Chapter 125: Unloading (3)
Loewgang, Sweet Shrimp Tavern.
The first floor of the small building in the backyard is a large gambling hall with black miasma and full of people, while the second floor is divided into small private rooms, which can be used by the big men of Loew Gang to call friends and play a few hands.
At the end of the corridor, several lean men sat lazily on stools, their eyes vigilantly scanning the men and women in the corridor.
Behind the small door beside them, Lao Duoli and a few old friends sat at a round table, stacks of bronze banknotes in front of them, small piles of golden gold coins, looking at the cards in their hands with different expressions.
"Damn it!" A middle-aged man with a big beard angrily threw down the cards in his hand, shook his head and said, "This one, I give up...... Ah, it should start over there, right? ”
A brick-faced man smiled, he looked obscene and dirty, with seven or eight holes in his left ear, and a dozen gold rings set with small carat diamonds and blue rubies hung from him.
He triumphantly took out a palm-sized pocket watch with a pure gold shell, opened it with a 'ding' sound, and then nodded: "It's almost time...... It's time for a fight, right? ”
Lao Duoli pressed the cards in his hand on the table one by one, and then rubbed his hands vigorously: "I'm sorry, look at the cards, I'm the biggest, kill all...... Dear brothers, ho, kill all! ”
Picking up the wine glass in front of him, he took a sip of the spirits, and Lao Duoli smiled strangely at the middle-aged man who was sitting on his left hand side and had been silent: "Okay, black donkey, what are you worried about?" Loew Gang has the rules of Loew Gang, the police will never attack the hard workers under your command when they catch smuggling boats. ”
"But I leaked the news...... "The black donkey threw the cards in his hand indiscriminately, and said a little annoyed: "The blue-ringed sea snake came to me to order someone, and I leaked the news to you, and you passed it on to our lovely and immature rookie director...... Yes...... I've always been a businessman......"
"Don't be afraid, no one will know that it was you who leaked the news. We're old friends, and in Loeff Heights, those big families are strong, but we're just as strong. The old priest slowly pulled the gold and bills on the table in front of him, and began to wash the cards.
"This time, let's weigh the quality of the two of them...... "Old Duo said slowly, "Let's see who is stronger, the newly rising Vetto, or the old Imperial Marquis." ”
"It would be better if they could match each other." The lewd man with a brick knife face 'giggled': "The two big beasts beat their heads and bleed, so that we hyenas can share the meat and eat it...... Loew Gang never needs order...... There is never a need for a strong and unified force on the surface. ”
In Sea Urchin Bay, two sailors who got off the dinghy and a group of heavily armed men connected their heads, they made a few incisions, and each side took out a large copper coin of the Triumphal Arch that was cut, and the two copper coins were tightly pieced together, and the expressions of both sides relaxed a lot at the same time, and they smiled happily.
One of the sailors turned around, carrying a torch and scribbling twice to the sea.
After about a quarter of an hour, two fast cargo ships sailed into the waters of Sea Urchin Bay.
During this time, a large group of figures rushed out of the trees and weeds on the beach, and they took out various tools and materials to piece together a temporary trestle bridge on the beach of Sea Urchin Bay in just half an hour.
There are several rows of wooden piles fixed under the water of Sea Urchin Bay, as long as the tools are at hand, the materials prepared are sufficient, and the heavy wooden planks are nailed to the wooden piles, the construction of the trestle can be quickly completed.
The two fast cargo ships leaned against the trestle, the gangway was lowered, and a large group of figures boarded the ship along the gangway, like industrious worker ants, busily carrying out a well-sealed wooden box from the huge cabin.
On the beach of Sea Urchin Bay, wooden crates are gradually piling up.
Outside the grove above the beach, on the gravel-paved road, elongated open-top four-wheeled trucks pulled out of the darkness, and many of the people who followed the four-wheeled trucks washed down the path to the beach, transporting the unloaded wooden crates onto the trucks.
A little farther away, a few sturdy young men in black uniforms, whose figures almost blended into the darkness, squinted their eyes, and their eyes flashed with a faint green glow like a beast, calmly watching these busy guys.
Behind them, a little farther away, Joe had already taken Lan Mujin and the others, cautiously and gradually approaching.
The sea urchin bay is brightly lit, but not much sound is heard. Near the road on the beach, nearly 100 heavily armed guards stood in groups of three or five in the dark, vigilantly observing the movements around them.
Joe came to the side of a few sturdy young men.
His pupils glowed crimson, and Joe's eyes swept around, and in the darkness, the guards on the other side were like a human-shaped torch, emitting a dazzling light in the darkness. Hundreds of feet away, Joe could clearly grasp their every move.
And these young men who followed Lan Mu Hibiscus and Lan Ki Terrier to leave the army and join the police station, Joe deliberately took a few more glances at them - the light emitted from them was very dim, and if Joe didn't know that they were here, Joe would even ignore their existence.
Joe quickly glanced at Lan Mujin beside him.
Lan Mujin's whole person seemed to melt into the darkness, except for the faintly fluorescent eyes, he almost merged with the darkness.
'Swamp Shadow Wolf'...... There is also a 'saber-toothed wolf' that is one order worse than it......
Joe was amazed in his heart, but he didn't have time to think about these things now, so he gathered around a few young men who were in charge of surveillance, and crouched lightly beside them.
"How?"
A young man raised his head and lowered his voice: "There are more than six hundred guards, nearly eight hundred porters, and nearly one thousand two hundred coachmen and lifu...... There are more than 50 fast cargo ships on the sea, and depending on the tonnage, each cargo ship has a cargo capacity of not less than 100 metric tons. ”
"More than 5,000 metric tons? Sure enough, it's a big deal. Joe took off his helmet and scratched his head a little annoyed: "Eight hundred porters? Does it make a lot of people useful? With only two ships at a time, they could not have 8,000 porters on board at the same time...... With such a slow efficiency, are they ready to work all night? ”
"Joe, when are we going to do it?" Fang stroked the hilt of the saber, a little impatient to strike.
"Wait for the brothers to complete the encirclement, and wait for the signal from Duke Ross's new fleet." Qiao grinned: "The Garsica Island Detachment, whose strength has soared, was actually used to fight smuggling in the first battle...... The first class battleship shelled the fast cargo ship, oh oh, it was so enjoyable. ”
"I hope they don't order some worthless garbage this time. Gotta something good...... I promised Duke Ross that she would have half of the seizure. Joe crouched under the grape trellises, peering into the brightly lit sea urchin bay in the distance, muttering to himself.
Hundreds of uniformed policemen hid quietly under the grape trellises, and more than 30 giant mastiffs stuck out their tongues silently, and saliva continued to drip from the tip of their tongues.
The entire Loewgang, whether it is now belonging to the camp of the Marquis of Seaark, or belonging to the camp of the Wittu family, or the centrist landlords represented by Lao Duoli, the attention of the entire Loewgang is focused on Sea Urchin Bay.
Those who are qualified to know the news basically know the news - Bill, the blue-ringed sea serpent, organized a large-scale unloading operation in Sea Urchin Bay, and this goods was ordered by the Wells family a few months ago.
Now the situation in Loewgang is delicate, and countless people are waiting to see what the outcome of tonight will be.
Just on the west side of Sea Urchin Bay, six or seven miles west of the coastline that winds like a dog gnawing on thin biscuits, there is a small wild wharf.
Descending a steep slope, there is a small sandy beach, less than a hundred feet wide. In front of the beach, there is a shallow bay of water, and a winding waterway is three or four miles long, leading from the wild pier to the open sea.
A dinghy leaned against the beach, and two sailors looked around with cigarette rolls in their mouths.
The grass on the beach moved, and a haggard Messinger, dressed in a black robe and carrying a large package on his back, cautiously walked out of the darkness. Bill, the blue-ringed sea serpent, carried a saber and followed Messinglad with a gloomy face.
The two sailors spat out the cigarette butts in their mouths, carefully jumped onto the beach, and bowed silently to Bill, the blue-ringed sea serpent.
Mezinglad stood on the beach and shook Bill's hand: "Uncle Bill...... I will come back, believe me, I will come back with enough strength and power to restore the glory of the family, enough to take revenge on all enemies. ”
Bill looked at Messinglad with deep eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Messing, that's all I can do. Now that Flying Fish Chuck has taken over most of the family's power in Loeff Height, I dare not trust these family traitors...... That's all I can do. ”
"Catch the attention of those bastards over there in Sea Urchin Bay, Messing, get out of here...... Go far and fly high, don't have enough strength, and never come back. Bill gritted his teeth and said coldly, "I will stay in Loew Height, as long as I don't die......"
"Those traitors of the family, I will not let them go." Messinglad gritted his teeth viciously, shook Bill's hand hard, and then turned to leave.
Accidentally, Messinglad fell on the beach and threw himself on the sand.
The package behind him was not tightly fastened, and a thin stone slab, completely black, with signs of damage everywhere, fell out of the package.
The slate reflected a faint glow in the moonlight, and the ghostly light flowed, and the slate felt as if it was not solid, but a flowing whirlpool.
"Damn it!" Metzinglad cursed, and he stood up, scrambled to wrap the slate in a wrap, then waved to Bill, and hopped into the dinghy.
Under Bill's watch, the dinghy left the beach and glided slowly across the cove, into the narrow channel leading to the open sea.
Bill was about to turn away when the dinghy slowly rowed back.
Bill stopped, stunned as he looked at the returning dinghy.