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Chapter 694 Smuggling Ship

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    "Yiyi, Qingwen's kid has something wrong with his thinking." Xu Lang didn't hide anything, and told her what happened in the evening as if she believed it.  "Qingwen is telling the truth. Her parents were really not good to her." Zhao Zhiruo told Qingwen's story, "I knew these things when I first found her, but I didn't tell you.  I just didn¡¯t expect that she still can¡¯t let go.¡± ¡°Yeah, I didn¡¯t expect that.¡± Cheng Yiyi said with a smile, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that she would have an Electra complex at such a young age.¡± Zhao Zhiruo didn¡¯t understand: ¡°Sister Yiyi, what is that?  Electra complex? " "Nothing." Cheng Yiyi didn't answer, "Xu Lang, you don't have to worry about this. I'll find a chance to talk to her. Qingwen is not old, so she thinks about things more simply.  Just enlighten me. " It's early spring in February and the sea surface of Yulin Bay is warm and cold at first, but the weather today is very good and the wind is not strong.  Van Basten, captain of the customs anti-smuggling team, stood on the bow of a 30-meter gunboat and looked around with a telescope.  It was already noon, and the anti-smuggling boat had been out all morning and encountered nothing but a whaling ship out to sea.  Van Basten put down the telescope and turned back to the captain and asked: "How far is it to the Wanzhou Waters?" "Captain, we are ahead of the Wanzhou Waters. It will take about half an hour." Van Basten looked up and looked at the position of the sun.  : "Let's go back to Wanzhou for a while. We have been out all morning, and it will be almost evening when we go back." "Yes, captain." The anti-smuggling boat drove towards Wanzhou for a while, and a bell suddenly came from the lookout post.  There was a sound, and the lookout raised his head and shouted: "Sir, a merchant ship was spotted ahead at two o'clock, 5 nautical miles away from our ship, and it should be heading towards Wanzhou." "Which merchant ship is flying what flag?"  Van Basten asked.  "I don't know where the ship is. They didn't fly the flag." Van Basten was a little confused. Most merchant ships should sail to Yulin Bay, where trade is most prosperous.  Although the economy in the Wanzhou area has also developed, there are still not many foreign merchant ships going directly to Wanzhou, and why they do not fly the flag is not consistent with common sense.  "Lookout post, send a signal to them to stop the ship and wait for inspection." Van Basten decided to go up and take a look first.  The signal for the anti-smuggling boat was sent out, but the merchant ship in front did not stop. Instead, it accelerated its speed, as if it wanted to sail away from the waters.  Van Basten became even more suspicious. There must be something wrong with this ship: "Fire a warning shot and speed up to catch up." With the sound of a cannon, the anti-smuggling boat opened its sails and headed towards the merchant ship ahead at a speed of 12 knots.  Drive away.  The distance between the two ships was slowly approaching, and the bell rang again on the lookout post: "Sir, the other side has stopped the ship and raised the Portuguese flag." Van Basten had already seen the flag on the ship through the telescope, but still ordered  Said: "Load all the cannons with shotguns, slow down, and move closer slowly." The two ships came together, and Van Basten led a team of anti-smuggling team members onto the merchant ship: "Which one of you is the captain?" A Chinese came  Arriving in front of Van Basten: "Sir, I am the captain of this ship." Van Basten looked at the Chinese in front of him: "Where are you coming from, where are you going, what is the load on the ship?"  "What cargo?" "Sir, this ship belongs to the Portuguese East India Company. We are coming from Goa, India, and we want to go to Wanzhou in the Ming Dynasty." Van Basten asked.  , "How can you be the captain of this ship? What are you loading?" "The villain is employed by Portugal." The captain replied, "We didn't pack anything, it was all cotton." "Then I can  "Look at your cargo?" Van Basten felt that the captain was lying. There is no way a ship of cotton could draft so deep.  "Excuse me, my lord." The captain did not panic at all. "We did not bring anything else with us." "You guys go take a look." Van Basten turned around and ordered.  After a while, the anti-smuggling team came out of the cargo hold: "Sir, the cargo hold is full of cotton, and no other goods were found." Van Basten came over again and looked at the cargo list. It was indeed on the list.  It was stated that this ship was transporting cotton and its destination was Wanzhou.  "Sir, you see you have finished the inspection." The captain got back the list, "If nothing happens, can I leave? This ship of cotton has to be sent to Guangzhou." "You wait for a while."  Van Basten then asked a senior supervisor who led the inspection, "Have you checked clearly? Have you looked under and inside the cotton?"   "Not at all." The supervisor replied, "Their cotton is all packed, and we did not unpack it." "Unpacked." Van Basten became more and more suspicious that there must be something fishy about the ship, and nothing else.  How could it be this draft?  "Sir, you can't unpack it." The captain became anxious when he heard that Van Basten was about to unpack and inspect it. "These cottons are packed according to the requirements of merchants from Wanzhou. We cannot deliver the goods if they are unpacked." Van Basten  Ignoring the captain, he said, "Go and unpack and check. By the way, see if there is a hidden cabin under the cotton." "Sir," the captain reached out to stop the anti-smuggling team, and his tone became tough, "This ship of cotton belongs to the Portuguese East India Company.  "If you insist on forcible inspection and there is any problem, the Portuguese will ask." "Portuguese? You can ask them to come to the Yulin Bay Customs Anti-Smuggling Team. I am the captain of the anti-smuggling team."  Van Basten smiled and said, "And I can tell you, I am also a Dutchman. But in Yulin Bay, you must abide by the laws of Yulin Bay. I now suspect that your ship has contraband, and it must be unpacked."  Check." After Van Basten finished speaking, the senior supervisor who led the team pushed aside the captain who was blocking the way and led the people back into the cabin.  The captain looked at Van Basten with a pale face and remained silent.  When the supervisor came out of the cabin for the second time, there was a happy expression on his face: "Sir, they did bring other goods. The cotton bales are full of ivory, precious wood, gems, gold and silver and other things."  Van Basten did not ask any more questions: "Keep the people in custody, and the ship will sail back to Yulin Bay." "Sir, wait a moment." The captain pulled Van Basten aside, "Please show your respect, the things on the ship, little  You can be more respectful to me." "How much can you honor me?" Van Basten said with a smile, "Look at how many people there are on my anti-smuggling boat. You don't need to waste any words. Go back to Yulin.  There will be people in the bay looking for you. "The captain didn't know that Yulin Bay Customs has recently made a new regulation. In addition to paying a 5% supplementary tariff on smuggled items found throughout Hainan Island,  A fine of 10% of the value of the smuggled goods is imposed, and 30% of this 10% fine is allocated to the anti-smuggling team individuals.  This regulation is because the patrol room has recently begun to collect protection fees. The enthusiasm of the patrol officers has been greatly improved than before, which makes most customs officers very jealous.  Li Lin had no choice but to formulate such an illegal departmental rule. Therefore, the current anti-smuggling team sends anti-smuggling boats around the entire Hainan Island every day. Catching a smuggling boat may take a year more than one year of work.  He earns even more, so Van Basten doesn't like the bribe money at all.  In the evening, the merchant ship was sailed back to Yulin Bay.  When Van Basten disembarked and returned to the anti-smuggling team, Maniche had not yet gotten off work.  "How come Mr. Maniche hasn't gotten off work yet?" Van Basten looked a little excited, "We caught a big guy today. This time we can get at least a few thousand taels of silver." "Congratulations to the captain on getting rich, I'm off work.  " Maniche replied calmly, sorted out the documents on the table, stood up and left the office without talking to Van Basten.
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