North America 1849, from Gold Rush to Warlord

Chapter 3: Victory over the Death God

Those who often encounter shipwrecks know that when drifting on the sea, fresh water is more important than food!

Take out the twelve tin cans from the two wine barrels and get twelve lumps of ice.

When the ice melted, about seven liters of fresh water were obtained.

Vivian took action personally, and each of the sixteen people on the small wooden boat received half a can of life-saving fresh water!

Vivian, who was in charge of water distribution, took great care and the fresh water that A-Zu got was a full jar!
No one would have any objections! The fact that we all have fresh water to drink is all thanks to A-Zu!
Suppressing his body's extreme desire for water, A-Zu reminded him, "This water can only be drunk slowly in small sips! Drinking too quickly will cause illness!"

Everyone on board was severely dehydrated, with their body fluids containing an extremely high salt content. A sudden, drastic drop in the salt content of body fluids, leading to various symptoms, is commonly known as water intoxication.

I carefully picked up the can and took a sip of the water. It was like drinking nectar and sweet rain!
It was like a long-awaited rain after a long drought. My skin, chapped and severely dehydrated, finally began to slowly heal!
Most people took A-Zu's words to heart and drank the water slowly in small sips.

There are still people who can't suppress their desire and can't wait to drink it in one gulp.

"Ah... this water tastes so good!"

"Hey, why am I feeling a little dizzy?"

"Ugh, uh...so disgusting...I want to vomit!"

"Something's wrong, my leg is cramping!"

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Fortunately, the amount of fresh water distributed to everyone was not much, and the symptoms were only mild water poisoning, which gradually eased after a while.

But because of this, everyone regarded A Zu's words as the guiding principle and obeyed his every word!
Therefore, the Chinese workers looked at A-Zu with even more awe.

Even the foreign girl and the two foreigners looked at A-Zu with an indescribable respect in their eyes.

After finishing his drink, Captain Vic licked his pale, cracked lips with a feeling of satisfaction and said in a deep voice, "Lee, I don't know how you turned sea water into fresh water."

"But I suppose saltpeter is necessary, isn't it? Unfortunately, we don't have much. Judging by the amount you're using, you can only make ice four or five more times, which won't last for a few days."

"That's not true!" A Zu shook his head and replied, "Used saltpeter solution can be reused after drying."

"Really?" Captain Vic looked at A-Zu in surprise. "So, the fresh water problem has been completely solved? Then what about the food problem?"

A Zu smiled and said, "That's not a problem! Even if we can't feed everyone, at least they won't starve to death!"

Then, A Zu asked a Chinese worker named A Yan from the same village to take off his cloth jacket, put the can containing the pile of food into the jacket, and tie the four corners of the jacket together to make a cloth bag.

He tied the cloth bag containing the lump to the side of the boat and threw it into the sea.

The lump of Harela had a strong smell and gradually dissipated in the sea water.

After a while, a lot of small fish smelled the scent and came over, surrounding the cloth bag and chasing it!
A quarter of an hour later, a small group of small fish the size of two or three fingers gathered around the cloth bag!

Halley stretched his head to look at the sea and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh my God, there really are fish!"

They knew that the lump was very tasty and could attract fish, but the boat was drifting on the sea, and the lump thrown into the sea would have floated away to who knows how far away it was after a while.

Besides, if it is not put in a box or covered in a cloth bag, the lump will quickly float away and there is no way to lure the fish into a ball.

The most important thing is that without a landing net, even if you lure the fish, you won’t be able to catch them!

"Brother Ayan, catch the fish!" A Zu, who was lying on the side of the boat observing, shouted in a low voice.

Ayan was born into a fisherman family. He was young, strong and skillful, so Azu let him do this job.

Ayan acted quickly, he plunged the net in his hand into the sea water, and scooped it up suddenly!
"Get up!"

A Yan grabbed the scoop net and brought it onto the boat!

When I looked closely, I saw more than ten lively little silver fish, the size of two or three fingers, in the scoop net!

"Ha, it's Shadian!"

"Yes, yes, it's sardines. Finally, something to eat!"

A group of Chinese workers surrounded the insignificant little fish, so excited that they were at a loss.

Most of them are fishermen, and when they were fishing, they looked down on these small fish.

Who would have thought that one day these inconspicuous little fish would be lifesavers!

Without caring about the others, A Yan quickly grabbed the two lively sardines and ran to A Zu in two steps.

"A-Zu, we finally have food! We finally have food! This is all thanks to you!"

Ah Yan was so excited that he was a little incoherent: "This...you've been starving these days, hurry up and eat something!" Ah Zu smiled and waved his hand: "No hurry! We have to clean it up first!"

"Boer!"

A-Zu was caught off guard, and Vivian, whose cheeks were flushed with excitement, pounced on him and gave him a big kiss on the face!
"Thank you, Mr. Divine Stick!"

Vivian generously put her arm around A-Zu's shoulders and said with an excited smile, "You saved me! You saved everyone! I now truly believe that you are the angel He sent to save everyone!"

Ah Zu covered the half of his face that was kissed and said seriously: "I'm not an angel, you are!"

Vivian blushed and punched A-Zu lightly.

A-Zu is not in a hurry to eat the fish, but others can’t care!

Most people grab the sardines while they are still alive and eat them raw!
I'm really hungry!
The dozen or so small fish that were caught were eaten up in no time! Not even the bones or internal organs were left!
Only Vivian cut open the fish and cleaned it, and then she and A-Zu each took one and ate it all.

It's not that A-Zu and Vivian are picky, these fish came here because of the smell of that thing, and swallowed some of it.

Two quarters of an hour later, Ayan caught three more waves of small fish, which were all eaten by everyone.

Although the fish was small, it had some food in its stomach. There was some light in everyone's lifeless eyes, and they had more energy to work!
After the last wave of sardines were caught, A-Zu stopped everyone from sharing them.

"You can't eat these fish, you have to keep them as bait!"

A-Zu estimated that the smell of Harley's treasured collection had almost dissipated in the sea water, and it would be impossible to catch any fish today.

The remaining sardines should be kept as bait to maximize their value.

Then Grandpa asked the Chinese workers, "Uncles and brothers, since you left your hometown, who of you still has copper coins? Take them out!"

What does A-Zu want to do with the copper coins?

But everyone's life was saved by A Zu! At this moment, who would still question his words? Those who still had copper coins on them contributed all of them.

Dozens of copper coins, yellow with green, were piled in front of A-Zu. He then continued, "Thread these copper coins onto the fishing line you've woven as sinkers, and use sardines as bait. Let's see if we can catch any fish!"

It dawned on me!

The hollow copper coin is undoubtedly the best choice for a pendant on this empty little wooden boat!

After Harley ground and bent the iron nails into fish hooks, a group of Chinese workers braided the fishing line, put on copper coins as sinkers, and hung them on sand dunes as bait.

Everyone, including Captain Vic and Boatswain Halley, cast their fishing lines and started fishing.

At the same time, a new round of magic of turning sea water into fresh water begins!
After finishing all the arrangements, A-Zu finally had some free time. He lay there with his eyes closed, feeling the water he drank and the fish he ate turning into nutrition for his body bit by bit.

This frail body that had not yet recovered from illness, was thirsty and hungry, finally began to recover little by little, and strength returned to the body bit by bit!
Before he knew it, he fell into a deep sleep on the slightly shaking deck.

"Hooked! Fish! I got a fish!"

I don’t know how long I slept, but A-Zu was suddenly awakened by an excited shout.

When I opened my sleepy eyes, I saw Harley who was extremely excited. He was holding the fishing line with both hands and was desperately trying to reel it in bit by bit!
"Harley, you foolhardy fool, slow down! Take your time! Play the fish slowly, reel it in slowly!"

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry!"

As he was speaking, there was a "splash" sound, and a huge wave suddenly surged on the sea surface about ten meters away, and a huge silver fish tail flashed and disappeared on the sea surface!

"Big fish! So big!" Everyone exclaimed, and no one could contain the joy in their hearts!

Seeing this scene, A Zu finally smiled with relief!
This round of the game with the god of death was won!——
As night fell, in addition to the 20-pound tarpon caught by Harley during the day, Ayan also caught a 40-pound swordfish.

There were many more fish caught than this, but most of them broke free from the hooks and the lines and escaped.

Fishing lines and hooks made purely by hand are still too simple.

Just these two big fish are enough to feed everyone on the boat!

Even without fire, seafood sashimi tastes especially delicious!

Every ounce of meat you eat and every ounce of water you drink will improve your condition and restore your strength!
Even under the careful care of nurse Vivian, A-Zu's temperature was gradually dropping.

After escaping death and having enough food and drink, everyone was content and fell into a deep sleep in the night with awe and gratitude towards A-Zu.

The same is true for A-Zu.

In the middle of the night, A-Zu suddenly woke up from his sleep!
At some point, a cold dagger covered with beautiful Damascus patterns was pressed against his throat!
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(End of this chapter)