Fox of France

Under Joseph's flicker, Verbicki took out all the money within his authority. Verbicki also complained that Toulon was too remote to find any Jewish loan sharks. (Actually, Toulon originally existed, but it was killed by Couton and harvested by Fouché again, and it hasn't grown yet.)

Joseph also introduced to Wibicki that he also has technical training related to guerrilla warfare. If the Poles are willing to pay, they can also provide services such as military technical training here. Verbicki was also very interested in this. The two signed the contract, and Verbicki paid half of the deposit, agreed on the approximate time and place of delivery, and left contact information, and then left.

While arranging the production, Joseph asked Napoleon to be found.

After Napoleon came, Joseph told Napoleon about the incident in detail, and Napoleon said:

"It's not difficult to send things to Denmark. Although your black pearls have been bumped a bit on the sea, our people have also traveled to Norway a few times (to buy caustic). There are strong winds and waves in the North Sea, but it is not impossible to travel .It’s just that you said to provide military training for others, do we have this project?”

"No." Joseph said, "But Napoleon, seeing that the opportunity to make money is there, don't you think it's a waste of opportunity if you don't earn it back? Besides, we really need money now, don't we?"

"Then what do you mean, let's form such a team now?" Napoleon said, "But the time may not be enough. Those Poles, I don't think much of them, even if you pour so much stuff into their heads , but I am not at all optimistic that they can achieve these things. The stuff you say sounds simple, but we all know how much organizational skills it takes to achieve it. Just rely on these Poles? I am not optimistic about them. They were no match for Suvonov."

Having said that, Napoleon shook his head.

"I also know this. Maybe in a few months, at most until next year, they will collapse militarily." Joseph said, "However, if guerrilla warfare can be carried out, even if it is not successful, it can be delayed. Our enemies, and create more wealth for us. As for the training of personnel..."

Joseph thought for a while and said, "After the Red Army returns to the establishment, do you still have contact with those people in the Red Army?"

"Yes, they are all our old subordinates. How can there be no contact?" Napoleon replied.

"Their life must not be easy now. Moreover, Kano has no funds in his hands to allow them to sharpen the army through actual combat exercises. Kano is reluctant to throw them on the battlefield; he can't afford to use them for normal use. .So, we can completely propose to him that we pay money to rent some soldiers from the Red Army back to do this. Look, won’t the problem be solved in this way?”

"Well, Joseph, this is indeed a good idea!" Napoleon's eyes lit up, and he said hastily.

According to the signed contract, Verbitsky came to the "Bonaparte Institute" more than a month later. He will follow the smuggling ship, escort the goods, and go to sea together to Denmark.

This is the first important foreign client of the "Bonaparte Institute", so both Joseph and Bonaparte attach great importance to this operation. For this purpose they arranged for the best smuggling ships and the best sailors.

"Mr Verbicki, this is our best captain--Captain van der Dyken. He is a Dutchman, not very French, only lowland and English. But he is our best captain." In this world, when it comes to sailing, the Dutch are always the best." Joseph introduced to Wibicki the captain of the ship called "Flying" arranged for them.

"Hello, Captain Daken." Verbicki said in English to the Dutchman who looked a little bald. He noticed that the captain had only one eye.

"Nice to meet you, sir. On behalf of all sailors, I welcome you to join us." The one-eyed captain made an effort to welcome his passengers with a kind smile. mouth, and his great gold teeth gleaming.

Verbicki knew that many smuggling ships in France were actually pirate ships in the past. The people on board, from the captain to the sailors, are also vicious pirates. Later, the revolutionary government needed to carry out smuggling activities before recruiting them. Now, looking at Captain Daken's one-eyed eyes, and looking at the sailors beside him, none of them looked like good people, and Verbicki branded the captain and his sailors as "pirates" in his heart. "s Mark.

The goods had been loaded on the ship under the witness of Verbicki, and Verbicki followed Captain Deck aboard. This ship is a typical clipper sailboat. Compared with the original "Black Pearl", this ship is slightly enlarged, but it is still only five or six hundred tons. The ship was not big, so Captain Dyke took Verbicki around the full cargo ship, and it didn't take ten minutes.

Captain Dyke finally took Verbicki to his guest room.

"Mr. Verbicki, this is your room." Captain Deckard said to him while opening the door, "Our ship is small and the space is limited, so this place is very crowded. You have to be patient."

In order to lower the center of gravity of this ship, almost all the cabins are below the deck, so the inside of the cabin is extraordinarily dark. With the help of the lantern in the captain's hand, Verbicki saw that the so-called room was actually as small as a pigeon cage. There is only one bed about one meter wide in the room, and if a person sits on the bed, the door cannot be closed.

There are also two red belts on the bed, which are very conspicuous.

"Our boat is very bumpy on the sea. Sometimes it even throws people up. So when you sleep, you need to use these two ropes to tie yourself to the bed, which is safer." Captain Deckard explained .

"Then, are those little melons going to be okay?" Hearing this, Verbicki immediately thought of those little melons on the boat.

"Ah, those little melons are trapped tightly. After all, we are also afraid of death." Captain Deckard laughed.

Seeing that Captain Deckard seemed to be in a good mood, Verbicki asked again, "Why didn't I see the cannon while I was on the ship?"

In this era, almost all ocean-going ships will be equipped with a certain number of cannons. Because this era is still the era of rampant pirates. Although there is already law and order on the land, the vast sea is still a dark forest. Pirates who haunted the waterway and even got official support (the British and the Spaniards, in order to fight against France, allowed civilian ships to attack and capture ships flying the French flag. Of course, the French did the same, allowing any civilian ships to attack and capture any ships flying the French flag. Not to mention, it is common for ordinary merchant ships to act as pirates after encountering ships that are obviously weaker than their own.

Therefore, any cargo ship on a long voyage must bring a few cannons to protect itself.

"We don't need cannons on our ship. Of course there's no way to have one. You'll see when we're out in a minute," replied Captain Deckard.

"May I go and see how the boat works in a moment?" Verbicki asked.

"Yes, you can come with me now. Also, can you swim?" Captain Dyke asked suddenly.

"Will do."

"That's no problem. If you can swim, you can go on the deck. But if you go out of the Strait of Gibraltar, under normal circumstances, you don't go on the deck casually." Captain Dyke said.

"Then you come with me."

...

That afternoon, the "Flying" ship left the pier and sailed into the sea. After sailing for less than an hour, the lookout sent a warning: "Spanish warships found! Spanish warships found!"

Verbitsky immediately became nervous. He looked around, but saw nothing. Looking at the sailors on the ship again, I found that they all looked uneasy, and they were still doing what they should be doing, and they seemed not to be affected at all.

"What a group of gangsters!" Verbicki put a label on these sailors in his heart, then turned his head, and asked Captain Dyke who was pouring brandy into his mouth: "Captain, where is the enemy's warship?" ,is that OK?"

"Here, over there..." Captain Deckard pointed in the direction of the starboard side indifferently. Seeing Verbicki's stretched neck and widened eyes, he handed him a brass telescope, "Over there, at two o'clock."

Verbicki took the binoculars, leaned against the fence next to the steering wheel, and continued to look over there, and sure enough, he saw several white sails.

"Looking at the mast, it's a Spanish frigate." Captain Dyke knew that Verbicki was not familiar with things at sea, so he explained, "A frigate is a relatively small ship, with only about forty cannons. But the speed is relatively fast. But it doesn't matter, this thing poses no threat to us."

At this time, the three masts of the Spanish frigate were completely exposed to the sea level, and then, the mighty hull was also displayed... However, after a while, even Verbitsky could see that the Spanish frigate The ship didn't approach this way at all, but continued to follow the original course, as if they hadn't seen the "Flying".

"How is this possible? Although the 'Flying' is not a big ship, it has a very high mast and magnificent sails. It is impossible for them to miss it." Verbicki couldn't help asking.

"They have chased us before, and they know they can't catch up, so they don't want to waste their efforts." Captain Deckard said, "We are at least four to five knots ahead of them. Even if they break the mast, they can't keep up with us." They chased us like a tortoise trying to catch a rabbit, no, like a tortoise trying to catch a seagull flying in the sky. I won't go after it."

As Captain Deckard said, the Spaniards had no intention of chasing them at all, and the gun ports on their deck were not opened. Vibicki even saw through the binoculars that there were sailors on the Spanish ship waving in this direction.

"Now you know why we don't need to install cannons?" Captain Dyke proudly said to Wibicki. At the same time, he took off the hat decorated with feathers on his head and waved to the Spaniards.

"Understood, I understand." Verbicki nodded, "This is really a good ship, a ship of miracles."

"Ah, is it? I hope you will still think so after Gibraltar." Captain Dyke put his hat back on his head and said.

...

It was late at night when the "Flying" passed through the Strait of Gibraltar. This is the gateway from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. It is also one of the most important military bases of the Royal Navy. Unlike the Spaniards, the British like mad dogs often chase you like mad dogs when they know they can't catch up with you. At the beginning, Captain Deck liked to deliberately take those British guys to run around, but now, he already felt that such a non-technical dog teasing game has no meaning at all, and he even doubted whether the British Training sailors by chasing them. So now he is more willing to break through at night. The province is in vain to serve as a sparring partner for the British.

As soon as the "Flying" left Gibraltar, Verbicki immediately understood the meaning of what Captain Deckard had said to him earlier.

At that time, Vibicki had already fallen asleep on his small bed, and the slight rocking of the ship even made him feel very comfortable. In his dream, he returned to his childhood, and returned to his mother's arms, who held him, gently shaking...

Then the mother in the dream, turned into the bearded father, tossed little Vibicki high into the sky, caught him softly, then tossed him up again, and... all of a sudden Missed, snapped and woke Vibicki awake.

The surroundings were pitch black, and I couldn't see anything. I could only feel that the ship was being pushed up into the sky, and then fell down again. Shut your mouth, and spit it out with a wow...

The next morning, Verbicki, who was weak from vomiting, saw Captain Deckard again. But this time he was lying on his own bed, and Captain Deckard stood beside him with the doctor on board.

"Hey, Mr. Verbicki, what's the matter, are you seasick?" Captain Deckard said with a smile, "This ship is like this. In order to run fast, you must accept such shortcomings."

"I originally thought, in the future... vomit... vomit..." Before finishing the sentence, Verbicki retched again.

"We have special medicine for seasickness on board, you can drink some..." Captain Dyke said.

After being dizzy for several days like this, Verbicki barely recovered. He could even barely get up and came to the captain's cabin. It was also here that he saw a wave coming, and the sea water rushed straight along the deck.

"Don't worry, the boat is fine," said Captain Deckard. "This is normal."

"Ah, I see why this ship can't have a cannon..." said Verbicki.