Chapter 170: Farewell to Julia

When the fishing boat arrived in Crete, it was approaching midnight, but the port was bright at this time, and many people were waiting in the port.
"What's the situation?" Xiao Peng asked Yang Meng.
It was a question for nothing, Yang Meng's expression was more dazed than Xiao Peng.
At this moment, Julia walked up Yingying with a smile: "I just posted a few tweets and explained what I saw and heard, so it became like this."
Xiao Peng saw that there were many reporters and photographers gathered on the dock.
Okay, what a good opportunity for publicity. As a public figure, Julia has rescued so many Syrian refugees. When will it be better if I don’t publicize?
Xiao Peng did not feel any dissatisfaction with Julia's doing this. These refugees have aroused social concern and will be of great benefit to their future lives.
Xiao Peng did not break his promise. All refugees, regardless of adults and children, gave 1,000 euros per person. I hope they live well.
At this time, the little girl who surrendered facing the camera walked over cautiously with her father. His father said to Xiao Peng: "Dear Mr. Xiao, my name is Mu Tieyi, and I am the father of Emarie. On behalf of all the compatriots who have been rescued by you, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you."
After translating the meaning of his words, Xiao Peng waved his hand to indicate no need.
Mu Tieyi continued: "Dear Mr. Xiao, we don't know how to express our gratitude. As refugees, we have nothing. You not only give us hot food, new clothes, but also money for our living. This allows us Believe that God is everywhere. Thank God for letting us meet you. We don’t know how to repay you, we can only use our lives to repay your life-saving grace. All of us here want to serve you."
Xiao Peng was dumbfounded, is this repaying me or cheating me? Xiao Peng nodded. There were 31 Syrian refugees, including four adult men, and 13 adult women. The rest are children. The youngest is three or four years old. How many more mouths are you asking me to raise?
But Xiao Peng didn't doubt Mu Tieyi's motives, he should really want to repay. The names of people in Arab countries are not random. For example, Mu Tieyi, which means obedience, is from a common family and serves the nobles. Her daughter's name is Emari, which means hope. Seeing her age, she should have been born after the war. This name is a kind of hope for peace.
Xiao Peng sighed: "Thank you for your trust, but I am just a fisherman, and my hometown is far away in China. Whether it is language or living habits, it is an extremely unfamiliar environment to you. This is not your best Good choice."
Mu Tieyi shook his head and said: "When we were most desperate, God sent you to our side. You are God’s messenger. Don’t worry that we are useless. Before the war, we were all fishermen. We took up weapons to defend our homeland, and we ended up fighting to death on the battlefield. Those of us are the last survivors of our Shat tribe, so we became refugees. Keep the last fire."
It turns out that this is the real source of Emarie's name. Syria is not a true tribal country, but there are many small tribes. Many tribes have completely disappeared in the long river of history following the war. These refugees are the last hope of the Shatt tribe.
Xiao Peng thought for a moment: "Mu Tieyi, why don't you settle down in Xiguo first to see if it suits the environment here? It will take a long time for us to return to China on our way. You should think about it during this time, I Leave you my address in Huaxia. If you can live here, just forget it here. If you can't tolerate you here, just come to Huaxia to find me."
"But..." Mu Tieyi wanted to say something else.
Xiao Peng interrupted him: "We have to travel a long way. Even if you can stand it, you have to think about your children. That's all."
Mu Tieyi was worthy of the name of a submissive man. He held his chest and bowed Xiao Peng. With him taking the lead, all the refugees bowed to Xiao Peng. Julia quickly captured this shocking scene.
"The ship has landed." Yang Meng's voice came from the radio.
"Let's go, let's go ashore first." Xiao Peng commanded everyone to disembark.
As soon as everyone walked on the deck, flashing lights kept flashing on the dock. Especially when Julia walked out, there was cheers on the dock.
"You are so famous? A big star." Xiao Peng looked at Julia.
Julia pouted her lips: "You don't even know me."
"You can think that we are ignorant." Xiao Peng spread his hands.
"You..." Julia pursed her lips and Xiao Peng was taken aback after looking at it. It was really beautiful. . . . . .
Julia was very satisfied with Xiao Peng's expression, waved to greet the people on the dock, and slowly walked off the Vladimir, full of stars.
Xiao Peng wanted to leave the scene directly, but was surrounded by reporters.
Well, it was Julia and Yang Meng who were surrounded.
As Julia was surrounded as a big star, Xiao Peng could understand why Yang Meng was paid attention to by reporters? Xiao Peng and Wang Hu stood by smoking cigarettes, watching Yang Meng bragging in the press.
"You said those reporters were blind? How could they interview Mengzi?" Xiao Peng, who felt neglected, asked Wang Hu. Well, Xiao Peng would be disgusted if the reporters gathered around him for an interview, but if he skipped him in this way, Xiao Peng felt uncomfortable again.
Wang Hu laughed and said, "Boss, in the eyes of those reporters, Brother Meng is the captain."
"Why?" Xiao Peng puzzled.
Wang Hu pointed to Yang Meng: "Look at what Brother Meng looks like, with a pipe in his mouth, the muscles on his face are almost gone. How do you look like an old fisherman. Besides, the fishing boat is not a cruise ship or cargo ship. Sailing is usually done by the captain. So it’s not surprising that this happens."
"This guy who is pushy." Xiao Peng snorted, sister Ni, who is interviewed like Yang Meng? I hugged the female reporter and didn't let go. Are you accepting the interview or taking advantage? "While you are free, check the ship's condition, and then go straight to Port Said."
Port Said, the departure port on the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal does not allow boats to pass alone. You must come here to join a formation before you can pass. Xiao Peng must arrive at the anchorage in the southern area outside Port Said within the scheduled time, form a formation there, and follow the command to pass through the Suez Canal together. The journey is long and time is tight, Xiao Peng doesn't have that much time to waste.
Seeing Yang Meng still bragging in the reporters, Xiao Peng grabbed Yang Meng directly and left: "What's the matter, you just have to play, you are still addicted to playing? Hug other reporters not let go? Leave immediately, Not so much time to waste."
"I know! Let go, why don't you give me some face?" Xiao Peng shouted, being dragged aside by Xiao Peng.
Seeing Xiao Peng leaving, Julia walked over and hugged Xiao Peng and said goodbye. After the two looked at each other for a long time, they smiled. Don't know if they will meet again, but Xiao Peng swears that this woman will always exist in his memory.
Thank you, Julia, for leaving me with wonderful memories. . . . . .
The refugees even saluted Xiao Peng directly. Xiao Peng smiled and waved to them, stepped onto the boat, followed by Yang Meng and Wang Hu from left to right.
When the reporters saw this scene, they realized that the "captain" they had been around for a long time was a fake, and that inconspicuous young man was the real captain.
And the female reporter who was held in Yang Meng's arms just now looked at Yang Meng's eyes full of murderous aura. Yang Meng looked indifferent, smiled and waved to her, and sailed away.
Xiao Peng and Yang Meng took turns sailing, and finally reached five nautical miles outside Port Said at the prescribed time.
"Use VHFCH16 (channel 16) to call the canal authorities and go through the formalities." Xiao Peng directed Yang Meng.
This is a cumbersome procedure. If you want to pass through the Suez Canal, you must provide the ship’s name, register, ship type, gross tonnage, deadweight, draft, and ship width to the canal authority 48 hours before arrival. , Otherwise it is impossible to pass through the Suez Canal. After submitting these formalities and waiting for confirmation from the canal authorities, the Vladimir finally arrived at the waiting anchorage in Port Said.
Xiao Peng didn't dare to say that he had a ‘Ka-52’ on board, and his customs declaration was sardines.
This can only be blamed for the lack of fish resources in the Mediterranean Sea. There are only small schools of fish. Xiao Peng searched for a long time, only to find a school of sardines that was considered to be larger.
Xiao Peng covered the container with the card 52 with sardines, so he made a declaration and sailed.
Of course, a fishing boat specializes in transporting sardines, which will indeed arouse suspicion. However, Xiao Peng's euro red envelope was not paid in vain, and the Vladimir passed the security check smoothly. It is allowed to enter the anchorage outside the port.
There are two anchorages outside Port Said, the north anchorage area and the south anchorage area. The north anchorage area is composed of area 1 and area 2. The first area is exclusively for ships with a draft of more than 12.8 meters. Xiao Peng drove the boat into the second area, joined the formation, and waited to pass the Suez Canal together.
After the pilots hired by Xiao Peng got on the ship, the temporary formation began to go south and pass through the Suez Canal.
Due to the long voyage of the Suez Canal, pilot pilots are implemented in sections, and four pilots are generally required to complete the entire voyage leading task. And the trouble is that this canal cannot be passed at one time: first, it must drop anchor in the Great Bitter Lake, and wait for all the members of the northward formation to pass before continuing to the south, and the pilot needs to be replaced in the middle, which is boring.
Moreover, when anchoring in the Great Bitter Lake, the pilot asked Xiao Peng and others to remain vigilant, because the safety of the Suez Canal has long attracted social attention due to the impact of the situation in Egypt.
Here, because the ship is docked, it is the time when the ship is most vulnerable to attack.
There have been cases in which China Freighter was attacked here before.
The pilot also advised Xiao Peng to purchase ‘pirate insurance’. Well, he also works part-time as an insurance officer.
Speaking of heartbreaking words, Xiao Peng is not afraid of pirates. The weapons brought from Uzbekistan are not furnishings. But Xiao Peng didn't want to attract attention either. After all, it could be regarded as smuggling now. It is not good to be too conspicuous. So Xiao Peng also bought a piracy insurance.
Even though Xiao Peng was wealthy when he paid the money, he still feels painful now, the piracy insurance for a small fishing boat is as high as 100,000 meters of gold.
This is not bad, those 10,000-ton piracy insurance can even reach millions or even millions!
Because of this, so many freighters need to pass through the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal, but few ships purchase piracy insurance.
It is too expensive.