Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

"Hey! Hai-ge, you've been staring at the map for three hours straight. What are you looking at? Aren't you tired?" Xu Tianyou said listlessly, lying on a bench with his feet propped up on the bulkhead.

"Hey Tian, ​​you've been lying there staring at me for three hours now. I think you're tired and should go get some rest!" An Xiaohai said without even looking up.

"I'm not tired. I slept the whole way here. Your eyes are red, like a rabbit's."

"You're the one who's like a rabbit! ...These maps you found are no good."

"Why not?"

"The scales are too large, and too few islands are labeled."

"I told you before, it's impossible to find the Sea Harriers' base using a map!" Xu Tianyou stood up with a flip: "There are just too many islands in the ocean, it's impossible to mark every single one on a map."

Furthermore, this sea area is very chaotic. Many small islands, though very small, are uninhabitable, and some disappear completely at high tide. How could they all be marked on a map?

Xu Tianyou rolled his eyes at An Xiaohai: "I've already told you, all you do is study and go to jail. Why are you trying to get involved in the underworld?!"

Do you know what an international shipping lane is? The ocean is vast, where can't ships sail? Why is it necessary to designate shipping lanes?

To put it simply, international shipping lanes are safe zones.

On the open sea, besides natural factors such as ocean currents, monsoons, and reefs, the greater dangers still come from human beings.

A country with seaports and maritime trade will do everything in its power to protect the safety of its sea lanes. Anyone who dares to disrupt the sea lanes will be considered an enemy of the country and will be subjected to full-scale attacks by the state apparatus.

However, the ocean is so vast that few countries have the capacity to ensure the safety of the entire sea route. Therefore, international shipping lanes came into being, and ships traveling on international shipping lanes are protected by all countries.

Those who want to cause trouble rarely try to mess with international shipping lanes. They can't afford to play that game; they might end up being ganged up on by several countries and suffer a particularly miserable fate.

However, if it deviates too far from international shipping lanes, then I'm sorry, we may not be able to take care of it.

"Really? Is that true?" An Xiaohai frowned deeply.

"Believe it or not, that's what I'm saying..."

"Alright, alright, I know. All I do is study and go to jail. I don't know anything else and I especially like to wander around."

"Hey, it's good that you know!"

"That means the Sea Harrier's sea base is unlikely to be near international shipping lanes."

"Of course, unless they want to die."

Are we currently traveling on international shipping lanes?

"Of course not, we're smuggling ourselves in, brother! How could we take international shipping lanes?"

"Could we really encounter inspections when using international shipping lanes?"

"That's hard to come by; it's quite far to take international shipping routes."

"..."

"Did you even grow up by the sea? You know less than I do!"

"Of course I don't know as much as you. You are one of the Sea Buddha's men, the famous Buddha Zitian, a figure who wreaks havoc on the seas."

"Hehe, Hai-ge, you're wrong again!"

"Where did I go wrong?"

"The 'Hai' in 'Hai Fo Ye' does not refer to the ocean."

"What kind of sea is that?"

"Lin Hai!" Xu Tianyou gritted his teeth: "Xiao Hai, you're so smart, you should have thought of this sooner. Our Haixi Province is all mountains, where is the sea?"

That old codger, people in the underworld used to call him Buddha. He was very low-key, and not many people knew him.

Later, I fought a battle with a sea hawk at sea, and from then on, Buddha became Sea Buddha.

I originally wanted to correct this misconception, but the old man insisted, "Let it be, we have plenty of forests in Haixi Province anyway."

"You cunning old man!"

"So that's how it is..." An Xiaohai pursed his lips and closed the map in his hand: "Why did you fight the sea hawks at sea?"

"That involves our secret."

"Can't I say?"

Do you want to hear it?

I want to hear it.

"Then let me tell you." Xu Tianyou grinned: "The hardest part of drug trafficking is establishing a transportation line. A complete transportation line includes the production area, the transportation route, and the receiving point."

The most difficult part of drug trafficking routes is getting through checkpoints and preventing drug trafficking; the process of getting drugs in and out is extremely dangerous.

In China, for this business, more than 80% of the time, the production area, or the place of origin, is the Golden Triangle, because it is the closest to us and has the lowest transportation costs.

Corruption is rampant in the countries surrounding the Golden Triangle, and the roads out are generally unobstructed; the only remaining issues are transportation routes and receiving points.

Smuggling drugs into our country is the most difficult thing in the world, bar none.

The sea hawks chose the sea route, while we chose the land route.

"Don't talk about us."

"Okay, sorry! I said it again."

The sea hawk chose the sea route, while the sea Buddha chose the land route. The sea hawk needed to cross the vast ocean, while the sea Buddha needed to cross the vast forest.

Sea hawks transporting drugs by sea also cannot choose international shipping routes. Although international shipping routes are the safest, there are too many ships on international shipping routes, and the destinations are all large seaports.

If you take the international route, you have to deviate from the course when you get close to the destination. Doing this once or twice is fine, but if you do it all the time, it will definitely arouse suspicion.

So it would be better to avoid international shipping routes from the start, but that would create new problems for them.

"You mean those local armed groups and pirates you just mentioned?"

"Yes, but it's not just that!"

These are all easy to deal with; just pay them tolls or share the profits with them. The real problem is dealing with our country's fishermen.

Our country has a strong anti-drug effort, and coastal fishermen have a high level of awareness and vigilance. When sea hawk boats approach, our fishermen often notice them.

Fishermen will report anything suspicious, and when they do, the coast guard will be dispatched, and the fishermen are usually finished.

So the sea hawks targeted the fishermen, secretly killing many in an attempt to intimidate them and prevent them from reporting the crime.

These beasts are ruthless. Many of our fishermen go out to sea with their whole families. If they get separated and run into a sea hawk, the whole family, including the elderly and children, will be killed.

The sea harriers would hang his body on the fishing boat, leaving it to drift on the sea; it was a truly tragic scene!

Xu Tianyou paused here, and An Xiaohai noticed that his jaw was clenched tightly.

"Aren't our people going to take care of this?"

"How can we manage them? The ocean is too vast. The sea hawks run away as soon as they finish what they've done. By the time our people get there, they've already vanished without a trace. It's disgusting."

"You couldn't stand by and watch, so you intervened without any hesitation, killing them until they never dared to come near again, right?"

"That's the situation, but it's not that I can't stand by and watch. What do I care if those fishermen live or die! I'm just disrupting our competitors' transport lines. Who told them to steal our business and cause trouble on my turf?! If they don't die, who will?!"

"Don't talk about us."

"Sorry, I just blurted it out."

An Xiaohai couldn't help but curl his lips slightly upward. Although Xu Tianyou denied it to the death, An Xiaohai could clearly feel that Xu Tianyou's war with the Sea Hawks was to avenge the fishermen who had died tragically.

The title "Sea Buddha" is a heartfelt expression of respect from the local fishermen.

This child is so conflicted!

"Tianyou, are you familiar with those waters?"

"Not familiar with it," Xu Tianyou exhaled and shook his head. "I rarely go to sea, but if you want to understand that area, I can find someone. He was the one who led the way when I fought the Sea Hawks."

"Is it on my way?"

"It's not exactly on the way. Uncle Xiao Hei lives near Dongxing Island. If we want to go to him, we have to take a long detour. Besides, if Uncle Xiao Hei is out at sea, we'll have made a wasted trip."

"If we take a detour to find this young man, how long will it take?"

"About 5 days."

"5 days..." An Xiaohai bit his lip and calculated the time: "5 days should be enough. Let's go find Uncle Xiao Hei."

"By the way, Tianyou, why are we taking a detour? Wouldn't it be much shorter to just cross the strait directly?"

"Smuggling! Dude, we're smuggling ourselves in! Do you think this is a vacation?! Should we call the local police to throw you a welcome party or something?"

Xu Tianyou rolled his eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.