Tomorrow's Ark is too real

Chapter 389 The Night
To be honest, Xia Feng admitted that he had somewhat underestimated the strength of the Haimen Gang before.

On the surface, the Haimen Gang only occupies Shengdi City, and its power radiates most of the surrounding small cities. On the other hand, his Black Feather Chamber of Commerce is expanding like a big octopus, and its minions cover almost half of the southern region.

The Shanghai Gate Gang seems to be much weaker in terms of territory and business, but behind them is a boundless sea.

Xia Feng learned from the conversation just now that Lin Hai even secretly had a deal with the Victorian royal family. Although it was just a few rotten fish and rotten shrimp deals, it was enough to prove that his maritime business had the royal family's acquiescence, without breaking the bottom line. case, it can continue forever.

At the dinner table, Xia Feng directly discussed the current new cooperation agreement on light manganese mines with Lin Hai. For the light manganese mines smuggled out of the sea by the Haimen gang, the cost will be deducted and the cost will be directly [-] to [-].

Lin Hai was a little surprised by this condition, forty or sixty percent, which was more than doubled from the original basis.

At the same time, this also made him more convinced that Xia Feng was different from Frido, the former's vision would see things very far away.

Afterwards, Nanfeng introduced to Lin Hai the channels and prices of the goods that the chamber of commerce has mastered, which countries are suitable for smuggling, the characteristics of the items, matters that need attention in transportation, etc. Lin Hai will study these carefully later.

As for the follow-up details of the light manganese ore, it is necessary to let Reddy and the person in charge of the Haimen Gang negotiate slowly after returning.

The dinner table.

People like Xia Feng talked very seriously, but Guigui and Ifrit didn't care about it. The two guys ate their mouths full of oil, and they didn't stop until their stomachs were full.

In the afternoon, Lin Hai helped Xia Feng and his party arrange the best five-star hotel in the city, and asked them to take a rest first. If you want to go out and play, you can call him at any time.

After a few days of running around, everyone will inevitably feel a little tired from the journey.

After taking a shower in the room, Xia Feng fell on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

After eating and drinking enough, Xia Feng slept very comfortably, and the fatigue of a few days was almost swept away.

When he woke up and opened his eyes, it was already dark outside.

Guigui and the others were all awake. After Lin Hai called to confirm, he sent a car to take them to another high-end specialty restaurant for dinner.

After a brief contact with Lin Hai, Xia Feng felt that this guy was pretty good. Although he could not say he hit it off at first sight, at least he didn't feel that he needed to be wary of anything. But even so, he still carried the Shenyue Sword and Origin Stone firmly with him. .

The place for dinner was near the seaside, and the atmosphere was not as serious as noon. Lin Hai even brought his wife and children over.

The dishes for dinner are not as vigorous as at noon, and are relatively more refined. The style of this restaurant is also more suitable for family dinners. The whole meal can be said to be very comfortable.

After drinking for three rounds, Lin Hai sat next to Xia Feng and asked, looking at the Shenyue knife on his waist.

"Xia Feng, this knife of yours is pretty cool. I really didn't see what material it was made of, how is it crystal clear?"

Xia Feng stroked the Shenyue Saber lightly.

"I don't know what material it is made of, but it is very sharp, and it is a good weapon in hand."

Lin Hai was a little surprised.

"Ah? This is really a weapon. I thought you were a jade knife hanging around your waist."

Xia Feng smiled lightly.

"I'm sorry, Brother Lin, I have to carry a weapon even when I'm eating. There's nothing I can do about it. I'm afraid of being attacked."

Lin Hai lifted his coat with a mysterious expression, and Xia Feng saw that he also had a dagger hanging from his waist.

"Xia Feng, people like us must have a sense of crisis. I carry this dagger with me at all times. Even though I don't intend to harm others, sometimes existence itself is a threat, and you can't even realize it. Without knowing it, I become the enemy of others."

"I know."

Lin Hai's words were very calm, and the meaning was obvious. He didn't regard Xia Feng as an enemy or a threat, but even in Shengdi City, there were still things that could threaten him.

Rather than saying that this is a sense of crisis, it has become an instinct, just like the red knife, no matter what kind of environment he is in, the long knife is always inseparable from him.

Although Nanfeng has no weapons and looks foolish on the surface, his strong strength will also allow him to enter a fighting state in an instant when he senses danger.

On the other hand, Ifrit and Guigui, these two stupid and cute guys have no such awareness at all. In other people's restaurants, Ifrit is even grilling meat with the flames of the Balrog, while Guigui is still applauding.

After dinner, Lin Hai suggested that he could take him to the port.

The port is where Xia Feng is very curious. To put it bluntly, the port is the foundation of the Haimen Gang, that is, the ship.

The size of the port, the number and tonnage of cargo ships, and the completeness of supporting facilities all determine the width of the sea channel in the future, so no matter what, this is the place Xia Feng must go to.

Standing at the door of the restaurant, Xia Feng said to Guigui and Ifrit.

"You two go back to the hotel and sleep first, Nanfeng and I will go to the port to have a look."

Turtle shook his head.

"I slept in the afternoon, and I'm not sleepy at all now. I'm going too."

Ifrit also shouted at the top of his voice.

"I'm going to see the sea!"

Xia Feng pouted helplessly.

"Look at the sea. You haven't seen enough after we've been floating on the sea for so many days. Besides, you don't know how to swim."

"I can't swim, but I can have a BBQ party on the beach."

"You can save yourself."

In desperation, Xia Feng could only bring these two little ancestors with him.

The restaurant is not very far from the port. After Lin Hai arranged for his wife and children to leave, he took Xia Feng and the others to drive to the port of Shengdi City.

30 minute later.

Four towering lighthouses stood at the four corners of the port, and huge containers were stacked on top of each other, and the air was filled with the salty smell of sea water.

The scale of this port exceeded Xia Feng's expectations, and it was even larger than the port in Bra City when he fled from Colombia. In an environment where the development of shipping was severely restricted, it was already very impressive to be able to build a port like this.

Xia Feng and his party stood on the platform close to the harbor, with several huge containers beside them. From this angle, they could clearly see the number of cargo ships moored.

Lin Hai looked towards the direction where the boat was moored, and said while smoking a cigarette.

"This port has a very long history, but it was almost deserted because of horrible maritime incidents. When I came to Victoria, this port was almost unused except for a few cargo ships from the Haimen Gang."

Looking at the current appearance of the port, Xia Feng couldn't believe it.

"Could it be that the royal family invested money to repair the port later?"

"No, I did it myself."

Lin Hai took a deep puff of cigarette, with a persistent look on his expression.

"Three years ago, I became the new leader of the Haimen Gang. After taking office, I reshuffled the gang internally. Then, despite everyone's opposition, I almost invested all the gang's money in the renovation of the port and the construction of new ships. .”

Xia Feng looked at Lin Hai.

"Why do they object?"

Lin Hai replied calmly.

"Although the business of the Haimen Gang has always been mainly smuggling by sea, everyone felt at the time that sea transportation was a single-plank bridge to survive in the cracks, with high risks and low returns. Even the royal family gave up the development of sea transportation. This is obvious. At that time, Haimen Most of the people advocate giving up shipping and focusing on competing for territory with the Freedo Chamber of Commerce."

"But you insist on developing shipping."

"That's right, because I have already seen the future. A country's resources are limited. The royal family is all in the eyes of the gang's competition methods. Whether it survives or dies is also a matter of high-level thoughts. A place that cannot be touched can have a future."

After listening to Lin Hai's words, Xia Feng's impression of him was refreshed. There is no doubt that Lin Hai thought of the same thing as him.

Affected by natural disasters, the information exchange between countries in the world is very closed. Wherever they can see, the interests of various resources have become transparent, but even so, no one dares to step into unfamiliar fields.

Lin Hai has already built the "ship", but he has no allies who really realize the interests of shipping. Previously, Frido only involved light manganese ore. Apart from that, he did not dare to put other resources on the sea, because he did not want to bear the burden. Risk of capsizing.

Of course, it can’t be blamed for Frido’s timidity. The Haimen Gang’s strength is indeed insufficient. They have rich shipping experience, but they can’t guarantee the safety of the goods after they land in a strange country.

That's why Lin Hai pays so much attention to the cooperation with Xia Feng today, because the existence of Xia Feng is undoubtedly the key to solving this problem.

Later, Lin Hai introduced a lot about the port to Xia Feng. Although the Haimen Gang paid for the renovation and expansion, the port is an official facility after all, and it is still controlled by customs officers and military police on a daily basis. Of course, the official management is only passenger ships. .

More than two-thirds of the ships in the entire port berthing area belong to the Haimen Gang. These ships are all cargo ships, including 2 large origin stone-driven cargo ships, 9 medium-sized cargo ships, and more than 20 small ships.

This number is not exaggerated, but in Victoria, a country where even the royal family has given up shipping development, the Haimen Gang is undoubtedly the real shipping giant.

At night, the whole port is quiet.

The moon reflected on the sea, and the sea breeze brushed over everyone's faces, which was very pleasant.

At this time, there was a sound of ship whistles on the calm sea, and a medium-sized passenger ship from Bolivar slowly sailed into the port.

With the passenger ship docking at the port, the entire port became noisy.

At the same time, Xia Feng's eyes suddenly caught sight of the rightmost corner of the entire port, and another small boat docked quietly.

This is a blind spot illuminated by the tower light, if he didn't happen to look in this direction, he might hardly notice it.

"Boss Lin, is that boat yours?"

"Which ship?"

After the small boat docked, a dozen people quickly jumped off the boat, and then took advantage of the night to blend into the container area of ​​the port.

At this point, Xia Feng finally noticed something was wrong, he raised his finger and pointed to the shadowy boat in the distance.

"That's the one, there's a ship just docked there"

Just as Xia Feng was halfway through his words, a strong sense of crisis hit him instantly, making the hairs all over his body stand on end.

In the next second, two cold lights shot towards him from the shadows without any warning. It all happened so suddenly.

When Xia Feng realized that it was two crossbow arrows that were shooting at him, he had no time to react without drawing out the black and white twins.

"Ding!"

The long knife came out of its sheath like lightning, and the red knife next to it cut off one of the crossbow arrows when it was about to hit Xia Feng, and the other passed him by.

Xia Feng was shocked into a cold sweat by this sudden change. When this kind of crossbow was fired, there was no sound, and the light was dim. If it wasn't for the red knife to help him block it, he might have been hit.

"Oh shit!"

This is killing him. Xia Feng's first reaction was that it was Lin Hai's fault. What about enjoying the coastal scenery? It turned out to be a fucking Hongmen Banquet. He tricked him into coming to the port at night, so he was trying to kill him in the dark.

Xia Feng pulled out the Shenyue Saber, and angrily turned his head to Lin Hai next to him.

Then, his expression froze.

Lin Hai was holding the crossbow that passed him by at this moment, and the front end of the arrow had already been inserted into Lin Hai's chest.

I saw Lin Hai raised his head and roared regardless of the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

"Be careful, there are enemies!"

(End of this chapter)