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Yang Meng was stunned, "Why? They are Eskimos. Did I say something wrong? "

Xiao Peng muttered, "Nonsense! Of course you're wrong, you have to call them Inuit! The name Eskimo is a curse, and this is the name the North American Indians gave them. It means' raw meat eaters. 'You know, Indians and Inuit have conflicts, and that's why they have such a derogatory name. If you call them that in front of them, wouldn't you be cursing them? It would be weird if I don't want to fight with my life on the line with you! "

Yang Meng was stunned for a long time. "Our geography textbooks taught us how to scold others when we were in school?" When he was in school, he had written it clearly in his book. The people here were called 'Eskimos'.

Xiao Peng hissed, "Just know it yourself, don't tell anyone else!"

Actually, what Xiao Peng said was correct and wrong. The Esquimaux were a derogatory term, so Inuit in Greenland and Canada were disgusted by it, and if they called them that, they would shoot them. But the Inuit, who lived in Alaska and the Far East, were used to the term, and even a little proud, as proof of their own bravery.

It was definitely the strongest, most tenacious, bravest, and most tenacious people in the world. After all, in the course of more than three thousand years of Inuit history, the Inuit had been living in the Arctic, and they were basically struggling on the border of death. It was a miracle that they were able to survive and reproduce to this day.

Blumberg ordered a few snacks, a bottle of whiskey, poured it for Xiao Peng, and raised his glass. "Here's a toast to you. Bring my daughter back from the gates of hell to reunite with me."

Xiao Peng took a sip, "Michael, you've already thanked us for everything that needs to be thanked. Why don't we stop this topic and have a taste of the food in peace? To be honest, I'm a little hungry."

Blumberg smiled. "I hope these are what you want." Blumberg did not eat, as the food here was clearly not to his taste.

However, Xiao Peng could understand as well. The Inuit ate very greasy food, as if they were eating something oily. This was clearly not healthy food for the older Mr Bloomberg.

Take one of the dishes on the table. Seal meat is soaked in seal oil, eat in the mouth is full of seal oil!

There was also the so-called popcorn. It was cut into rectangular strips, with one end black and the other pink: the pink part melting in his mouth, the black part chewing with mustard and soy sauce. Xiao Peng felt like he was eating fish liver oil. After inquiring, he found out that this was called whale fat. The black part was whale skin, while the pink part was whale fat. The Inuit treat this as a snack, and they really don't mind the grease.

Although Xiao Peng didn't like these two dishes, the main dish made him praise them endlessly: fried reindeer steak.

The taste was similar to high quality beef, but the taste was much more fragrant than beef. Furthermore, there was almost no fat to be had at all. Xiao Peng really wanted to get a few reindeer to feed it.

After Xiao Peng finished eating, he put his knife and fork to the side and wiped the corner of his mouth. "Michael, thank you for your hospitality. I can feel your gratitude as well. If there's nothing else, we'll be leaving first. After all, time is of the essence, isn't it? "

Blumberg thought for a moment and said, "Xiao, I have a few questions I would like to ask you. Is it okay if I don't know?"

Xiao Peng nodded, "Michael, ask away."

Blumberg asked, "What is the purpose of your voyage? I think you're a fishing boat, but I just saw your boat, and from the waterline, it doesn't look like it's rich. "

Xiao Peng replied, "My catch was sold at Pietro Pavlovsk, and I ran all the way here without fishing."

Blumberg asked curiously, "If that's the case, can you only use up energy without making any progress?" Is it because you saved my daughter that you are in such a hurry to get there that you did not fish? I'll give you financial compensation. "

I've never been to the North Pole before, so I've come here. But since I've arrived here, I want to take advantage of the good weather to take a walk around the Northeast Passage and see what scenery I've never seen before. "Xiao Peng said with a smile.

There are two channels in the Arctic, from Bering Strait to Europe along the coast of Bear Country, which is the northeast route, and the northwest route along the Canadian coast of Alaska. Xiao Peng's destination was Norway, so he had to take the Northeast Passage.

Blumberg heard Xiao Peng's reply. "You should be the most irresponsible fisherman I've ever met. Which fisherman doesn't want to make more money fishing? What you're doing is turning into a sightseeing trip. Does your crew have any objections to this? "

Xiao Peng replied, "To be precise, we've already made enough money on the way from Hua Xia to Petropaflovsk. Now, we can relax a bit."

"Don't you want to make more money?"

Xiao Peng laughed happily, "Michael, sometimes I'm also curious, what are you earning so much money for? That's just a number for you, isn't it? "

Blumberg shrugged. "I just want to make my life better and my family better."

"With all due respect, thirty years ago you earned enough money for yourself and your family to live without worries for the rest of your life. "Then why do you keep on earning money?" Xiao Peng asked.

Bloomberg thought for a moment. "Well, by the end of the day, making money had become a habit. Humans seem to never relax their pursuit of making money. I know a lot of very rich people around me, but I've never heard anyone say 'I've made enough money'. "

Xiao Peng nodded, "Actually, I'm not lacking in money. At the very least, I have more money than when I was your age. Oh, you just graduated and became a stock trader. Michael, I'm not saying this to offend you. I'm just saying that money is a good thing, but I'm not going to pursue it. Especially now that I have enough money to live the life I want, why would I want to live the life I don't want in order to earn money? I am a fisherman, but I have my own fishing ground, and the life I want is to walk, to see, to play. Just like I am now. "

After hearing Xiao Peng's words, Bloomberg thought for a long time, "Xiao, when I was mayor of New York City, I said that there were four best jobs in the world, namely, the President of the State of Stars and Stripes, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the World Bank, and the Mayor of New York City. The first three have already been snatched, so I can only do the fourth. But I really wouldn't run for it if time could be redone. That experience gave me an incomparable amount of fame and wealth, but it wasn't until I reached this age that I realized that I had actually lost even more of them. Everything I have now, I want to put in the family, especially my three daughters. I owe them too much. " Blumberg and his ex-wife had two daughters.

Blumberg thought for a moment, then suddenly said to Xiao Peng, "Xiao, I really admire you. "I will help you to open up a path to your future."

Xiao Peng was stunned. "Why me?"

"I've seen a lot of young people," Bloomberg said. "Ivy elites, business prodigies, and so on, but they're always nervous when they face me, but you're different. I've never seen a young man like you, and you know exactly what you want and what you don't. You are much stronger than them. I even feel that if you hone your skills for a few more years, you will become my best successor. "How about it, Xiao, come to Starcountry. Believe me, you have a much better future than being a fisherman."

Xiao Peng smiled and waved his hand, "Michael, I just said that I won't live a life I don't want for money. I'm very satisfied with my life. Besides, if I had really gone to the State of Stars, then I wouldn't be talking to you so calmly. I know that accepting your invitation could be a great opportunity for anyone, but I'm sorry Michael, that's not what I wanted. "

Reject! He had to refuse! I, your father, am determined to become a bandit king. Oh no, a man of the Four Seas!

As Xiao Peng left, not only did he exchange tweets with Nikita Bloomberg, but even Michael Bloomberg paid attention to him.

En, as expected of one of the most profitable people in the world, playing Twitter at such an old age, praising one.

"Xiao Peng, why didn't you accept Bloomberg's invitation? From the looks of it, this guy wants to take you in as his son-in-law. "F * ck, if it's really like that, then it's better to give up for a few more lifetimes." As Yang Meng piloted the boat, he shouted and screamed.

Xiao Peng comfortably laid on the reclining chair and played with his phone, "Then are you going to be your son-in-law?"

Yang Meng answered without the slightest hesitation, "No."

"Then why are you still asking me?" Xiao Peng said.

Yang Meng laughed and said, "I just want to watch you make a joke out of yourself."

Xiao Peng curled his lips and asked Yang Meng, "Where are we now?"

Yang Meng looked at the chart, "The Eastern Siberian Sea, we're almost at the Laputev Sea. At this rate, we can reach Port Trixie tomorrow night. The key thing is that the floating ice at sea is delaying the speed of the voyage. "

Although it was now summer, and the freezing period within the Arctic Circle had passed and the sea surface had thawed, there were still floating ice that had a great impact on the ships' navigation.

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