At the end of March, Zhao Xin returned to Fuldan City. This continuous trip made him exhausted, so he returned to his residence and fell asleep.
When Liu Sheng heard that he was back, he planned to send someone to call him. But when he heard that Zhao Xin fell asleep as soon as he came back, he knew that he must be exhausted. When they met in the afternoon, he reminded Zhao Xin: "I heard that A Miao
She's sick. If you have time, go and see her. It's so pitiful for this little girl to be alone."
As soon as Zhao Xin heard this, he ate a few mouthfuls of food, got up and left.
Liu Sheng originally thought that Zhao Xin would be back soon, and he planned to discuss with him about going north next month. However, Zhao Xin did not come back until the next morning.
"What's wrong? I see there are dark circles under your eyes. Did you not sleep well?"
"Alas!" Zhao Xin took a sip of strong tea and shook his head helplessly. In front of his good friend, Zhao Xin could only say some things to him. "This is a big deal! I thought A Miao had a very bad personality.
Strength seems to be just an appearance now. This child’s family disappeared when she was nine years old, and she is only eleven years old now. Her mental endurance is actually quite fragile.”
A Miao was indeed ill, but the biggest problem was heart disease. Zhao Xin chatted with her for a long time before he figured out what was going on.
Since following Zhao Xin, what A Miao misses most is the days on Bear Island. At that time, Zhao Xin could talk and laugh with her almost every day, and there were not so many rules; in his free time, he teased King Duofu,
Otherwise, she would take that little follower Xu Shounan around. At that time, A Miao felt that she had a family again.
But after arriving in Beihai Town, A Miao couldn't speak to Zhao Xin a few times in a year. Many times they just said hello in a hurry and passed by. Later, she studied medicine with Liu Siting. A Miao also worked hard, but she
Feeling more and more lonely.
After Zhao Xin and Shen Xuan got engaged at the end of last year, some miscellaneous rumors began to spread in the medical station, and gradually spread to A Miao's ears. It was said that Zhao Xin did not like her, so she was sent to the medical station.
Stand up and work. What kind of wild girl from the mountains is there thinking about nonsense like sparrows climbing high branches?
Liu Siting has been away for three months, and now she doesn't even have anyone to protect her. A Miao was already worried, but now she is even more worried, will Zhao Xin and the teacher not want me anymore? It makes me sad.
, I feel that due to my life experience, my heart ailments have become more and more serious, and it would be strange not to fall ill.
Liu Sheng heard what Zhao Xin said and said angrily: "Tell me who said those bullshit words? I'll go find them to settle the score in a minute!"
Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "Forget it, it's not easy for us to train a few medical staff. Besides, this kind of gossip is not new at all, it happens everywhere."
Liu Sheng said: "How do you plan to deal with this matter?"
Zhao Xindao: "What else can we do? Bring A Miao back and live with me first. At least I will have Guisheng to help take care of her. I will go north in a few days and take her with me to relax."
Liu Sheng frowned and said, "If you treat her like this, be careful not to let her go in the future."
"Ah? What do you mean?"
Liu Sheng said bluntly: "You once told me that women in this era have to live dependent on men. If you take care of A Miao like this, who will dare to marry her in the future?"
Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "Let's take it one step at a time. Change the environment first, and maybe you will get better gradually. Rikichi, Shino, A Miao, and Katsu Kaishu, these seven are the first people to follow me. Over time,
, more or less emotional."
In the next two days, Zhao Xin would take the time to talk to A Miao, and the little girl's spirit obviously improved a lot. Another day later, A Miao took her luggage and moved into Zhao Xin's house in Jurgen City with Guisheng.
A small wooden courtyard. As soon as A Miao entered the house, she felt like she was home. Regardless of Guisheng's dissuasion, she began to clean the inside and outside of the house.
Zhao Xin explained the precautions to Guisheng, and Guisheng would take care of A Miao when he was away, and Liu Sheng would come over often to visit.
Guisheng said with some resentment: "Master, you have been gone for many days without me even taking you with you. If you do this again, I will fall ill like A Miao."
Zhao Xin slapped Guisheng on the head twice with a big slap and scolded with a smile: "Silly boy, your parents are both in Yangzhou! If you don't want to work with me anymore, I'll ask Boss Shen to take you back."
"Don't! Master, I haven't shown my dignity yet." Guisheng thought at this time that the young eunuch Chun Lai had been begging him for a long time, but nothing came of it. He should tell Zhao Xin today.
"Sir, that Chun Lai wants to follow you."
Zhao Xin was stunned: "Spring is coming?" He had so many things to do that he had long forgotten that there was such a person.
"It's the little eunuch who was exiled that we met in Ninggu Pagoda. The one who gave the emperor tea that was too hot."
"Oh! It's him. What is he doing now?"
"The old eunuchs who came with me are now sweeping the floors in Fuldan City every day, or serving patients in the wards of the medical station. They can't do heavy physical work, and they look very pitiful."
"What's going on with them these past few months?"
Guisheng knew what Zhao Xin was asking and said hurriedly: "It's quite normal and the people are very honest. I found two people and kept an eye on them."
Zhao Xin thought for a while and said: "Guisheng, you need to have more strings in your brain. Their identities are too sensitive. I am not discriminating against eunuchs, and neither will Mr. Liu. In this way, you can let the agricultural machinery unit go around all day long."
Thinking about serving people."
Upon hearing this, Guisheng said quickly: "Master, I understand."
Zhao Xin suddenly asked in a low voice: "During my absence, everything in the city was still normal?"
Guisheng came over and whispered, "Don't worry, everything is fine on both sides. Farming is busy right now, and the soldiers and civilians are either clearing land or building roads, but things are still normal down there."
Zhao Xindao: "Keep an eye on everyone. When there are more people, all kinds of mess will appear."
Guisheng nodded, understanding.
Two days later, Zhao Xin saw that A Miao was fine, so he gave some instructions and left. This time he was going to West Africa to pick up Deng Fei and the others. The modification of the freighter had been completed, and now he was waiting for him to pay.
The final payment is due.
When he thought about having to spend tens of millions to buy heavy oil when the freighter left the dock, Zhao Xin no longer felt an ordinary pain in his body, but his whole body ached!
On the way to West Africa, Zhao Xin met Andrew somewhere in Europe as agreed.
"Zhao, I've asked you about the thing you asked last time." As soon as Andrew said this, the FSB official wearing glasses suddenly appeared in Zhao Xin's mind.
"800-ton level, plus all supporting systems, 50."
Zhao Xin knew that there was a "million" behind the other person's 50, and he thought to himself, you are not killing me, you are just chopping me up! However, he did not refuse directly, but changed his way of saying it. He smiled.
Said: "Andrew, are we friends?"
"Of course! We are close buddies!" Andrew has known Zhao Xin for a long time, and has learned a lot about Zhao Xin's catchphrases.
"Okay. Andrew, the price is not expensive to be honest. I plan to buy two boats."
When Andrew heard this, he stood up and hugged Zhao Xin in excitement. Zhao Xin quickly said: "I haven't finished yet. I have no use for anti-ship missiles. Am I going to drive an 800-ton boat to provoke people all over the world?"
?No! This is my personal belongings. It can ensure safety and fulfill my dreams. Besides, I have no use for anti-aircraft missiles."
When Andrew heard this, he also felt that what the other party said was reasonable. Zhao Xin continued: "There are also helicopters and decks, but I actually don't need them."
"Zhao, do you want a hull?!"
Zhao Xin patted Andrew on the shoulder and said: "Let's do this. The original 76mm rapid-fire cannon will be replaced by an AK190, two more multi-barreled automatic cannons will be added, and a set of BM-21 rocket launchers will be installed in the free space at the stern.
, and also give me two bases of high-explosive bombs. The fixed price is 35 each!"
Andrew was confused when he heard this. What would the ship look like if it were done like this? He thought for a while before tentatively asking: "Do you still need the radar system?"
"Of course." Zhao Xinxin said that if all the radars were removed, then he would have no choice but to fight with bayonets on the sea.
"35 definitely won't work! Zhao, how about 40? Pay 30% deposit first."
"Okay." There is no other way, the private transaction can only be done at this price.
After talking about the ship, Zhao Xin proposed to buy ten more D30s and two sets of BM-21 rocket launchers. The rocket launchers are fun to shoot, but one rocket costs several thousand dollars; 40 directional tubes, how many times can be fired at a time?
It’s gone for 100,000 knives. As for long-range rockets, one costs more than 100,000 knives. It’s really unaffordable!
In fact, Andrew was also wondering why Zhao Xin had only bought traditional weapons in the past two years. However, one of the most important principles in this business is not to inquire about customers' purchasing intentions, so he could only keep his questions to himself.
The night after the meeting, Andrew conveyed Zhao Xin's strange request to the previous supplier. After the supplier heard about it, he was also puzzled. Aren't anti-ship missiles good now? Anti-aircraft missiles
So unpopular? Is this person planning to find someone to fight hand-to-hand with a 76mm rapid-fire cannon and a 122-meter rocket launcher? I can’t figure it out!
The supplier thought hard for a long time, and finally decided not to give up. Compared with the old junk things Zhao Xin bought before, two frigates are already a big business. Since the other party has paid the deposit in advance, we can happily start it.
Well! Anyway, we can use satellite monitoring in the future to see what the other party is up to.
As a result, two 800-ton frigates originally built for the country's navy were ordered to be modified by someone. The engineer in charge of the project was confused and thought to himself, who would be stupid enough to come up with such a strange combination of weapons?
Zhao Xin really has no good way to avoid satellite surveillance. Boats are not cars and can be driven into a warehouse; the dock has no roof.
Andrew had mentioned before that he could spend money to buy the trajectory data of reconnaissance satellites and use the gaps in satellite reconnaissance to evade. But Zhao Xin understood that anyone who dared to buy this kind of data in the international market would definitely be a rat and a cat - it's okay.
Looking for trouble. All he can do now is avoid a certain G satellite, because the other party's satellite map is only refreshed once every six months.
Two days later, when Zhao Xin arrived at the port in West Africa, he first met Deng Fei and Ding Guofeng. They complained. The general idea was that they had seen lazy people, but they had never seen such lazy people! Work depends entirely on your mood.
, worked hard all day, and some people even stole things from the construction site. Ding Guofeng was so angry that he almost beat people.
Zhao Xin had no time to worry about this. He originally chose to refit here because he considered that chaotic management and corruption would prevent him from being noticed. He asked Deng Fei: "How is the quality of the refit?"
"With the Swiss company as the supervisor, there is no problem with the quality."
Zhao Xin said again: "That's fine. What's the situation at the port?"
Ding Guofeng smiled bitterly and said: "There are countless thieves. Not to mention the rigging, the leftover materials will be stolen by the workers if they are not careful."
In order to avoid direct conflicts with workers, Deng Fei and the others had to check suspicious people who disembarked with large backpacks every day. Several warehouse doors on the ship were locked with anti-theft locks. In addition to these, the two also hired a security guard
The company has 24-hour patrol duty on board the ship.
Zhao Xindao: "Has everything been done at the port?"
Deng Fei said: "The money you gave has basically been spent, and all departments have taken care of it. As for the guards sent by the port prosecutor, I gave them several boxes of instant noodles and four cartons of cigarettes, and they were so happy that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear."
Deng Fei said it simply, but Zhao Xin knew that it was definitely not an easy time for the two of them. A major feature of West African ports is that there are usually no less than ten departments that manage ship procedures. Although the local living conditions are very poor, boarding the ship for inspection is
The standard is high; the local immigration bureau is a notorious department. Once these departments find problems, they will impose sky-high fines.
"Don't worry. It's all done." Deng Fei patted Zhao Xin on the shoulder. Because he could speak French, he had battled wits and courage with these departments for two months, used money to clear the way, and argued with reason, and finally got away with it.
In addition, Deng Fei also took a look at a second-hand tugboat parked in the port in advance and negotiated the price. This tugboat has a power of 4,000 horsepower, a speed of 10 knots, and a bollard drag force of 56 tons. Although the operation of the tugboat is extremely professional
, but the new ship is so big that it is impossible to dock directly into the port like the Thor.
When Zhao Xin paid the final payment and completed the delivery procedures, ten days had passed. During this period, the new ship began to refuel. Considering the price, Zhao Xin decided to only add half. Anyway, he did not plan to continue buying heavy oil in this time and space.
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After the three people completed all the procedures, they waited patiently for another two days. At this time, all the relevant personnel at the port had spent money to take care of things, and there was no one to hinder them. So they started taking action at three o'clock in the night. By the morning, the three people were ready
Already boarded a flight.
The people at the port faced the empty berths early in the morning and didn't even fart. They didn't care where the two boats, one big and one small, went. The money Zhao Xin gave them was enough for them to live happily for a while. As for
Work? Let’s wait until the money is spent!
In mid-April, Zhao and Xin returned to Beihai Town non-stop. The new ship was named "Thunder", and its huge blue hull shocked the entire Beihai Town. Tens of thousands of people, old and young, came to the beach every day to watch.
The original dock was too small to accommodate the Thunderbolt to dock, so it could only park in the deep water area one kilometer away from the shore. Deng Fei could only drive a tugboat and take Zhao Liang and other workers aboard the ship to install weapons every day.
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Because the new D30 and BM-21 have not yet arrived, what Zhao Liang and the others can do now is to imitate the MK93 defense system and weld dozens of heavy machine gun racks with shield steel plates around the deck of the Thunder, and finally
Just install PKM upwards.
Zhao Xin can't wait for the modification of the Thunder to be completed. He will return to Fuldan City immediately to lead the team north. Deng Fei will drive the Thunder to bring the second group of workers to the Bitter Leaf Island in mid-May.
Northeast direction.
Bollard drag force: The tension value measured when the ship is in the designed fully loaded state and the main engine is operated at rated power and towed away from the dock (fixed point) with a 100-meter-long tow rope, also known as the dock pull force.