Naturally, this first smuggling business touched the hearts of all parties the most. Whether it was Lorraine or the pirate Whitebeard, they all took care of everything personally, and it was completed smoothly.
Lorraine led a group of trusted guards and escorted a large ship of goods back to the inland river smoothly.
They traveled upriver for another three days, and saw that they were only a few days away from the imperial city.
Seeing that the destination was in sight, everyone's tense nerves relaxed. Although the soldiers did not dare to go ashore to drink and have fun under Lorraine's strict orders, they did not do so in the first few days.
Even though I was nervous, I also started laughing and chatting.
When nothing happens, these gangsters gather together, look at the cargo piled up in the cabin, and discuss with gleaming eyes how much money they can make this time. With this money, they can spend all their time drinking and living happily.
How many days to live.
Every time after taking inventory of the goods, they gathered together to estimate the profits. The final calculated figures made these stupid soldiers' blood pressure soar, and they were as excited as if they were on drugs, and they were laughing so hard.
These Qiuba were used to the feasting and feasting of the imperial city. Because they had a lot of contact with the Semitic high-level officials, they had seen a lot of the rich and luxurious life of the powerful. They were very envious of the extravagant and luxurious life of the big shots.
But most of them have no money, they are just poor soldiers, holding a military salary to support their whole family. The salary of the Imperial Guard is not low, but in Akadelin, their small amount of money is not even enough.
Have a meal at a nice restaurant.
So, while other people were having fun picking up girls, they were intoxicated, but they could only watch from a distance, drooling.
Others eat two-and-a-half-foot-long lobsters, paired with 1982 Lafite. But they can only eat spicy crayfish in a tavern on the back street, and drink moonshine that costs one silver coin per barrel.
Now that I have money, I naturally want to take revenge for the days when I had no money before.
Lafite red wine, Da Vinci furniture, Armani clothes, beautiful beauties, why can only those high-ranking officials have free access to them?
After we have money, we can also go to those places to act like uncles. We can roll around on those soft Chinese beds, and we can hug those beautiful beauties who can squeeze out water with a handful of them, and then get very erotic and violent.
Very few children should not take one...
Speaking of the end, each of these soldiers' eyes glowed green with excitement, and their mouths were very dry. The only difference was that they didn't turn into wolves and howl at the moon. Now the way they looked at Lorraine had changed.
That look was like looking at the God of Wealth.
The most important transaction stage has been completed. The fleet has now penetrated into the inland. Lorraine is now a little relaxed and turns a blind eye to the behavior of these soldiers. Anyway, they have now entered the inland river, so there should be no trouble.
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It's not too far from Arkadelin, so there shouldn't be any bandits or rebels swarming around here.
In the evening of that day, the big ship came to a city on the river and parked to replenish the water and supplies.
The city is also located on an important road and is extremely prosperous. You can see the dense buildings in the city from a distance.
The port is also huge. When Lorraine's ship sailed in, there were already many ships moored inside.
In the middle, there are small boats selling goods and peddlers going back and forth between the boats, selling some small gadgets for food, and it is very lively to buy and sell.
All the officers and soldiers had been sitting on the boat for a long time and felt uncomfortable in the small space on the boat. As soon as they docked, they all jumped onto the shore impatiently and stretched out their hands and feet.
But because these goods are important, they know that the meat and chaff they will eat in the future will all depend on the business of this shop. How many brothers in the guardhouse are stretching their necks at the moment, waiting for them to come back like a watchman's stone, there can't be a little bit of it.
accident.
Therefore, they did not dare to be careless at all. They just did some activities and then boarded again, guarding the cargo on the ship tightly inside and out.
Lorraine looked at their actions and couldn't help but nodded with some satisfaction. These young soldiers were pretty good and knew what they were doing. None of them went outside to enjoy themselves.
Having said that, if there really was that kind of ignorant bitch, Lorraine would definitely not be rude and would tie him up into a fat pig and throw him on the shore, leaving him to fend for himself.
This is just the start-up stage, and there are so many pairs of eyes staring up and down that nothing can go wrong.
That kind of mud that cannot hold up the wall cannot be used no matter what. Otherwise, they will ruin a whole pot of good soup~!
After everyone had dinner, they all performed their duties without any confusion when they needed to be alert and when they needed to rest.
Lorraine thought that this night would be as uneventful as the previous nights. He also went to bed early. In this era of lack of entertainment, once it gets dark, he can only go to bed.
But in the middle of the night, Lorraine was sleeping soundly when she suddenly heard a commotion on the shore. Some were shouting loudly, and some were crying for their fathers and mothers. Lorraine suddenly woke up from her dream.
"What's going on?" He rolled up from the bed alertly. Then he put his hand on the gun and listened carefully for a long time.
But there were noisy sounds outside, including men's roars, women's screams, children's cries, and the sounds of smashing, cracking of porcelain, and the banging of iron... all kinds of sounds were intertwined together, making it extremely chaotic.
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Lorraine secretly wondered: Listening to this sound, it sounds like bandits are coming. But how is this possible? This is inside the mainland, and the security is extremely tight. In a big city like this, if bandits enter, then the city guard will not have to do it.
, he was taken directly to the vegetable market and beheaded. But if it wasn’t a bandit, how could he have made such a fuss?
Just as he was thinking about it, a guard came over, knocked on the door outside, and then said: "My lord, my lord?"
Although the voice was low, it was full of anxiety.
Lorraine opened the cabin door gently and said in a deep voice: "What's wrong? What happened? Are there bandits or river pirates?"
Although the guard was anxious, he suddenly looked strange after hearing what Lorraine said.
He paused for a moment, then bowed and said softly: "Sir, depending on the situation, it seems that the anti-smuggling team on the riverside is searching for smuggling. Your Excellency, let's..."
Lorraine couldn't help but hesitated. Then he suddenly realized it and cursed in his heart: These despicable bastards are really ruthless. They actually made a surprise attack in the middle of the night. Everyone was sleeping soundly. They were unprepared, so they just hid the rabbits and caught them all.
That's right, okay, I didn't expect the anti-smuggling team here to be very professional.
but……
Hearing the noise outside, he couldn't help but frown, and said secretly: But this is too chaotic, checking for smuggling, how can it make the same noise as a house raid. For those who don't know, I thought it was bandits coming down the mountain~!
The guard looked worried and said: "Sir, we are also smuggling. What if they copy it..."
Lorraine glanced at him in surprise, and then looked behind him. Sure enough, he saw that behind the guard, there were several people hiding secretly behind, constantly poking their heads. Looking at the situation, it was quite disturbing.
Feel.
Although they were in the dark, Lorraine recognized at a glance that those were all junior officers he had brought out.
Lorraine couldn't help but laugh and cry, and cursed in her heart: They are really gangsters from the Imperial City. They have enough arrogance but not enough brains. These ruffians are too innocent after all.
He pointed at the people in front of him and laughed and cursed: "Grandma, where did the energy you used to fight and extort, you bastards, go? Isn't it just to transport some goods? It's not a big deal, I think it scares you.
, Pee your pants, right? It’s just the local anti-smuggling team, we still don’t need them.”
Everyone was stunned and silent for a while.
Lorraine looked at it for a moment, and then asked worriedly: "Are you really scared to wet your pants?"
Everyone shook their heads hurriedly.
One of the soldiers stepped forward and said softly: "Brother... you don't know, although we people often violate military discipline, you also know that drinking and fighting are just minor problems, and it doesn't matter if you are caught, but this
This is the first time I have committed a smuggling violation. After all, it is a violation of national law. This... I always feel a little bit uneasy in my heart."
Lorraine turned to look at the other people next to her and said, "Do you think so too?"
The few people looked at each other and lowered their heads in unison, looking at their toes, like bad students caught smoking in the toilet by the stern principal.
Lorraine immediately snorted coldly and said angrily: "In this case, let's not make any money. Are you afraid? Just don't do this business. Just give them all the goods in this ship."
Help me~!”
Everyone immediately grinned.
We have been poor for half our lives, but we just want to sell these goods so that we can turn around and change our fortunes. If we really hand over these, let alone turn over, after we go back, those colleagues who have suffered losses will stare blankly.
, tore himself alive.
No one can touch the cargo on this ship. Thinking of this, they couldn't help gritting their teeth, then took a step forward and said one after another: "Sir, let's kill them?"
Lorraine glanced at them with disdain and cursed: "A bunch of dead Qiu Ba, can't think of anything else besides fighting, killing, escaping and surrendering? The thing inside your head is called the brain, not the almond. Use your brain.
Okay~!”
Everyone was stunned. The guard took a step forward and said hesitantly: "Sir, what do you mean..."
Lorraine waved her hand impatiently and said: "You ruffians, don't worry so much, I have everything.
Wait a minute, you all cheer me up and pick up the knife. If you can fool me, forget it. If something is really wrong, just fuck me. Don't forget, you are the royal guards.
If we start fighting later, don’t fucking lose my face. If we let a bunch of fat-headed and pig-headed anti-smuggling teams defeat us, then we can all fucking put our faces in their pants and go home."
A group of soldiers were in the military camp and had long been accustomed to this tone and attitude. Listening to Luo's rude and familiar scolding, instead of being angry, they felt relieved.
We are all soldiers, don't use your brains, just obey the orders. It's harder to let them use their brains than to kill them.
They stamped their feet, saluted in unison, and said, "I will obey your orders."
Then he took a step back and went back to prepare.
Following the orders, the soldiers were all ready. They held knives and swords one by one and hid in the dark. They only waited for Lorraine's order before rushing out to fight with the bastards of the anti-smuggling team.
They started a fight.
These proud soldiers have full confidence in the idiots of the anti-smuggling team, and one person can beat ten or eight of them.
But even so, they had a guilty conscience after all. Although they were well prepared, they felt that the palms of their hands were getting wet.
Lorraine looked at the nervous expressions of the soldiers and couldn't help but cursed: "You are a bunch of losers, find a rag and put it in your arms first. If a fight breaks out later, cover your face with the cloth and rush out again."
It's time to beat him up, and he will die without any evidence."
All the guardsmen suddenly woke up from a dream and shouted loudly. Yes, if you put a rag on your face, they wouldn't be able to recognize it even if you committed a crime.
They were like headless chickens at the moment, lowering their heads and looking around, but there were so many pieces of cloth in the cabin for them, so they ran more and more chaotically.
Lorraine looked at it and couldn't help but shook his head, and cursed in his heart: These bastards have really been in the regular army for a long time. They have no consciousness of being thieves at all. They are just a bunch of rookies. They even found someone to cover their faces.
I don’t know how to find the rags.
Not even as good as Leo, they are really a bunch of losers~!
He sighed, and then said seriously: "I was wrong, I was really wrong, you are not a loser, you are a bunch of fucking super losers~!"
Everyone was ashamed for a while, but they still didn't know what to do.
Lorraine looked at it and couldn't help but scolded: "Are the clothes you are wearing are butt wipes? When the situation is critical, you can't just tear off a piece and cover your face?"
These things are all details, just like window paper, they will break when you poke them.
But the more detailed things are, the less people will pay attention to them. People who know how to do it think that it should be like this, so they will ignore it, and those new recruits have not paid attention before, even though they are only separated by a window paper, they
Even if I were anxiously scurrying around like an ant on a hot pot outside, I still wouldn't understand.
This is why the army must have veterans and recruits. Only by teaching through words and deeds can those details and know-how be passed down from generation to generation. Otherwise, they will die because of some low-level mistakes on the battlefield.
After hearing Lorraine's angry scolding, the soldiers understood. They immediately looked down at their clothes with reluctance on their faces.
You must know that they came out this time, although they were wearing casual clothes for the sake of convenience, but as imperial guards, all of them are both stinky and stinky. As the saying goes, a person cannot be defeated, so this appearance must be cleaned up.
They are beautiful and the clothes are of course very expensive.
What's more, everyone is vain and so on. Many people only have this one good piece of clothing. If you ask them to tear off a piece of it, it is almost like tearing off their skin.
Therefore, we started moving one by one, slowly and slowly.
When Lorraine saw this, he couldn't laugh or cry. These Guards soldiers were all fooled. Anyway, the anti-smuggling team searching over there hadn't come yet, so he just let the soldiers do what they wanted, as long as they could get people over there.
Just finish your disguise before coming here.
A clever officer took a sheet from the bed at the back, tore it into pieces, and distributed it to the soldiers. Then they had a piece of rag to cover their faces. Then they hid in the dark. But in the night
, but you can see their bright eyes, full of excitement of being a thief for the first time.
Lorraine smiled bitterly at the moment, shook his head repeatedly, and thought to himself: The Semitic people have been in peace for a long time in recent years, and these soldiers have lived a comfortable life for too long, and none of them know how to fight.
Lorraine strolled to the bow of the ship and saw that all the lights on the ships in front were on. The anti-smuggling patrol battalion soldiers were noisily conducting searches, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, knocking on doors, breaking locks, and throwing things around.
, making the chickens and dogs restless.
A guard next to him had also stretched his neck and looked for a long time. He saw Lorraine standing next to him and asked him suspiciously: "Sir... Sir, as soon as we stopped the ship, they came to search. This
What a coincidence. Could it be that someone leaked the news and the result was against us?"
Lorraine sneered and said: "Against us? You think too highly of yourself, right? No one walks faster than us all the way here. Who will pass the news to them?"
They were just doing a routine inspection, or maybe they drank too much cat urine and came here to extort money. Didn't you see that they ransacked the shops on the shore first?"
The guard was stunned and said: "Extortion... extortion? That is illegal. How could they know the law and break it?"
Lorraine looked at his innocent eyes and couldn't help but pause for a moment, sighing inwardly: This little rookie must have just hatched, and there are still eggshells on his butt.
Then he said angrily: "This smuggling is also illegal, and we also know the law and break the law. But when you were fucking buying goods, you all grinned so happily that your mouth almost reached the back of your head, and I didn't see any of you objecting~
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At this time, the soldiers from the patrol battalion were already holding lanterns and striding along the trestle. Although they were still far away, they could still smell the aroma of alcohol wafting from their bodies.
As they walked, they kept laughing and talking about something.
"Master Doret beat that despicable thing really hard."
"Yeah, yeah, that guy screamed like a slaughtered pig. It's so funny, hahaha..."
"I must make a good fortune today."
"That's right, we got it tonight. Those bumpkins must be dumbfounded now, hahahaha..."
"We can have a good drink at the Little Doll Cat Tavern tomorrow."
"Lord Dorrett, you want more than just a drink, right? I know that the maids in the tavern are all...ah...hahaha..."
"That's natural, adults are very powerful."
"Ha ha……"
Later, the language of those people became more and more despicable and filthy, which was unpalatable to the ears.
Lorraine stood on the bow of the boat and took a glance, and saw that each of those people was wearing a hat, with their clothes open, revealing the dark hair on their chests and stomachs. Their trousers were also tied very low, hanging down on their hips, making them uncomfortable.
It barely covers the vital points. It's extremely bad.
Moreover, they walked unsteadily and burped from time to time. Rather than being a group of anti-smuggling patrol soldiers, they were more like a group of the most despicable hooligans on the street.
When the soldiers of the Imperial Guard saw them, they all poked their heads out and looked at those guys curiously. Although they were also fooling around, compared with those ruffians, they were far inferior to the soldiers of the Imperial Guard.
It's just nonsense, but the anti-smuggling team below can be considered a disaster.
The soldiers from the patrol battalion came to Lorraine's boat. When they looked up, they were overjoyed.
Someone shouted loudly: "My lord, my lord, this boat looks quite big. The draft is so deep. The flag of that noble family has not been hung on the boat. It must be a fat sheep. It's unmistakable. We have to get on it and copy it."
They are worthless."
Immediately afterwards, a short, fat man with a fat head, big ears, and a shiny face came out. He had a belly full of fat intestines, and his belly was as far away as possible. His pants were drooped below his belly button, making him look like he was half naked.
He stood precariously under the boat, staring at the drunken little sow eyes, looking at Lorraine's boat from top to bottom, then waved his hand and said loudly: "Brothers, come on board.
It's absolutely unmistakable. They must be smugglers, or not. If you rob them, you'll have all the money you paid for going to the brothel tonight."
After everyone heard this, they immediately let out a wolf howl, yelled "Aoao", and rushed to the boat.
Lorraine took a step forward and stood in front of the boat without saying a word.
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned. Looking at the long sword shining in Lorraine's hand, they couldn't help but feel guilty, and they all stopped.
Some of the timid ones even backed away slowly.
At this time, a person behind him shouted in a stern voice: "Boy across the way, you heard clearly, we are from the patrol camp, what do you want to do with a sword? Are you still thinking about killing officials and rebelling?"
?
To tell you the truth, there are tens of thousands of troops stationed in our city. With just one whistle, they will all be out. Even if you want to resist, you must seriously consider the consequences~!
Each of us can drown you with just a spit of spit. Put down your weapons quickly..."
Maybe he saw the long sword as bright as frost in Lorraine's hand. Although the man kept shouting, he didn't dare to say a single curse word. Let alone curse words like before.
Lorraine didn't want to talk nonsense with him, and said: "Call your leader over. We are from the Royal Guards and have a secret military mission."
Dorrett looked up, then stared, and shouted angrily: "Royal Guards? What's wrong with the Royal Guards? Are they very powerful?"
In my eyes, the Royal Guards are nothing but nothing!
And whether I let it go or not depends on my taste."
After everyone heard this, they immediately laughed wildly.
Dorette slapped the railing and shouted angrily: "Brothers, go up and search for me! If you see anything that is an eyesore, I will smash it. If anyone dares to stop you, I will beat you hard. Beat me to death."
If you beat him to death, I will be responsible.
What the hell are you royal guards? I don’t take them seriously~!
They show off their power all day long, and there are five of them and six of them. Today we have to let those dead people wake up and let them know what they are~!"
A group of soldiers from the patrol camp were dizzy from drinking. After hearing his heroic words, their blood suddenly surged and they became mad. They roared angrily and rushed towards Lorraine in unison.