Chapter 934: Sailors also get seasick
The 'Luna' and the 'Calypso' left Ireland and headed south. They were going to Lisbon, Portugal for a resupply and then go directly to the South Atlantic Anomaly.
The 'Calypso' has a new trainee sailor named Johnny, who is Michael Higgins's grandson, and his full name is Johnny Higgins.
To be honest, Xiao Peng disliked him very much the first day he met him - this guy was a little handsome: nearly 1.9 meters tall, short dark brown hair, and a rather feminine look. In addition, he was not as sturdy as the average Irish man and had two long legs. Although he was very thin, he had good muscle lines. If he were in China, he would definitely be a "long-legged Oppa" with a group of little fans following him.
I don't like the handsome Xiao Peng. The only good thing about him is that he is on the 'Calypso', so out of sight, out of mind.
Although he is Michael Higgins's grandson, Xiao Peng has not publicly disclosed his identity nor given him any special treatment. The only so-called "treatment" he receives is a small room of his own. This is because he brought a huge number of books with him when he boarded the ship. They are all Chinese books. Xiao Peng seriously suspects that he came on board not to serve as a crew member but to learn Chinese.
But no matter what, it makes Xiao Peng happy that a foreigner likes Chinese culture. Besides, an Irishman who has obtained so many Chinese books and who still likes to read physical books in this era is worthy of praise. So Xiao Peng asked Ma Xiao to turn a front cabin duty room into Johnny's personal room, which can also be regarded as care for Michael Higgins' grandson.
Not many people on offshore vessels can afford private rooms. While the Calypso is considered a good ship compared to other vessels, it still sleeps four people per room. Furthermore, the cramped space lacks ventilation, and the stench of sweat and foot odor is not pleasant.
However, the people on the 'Calypso' didn't say much about Johnny living in a single room. They probably thought the same as Xiao Peng: a foreigner who could speak Chinese and loved to read Chinese books was a rarity in their eyes and should be taken care of.
But everyone's good impression of him quickly faded after the ship left Cork Harbor: How could a sailor get seasick? And Johnny was incredibly seasick! He couldn't even stand, let alone work!
When Ma Xiao told Xiao Peng about this, he almost cursed. How did he get a seasick crew certificate? How did he pass the crew assessment?
I called Michael Higgins, and the old man muttered after hearing it: "Why did he ask me to help him get a crew certificate!"
Making fake certificates for relationships is not unique to China, it happens here too!
Xiao Peng wanted Johnny to go back, but Michael Higgins said Johnny would get through this.
Is this really your grandson? Didn't you pick him up from the trash?
Anyway, I'm not the one suffering, so I'll get used to it after vomiting. If you dare to die, I dare to bury you!
It looks like he has good muscle lines, but it turns out to be a silver-plated gun head.
Fortunately, Johnny's physical condition was acceptable. After a few days at sea, he adapted to the situation and was even able to work on the ship. However, judging from the feedback from Ma Xiao, he had never been on a ship and could not do any work. The only good thing was that he had a good work attitude.
However, his performance made Xiao Peng feel relieved about him. He was definitely not someone Michael Higgins arranged to be on Xiao Peng's ship for some ulterior motive: no one who arranged an undercover agent would find such a conspicuous person.
More than ten days later, they arrived in Lisbon, Portugal for resupply. This task should have been completed quickly, but Xiao Peng was trapped here for a while.
As for why he was stranded in Lisbon? He was left alone by the relevant Lisbon authorities.
Why is this happening?
Logically speaking, it should be very simple and easy for Xiao Peng to go to Lisbon for supplies, after all, Portugal is also a member of the European Union. And the two big EU countries, Germany and France, both support Xiao Peng: they all hope to make money with Xiao Peng, right?
Now, in northern Europe, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary and other countries have united to form a "salvage alliance", and France is considering doing so. They also plan to pull together Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal, a number of southern European countries, to form a "salvage alliance".
There are so many benefits brought by such a salvage alliance: a deep-sea salvage industry involves so many aspects: not to mention the improvement of the country's status among the allies, a complete salvage alliance can drive the common development of industries such as shipbuilding, docks, taxation, supplies, salvage supplies, marine engineering tools, and item sales, solving a large number of employment issues while creating countless benefits.
The entire industrial chain of a three-state salvage alliance in Germany employs over 70,000 people! That's 70,000 families. How many social problems can that solve?
France saw all of this and wanted to replicate it. Furthermore, Southern Europe had more coastal states, so a Southern Salvage Alliance would undoubtedly be much larger than Germany's Tri-State Alliance. If successfully developed, the benefits would also be far greater.
However, this seemingly harmless proposal encountered many difficulties. Their proposal was strongly opposed by two countries, namely Spain and Portugal.
Although the development of these two countries is not very good now, they were old colonial powers in the past. They plundered a lot of wealth from South America. In Xiao Peng's eyes, 70% of the "valuable" shipwrecks came from these two countries.
There is one thing that is very irritating about these two countries: they basically do not salvage shipwrecks now, and the deep-sea salvage industry is not well developed. But if another country salvages their shipwreck, they will immediately stand up and grab it: Yes, they will grab it!
It doesn't matter if we salvage the ship or not; what matters is that what we salvage must be ours! The Odyssey Company once discovered a Spanish shipwreck. Spain initially ignored it, but after the Odyssey Company finished salvaging, they sent warships to intercept the Odyssey salvage ship and seize the company's gains.
This kind of thing happened more than once!
This method worked fine for Odyssey, after all, it was an American company. But it was more difficult for Xiao Peng and his team: although Xiao Peng was Chinese, his company was established in France and his taxes were handled in Ireland. France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Ireland all had excellent relations with him, even granting him official EU status. If Xiao Peng managed to get hold of their ship, it would be difficult for them to seize it.
Isn't this bullying?
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