Chapter 249 "Son of Liberty" (Ⅱ)

The Municipality of Port Leiden has never publicly acknowledged the existence of the "Son of Liberty", but they have been trying their best to suppress the influence of this underground force, both openly and secretly.

Regrettably, all attempts to destroy the Sons of Liberty have so far failed.

Part of the reason is that the colonial authorities could not confirm the true identity of the leader of the organization. Another more important factor is that the military, political, and business circles in Leiden Port have long been infiltrated by the "Sons of Liberty". Even the city council There is also no shortage of insiders and even patrons of the organization.

The military and police action against the "Sons of Liberty" had not yet begun, and the news spread to the ears of the gang members in advance, and they fled Leiden Harbor in time to avoid the limelight.

The so-called "sweeping crime operations" are always thunderous and rainy, and it is worth celebrating if you can finally catch a few small shrimps who run errands.

In such an environment, the suppression by the authorities will not only fail to completely eradicate the "Sons of Liberty", but will promote them to grow stronger and stronger.

In fact, the influence of the "Sons of Liberty" was not limited to the Port of Leiden.

From Alfheim to Midgard, and then to Jotunheim, the "Sons of Liberty" are active in every major town on the east coast of the New World.

The "Sons of Liberty Association" in Port Leiden is just a sub-helm of this huge organization. As for where the headquarters of the organization is located, only the top management of the "Sons of Liberty" knows.

Joan once heard from Major Vasa that the top decision-making level of the "Sons of Liberty" is composed of three mysterious figures.

The number one leader, in charge of the association's finances and senior cadres.

Ranked second leader, in charge of military and intelligence.

The third-ranked leader is responsible for organizing personnel work and supervising the association cadres above the middle level.

Judging from the rigorous and orderly organizational structure of the "Sons of Liberty", it looks more like a mature party than a loose gang, and it is not engaged in such small things as bullying the market, opening casinos, pimping or collecting protection fees. Violent criminal activity.

From the first day of its establishment, the "Sons of Liberty" established two closely related main businesses, smuggling and selling stolen goods!

In order to facilitate ocean-going smuggling activities, it is said that the "Sons of Liberty" spared no expense in building an armed fleet affiliated to the organization. The tonnage and firepower of the ships were so strong that they even dared to directly confront the anti-smuggling fleet of the colonial authorities.

From Yalfheim to Jotunheim, thousands of merchant ships were engaged in smuggling at sea.

Most of these merchant ships do not have the ability to escort them. When sailing on the vast ocean, they must not only guard against pirate attacks, but also avoid smuggling warships.

Even with the blessing of the sea god, the smuggling ship successfully landed, and the next step is to try to store the goods on the ship in a safe dock warehouse to avoid the inspection of the tax police, and finally try to secretly transport these tax-evaded goods to various cities and towns for sale.

Every link in the above process has violated the law.

Once the smugglers are caught by the police, they will be punished to go bankrupt and be imprisoned, or they will be sentenced to death. .

Driven by huge profits, businessmen were willing to take the huge risk of being hanged and devoted themselves to smuggling activities one after another.

Although the severe crackdown by the imperial authorities failed to put an end to the smuggling activities, it also forced the smugglers to seek a more secure way to make a fortune, so they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to seek protection.

The "Sons of Liberty" was born in response to this universal need.

This huge gang spanning the east coast of Wilnoa, some of them are gangsters and thugs, neither lacking in armed forces nor lacking in intelligence networks, can provide smugglers with a full range of services from escort, early warning to sale of stolen goods.

Once a smuggler establishes a relationship with the "Sons of Liberty" and pays a full commission, it's like buying a shipping insurance, so you can sit back and relax.

Relying on its boldness and unscrupulous ruthless style that is not afraid of violating all laws in the world, the "Sons of Liberty" has obtained immeasurable wealth through illegal businesses such as smuggling and selling stolen goods, and has devoted most of its wealth to expanding Arming and recruiting troops has caused the "Sons of Liberty Association" to expand rapidly from the size of its personnel to its sphere of influence.

It has only been ten years since its establishment, and it is conservatively estimated that its number of members is no less than 10,000. It has become the undisputed overlord of the underworld in the New World!

Knowing that Joseph Adams and "Ms. Wolf" are both cadres of the "Sons of Liberty", another doubt in Joan's heart suddenly became clear.

"Ms. Wolf", why did she instigate her "Shadow Servants" to pretend to be ghosts in the Snow Manor, making the Snow family restless?

The answer is actually very simple.

Just because the owner of this manor is Andrew Snow.

The newly appointed Alfheim Customs Commissioner publicly accused the "Sons of Liberty Association" at the hearing of the municipal council, claiming that this gang organization is the biggest bane of smuggling activities that have been repeatedly banned and even increasingly rampant, "Freedom The anti-smuggling activities cannot be effectively carried out until the root of the "son" is eradicated.

Based on the above judgment, Andrew Snow asked the city council to authorize him to reorganize the anti-smuggling force and clear out all the anti-smuggling personnel suspected of being bought and used by the "Sons of Liberty" out of the military and police force.

On top of that, Andrew Snow has asked Parliament to introduce a crackdown on smuggled goods, requiring people who buy and resell contraband - whether knowingly or not - to pay hefty fines.

Andrew Snow's above-mentioned remarks can be said to have stirred up thousands of waves at once, completely offending the interest groups composed of smugglers, dealers selling stolen goods and even the general public who buy tax-evaded goods.

This interest group worked in two ways. On the one hand, it obstructed Andrew Snow's proposal in the municipal council, and on the other hand, it instructed the "Sons of Liberty Association", which also belonged to this interest group, to show this ignorant customs chief a little bit of color.

The ultimate goal is to force Andrew Snow to bow his head and admit defeat, and completely give up the idea of ​​cracking down on smuggling.

Gangsters have always been unscrupulous in their actions.

The threat of pretending to be a ghost is just a small appetizer.

It's not difficult for Joan to imagine that if Andrew Snow still refuses to give in, what awaits him may not only be haunted by ghosts, but kidnapping and even assassination will surely follow.

Thinking of this, Joan felt a chill in his heart.

In addition to fear, there is anger and helplessness.

He didn't know Andrew Snow well, and he didn't dare to say that the policy advocated by the Commissioner of Customs could represent justice or perfection.

But he can be sure that the "Sons of Liberty Association" and the interest groups behind it are absolutely not good people!