Since getting the new job, former Stasi Agent Ulrich Sandman feels that he has been more turbulent in recent years than he once was.

Ulrich had never met his new employer in person, but everyone knew who this person was.

Because there was no direct contact, if problems arise, such as their arrest for murder, they will not involve the high-ranking figure. Just like a long time ago, if Agent Stasi failed in his mission, it would not be publicly recognized by East Germany.

This is a convention.

Ulrich Sandman is 43 years old this year. For agents, especially field agents, this age is a bit old. When the country that was once loyal to collapsed, Ulrich also considered retiring and finding a dull job.

It’s a pity that things in the world are never controlled by others.

First of all, his foundation is very unclear.

Even if you want to escape unscathed, it depends on whether the merged German government is willing to let it go. After the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the new German government's investigation and pursuit of former Stasi members never stopped, so that a large number of former Stasi members were arrested, and many people were forced to flee and assassinated and died unknown.

In comparison, Ulrich is already very lucky.

Secondly, even if he escaped the liquidation by chance, it would not be so easy for Ulrich to calm down.

Because he has many people to support.

Not only his elderly parents, his wife and four children, but also a sister who is 21 years younger than him. Her sister has good academic performance and had no chance before. Now, she is about to graduate from Columbia University in the United States and plans to get her doctorate degree in the next four years. If he turned to ordinary things, even his sister's tuition would not be able to afford it, let alone children who grew up.

This is just a relative.

Ulrich also has six families of deceased comrades who need help.

This involves a series of old past events that are unbearable to look back on.

He once tried hard to climb up and once reached the major level. It was even ridiculous and sad. He either had some official addiction, or to get more salary subsidies, and to use this identity to earn some shameful extra money, just to be able to help more people around him as much as possible.

Therefore, it is impossible to turn to dullness anyway.

Now, except for the younger sister who is studying in the United States, Ulrich's family lives in Australia, and lives a prosperous and stable life. Even if you understand that your relatives are fundamentally hostages, Ulrich doesn't feel inappropriate.

This is taken for granted.

If the boss behind the scenes had no defense against them, he would be looked down upon by him.

Moreover, as long as he does not betray, nothing will happen. Even if he dies in the mission, Ulrich believes that his relatives can be well taken care of. After all, the young rich man with trillions of dollars in assets is money, and what the other party wants is his loyalty.

Once he could be loyal to his country, now Ulrich can be loyal to someone.

Deep down, Ulrich understood that this was a fair exchange. Even if he sold his life to the other party, the salary he gave was much richer than in the East Germany, so much that he even made him wonder if he was worth it. In any case, not only did his family get the best placement, but he could also help the families of his deceased comrades more generously.

There is nothing wrong with it.

Ulrich Sandman now holds an Australian passport at the public level. Although his name has not changed, under the operation of the Westeros system, it is basically equivalent to a different person and will no longer be entangled in the past.

Perhaps it was confirmed that his loyalty and reliability were confirmed, and Ulrich still had five action teams in his hands.

After a few years of quiet observation, Ulrich understood that this is already a very high level and a considerable trust for the Westeros family's private intelligence network, which is not related to the relatively flat structure.

Ulrich is more grateful.

In recent years, the team led by himself may have killed people, but no one died.

Therefore, there will be no more debts.

Moreover, this time, even if someone dies, the only person that needs to be compensated will be that person, and it has nothing to do with him.

He used to be the same as an officer. It was natural for officers to command soldiers to charge into battle, but he had never been used to commanding others to die, and he was even more willing to die by himself. Perhaps he was promoted to the rank of major at a young age and was not promoted again for many years, because the senior officials of Stasi discovered the kindness of a woman like him.

Ulrich also did this mission personally.

It's also a bit of an inexplicable mission, investigating smuggling routes to France around the world.

Perhaps it was because they needed to follow up with the snakehead organization in person, which was quite dangerous, so they used their team.

There is nothing wrong with this either.

Although, Ulrich couldn't understand what the young rich man wanted to understand what these things were done. Just like in the past few years, they had always received all kinds of seemingly unreasonable tasks. A subordinate of Ulrich once pointed out with a smile that the big man might just not want them to be idle.

Perhaps this is possible.

But if it is true, that would be great.

Ulrich is not so naive, just like the trivial actions they participated in in southern Italy two years ago, which seemed unreasonable at first. However, after one night, a family of the Glorious Society in southern Italy was uprooted. Ulrich didn't know how many people were killed in the whole process.

There are definitely many.

That night, the city of Regio, which is across the sea from Sicily in southern Italy, saw gunfire and explosions in many areas, even making people think that there was a riot.

Based on the subsequent signs, Ulrich also discovered that their boss behind the scenes also built a puppet family in the city of Regio. During their investigation of the smuggling route, the Danieli family, who was subordinate to the Glorious Society, gave considerable help.

Then there is a journey of thousands of kilometers.

The group led by Ulrich was composed of six people. This time, only two other members were selected. The three of them first came to a small town on the northern border of Iraq.

There is a snakehead stronghold here, responsible for recruiting customers.

Waiting patiently for a week, Ulrich and his three men followed a group of 129 smugglers recruited by the Snake Head team to leave Iraq and enter Turkey. They traveled overnight to a small village near the sea in southern Turkey.

Hidden temporarily.

This was another three days of waiting until late one night, all the stolen stolen people who were somewhat depressed due to long-distance running and tense spirits were woken up and hurried to a dock by the sea, boarded a cargo ship, and entered the most difficult sea voyage.

129 smugglers, 93 men and 36 women, were all driven into the bottom cabin after boarding the ship. Members of the Snake Head team wore masks throughout the journey. After entering the warehouse, they collected $1,000 in cash from each smuggler. This was only half, and the other half had to be collected after arriving at the destination.

This is a rule for a more formal snake head organization.

Or it is a rule formed after a long-term exercise with the smuggler. Because on the smuggler route, too many smugglers have been murdered and abandoned, and a little smarter smugglers will retain half of the funds and pay when they arrive at the destination. The regular snakehead organization will not forcefully request it.

The regular snakehead organization sounds a bit weird.

But it is the fact.

Because there are many irregular and unprofessional snakehead organizations, as well as poor smugglers who are deceived or even die without understanding the rules.

Ulrich and his three were disguised in a very delicate manner throughout the mission, including a brand new identity. After boarding the ship, they were considered VIPs on the ship because they had arranged in advance. The members of the snakehead organization only wore masks when they were in contact with the smugglers, but they were not very careful about them because they heard from the above that they would have a big business with these people in the future, and they also cooperated very well to give the information they needed.

Even taking pictures is OK.

The three people's tasks require photo information. As long as they do not take sensitive information such as faces, they will let the three people do it themselves.

Generally speaking, this is a cargo ship registered in the Panama Islands.

The registration location of freighters traveling on the Mediterranean is Panama, which is actually a practice. There are even many ships registered in the more unpopular Africa or South Asia. In the final analysis, it is still convenient to avoid responsibility if an accident occurs.

The snakehead organization that the three followed also took into account smuggling work. From France to Greece, they delivered a trip to goods. When they returned, they brought back a group of smugglers to make money on both sides.

The price of each smuggler is US$2,000, which is also the current market price.

The cost of smuggling in the Mediterranean is basically the case. Those unprofessional snakehead organizations may be cheaper, and $1,000 may be enough. Of course, the scale of smuggling in their organization will be very small, and it may even be that some small teams within regular shipping companies can earn extra money secretly and hide a few people in the cabin.

After all, although the job of a seafarer is hard, his salary is not high.

Even if you smuggle ten or eight at a time, it will be quite considerable extra money.

As for this formal snakehead organization, in addition to the smuggling fee of US$2,000, you can also make more money in the future.

Because after arriving, another group of people will arrange work for these smugglers. Then, the smugglers need to use the work in the next few years to pay another commission in batches, and the number is uncertain. This time the public figure is equivalent to about US$8,000. In other words, the total cost of smuggling for these smugglers is US$10,000.

It seems very tall, but these smugglers are actually lucky.

Because after paying 10,000 US dollars, everything they can be properly placed, unlike some amateur snakehead organizations that throw people on the shore and ignore them. It would be fine if the smugglers have some resignations. If they are hot-headed and think that they can live a good life by reaching the other side, the outcome is often very miserable.

Of course there is no binding agreement.

However, these people will be closely controlled by the snakehead organization in the following years, almost equivalent to cheap labor, or, in another word, they are slaves.

In developed Western countries, ordinary citizens are often unwilling to do some dirty and low-paid jobs, so they need these cheap laborers who are almost slaves. Of course, there are also regular legal workers. There are actually more illegal laborers, and they are almost obsessed by the authorities, because the authorities not only do not need to provide any welfare for these people, but also try their best to serve as mules and horses.

If someone makes trouble, it is easier to deport.

Therefore, the subsequent US$8,000 is only two or three months' salary for ordinary Western citizens. It may take several years to repay these smugglers. Moreover, because they are controlled by the Snake Head Organization, it is said to be US$8,000, and the Snake Head Organization may not know how much the Snake Head Organization has received.

In any case, for these smugglers, as long as they can arrive in Western Europe and settle down, it will probably be worth it.

For example, on this ship at this time, Ulrich knew that the smugglers in Dikang were all Kurds in northern Iraq. The Kurds in the Middle East were like gypsies in Europe. Their living conditions were even worse, and even the most basic lives were difficult to guarantee. Especially since the economic situation in Iraq, which has suffered severe sanctions over the years, the Kurds became even worse.

"In fact, this is not a very good route," Ulrich and the captain named Renault were smoking a cigarette. Because of the above explanation, the snakehead team on the ship might be curious about Ulrich and others, but they were not too alert. At this time, they talked a little: "Since the end of the Cold War, smuggling has been a very popular business in recent years. However, the Middle East and France are not the best starting point, nor the other is the best destination. John, do you know why?"

John was the pseudonym of Ulrich's operation. Shaking his head, Ulrich asked: "Why?

Captain Renault said: "I think you must be very clear about the Middle East. Because of religious habits, they are not very qualified workers. Smuggling these people is often not worth the money."

Ulrich asked, "Then why do you still do it?"

Captain Renault's eyes flashed with some shrewdness and smiled, "Because we can guarantee that after they arrive at their destination, they cannot do whatever they want. If someone is lazy, the whip will definitely be very useful." As he said this, before Ulrich asked, Captain Renault said, "As for France, because it has been the right wing rule over the years, the crackdown on illegal immigration is very strict, and it is very difficult to smuggle."

Speaking of this, Captain Renault changed a cigarette, took a deep breath after igniting it, and then said: "The best smuggling route now is actually from Eastern Europe to Western Europe. Because of the similar skin color, Eastern Europeans are more likely to integrate into Western Europe. Moreover, unlike African niggers and Middle East, Eastern Europeans are more capable, so that the governments of some countries such as Germany almost acquiesced to illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe quietly enter their countries because these countries lack cheap labor. In addition, haha, there is actually Asia, but this line is too far and very difficult to do. However, maybe you also know that Asians are very hardworking. If it weren't for no way, I actually want to do this line of Asia."

Ulrich smiled, remembered these things silently, and chatted with Captain Renault for a while. When it was dinner time, everyone entered the cabin to have a meal together.

Then, it is to deliver food to the smugglers in the base warehouse.

This is a work that many people don’t like to do very much. Ulrich and his two followers took the initiative to help, and the snakeheads were happy to hear it.

Six or seven people came to the bottom of the cabin with plastic buckets containing rice and fresh water. As soon as they entered, a disgusting and strange smell came to their faces.

Members of the Snake Head Organization, who was responsible for distributing food and fresh water, knocked on the bucket in their hands, and hurried in the dark cabin, many ghost-like smugglers came to collect food. They didn't want to put down the food and leave directly, but the homes that did this may not be able to get the food, and some people might even die of hunger and thirst.

These are cheap laborers that can continue to provide profits to the organization in the future. The snakehead team on the ship does not want anyone to die, so they can only do it themselves.
Chapter completed!