1855 United States Tycoon

Captain Adoc has made a lot of money through smuggling over the years. Like most guys who made the first big money through various illegal means, by this time Captain Adoc will also be preparing to retire. So two and a half years ago, Captain Adok dealt with the own smuggling ship to a young man who had made a fortune through adventure like he did in the past, and turned around to buy a small manor, ready to spend his old life with nothing to do. NS. However, some people are inherently unsuitable for sleeping on the shore. In less than a month, Captain Adok discovered that he was suffering from insomnia. Yes, Captain Adok has insomnia. It's all because of the damn big bed. When sleeping at night, it won't wander around by itself. How can people fall asleep? And damn it, when I sleep on this bed, I can't smell the salty sea breeze, and I can't hear the rhythmic, nice "crushing" sound of the waves hitting the hull of the ship. The surroundings are too quiet, as quiet as a grave, so quiet that people get goosebumps all over. Only two months later, Captain Adock was diagnosed with neurasthenia.

So full of love for the ocean, Captain Adok went on a boat trip again. But this time he didn't run smuggling anymore. He was already old and he was not forgiving at his age. Now even if he wants to run the boat, he should start a legitimate business. So Captain Adok became the captain on a transport ship called the Narwhal of a company called America Shipping. This company was started by an old friend of his in Alaska. It is said that the guy got in with the McDonald family and made a lot of money over the years.

Now Captain Adok does this job and doesn't make much money. Compared with the previous days when he ran smuggling, his salary now can only be regarded as pocket money. However, Adoc didn't intend to make money, so he didn't care about it.

A few days ago, the Narwhal had just transported a batch of cargo and docked in Boston. The ship was under maintenance and waiting for the next mission. Captain Adok also went ashore, just like before, in the bar and the like. The place wandered around.

This morning, Captain Adok had just drunk a small glass of absinthe (this is indeed a very small glass by the captain's standards, with a capacity of only 500 ml), and one of them found him.

"Hey, Captain Adok. Mr. Thomas is looking for you everywhere." The man walked around a few messy tables, pushed away a few entangled ladies, and squeezed towards Adok.

"Ah, it's Joyce, come over and have a drink!" Captain Adok replied loudly. Suddenly he remembered something, so he said, "Ah, I forgot, you are a good boy who doesn't drink. Joyce, you listen to me, there is no seaman who doesn't drink, haven't you heard of it, "Sailor Don’t smoke, just stay on the boat for nothing; sailors don’t drink, walk on the sea for nothing; sailors don’t...'Ah, forget it, I know you want to raise a family of people, unlike me as an old man...what is the boss looking for? ,do you know?"

"It seems that I need you to go to sea." Joyce said, "I am not very clear."

"Damn it! The Narwhal has just returned, and it hasn't been a week yet. It's not ready at all. It will take at least half a month before the boat is ready. Moreover, even if the boat is ready, it should be the group of people. We’ve just got back on the boat, and the sailors haven’t rested yet.” Captain Adok murmured and replied, then looked at the bottle, there was a little wine left, and poured it into it. In the cup, he raised his neck and drank it dry. Then shouted: "Waiter, check out! I'm leaving!"

When the waiter walked over, Adok dropped a note and ticket and followed Joyce out.

...

"Captain Adol." Thomas walked up to Adol, shrugged his nose, took a few deep breaths, and then said seriously, "I'm so glad you old fellow can still drink wormwood. Wine. But the taste of your old thing is still as bad as ever. You can drink such a bad wine."

"Cut!" Adoke leaned on the sofa, raised his legs, and said disdainfully from between his teeth, "What kind of taste do you have for this old thing? That time in Alaska, I put You drank out your Chivas Regal, and then filled it with cheap vodka. You didn't even drink it. You guys deserve to be tasted?"

Thomas was not angry when he heard that Adolk turned his old account and revealed his shortcomings. He just smiled and said, "My old friend, someone brought me a few bottles of English whiskey that was said to have been in the cellar for more than 30 years. I don't know if it is true..."

As soon as he heard this, Adok's eyes widened.

"Bring it to me quickly, if it's true or not, I'll know as soon as I taste it!"

Thomas opened the wine cabinet with a smile, took out two glass cups, and then took out a bottle of whiskey. He poured a small half and then a full glass, and then took two glasses and walked to the captain. Pass him the full cup.

"How about you taste it?"

Captain Adok took it, took a sip, and replied, "It's a real thing, but it's a pity that it fell into the hands of someone like you. It's a pity."

"Yes, although it's good wine, it's a pity that I don't like British people very much. I also don't like British people. I hate British people and pious belief God is one of my few virtues." Thomas shook his head and said.

"Yes, everyone from United States should believe in God and hate those damn British guys! But wine is wine, and British guys are British. These are two different things." Captain Adok took another sip and said, "Besides, This wine is from Scotland, not from England."

"Why is Scotland not England?" Thomas asked.

"Go and ask William Wallace to see if he admits he is a stupid Englishman." Adoc drank the wine in his glass in one sip and said, "Scots are not English. Just like the Irish are not British and the Indians are not British. They are colonies ruled by those Damn it British people just like us back then. One day, these colonies will rise up and rebel like us. Those damn British guys all rushed back to England, yes, that's it! God bless the heroes who rebel against Britain always have good drinks!"

Speaking of this, Captain Adok shook his arm fiercely, and then said: "Thomas, fill me up soon, let us have a toast to the freedom and independence of Scotland!"

"Okay, okay." Thomas took Captain Adok's glass and poured another one full for him.

"To the warriors who rebelled against Britain, to William Wallace, George W. Sen. Dayton, Queen Jansey, and to the Boers!" Thomas raised his glass.

"For the warriors who rebelled against Britain, for William Wallace, for George Washington, for Queen Jansey, for the Boers... Wait, what happened to the Boers?" Adok had already raised his glass. I suddenly noticed the word "Boer" and asked quickly.

"You know that a few years ago, gold mines were discovered on the Boer land?" Thomas asked.

"I know, it's a pity that it's buried too deep, and it's a land of masters, we can only watch. And, even if... you are too old to go for gold now." Captain Adok said.

"As if you still have the strength to go for gold, you are an old thing too." Thomas scolded with a smile, "Okay, let's not talk about it. Anyway, the British saw that someone had a gold mine at home, so he planned to send an army in to rob. NS."

"This bunch of bugs! Rotten watermelon! Seeds of the damn pirate! Since that bitch named Elizabeth, no one in Britain has been a pirate! Well, are the Boers going to sit and wait?" Captain Adock drank the wine in one gulp. A fine light.

"Boers are not fools. Of course they know that Brits are not good things." Thomas laughed. "As long as Brits walk around someone's door, everyone will start wiping their own shotguns involuntarily. So now the Boers Started buying weapons all over the world, ready to protect themselves. However, the damn British Navy, they have begun to intercept ships under the banner of anti-piracy off the coast of South Africa. This group of gangsters! They are the fucking pirates! This makes us The ships going to Drago are greatly affected." Thomas scolded.

"Thomas, aren't you also transporting arms to the Boers?" Although Adoc drank a lot of alcohol, he was not drunk.

"Of course, why don't you do something that can disgust the British and make money?" Thomas did not deny it. "Recently, there is a ship of arms going to Drago, and then boarding from there to Pretoria. It was originally. We have arranged Captain Cole’s ship to do this. You know, Cole is very powerful. Among the captains of the company, no one is more suitable for this kind of dangerous thing. "Speaking of which, Thomas deliberately glanced at Adok, and then said, "Of course, if you are ten years younger, Adok, then you are definitely the best. But don't be convinced now, old is old. Now you are already old. Not as good as Cole."

"Shit! Daddy will not be old for another ten years. Cole and me? Call him over and see if he dares to say that he is better than me?" Captain Adock knew that Thomas was teasing himself with aggressive tactics, but Can't help but hit him.

"You dare to go? Are you not afraid of those British pirates?" Thomas said. "People say that the older you are, the less courage you are. Do you really dare to go? Or brag?"

"Who the hell is afraid of those dog bitches, the bugs on the sea, the rotten wax gourd without a head! I played with those idiots around! I'm afraid of them?"

"Well, that idiot Cole recently started a fight with someone in a bar for a woman, causing a bottle of wine to be smashed on the head. It is estimated that it will take half a month to come out. But our ship can't wait for half a month. .How about it, do you dare to go?"

"Ha ha ha ha..." Captain Adok looked at Thomas and laughed, "You bastard, use the stimulus to deal with me. But I just eat this one! What can't you go? On the sea, me. Who is Dock afraid of? Old stuff, don't play this set! Just get the boat and sailors ready!"

After saying this, Adok got up from the sofa, walked towards the door, halfway around, suddenly turned around, looked at Thomas and cursed: "The old thing is playing tricks with me, I almost forgot to take care of it. I'll punish you." As he said, Adok pulled out a big sack like a juggling, and then rushed straight to Thomas' wine cabinet, smashing the stock in Thomas' wine cabinet. , Carried on his shoulders, then waved to the dumbfounded Thomas, and walked away.

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