Nine idlers

The two strangers in the Baikalsk tavern were Xu Changqing and his newly recruited subordinate Yakov, and this is not the first time that a situation like today has happened. Similar situations have occurred in almost all the towns that passed by before. , and the final results are similar.

Although Yakov's strength is not worth mentioning in front of Xu Changqing, compared to ordinary people, his strength is much stronger.For so many years, he has been able to change his identity without being discovered, not only because of his ability to disguise, but also because of his extraordinary strength beyond ordinary people.Although his bloodline ability has more or less flaws, his powerful self-healing ability allows him to temper his body through any dangerous method.

When he traveled around the world in his early years, he had learned martial arts from various countries, and he had even learned martial arts from Huaxia. If he hadn't been unable to understand the mysterious methods of movement and listening in Huaxia martial arts, maybe he is already a master now. A martial arts master.It's just that, even if he didn't learn Huaxia martial arts, he still trained his body to be as iron as steel by virtue of other fighting techniques, which is not much worse than those foreign martial arts masters who are proficient, at least in terms of physical strength. He has already reached the extreme that ordinary mortals can reach. As long as he understands the mystery of the power of blood, he will be able to achieve transcendence.

Such a powerful strength is naturally invincible when used against ordinary people, and it is precisely because of these few shots that Yakov's confidence that he was beaten to shame by Xu Changqing surged out again.Although the confidence has not been fully restored, at least he will not doubt all the training results he has obtained in the past like these two days.

Baikalsk was not originally on the northbound route. Yakov’s initial northward route was to go northward by boat to Slyudyanka, a nearby port city, after leaving the deep mountains.However, when they arrived in Slyudyanka, they found that all the civilian boats there had been requisitioned by the government and used to transform them into leisure boats for the Baikal sanatorium.

It is precisely because there are no available ships in Slyudyanka that I go to other nearby towns with ports to see if there are any free ships.It's just that Yakov originally planned to go northwest along the lakeside road.Arrive at Kuzik, a nearby fishing port town. There are not as many commercial ships as there are on the Sludyanka side. Most of them are fishing boats, so there must be vacant ships that can be rented.

However.Xu Changqing didn't follow Yakov's suggestion, but inexplicably moved east instead, and came to this small town not famous for water transportation and fishing.On the way, Yakov also asked Xu Changqing why he wanted to go far and take the risk to come to Baikalsk.Because he knew that the sanatorium to be built near Baikalsk was superficially similar to other sanatoriums for cadres.But in fact, this is a secret base of the Security Council, which is specially used to collect intelligence on the Far East.Although the foundation of this nursing home has just been laid, there must be people from the safety committee stationed in Baikalsk. Once they are targeted by the wolves of these safety committees, it may be difficult to escape as easily as now.

However, in the face of Yakov's inquiry, Xu Changqing did not reveal any clues, but only told Yakov that he would gain something from coming here.

After calming down the restless atmosphere in the tavern with fists and alcohol, Yakov sat back beside Xu Changqing, although other people in the tavern no longer showed dissatisfaction with Yakov's performance.But their curiosity about Xu Changqing, an oriental man, is even stronger. After all, this oriental man can make such a powerful Russian as his subordinate, so there must be something special about him, or he has a very special identity.

Ignoring the curious gazes around him, Yakov signaled the tavern owner behind the counter to come over and fill his glass with wine, then put a dozen rubles on the table, which were far beyond the price of the drink, and asked the tavern owner in a low voice The boat thing.

Under the influence of the ruble, the tavern owner who was questioned glanced at the people at Victor's table, and then swept the stack of rubles under the counter without a trace, and then cleaned the cup in his hand as if nothing had happened.

Yakov was about to stand up.He went to Victor's table, but Xu Changqing stood up before him and walked towards that table.Yakov couldn't help being taken aback by Xu Changqing's actions, and a look of doubt appeared on his face.Because he was in charge of anything that required talking to people before, Xu Changqing had always just sat quietly aside.After all, in the current situation where the relationship between the Soviet Union and China is deteriorating, if an oriental person asks questions on the border of the Soviet Union, it is easy to arouse bad associations from others, and it is impossible to ask useful things.It may also cause unnecessary trouble.

Although he was puzzled in his heart, Yakov stood up without slow movements, followed behind Xu Changqing, and came to the table.

The few people at this table were surprised by the arrival of Xu Changqing and the two of them. They were not involved in that incident just now, they were completely bystanders, so they don't know why Xu Changqing and Yakov came to the door. .

"I need to hire a boat to go up and down the Tunguska River." Xu Changqing came to the table and said straight to the point: "The reward is five thousand rubles."

Hearing Xu Changqing's quotation, everyone around the table was tempted by it. Five thousand rubles is a lot of money for them. They only have thirty rubles a month. It may take several years to earn five thousand rubles. Time will do it.

Xu Changqing added another sentence at this time: "If the ship can arrive within four days, I will add another thousand rubles."

The increased bargaining chips made everyone breathe a lot harder, and the people at the table all looked at Victor who was sitting quietly by the side. Obviously, among these people, only Victor had a fishing boat , they very much hope that Victor can take over the job.They didn't expect to get the [-] rubles, but if they could work on the ship, with Victor as a man, the wages would naturally be indispensable. It would be a good deal to earn one or two months' wages in four days.

Although Victor looked calm on the surface, his heart was already moving.He calculated in his mind that if he could get this payment, plus the compensation for the sanatorium's expropriation of the ship, then he could build a new ship, but the size might be different.

Thinking of this, he pondered for a while, and said with a little hesitation: "I do have a boat that can be used, but this boat has been requisitioned by the nursing home, and it will be handed over to the nursing home in a few days. It is impossible to go to the next The Tunguska River is so far away, and four days is too short, unless it is an army speedboat, it is impossible to do it. In addition, I can only send you to the mouth of the Lower Tunguska River and the Yenisei River. As for You can hire another boat to go in the later section of the river."

"Yes." Xu Changqing nodded and immediately agreed.

Yakov on the side frowned when he heard the words, as if he was a little puzzled that Xu Changqing paid such a large sum of money to hire a boat.Along the way, they obtained more than 2 rubles through various means, and now Xu Changqing used almost one-third of it at once, which made Yakov, who has always been frugal, feel a little distressed.

"Why don't you take the train? It's much more convenient to take the train?" A woman at the table suddenly asked.

As soon as she asked this, everyone at the table, including Victor, stared at her in unison, and almost scolded her for being too talkative.If Xu Changqing chose to take the train, how could they still have their share of the six thousand rubles.

"We're going to the Evenki area." Yakov didn't answer directly, but responded with a cold expression.

Although this sentence sounds the same as the previous question, the Russians around understand what it means.

"So you are going there." Everyone looked clear.

The Tunguska explosion is nothing new in the Soviet Union, especially in Siberia, and many people have visited there out of curiosity.It's just that people who have been there are a little disappointed, because after so many years, trees have grown there again, and the traces of that year have long been covered by everything in nature.Because that place is deep in the forest, although there is a road leading to the nearby military camp, that road is for military use and cannot be used by civilians, so the best way to get there is to go by the Lower Tunguska River.

After understanding what was going on, everyone didn't ask any more questions, or they said they didn't want to ask any more questions. No matter what Xu Changqing and the others went there for, it was none of their business, as long as they got paid.

After Xu Changqing finalized the matter, he handed it over to Yakov to discuss specific matters with the ship owner Victor, such as the sailing time, what needs to be prepared, and so on.While the two were discussing things, Victor's good friend Vasily suddenly seemed to have discovered something interesting, his eyes swept back and forth between Victor and Yakov, and his actions also aroused The attention of other friends, after they followed Vasily's line of sight, they all seemed to find something interesting and couldn't help laughing.

"What's wrong with you? Is there something wrong with me?" Victor also noticed the abnormality of his friends and asked in confusion.

"No! There's nothing wrong, it's just that you and he look alike!" Vasily said with a smile, pointing at the two of them.

Hearing this, the two were stunned at the same time, and then looked at each other almost at the same time.If it hadn't been reminded by everyone, maybe the two of them would not have noticed that they were so similar in appearance, but now they were reminded that the two of them discovered the weirdness. No one would doubt the brothers, and this situation also caused a trace of strange emotion in the hearts of the two parties. (~^~)