Prince Ananta chased out with a gun and aimed his pistol at the little girl. He was suddenly stunned by the scene in front of him. The deafening roar was not the river speedboat as imagined at all, but...but...
He couldn't believe his eyes, but it was a large seaplane!
Moreover, the seaplane was still more than a hundred meters away, and it was not as close as I thought. The big guy was turning its two propellers, dragging long white waves on the water. I don’t know if it was about to take off or just landed.
.It seems that it did not find itself and was not directed at this fishing boat.
The prince couldn't care so much anymore, and temporarily withdrew his gaze, looking for the little girl on the dark water. And he saw it immediately. More than ten meters away, the little girl was struggling to turn her arms, and her feet were splashing like water.
Just like a toddler duck. After all, she is too small and swims too slowly.
Without thinking, Prince Ananta raised the pistol, took aim with one eye closed, and then pulled the trigger.
"Crack!"
The little girl's back spasmed and her movements slowed down, appearing to be in pain. But she was still treading water hard and refused to sink.
"Crack!"
Another shot. I don’t know where this shot hit. The little girl stopped struggling immediately and remained motionless. She slowly sank as the water rippled.
The old woman in the cabin let out a shrill cry and tried to rush out, but Pachai held her down hard. The prince returned to the cabin with a gun and said:
"Get out of the way!"
Pachai quickly jumped to the side, and the prince picked up his pistol and shot the old woman twice. The old woman stared, said nothing, and slowly shrank into a pool of blood.
The huge noise of the seaplane completely covered up these gunshots. In fact, this boat was three to four hundred meters away from the other nearest fishing boats. Even if there was no roar of planes, these gunshots might not be heard.
This was the first time Prince Ananta killed someone with his own hands. His chest was pounding wildly, and his head seemed to be filled with alcohol. He was nervous and excited at the same time. Pachai was also extremely nervous and was about to throw the body into the water. But the prince did not let him
, just leave the body in the boat. He plans to wait here for the little girl’s father to come back and kill him too.
The seaplane outside the cabin roared away. The prince put the pistol back in his waist, got out of the cabin again, stood on the bow, and tried his best to watch the seaplane go away.
"Why is there a seaplane here?"
The prince murmured to himself, opening his eyes hard, trying to penetrate the black space and see the direction of the seaplane in the distance. Some lights could be seen vaguely in the distance. But the distance was too far. From here
It looked like a mirage. The seaplane seemed to be heading there.
He turned to Pachai who followed him and said:
"Hey, how far do you think such a big plane can fly? It must be more than a thousand kilometers, right?"
Pachai squinted his eyes and looked hard, and said:
"Absolutely. A guy that big, with two propellers, and more than a thousand kilometers, definitely only a little more... Your Highness, you don't want to..."
The prince nodded, licked his lips and said:
"Pachai, let's move the boat over and have a look!"
Pachai was a little panicked and said quickly:
"Your Highness, are you kidding me? Do you really want to steal a seaplane? It's not that easy to steal. Besides, neither of us knows how to fly a plane!"
The prince said coldly:
"We have guns. If you can't steal them, just rob them. There's nothing to say! If you can't fly a plane, then you can also hijack the pilots on the plane! In the current situation, we can't do anything without a fight!"
"Your Highness," Pachai was stunned for a moment and then said, "It's nearly two thousand kilometers from here to Siam, and the voyage is definitely not enough!"
The prince smiled and said:
"Who said we need to fly to Siam? The flight to Siam is not enough, but going to Japan is enough, right? We land at a port on the west coast of Kyushu Island, such as Nagasaki or something, and then ask for the protection of the Japanese government! Let Japan send
Long-distance plane, or speedboat, take us back to Siam! From now on, we in Siam invite Japan to protect us! Hum, the Japanese have long wanted to have a foothold in Nanyang. Now as long as we speak, Japan will not risk its life to protect us.
Strange!
"Japan has the largest fleet in Asia, and Ming will never fight Japan when there is a threat from the Qing Dynasty in the north! At that time, we can wait for a price between Ming and Japan. Ming saw this
For my sake, I guess no matter how stupid I am, I won’t force us into the arms of Japan for a dead prince! Haha, just look at it, my calculation is absolutely right!... Now, as long as we get that plane,
Fly to Japan!”
Pachai seemed to be attracted by the wonderful prospects described by the prince. He hesitated for a moment and then said:
"Your Highness, on which boat is the little girl's father still drinking? What if she comes back and finds that the boat is missing, and she makes a public announcement?"
"What to do? What can he do? Can he still run to Wuxi City overnight to call the police? He will probably think that the grandfather and grandson have rocked the boat somewhere, and he can only wait... as long as he doesn't find him
My daughter’s body will do. But it’s all in vain, and the body has already sunk somewhere, so where can I find it?”
Pachai was also completely convinced, nodded, and was ready to follow His Royal Highness and give it a try. Pachai was not like the prince. He had a poor background. He grew up in the water town of Siam and was a good boatman. He ran to the boat
The prince picked up the anchor, then ran to the stern of the boat, holding the bamboo pole, and turned the bow of the boat around in two strokes, pointing towards the lake. The prince blew out the lights, and the small fishing boat made no sound like a small arrow leaving the string.
disappearing into the darkness without a breath.
…
There are two large islands of tens of square kilometers on the east side of Taihu Lake. The one on the west is called Xishan and the one on the east is called Dongshan. The two mountains are collectively called "Dongting Mountain". Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake is the traditional origin of Biluochun, one of the two top green teas.
Origin. Of course Biluochun is produced everywhere in Jiangnan, but Biluochun from Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake is the most authentic and expensive. Just like Longjing is produced throughout Jiangnan, but the most authentic Longjing only comes from the Imperial Tea Garden by the West Lake in Hangzhou.
Now the largest tea merchant in Dongting Mountain of Taihu Lake is Shen Lianyuan, known as "Little Shen Wansan" of "Shen Chang Hao". Shen Lianyuan is the third generation head of "Shen Chang Hao". There are tea gardens in the east and west mountains, as well as tea gardens around Taihu Lake.
A large number of tea gardens are owned by Shen Changhao. Now nearly 20% of the Biluochun consumed every year in the Ming Dynasty comes from Shenchanghao. Shen Lianyuan runs his business and lives in Suzhou, but he built a tea garden on the hillside of Xishan Lake along the lake.
The luxurious house was used as a villa for him to stay whenever he visited the tea plantation. A dock was built at the foot of the mansion to accommodate yachts and private seaplanes.
Shen Lianyuan studied in the United States in his youth, where he became obsessed with flying airplanes, and brought this hobby back to the Ming Dynasty. However, there was no civil aviation in the Ming Dynasty, and all existing airports were used by the military. In addition, there are hills and water networks everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River. He wanted to buy land to build a private airport but couldn't find a good place. So he had no choice but to use seaplanes. Fortunately, in the land of Wuyue in the south of the Yangtze River, there are lakes of various sizes everywhere, and there are ready-made airports everywhere.
Now he has several seaplanes, and the one in Xishan is the largest, with a range of more than a thousand kilometers. Not only can he fly to the Zhoushan fishing ground in the East China Sea to fish, but he can also drive it to Japan to discuss business.
The seaplane that Prince Ananta saw just now was this one. But it didn't just land. It was night now, and the lake was dark, making flying and landing impossible. This plane had an engine problem recently, and this afternoon Technicians from the aircraft company came for maintenance. They have been testing the engine on the lake since dusk, listening to the sound, observing the status, and then returning to the dock for debugging, then driving it out for testing, and then returning to the dock for debugging... Until just now. What the prince saw, The technician had just completed a test lap on the lake in his airplane and was returning to Xishan Pier.
…
I don’t know how long it took, until Pachai was so tired that the light became clear. The prince asked Pachai to stop, and the small fishing boat floated silently on the water, gradually approaching the dark mountain in the lake. .On the hillside, there are bright lights, and you can see that this is a gorgeous mansion. The mansion is very large, with pavilions and pavilions, stretching for nearly a mile from left to right. There are several trestles and pavilions along the coast extending into the lake. Some waterside pavilions were dark and empty, while others were brightly lit and full of music and music. There was also a movie playing in one place. The prince and Pachai could clearly see it from the bow of the boat. It was a group of cowboys resisting the Indians. , and vaguely heard the dialogue coming from the movie. A group of servants, maids, and old ladies gathered under the big curtain, and they exclaimed in unison from time to time.
"Fuck..." Prince Ananta looked at everything on the shore coldly and couldn't help but cursed, "Rich people like Ming Dynasty really know how to enjoy... Our palace in Siam is not so extravagant... ...Pa guess you said so."
"Yeah yeah……"
Pachai also cursed a few words, but his eyes were looking around.
Of course the prince also knew what they were looking for. He asked Pachai to hold a bamboo pen, keep a few dozen meters away from the shore, and then search along the island shore. Suddenly, the violent sound of the propeller roared, and it turned for a moment and then It stopped. Pachai didn't even give any orders and immediately rowed the boat in that direction.
I soon discovered that it was a pier with several wooden trestles extending into the lake, with several luxury motorboats and several small boats parked in the middle. There was a floating hangar next to the pier, and the lights in the hangar could be seen. It's so bright, that's where the propeller sound comes from.
When the prince saw that there was no one on the pier at the pier, he asked Pachai to row the small fishing boat to the pier, and then tied the cable to the wooden pile. The two threw the body in the boat into the water, and then, with guns in hand, Climb the trestle.
The two of them crouched and ran quickly onto the pier, then tiptoed toward the hangar. They hid by the tall door of the hangar and peeked in carefully.
There was a large twin-engine hydroplane parked in the hangar. The hood of one of the engines was open, and a technician was repairing it with oily hands next to it. Another technician was sitting in the cockpit, waiting to start and debug. The mercury lamp on the ceiling illuminated the whole thing.
The hangar was so brightly lit that you could almost see the bottom of the deep water channel in the middle. There were several oil drums placed on the wall of the hangar, which looked like they should be fuel for the aircraft.
The prince was very excited, turned around and said to Pachai in a low voice:
"See? Now we just need to wait until they repair it, then break in and ask them to fill up the tank, then hijack one person to fly the plane and kill the other... and we'll be successful. It's that simple."
Pachai was trembling with excitement and whispered:
"Your Highness is wise!"
…
The two of them lurked in the dark, watching the two technicians in the hangar repairing the aircraft. After more than an hour, they heard the engine start again in the hangar. This time it took longer, and it ran for nearly ten minutes.
Then stop.
One technician said:
"Okay, it's finally okay! It's already past ten o'clock, it's not easy!"
Another person also laughed and said:
"Yeah, I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep today. Well, turn off the lights and leave, go back to the guest room to sleep, and do a test flight tomorrow morning."
"What time will Mr. Shen fly tomorrow morning?"
"Nine o'clock. So we have to come early tomorrow morning, do a test flight, and fill it up with fuel when we come back. Listen, we'll be here at seven o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Okay, no problem."
Outside the hangar, the prince waved his hand and signaled Pachai not to move. The two of them lurked in the dark, watching the two technicians inside turn off the aircraft, put away their tools, turned off the lights, came out, pressed the button to close the hangar door, and then went to the dock to joke all the way.
And left.
"Did you hear that, Pachai?" The prince smiled proudly at Pachai, "God help us. We thought we would take the risk of taking off at night and landing at night, but who knew they would have to come for a test flight tomorrow morning. Haha, we will take off tonight
Just wait here, and when they come tomorrow morning, we will hijack the plane and leave. Test flight? Haha, take us with you!"
…
That night, the two of them hid on a luxury boat on the dock for the night. At around five o'clock the next morning, the prince woke up early, pushed Pachai up, and the two quietly climbed onto the trestle and ran to the hangar.
I hid in the nearest boat, with only my head exposed, staring at the path from the pier to the mansion on the mountain.
After lying in wait for more than an hour, at about 6:30, two figures walked over from the distance of the pier. They were the two technicians.
The two technicians each took a rice dumpling to eat, chatting and laughing, and came to the hangar door. One of them took out the key, opened the small door and went in, then pressed the button inside. The huge hangar door slowly opened, revealing the inside.
seaplane.
The prince and Pachai also got out of the boat and quickly ran to the hangar door with their guns in hand.
They saw two technicians inside pushing a refueling trolley with a barrel of fuel. One technician climbed onto the plane and opened the fuel tank cap, then took the fuel gun and inserted it into the fuel tank mouth. The other person started the fuel pump, "
Amidst the buzzing sound, this big guy was gradually filling up with fuel.
Seeing them refueling the plane first, both Prince and Pachai were trembling with excitement. How much trouble this saved!
After a while, two technicians filled the plane with fuel. One man entered the cabin, put on his flight hat, and started the engine. The other man pushed the refueling trolley back to the distance and prepared to get on the plane.
At this moment, two figures rushed into the hangar.
Before the two technicians understood what was going on, they discovered that there was an additional muzzle in front of them.
"Haha, test flight?" The prince squeezed into the cabin, sat in the co-pilot's seat, and said with a ferocious smile, "Take us to fly together!"
Pachai also pointed his gun at another technician who had his hands raised in the air and pushed him onto the plane.
"Ah...ah..." the technician in the driver's seat was dumbfounded and murmured, "Are you...that Prince of Siam?"
Another technician also recognized it and exclaimed:
"Yesterday, the People's Guard came to Mr. Shen's farm to search for you! It turns out that you..."
Prince Ananta smiled and said:
"Yes, it's me. Since you understand it so well, I won't have to explain anymore. Whether you two can survive depends on whether you are willing to fly the plane properly."
Pachai also threatened from behind:
"If either of you two is dishonest, I will shoot him! Anyway, if you kill one, the other will be able to fly a plane!"
…
A few minutes later, the large seaplane climbed out of the hangar with a roar, dragging white waves on the water, gradually climbing up, then circling in a circle and flying towards the rising sun.