Chapter 249: "The Son of Freedom" (Ⅱ)

The municipality of Port Leiden has never publicly acknowledged the existence of the "son of liberty", but secretly and secretly it has been exhausting ways to try to suppress the influence of this underground force.
Unfortunately, so far, all attempts to destroy the "son of freedom" have ended in failure.
Part of the reason is that the colonial authorities could not confirm the true identity of the leader of the organization, and a more important factor is that the military, political, and commercial circles of Leiden have long been infiltrated by the "son of freedom", even the municipal council There is no shortage of insiders and even asylum seekers of the organization.
The action of the military and police against the "son of freedom" has not yet begun, and the wind has spread to the ears of those gang members in advance, and they fled from Leiden Port in time to avoid the limelight.
The so-called "black sweep operation" is always thundering and raining, and it is worth celebrating.
In such an environment, the suppression of the authorities not only cannot completely eradicate the "son of freedom", but will also promote its growing strength.
As a matter of fact, the influence of the "Freedom Sons Association" is not limited to Port Leiden.
From Yalfheim to Meadgard, and then to Jordonheim, the major cities and towns on the east coast of the New World have active children.
The "League of Freedoms" in Port Leiden is only the helm of this huge organization. As for the headquarters of the organization, only the seniors of the "Freedom of Children" know.
Joan had heard Major Vassar say that the highest decision-making level of the "Son of Freedom" is composed of three mysterious characters.
The number one leader is in charge of the finance and senior cadres of the association.
The second-ranked leader is in charge of military and intelligence.
The third-ranked leader is responsible for organizing personnel work and supervising association officials above the middle level.
Judging from the rigorous and orderly organizational structure of the "Children's Association of Liberty", it is more like a mature party than a loose gang, and it is not engaged in small-scale activities such as bullying the market, opening casinos, pimping or collecting protection fees. Noisy criminal activity.
From the first day of its establishment, the "Children of Freedom Association" has established two closely related major businesses, smuggling and selling stolen goods!
In order to facilitate ocean-going smuggling activities, it is said that the "Children of Freedom" spared no expense to create an armed fleet affiliated with the organization. The ship's tonnage and firepower are powerful, and it even dares to confront the anti-smuggling fleet of the colonial authorities.
Thousands of merchant ships engaged in maritime smuggling activities from Alfheim to Jodenheim.
Most of these merchant ships do not have the capability, sailing in the vast ocean, not only to guard against pirate attacks, but also to avoid the anti-smuggling warships.
Even if Poseidon blessed, the smuggling ship successfully landed, and then managed to store the cargo on the ship to a safe dock warehouse to avoid tax police inspection, and finally managed to secretly transport these tax evading goods to cities and towns for sale.
Every aspect of the above process violates the law.
Once the smugglers were caught by the police, they were fined to bankruptcy, fell into prison, and severely sentenced to death. The body was hung on the gallows near the dock to show the public. They were subjected to wind and rain for many years, and they could not be buried until they corroded into skeletons. .
Driven by huge profits, the businessmen were willing to take the huge risk of getting on the gallows, and went on to take part in smuggling activities.
Although the severe crackdown by the imperial authorities failed to put an end to smuggling activities, it also forced smugglers to seek a more secure way to make a fortune, for which they spared no expense to seek protection.
The "Son of Freedom" was born in response to this ubiquitous demand.
This huge gangster across the east coast of Wilnoya, some of them are horses and thugs, neither lack of armed forces nor lack of intelligence networks, can provide smugglers with a full range of services from escort, early warning to the sale of stolen goods.
Once the smugglers have established a relationship with the "Children's Freedom Association" and paid full commission, it is like buying a shipping insurance, and you can sit back and relax.
Relying on the boldness and unscrupulous ruthlessness that violated all laws in the world, the "Son of Freedom" seized immeasurable wealth through illegal business such as smuggling and selling stolen goods, and devoted most of its wealth to expansion Arming and recruiting horses has greatly expanded the "Children of Freedom Association" from the scale of personnel to the sphere of influence.
It has been only ten years since its creation, and it is conservatively estimated that its number of members is not less than 10,000, and it has become the undisputed underworld overlord in the New World!
Knowing that Joseph Adams and "Mrs. Wolf" were both cadres of the "Children's Freedom Association", another doubt in Joan's heart was suddenly bright.
"Ms. Wolf", why did she instigate her "Shadow Servant" to play tricks on Snow Manor and make Snow's chickens and dogs restless?
The answer is actually very simple.
Just because the owner of this manor is Andrew Snow.
The newly appointed Chief of the Customs Administration of Yalfheim, publicly accused the "Children's Association" at the hearing of the Municipal Council, claiming that this gang organization is the biggest cause of smuggling activities that have been repeatedly banned and even increasingly rampant. "Freedom "Son" will not be eradicated one day, and anti-smuggling activities cannot be carried out effectively.
Based on the above judgment, Andrew Snow asked the municipal council to authorize him to reorganize the anti-smuggling force and clear out the anti-smuggling personnel suspected of being bought and used by the "Son of Freedom" from the military police.
In addition, Andrew Snow also asked Parliament to introduce a bill to crack down on stolen goods, and people who buy and resell smuggled goods—whether intentionally or unintentionally—have to pay huge fines for this.
The above remarks by Andrew Snow can be said to have stirred up thousands of waves at once, and completely offended the interest group composed of smugglers, stolen business firms and even the general public who bought tax evasion goods.
This interest group has a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, it obstructs Andrew Snow's proposal in the municipal council. On the one hand, it instructs the "Sociation of Freedom", which also belongs to this interest group, to give this ignorant customs director a little color.
The ultimate goal is nothing more than to force Andrew Snow to bow his head and concede defeat, completely dispel the idea of ​​cracking down on smuggling.
The gang has always acted unscrupulously.
The threat of pretending to be a ghost is just a small appetizer.
It is not difficult for Joan to imagine that if Andrew Snow refuses to follow suit, it is not just ghost harassment that awaits him, kidnapping and even assassination will surely follow.
With such a thought, Joan felt a chill in his heart.
In addition to fear, there is anger and helplessness.
He didn’t know Andrew Snow, and he didn’t dare to say that the policies advocated by the customs chief could represent justice or perfection.
But he can be sure that the "Children of Freedom Association" and the interest groups behind it are definitely not good people!
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