Merchant In the Sea Chapter 5

That year, after Lin Zexu destroyed the opium, he and Admiral Guan Tianpei mobilized the people to prepare for defense. They built 11 new coastal defense artillery batteries, installed more than 300 cannons, and 372 feet of rafts and iron chains to block enemy ships.

Historical hero.

The river breeze blows.

Weiyuan Fort, a mottled granite building.

Under the moonlight, a short and stocky man could only smoke one cigarette after another, with the cigarette B*tts stomped all over the ground.

"I'm so sorry, these guys are so hard to please."

He arrived at 6 o'clock.

It's 9:30 now and there's not a single person in sight?

The key is that he doesn't dare to leave.

He is a famous figure after all. He has been a member of the gang for 7 years. His given name is Lao Sijiu, and he has worked his way up to become the head of the Yuzhu Wharf branch. He dared not say a word even when he was scolded.

"Pujie, are you coming or not?"

On the other side, David Ringo was also very depressed!

He went out at around 8 o'clock, walked around the river for a long time, but couldn't find a single person?

It was sloppy.

There is only one way to go.

Finally, I saw a person standing by the river, lying under a street light and smoking.

Give me a good meal!

Wu Yu sensed someone approaching, turned around and said with a sad face: "My dear Dong brother, I finally waited for you, why are you so late? I was so worried."

"What? Do you have any objections?" David Ringo said indifferently.

"How dare I?"

Wu Yu spat out the cigarette B*tt in his mouth, took out a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes and offered one to David Ringo.

David Ringo took it, lit it and took a sip: "Tell me, what's going on?"

"It's not my fault. I really did it for his own good..."

"One of my younger brothers saw that he was smart, so he took him in as an assistant, working as a worker at the dock. He told everyone he met that you were his brother-in-law, and the news got to me. I decided to help him if I could, so I let him on board."

"I really made him a sailor, how could I dare to harm him?"

David Ringo nodded slightly, it was not much different from what he knew.

"I know this, otherwise, you wouldn't have such an easy life."

Wu Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Brother Dong. Hey, I heard someone say that you are going to Hong Kong Island to develop your career? Don't forget your brother when the time comes, okay?"

The steps began to move.

"You've already apologized for your crime, or should I just run away?"

"etc."

David Ringo took out the 2,000 yuan he had prepared and slapped it on Wu Yu’s chest.

"I don't want this to happen again." He narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you have to take everyone who says my name along?"

Wu Yu still took the money and said, "No, no, absolutely no, brother Dong, there will be no next time. If there is another time, I will jump into the sea and die to atone for my sin. At the very least, I will tell you that I dare not act on my own."

David Ringo nodded: "Yes."

"Then I'll go first?"

"etc."

"What's the matter, Boss? I'm really scared when you keep repeating this."

David Ringo: "Didn't you say to jump into the sea? Jump?"

Wu Yu's face turned pale instantly: "Haha, don't tease me, brother Dong."

David Ringo looked at the vast surface of the Pearl River, rested his hands on the ancient city wall, and took a deep puff of cigarette: "How much can you earn per month now?"

Wu Yu at least breathed a sigh of relief: "Not much, Brother Dong, can you show me a way to make money?"

David Ringo: "Of course, it's about making money, what's so difficult about that? Just risk your life for it."

Mullet: "Of course, we sailors risk our lives every day, brother Dong, tell me."

David Ringo: "Next month, I will have a batch of smuggled goods leaving from Hailaba. Do you dare to take it?"

"Halaba?" Mullet was startled. "How dare I? If I go into the Arabian Sea, the pirates there are inhumane. I won't be able to pay with my life. The farthest I dare to go is Chennai."

David Ringo looked unhappy: "If you don't want to do it, then help me find someone to do it. Is there anyone who dares to enter the Arabian Sea?"

Wu Yu: "Don't tease me, Dong Ge. You know what's going on over there. They're fighting in Iraq and there's a civil war in Somalia. There are warships everywhere, and there are even aircraft carriers. It's amazing. I really don't dare to go to the Aksa pirate base."

David Ringo patted Mullet's head and said, "Don't give me that. You dare to go to Maldives, but you don't dare to go to Aksha?"

"Don't play with me, Brother Ladong. We are a cargo ship. How can the sea compare to the sky? Want to go to another place to receive the goods? You can choose any place in the Bay of Bengal, and I will definitely get it done for you."

"Chennai is not an option. I'll think about it."

Taking a deep puff of smoke, David Ringo fell into deep thought.

After rebirth, if you want to leave the family as soon as possible, you must make plans for your own business route early.

If you want to make money quickly, India is the first choice.

In fact, since the 1990s, India's basic manufacturing industry has been superior to that of the mainland.

The main reason was that he was lucky enough. The entire World War II devastated the Eurasian continent, but he was not affected at all.

During the British colonial period, India's comprehensive national strength was greatly enhanced.

After independence, the Cold War came.

As the largest infrastructure supplier to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a springboard for the South Asian subcontinent, and the country that controls the Khyber Pass in Afghanistan, it has extremely important strategic significance, and as a result, it has received a large amount of aid from the Western world, industrial equipment, infrastructure, various new materials and technologies, and a large amount of overseas investment. Coupled with its explosively growing demographic dividend, its manufacturing industry is at its peak.

Take the textile industry, for example.

One of the three major modern synthetic materials, artificial fibers.

Polyester, spandex, polypropylene, acrylic, and vinylon, these things are far ahead of those in mainland China.

This side is still using Dacron, while the other side is using DuPont Lycra.

Most foreign garment manufacturers purchase raw materials from India and then return to the mainland to reap the policy dividends. They target both the terminal market and the low labor costs, killing two birds with one stone.

Garment manufacturers in Guangdong also prefer to purchase goods from India, buying cheap and high-quality synthetic fabrics from Kolkata.

As for pharmaceutical production, Kolkata is not an option.

This is an extremely magical country, even its economy is the same. The states are not connected to each other, and transit is like customs, with tariffs higher in each state.

Most of the large pharmaceutical factories are located in the Indus River Basin.

If transported by land, it has to pass through four states before reaching the Gangetic Plain.

Not only do you have to pay sky-high tolls, but you also have to face four levels of inspection. If the news leaks out, you’ll lose everything.

The most economical and convenient way is, of course, by sea.

But there are also big problems with sea routes.

There are just too many pirates.

Unlike the refugees who robbed scrap metal in the Bay of Bengal, the pirates on the Arab side were truly organized, disciplined terrorists who loved extortion and murder.

And the timing was also very sensitive, coinciding with the Gulf War and the Somali Civil War in 1991.

Now is the time when they are extremely anxious, and they often sail across the ocean in gunboats to rob.

With their pitiful weapons and ship speed, they had no capital to resist.

There is only one outcome for being targeted: the ship will be destroyed and everyone will die.

You can only rely on luck to survive.

But this line cannot be avoided!

The profits from India's generic drugs are incredibly high.

Even maleic acid has a net profit of more than 10 times.

In addition, there are several beta-blockers such as lisinopril, nimodipine, isradipine, cilisolol, demilolol, beta-lactam antibiotics, cefuroxime axetil, cefuroxime, ceftazidime, aztreonam, sucitadine...

There is so much that can be done.

The pharmaceutical industry is always the most profitable one.

Life is money.

In his previous life, David Ringo had many identities, one of which was one of the giants in the medical industry in Hong Kong.

It was impossible to let him go.