In order to reduce the noise caused by fleet navigation, Ushakov had to order the fleet's speed to maintain a lower level, and thus the risk of fleet discovery was greatly increased.
The forward's ten warships were on their lights, and a lot of noise was emitted from the warships, which were used to cover up the movements made by most of the movements behind them. The subsequent development was as expected by Ushakov, and the forward warships were opened.
After the lights, Kutuzov's tax collector deployed in the Sarema Island waters quickly approached the striker's battleship.
After the frontman disappeared from sight, Ushakov immediately ordered all warships to turn to 45 degrees immediately. They must maintain a large range of distance from the forward, otherwise there would be a risk of exposure. Ushakov's order was issued.
After that, there was no trace of light on the entire Baltic fleet, and all ships could only rely on the old sailors for their sailing.
The battleship of the vanguard was led by Pilenovic. This major general of the Baltic Fleet had an admirable acting skill. At least at this moment, in the eyes of Kutuzov's tax collector, the person standing in front of them was definitely
A vicious capitalist! Look at the unclothed workers and simple equipment on the ship, and even the supplies on the ship are full of a stingy smell.
The ten ships transported some food, grains and some clothing. Although these materials are relatively valuable in this chaotic era, according to the tax rates set by Kutuzov, these materials can only be at most.
The tax on less than 600 silver coins was collected, which made the soldiers of the tax troop satisfied.
The reason why these soldiers don’t sleep so late is not that they hope that there will be a sucker that will let them make a good decision. If the ship transports weapons, ammunition, silk, art and other contraband and luxury goods, then they will definitely
A tax that is far beyond the standard can be collected. Those excess taxes are naturally their benefits, but now, the supplies on these ships obviously go against their original intentions.
"Why haven't you seen you before? I should know about the merchant fleet of this size."
"Hehe. Sir, we used to run Denmark routes. Now that Denmark is occupied by Prussia, our business has been closed for a long time. Don't you hear that we are short of some goods, so we rushed over!
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The more tax collector Hikander looked at the businessman in front of him, the more dissatisfied. He said to Pilenovic in anger:
"According to regulations, your ship should hand over six hundred silver coins. Now I need to know where your servants are transported?"
Hikander's words did not cause Pelenovic's uneasiness. He knew that this was actually the tax collector in front of him who was dissatisfied with the value of the goods.
"Hehe, sir, my goods are all shipped from East Prussia. I heard that our General Kutuzov needs a lot of food, so I have worked hard to get such a batch from East Prussia.
I know that ordinary people don’t have any extra food in their hands this season, but I have worked hard to get out of.........."
"I get it, don't talk nonsense to me!"
After Pilenovic talked for a while, Hikandel was obviously tired of his noise. The guy standing in front of him still didn't know what was going on, which made Hikandel a little angry. He beat him
After breaking Pilenovic's words, he suddenly thought about it and said:
"Since that's the case, then you can show your departure documents from the port of East Prussia!"
When a regular merchant ship carries supplies and leaves the port, the official port will issue a document. This document not only explains the materials carried by the merchant ship, but also a tax payment certificate.
"This, sir, you know......"
"Stop talking nonsense to me. If there are no documents on departure, then you are smuggling. I can detain all your ships and cargo in the name of smuggled goods and take them out for me!"
Seeing that Pilenovic looked embarrassed, Hikander was overjoyed. As he said, there were no documents to prove the source of the materials, he could detain all these ships and send them to Kutuzov at that time.
There is definitely a great contribution in front of me. Now I have to see if this businessman is willing to give up.
"Hey, sir, I came here to help General Kutuzov. These things have spent all my property. Please be able to make peace with me."
As he said that, Pilenovic seemed to suddenly understand the rules, gritted his teeth and took out a purse from his arms, and stuffed it into Hikander's hand.
Feeling that there was something on his hand, Hikander rolled his eyes at Pelenovic. If he had been so sensible, there would be so much nonsense. Isn't this a waste of his time? Thinking in his heart, Hikander
He slammed the wallet in his hand. The sound of objects colliding in the wallet sounded so wonderful to him, but the weight made him a little dissatisfied.
Thinking of Hikander, he said:
"You have your departure documents, but we have some doubts about the legality of your goods. According to regulations, we must conduct a seizure inspection for a period of time.........."
"Don't, sir, gold coins, the one in the bag is gold coins"
Before Hikander finished speaking, Pelenovic interrupted him, and he anxiously explained to Hikander that the wallet was not silver coins but gold coins. Hearing Pelenovic's words, Xi
Kandel was obviously stunned, but then a happy look appeared on his face. He immediately opened the purse in his hand, completely ignoring the scene. They were not the only ones.
As soon as the wallet was opened, a golden light filled Hikander's eyes. Hikander, who had opened his mouth wide, almost drooled. It took him a while to wake up.
"Well, it's very good. Your procedures are complete. I think you can enter Riga Bay!"
Just as Hikander finished speaking, a sound came into his ears
"What sound!"
As he said that, Hikander immediately looked around and saw that when the sound came, Pilenovic's face turned pale in an instant, as Pie, who had fought in the navy for nearly twenty years.
Lenovic naturally knew that this sound was definitely the sound made by the fleet's sailing.
In fact, this sound cannot be blamed on the fleet for not knowing the importance of the slightestness. You must know that the sea area is so large in total. The radiation range of the defenders on Salema Island occupies most of the sea area, and the remaining waterways for the main force of the Baltic Fleet to navigate.
It wasn't much wider, and now Kutuzov's tax team is on the striker's ship, so the distance is wider and it is not surprising that some noises are heard.
Just when Pilenovic seemed a little panicked, a figure suddenly entered the room
"Sir, the power propeller on our ship is broken!"
Hearing this voice, Pilenovic called God for blessing in his heart. He rushed to the figure and shouted:
"I asked you to repair it when you left the port. You guys are fine. Why don't you go to repair it now? It's delayed my time in entering the port. Don't want your wages!"
"But sir, you asked us to practice, but we didn't give us money. We couldn't practice without money!"
"You dare to talk back, find a way to fix it. You must go to Hong Kong tonight!"
Pelenovic's yell made Hikander's attention come. Hearing Pelenovic's words, Hikander was even more angry with the businessman. It turned out to be a stingy businessman.
His own ship is so stingy. Thinking of this, Hikander knew that he would not get any benefits. Besides, he was quite satisfied with the harvest tonight, so he said to Pilenovic:
"Since your propeller is broken, I will give you three hours. After three hours, no matter whether your ship is well repaired or not, I will leave the channel. Do you know if it is!"
"I understand, I understand!"
At this moment, Pilenovic smiled extremely flatteringly. Seeing his smile, Hikander rolled his eyes again, and then walked out. He was very busy, and he couldn't tell the back of these ships.
There are also big fat sheep waiting for him to slaughter.
Seeing Hikander leaving, Pilenovic breathed a sigh of relief. Although they had made some preparations for this situation before, people would still be nervous when they were immersive.
, You should know that at this moment, Pilenovic is bearing the fate of the entire Baltic fleet and the future of the empire!
In less than an hour, no one left behind in the taxation teams still on the ships. After all, no one wants to stay outside for a long time in this weather and get frozen. You must know that it is still March and the weather is still there.
There was no warming up, and the weather at night was even more troublesome. If the taxation team had not been able to get some extra money, none of these soldiers would have been willing to come out. Even so, the extra money that fell into their hands would be pitiful.
Just after the taxation team was withdrawn, Pilenovic shook his sore neck and ordered:
"Everything sets, our goal is Riga!"
After the order from Berenovic was issued, the ten forward ships immediately lined up toward the Bay of Riga.
Seeing that these ships finally started, Hikander just raised his eyelids. Sitting in the warm cabin, he didn't want to brave the cold to watch those guys get out.
After counting the gold coins in his hand, Xikandel suddenly became a little worried. Although there were many gold coins, if he took them out, he would not get many. Thinking of it, he took out some silver coins and put them in the money bag again.
Among them, after shaking the weight of the purse, Hikander smiled, so that he would not be afraid of losing money!
PS: I'm busy losing weight recently, hey, I'm looking for a partner!