil storage ports. The capital of Port Said Province, known as "Hong Kong of Egypt"; it is located at the junction of Africa and Asia, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea; at the northern end of the Suez Canal, on a narrow strip of land manually filled between the Mediterranean and Lake Manzaile. Port Said is considered by many people to be the most beautiful city in Egypt and is a resort for the Egyptians in summer. There are many old-style buildings there, and the wide balcony on each floor makes the city look unique.

When the huge Danxing entered the Port of Sed in the morning light, the entire port was boiling. This is because the Danxing was so huge, it was a real sea giant. Before this, the Egyptians had never seen such a huge yacht.

However, the "Danxing" did not stop at Port Sed, but only replenished some fuel and then drove into the Suez Canal.

However, shortly after the "Danxing" left the Port of Sed, a middle-aged man in an Arab costume sent the news that the "Danxing" passed through Port of Sed and entered the Suez Canal by phone. The content on the phone was translated into Chinese, with many words like big fish. After making the call, the middle-aged man's face was full of smiles.

It is obvious that the Danxing was targeted by some people with bad motives.

Of course, Zeng Lingfeng and everyone on the Danxing were not aware of such a thing. At this time, they were immersed in the beautiful scenery along the Suez Canal.

Stepping onto the embankment of the Suez Canal and looking at the surging water, Zeng Lingfeng's mind flashed with a question: What exactly is flowing in the river? For a moment, the historical lenses and the realistic scenes competed to overlap, and an answer emerged: both the sad and angry blood and sweat of the past and the tears of joy today.

The Suez Canal is located in northeast Egypt, starting from the Port of Said on the Mediterranean Sea in the north and the Port of Taofik on the Red Sea in the south. It is more than 190 kilometers long. The canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean through the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and closely links the key links between Europe, Asia and Africa. Such a canal is unique in the world and has great economic significance and strategic value.

Northeast Egypt is the border between Africa and Asia. As early as more than 4,000 years ago, the Egyptians realized the need to build canals there. According to historians, in 1874 BC, Egyptian pharaoh Sunuselt III presided over the digging of canals, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Nile River and its tributaries.

The picture of the groundbreaking ceremony of the "Pharaoh Canal" is still retained on the wall on the front of the Karnak Temple in Luxor. This is the first artificial canal dug in Egypt and the first artificial canal in the world. However, the canal is surrounded by vast deserts, with strong winds blowing yellow sand, and the canal was blocked soon. Later Egyptian pharaohs, as well as the invading Persians, Greeks, Romans, Turks, and Arabs all tried to clear it, but they failed and were completely destroyed in the 8th century AD.

The current Suez Canal originated from the development of capitalism and colonialism in modern Europe. In the 15th century AD, the Portuguese were eager to go to the legendary East where "spices and gold are everywhere". They discovered a new channel that bypassed the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and went there directly. However, this channel was too many detours and was time-consuming and labor-intensive. Therefore, the French and British later wanted to find a shortcut.

In 1798, Napoleon occupied Egypt and instructed his subordinates to measure the Isthmus of Suez, which may communicate with the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. In 1832, French foreign official and engineer Ferdinandresep formally proposed to dig a canal in this isthmus. From 1833 to 1837, he served as a consul in Cairo, trying his best to approach and please the Egyptian rulers to "open the joints and achieve great things." In November 1854, he got what he wanted and obtained from the new Egyptian governor Sayed Pasha.

The "concession" for the canal was dug and operated. Four years later, he initiated the establishment of the International Suez Canal Company, which was mainly funded by the French and Egyptians. On April 25, 1859, the construction of the canal broke ground in the current Port of Said. The direction of the river channel did not select the shortest straight line distance that penetrated the isthmus, but used natural lake and swamp depressions to connect the Manzale Lake, Timza Lake, Big Bruce Lake and Small Bruce Lake along the way. Although the river channel had many bends, it greatly reduced the construction volume.

According to the information preserved in the Canal Museum in Port Said and Ismailia, in order to dig the canal, the company hired a large number of slave workers from all over Egypt. They dig the ground with pickaxes and shovels with both hands, and carried the soil with their heads and shoulders. They worked all day long, enduring political coercion, the scorching sun, and the "three tortures and tortures" of the pain of the disease. At that time, Egypt had a population of 5 million, and 2.2 million people participated in the construction of the canal. The canal was originally planned to be completed in six years, but due to the harsh climate conditions,

The labor tools were simple and took ten years to complete. In order to dig this waterway, 75 million cubic meters of earth and stone were excavated, and 1.25 million Egyptians died of fatigue. Therefore, museum staff said that the Suez Canal was "cut out by the Egyptians with their hands, carried out with their shoulders, built with bones, and watered with blood and sweat." The excavation of the canal shortened the voyage of Eurasian continents around the Cape of Good Hope by nearly 10,000 kilometers, which is another historical contribution made by Egypt to mankind after its ancient civilization.

On November 17, 9, the canal was officially opened. However, shortly after it was opened, the Egyptian Governor Ismail had to sell the Egyptian canal shares due to financial difficulties. In 1875, Britain purchased Egypt's canal shares and then sent troops to occupy the canal area and the entire Egypt. In this way, Britain and France obtained long-term control of the canal together. The canal, which was built mainly by the Egyptian people, became a tool for European colonialists to make profits.

The Egyptian people, who were never willing to accept it, were determined to take back the canal and take it into their own hands. For this reason, they embarked on one tragic struggle after another.
Chapter completed!