Chapter XXIII: Smuggling Ships and Saltpeter
The Old God's sad and joyless face looked at Charles, and Burke, who had picked up the Shattered Flame Sword and stood behind the Old God, looked at him as well, but he didn't see anything.
After activating the vision, Burke lowered his head as an indescribable mass stared at the Old Gods.
The Charr spirit has a certain divinity, and looking at the face has little effect on the simple spiritual peep at the Charr, but opening the deep spiritual vision can penetrate the layers of camouflage and get a glimpse of the cone divinity.
The Old God withdrew his gaze and pointed at Charles with one hand, and the Charr's spirit exploded.
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The space around him gradually shifts and superimposes, and the tearing sensation of space and the strange halo of light heralds the return of Charles to the real world.
The will continued to spread along the passage and jumped into the body hiding on the roof, and the fusion of spirit and flesh made him feel the warmth he had not felt for a long time, and moving his body to relieve the backache and sourness of his body.
In the three-story villa at No. 10 in the small dock area, Burke's fingers moved, propping up his tired body to look out the window, and his eyes looking at the city center became deep, and his fists clenched.
Late at night.
A light rain began to fall from the sky, and drops of rain fell from the sky with surging kinetic energy. Penetrated the vast gray haze and washed the entire city of industrialized polluted air.
A three-masted sailing merchant ship pushed through the estuary and sailed into the canal after a bumpy ride through the waves.
didn't stop at the big pier, and drove directly into the small pier, there were already a few people waiting on the stone road in the dock area, with a strict look under the black trench coat and top hat.
"Has the goods arrived? I hope there will be no accidents. ”
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Charles had been waiting in the docklands for a long time, jumping out of the house and transforming into a police officer's uniform, and walking towards the man in a trench hat with his sheriff's card.
Several trench coat men put their hands on their waists, but when they saw Charles's clothes clearly, they released their hands from their waists, and Charles just smiled, picked up the sheriff's card, and handed it to the leader's trench coat.
The trench coat was a little disgusted, "It's already been dotted!"
A black line flashed through Charles' mind. "I'm not asking for money!"
The trench coat was also puzzled, "Then why did you come here?"
Charles smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Someone reported that you were transporting illegal arms, and I came here to check." ”
The trench coat has a calm expression.
"How can there be any such things? Not at all. ”
"Drink some wine?" Charles waved his hand, "No, no." ”
Charles stood with him and waited for the ship to dock.
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As the ship approached, the crew's pupils shrank when they saw Charles, but they instinctively put the plank down, and the captain who was smoking snuffed out the cigarette butt and stepped down to shake hands in front of Charles.
"Routine checks. ”
"Please," the captain straightened his hat and followed after Charles.
Along the planks of the ship, the sound of pimpling footsteps sounded, and stepping into the dim, cramped, fishy cabin, filled with blind, nervous and frightened crowds.
Dried blood and tattered items on the ground, numbness and indifference were commonplace here.
The tattered clothes and various styles of clothing, pupils, colors, and skin all indicate that they are stowaways, and the damp and dreary environment is vividly reflected in the oppressive bottom of the boat.
With sunken eyes, a tired face, and a somewhat dull gaze, instead of showing a happy expression, Charles was disgusted and frightened.
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Charles also has some understanding, after all, the police also belong to the state apparatus.
With a lot of space vacated, Charles walked straight to the wooden box, and the captain picked up the key and unlocked it.
Turning over bottles of high-grade tea, they were full of rare ores, and there was nothing else that was not at all contraband.
Charles's face became more and more gloomy, and the captain next to him smiled meaningfully when he saw Charles's appearance.
Charles carefully examined the gaps under the planks and "moved the box away", and several people worked together to move the box away.
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A plank was exposed, and Charles lifted it to reveal a staircase leading downward. "Come and follow me. ”
A few men followed him with torches. A man in a trench coat and the captain followed closely behind the Charles.
The space underneath was neither large nor small, with more than 20 chests on it, and when Charles lifted the lid of the boxes, the captain's breathing suddenly became rapid.
Inside was a pile of gray-white ores and grains, and the captain at this time was a little less calm, and even his eyes began to fill with murderous intent, but they quickly disappeared.
Charles didn't care about his threat, "What is this?"
The captain clenched his fists, then let go.
"It's nitrate. ”
"Nitrate?"
The charr was a little confused, but quickly remembered that the most important component of huoyao was nitrate, then carbon and sulfur.
Looking at the captain's increasingly gloomy face, Charles didn't want to break out into a pointless battle, "Forget it, it's okay to transport this thing, don't forget to transport the draw to the town hall." ”
The captain regained his expression, "No problem, no problem", and held out two fingers, "I'll add two more basic points." ”
Flatteringly, he slipped a bag of gold coins into Charles's hand. Charles flipped the gold coin, patted him on the shoulder, (inimitable) "Hello know for yourself", and walked straight past him out of the hatch.
When they came out, everyone in the cabin was driven outside.
The dock management took them to a warehouse in one place. Charles followed suit, and there were three wooden tables with a sign on each table.
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They are flour mills (which have existed since 1700 years of the earth's history), textile mills (textile factories that evolved into factories), and steel mills.
A single gunshot drowned out all the noise, and the area was uninhabited...... , the sound of gunfire will not attract attention either.
The windbreaker was shot again and crashed into the steel beams. "What's the noise?"
"The sturdy men go to the steel mills, the women go to the textile mills, and the rest follow me to the mines. ”
"Everyone gets a job and is rewarded with 50p first. ”
"But when I was introduced, he told us a decent job" "Why did the negotiation change?" ......
The crowd complained dissatisfied, and many people looked at Charles, and instantly made up all kinds of collusions...... , so it's not too loud.
"I don't care what others promise when I come, but it doesn't work here!"
Charles remembers that the Bode Mine, which is clearly written on the information on Burke's desk, is the property of former Mayor Govin Savinville.
"What's going on in the Bode Mine?"
The administrator was a little impatient, "I don't know either. ”
"Go aside, don't delay me in assigning them jobs, if they are not assigned to work tonight, they will be sent to prison if they are found, and there are industrial equipment in the prison, and when they enter the prison and come out, they will be out of touch with the times, abandoned by the hellish era. ”
"You're new here, you don't even know about the commission, you just finished delivering it two days ago. ”
Charles was silent, once the unspoken rules are clarified, they will become iron rules, no wonder, Chauvinwill is not only the fourth-level Charles can offend, rashly opposed, you will only die!