Chapter 18: Xu Mo's Plan

Why did Xu Mo and the gang find a dock foreman, they had to stuff Laxiu into the dock as a porter, and they had to start with the plan that Xu Mo provided to Hudlam. There are only two ways to get the kind of battleship in the London dockyard, one is to snatch the battleship, which of course won't work.

If a warship wants to sail to sea, it must be built inside and out, and it must also go through sea trials, and many ships will sink during sea trials because of various mistakes in the construction process. Even if the ship itself is fine, if they want to sail far, they need to load the ship with all kinds of supplies.

Assuming the best-case scenario, the men on the Vistelos get the ship and sail it out of London, they will also have to face the pursuit of the English ships, not to mention the end of the alliance between England and Sweden. If Xu Mo proposed to do this, then Hedram would veto it as soon as possible.

Therefore, Xu Mo provided Hedlam with a second way to compromise and not bring any diplomatic problems to Sweden, that is, to steal the construction drawings of such warships.

Xu Mo's suggestion was supported by Hedlam, who provided him with manpower and funds. After getting the manpower and funding, there is only one factor that stands in the way of the plan, and that is intelligence. They must know who the ship's overseer and master shipbuilder are, and under normal circumstances, the ship's overseer and shipbuilder will have the ship's construction blueprints.

The overseer will usually be a member of the English navy, or a member of the royal family, and if the ship is particularly valued by King Elizabeth I, it may also be the queen herself as the overseer, although the executor will be someone else, and the main shipbuilder will be a professional shipbuilder. In the absence of definite information, Xu Mo and the others could not determine the target of the attack.

In this era, the sense of secrecy of science and technology between countries is very poor, and usually a large European country invents an advanced technology, and neighboring countries will quickly get this technology.

Because European countries are very close in ideology, the flow of navigators and scientists in these countries is very frequent, and under normal circumstances, if the research work of a scientific and technical personnel is not recognized in his own country, he will go to other countries, which is a bit similar to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China, where talents from various countries run around, and sometimes even run to sworn enemy countries.

Of course, the dockyard where the battleship was built would be guarded at all times, but the guards were not the army, but the shipbuilders. The dock will also not prohibit others from approaching, and shipbuilding requires not only a large number of shipbuilders, but also a large number of dock porters.

It stands to reason that Xu Mo and the others will not be stopped when they approach the dock, unlike the real world, where there is a military restricted area in the east and a state secret in the west, but after they approached the dock dressed as porters, they were intercepted. The people who intercepted them, not the military, but other porters of the docks.

Located on the banks of the River Thames and London Pool, London Docks and Marina is home to pubs and slums. These places are home to large numbers of barge crews and dock workers who gather at bars every morning to wait for the foreman to announce the news of their work. After a busy day, many people choose to return to the bar in the evening and spend all their labor on rum and prostitutes.

Most of these dock workers are related to each other, relying on nepotism and historical connections, and they all have their own fixed areas of work and activities (bars). The porters who worked in the London pool were granted privileges by the city of London to work in tasks such as weighing and moving, and they charged high fees and were a breeding ground for gangsters.

They divide the work area under the leadership of their respective foremen, and if an unfamiliar face of the porter appears, they will see him as an enemy. If Xu Mo and the others were dressed up and dressed as gentlemen, they would not stop them.

But what Xu Mo and the others want to do can't attract attention, dress up as a decent gentleman, of course, you can come here to investigate once or twice, no matter how much it is, it will definitely be suspected. After all, a poor sense of secrecy does not mean that you do not know how to protect your country's most advanced warships.

Originally, when Xu Mo was making a plan, he was already ready to deal with this situation, and that was Little Blakeney. Their tall seafarers were bound to be suspicious of their daily wandering around the docks, but unlike Blakeney, no one would be wary of a fourteen-year-old boy who was less than a meter six tall.

It's a pity that this backhand was snuffed out by Hedram at the beginning, and now Xu Mo had to retreat and let the youngest of them, the young sailor, Raxiu, take on the task of spying. After being stopped by the dock porter, Xu Mo and the others had to go to the bar near the dock to inquire about the news, and soon, they got a message in this tavern called "Beach Boy".

The porter foreman in charge of the dockyard is called Terry, and he often comes to this "beach boy" to recruit workers, but the foreman usually only recruits acquaintances, and it is very difficult for new people to join, and it needs to be approved by the big foreman. Xu Mo took Laxiu to bribe Terry with a lot of money, and asked him to take Laxiu to find the big foreman, but as expected, he was rejected by the big foreman.

However, Xu Mo asked Raxiu to meet the big foreman John with the attitude that it was best to succeed and it didn't matter if he couldn't, he just wanted to know who was the big foreman. Once Rashua confirms John's face, then his first mission is complete.

"Hiccup!" John burped, pushed open the small wooden door of the bar, and staggered out into the alley outside the bar.

"Head, are you alright? Belch! The two equally drunk attendants beside John, shaking their heads, supported each other on the left and on the right.

"It's okay, you two help me to Mary's for the night." John struggled to open his red eyes to show that he was still awake, "Huh? Who's that? ”

John and the three staggered across the corner of the alley, and in the dim alley ahead, two tall figures appeared in front of them and stopped John and the three.

"You...... Do you want to die? This is John Boss of the Wharf! One of the attendants said with a big tongue.

"Gree, Ciel, when I say rush, we'll rush back, just rush away from the few people behind, and we'll run back to the tavern immediately!" John, who had been in the dock gang for many years, found that several figures had appeared behind them, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, sobered up, and most of the alcohol in his body dissipated.

"Okay, head, it looks like another guy who doesn't have long eyes, wants to peek into your position!" The two attendants also began to sober up after John's reminder.

Both of these men were veteran thugs who had followed John for many years, and they did not work as porters, but were only responsible for protecting John. The internal struggle for power and profit in the gang is also very strong, and these two people are also veterans who have experienced many armed battles. At this time, the two followers did not have stage fright. Each of them pulled out their horned knives from their bosoms, and after John yelled, he smirked and threw himself at the figure behind him......

"Boom!" With a twist of his force, Ahan broke the neck of one of his henchmen, and the bastard stretched out his tongue and drooped over his lips, his eyes bulging in a horrible death.

"Hehe, go to hell!" Scarface Frieza smirked and slashed the throat of the other thug. The thug clutched his throat, as if trying to stop the gushing blood, and grunted a few times before finally falling to the ground, convulsing and dying.

John and the others are just gangsters on the docks, although they have also fought and killed people, but compared with Frieza who licks blood at sea, the combat effectiveness is more than a grade, not to mention that Frieza and the others are also the best among the hundreds of deck sailors on the Vestelos.

Frieza stuck out her tongue and licked the blood on her face as she looked intoxicated. At this time, Lasthew, who had been blocking in front of the three Johns, and another sailor, Kaye, walked up to him and asked, "What about John?" ”

"Hehe, Chief Alfred is personally serving him, and he's lucky to have our stormtrooper in his care!" Frieza turned her head and pouted.

John was already dead, and at least half of the bones on his body were broken by the huge impact of "Shanlan", like a dead fish whose backbone had been removed, paralyzed at Xu Mo's feet.

"Our commander is really strong, in the last naval battle, did you see it, he actually jumped a distance of more than twenty meters with a cable, flew to the enemy ship, and stuck the door of a cannon with his palm." Rahi said with adoration on his face.

"Of course, we Vikings are the best warriors of the sea, and the captain is a man among men, just like the Admiral and the First Mate." Kaye said with a proud look on his face.

"Alright, you guys, don't stand next to the corpses and talk, stuff those two people into sacks, stone them and sink them into the Thames." Xu Mo walked over slowly.

"Okay! Sir, what about this John? Frieza gestured to John, who looked like a pile of mud on the ground.

"Kaye, go and cut off John's head, it's still useful, and sink the body to the Thames. Rasha, tomorrow afternoon, you brought that Terry here, and spent so much money, it's time for him to start working! Xu Mo smiled cruelly.

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"It's ...... John! Terry threw away the human head that had begun to rot in his hand, sat on the ground, and looked at Xu Mo and the others with a panicked face.

"Captain Terry, you see, our family is just trying to get a job at the docks. This guy won't give us a way to live, so we'll have to let him go to hell first, and I'm sure Terry won't be like him, right? Xu Mo squinted his eyes and stared at Terry.

"Do you really just want to get a job as a porter for Rasiu?" To be the foreman of the docks, Terry is certainly not stupid, after seeing John's head, he realized that the people in front of him, the purpose of wanting to enter the docks is not so simple.

"If possible, we'd like to contract a piece of the dock's work area!" Xu Mo said lightly, "Of course, we will also support you to become a big foreman." Kid, you see, how is this deal? ”

"If that's the case, I think it's okay, if I really become the big foreman, I'll leave the dock area I'm in charge of to you now!" Terry gritted his teeth and agreed, but there was a sly look in his eyes.

"Alright, alright, it's almost time for the dockers to get off work, as long as you introduce Raxiu to tomorrow's porter team, our deal is closed!" Xu Mo was overjoyed, "Frieza, Kaye, you two will go with Raxiu and Terry, and when you're done, treat our Terry Boss well!" ”

"Got it, head!" Frieza and Kaye glanced at each other, they had already understood Xu Mo's words.

After the four of them left, Xu Mo turned his head and said to Yahan with a light smile: "I like to do some exciting things, you see, I broke them all up, and now you and Selena have a great opportunity." Can you call her and see if you can kill me?" ”