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After experiencing such a series of storms, it seemed that the rainbow finally came. The dragon ship headed eastward. Although the speed was very slow, it did not encounter another storm in the next seven days. Even the ice floes seemed to

After bypassing the road, few drift towards the dragon ship.

Since one of the only two steam boilers was broken, the dragon ship only sailed for half of the day. The rest of the time, it raised the sails and relied on the monsoon winds of the northern hemisphere to sail towards the Saint Petersburg at a speed of 2 knots.

Matthew Island advances slowly.

Thunder Dragon is afraid that if the only remaining boiler breaks down, then in the vast ocean, the crew of the dragon ship will be away from the crisis of lack of fresh water, and they will be threatened by starvation again! After all, there is not much food on the ship.

Long Hao's fever subsided on the third day. When he woke up, he was surprised to find that he had enjoyed the "blessing of all people" in advance. In the cabin, in addition to Yuan'er, there was another person taking care of his daily life.

Beautiful little pepper.

Hong Xiangling changed her past aggressive style and became rarely gentle. Especially when she was alone with Long Hao, her beautiful little face was lowered, her tone was soft and thoughtful, and she was considerate like a newlywed wife, which made Long Hao great.

While sighing that I am enjoying myself, I can't help but feel a little regretful: I am still too small. If I were two years older, I wouldn't mind eating this fragrant little pepper in advance!

On the sixth day, ships began to gradually come into view. On the seventh day, when Long Hao walked onto the bow of the ship with the support of two women, a black outline slowly appeared on the horizon:

St. Matthew Island, finally arrived!

St. Matthew Island (St. Matthew), St. Lawrence Island (St. Laurence), and Pribilof Is. are like three bright pearls, shaped like a Chinese character, distributed in the triangular Bering Sea. The islands

There are indigenous peoples on the island, but with the beginning of the Age of Discovery, the British immigrated here with weapons, tools and advanced science and technology, and it became a colony of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets!

St. Matthew's Island, located on the central axis of the Bering Sea, is closer to Russia than the other two islands, so it has become a nail under the eyes of the British for the Russians. Freighters traveling between the Far East and the United States, or

Warships detouring from the cold Arctic Ocean would replenish food, fresh water and coal at St. Matthew Island.

The British did not hesitate to deploy three cruisers and four torpedo boats here to attack the surrounding pirates. Moreover, if a war broke out, they could quickly deploy two battleships from the Far East!

It can be said that St. Matthew Island is a reserve military base ready for deployment!

The Dragon Ship is a small cargo ship registered by Cherov in Sweden. Under the illumination of the guiding light, in the evening, the Dragon Ship raised the Swedish flag and slowly entered the port dragging its tired and broken body.

After entering the port, as usual, tax officials would board the ship to inspect the goods and collect certain duties. At this time, the sequelae of Long Hao's killing of all Cherov's men were revealed.

The tax official was a typical British guy, exuding arrogance everywhere. He inspected the devastated dragon ship, shook his head and asked Schmidt: "Oh, my God, your ship has encountered a big storm.

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Schmidt, because he was the only foreigner on the ship, naturally became the captain. When he heard the question, he said with a grimace: "Yes, we encountered a rare storm, and even the original captain died in the line of duty!"

Only these Chinese boatmen on the west coast were left, and they fought desperately to save the ship and get it here! Oh, that night... I just don’t want to think about it. I swear, for the rest of my life, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get rid of this terrible disaster.

What a nightmare!"

"Hey, God bless you!" The tax official showed sympathy and looked around: "It's a miracle that this ship didn't fall apart. I have to say, you are very lucky!"

"Well, the Lord has favored me!" Schmidt made the sign of the cross.

Long Hao, Long Bo and other coolies hid in the large cargo hold, pretending to be pigs, holding Mauser guns under their bodies, nervously looking outside through the hatch. Schmidt and the tax officials were talking loudly.

, after Long Hao translated, Ganzi and others all laughed secretly: This foreigner has pretty good acting skills!

This was an arrangement negotiated by Zhou Bodang and Lei Long. Those who could speak English would work as sailors on the deck and act as Chinese shipwrights on the West Coast of the United States. Those who could not speak English would hide in the large cargo hold and play the role of Chinese coolies!

Schmidt frowned, paid a tax, sent away the arrogant tax official, and complained to Long Hao who walked out of the large cargo hold: "British guys, what a bunch of greedy guys, I told you that we

We encountered a shipwreck and lost all our goods, but he still levied our poll tax on a per-person basis! Lord, you should punish him and punish those British guys!"

"Don't worry Schmidt, their good days won't last long!" Long Hao patted the Jewish doctor who was sad about his wallet being shrunk, and comforted him with a smile: "It's just a little money, as long as we arrive in Alaska safely.

, find the gold mine, everything is worth it!”

Schmidt grinned and said: "I hope so, but Master Long... With all due respect, we are really short of money now. Cherov's original plan was to sell some 'pig'... Oh no

, it’s you East Asians who came to collect the money to buy mining equipment, but now, hey, your hope can only be pinned on that nugget of gold! But unless you have to, it’s best not to sell it, otherwise it will attract a lot of gold rushes.

Guest!"

Seeing Schmidt twisting his face and struggling, Long Hao felt funny in his heart: If he knew that I reduced the gold nugget to the size of my thumb, I wonder if he would go crazy? Or would he fight for me?

After Long Hao's fever subsided, he took the nugget gold to nourish his body. The gold elements he absorbed were not used to feed the gold source, but were used to drive away the wind and cold in his body! Otherwise, how could he recover so quickly?

"Brother, you know English. Together with Schmidt, go to the shore to find a factory that can repair the steam boiler. If the dragon ship's boiler is not repaired, what we are riding on will not be a ship, but a living coffin floating on the sea!"

"Ah, repair...it's another sum of money!" Schmidt screamed upon hearing this.

St. Matthew Island is not too lively at night. This is not the 21st century where commerce is extremely developed. Although St. Matthew Island has attracted considerable attention from the United Kingdom, it has always been mainly about taxation and supplies. It is a pure commercial store.

Can't see it.

But even so, most of the Chinese on the ship had their eyes opened. They hid on the dragon ship, saw the foreigners walking around underground from time to time, and heard the Gula language that seemed to be spoken by chickens and ducks. They all found it very fresh and interesting!

In the Qing Dynasty, apart from Shanghai and other concessions, where could one see so many strange and eccentric foreigners?

Yuan'er was lying on the side of the ship, with half of his face covered by his hair, and said leisurely: "It's so magical. If it weren't for the young master, I thought my whole life would be like this, either being killed by foreign devils or digging underground in the dark, until

"I'm so exhausted..." Yuan'er didn't know what a railway was, and thought that working as a coolie meant digging in the mines.

Hong Xiangling held her chin, her beautiful face looking even more charming under the moon. She nodded and said, "Me too! I thought daddy wouldn't be able to survive the next full moon, but who knew he suddenly appeared... Now, how can daddy and I survive?"

Seeing the beautiful moon is like a dream!"

Hong Xiangling turned her head slightly and saw Hong Zaimo, supported by a Dragon Scale team member, standing by the railing, looking up at the moon.

Yuan'er tilted his head and gave a rare smile: "He? Who is he?"

"Isn't he that damn waste... Oh, damn it, you little girl dare to tease me! I'll tickle you to death!" Hong Xiangling reacted, her face lit up, and she stretched out her hand to touch Yuan'er's squeaking nest.

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"Gee, you can't call the young master a dead rat, he is your future husband-in-law!"

"He's so beautiful! I haven't agreed yet. If you want to marry this girl, you must be at least 1.8 meters tall and be able to beat me!"

Yuan'er has no idea how tall 1.8 meters is, but what she knows is: with the young master, her future life will definitely get better and better!

The dragon ship stopped at St. Matthew Island for three days, replenishing a large amount of food and 30 tons of coal, which was enough to reach its destination, Bessel.

Although no one was found to repair the steam boiler, there was a French businessman here who was very good at doing business. After he saw Brontosaurus and Schmidt coming out of the repair shop in disappointment on the street, he volunteered to bring an unused steam boiler to his ship.
Chapter completed!