Chapter 17 Investment
"No!" Before Xu Mo finished speaking, Camill immediately shouted angrily, "Lilu would never be a hostage to you!"
"Yes, if we can't even protect our own president, we might as well die here!" Fernande and Emilio looked at each other and agreed in unison.
"Maybe I didn't express it very clearly. I was not discussing with you, but just simply notifying you." Xu Mo slowly curled his smile and said lightly, "Of course, you can refuse too! In that case, I will kill you first, and then sink the Flanders merchant ship on the sea. At most, when I return to Stockholm, I will just say humility to Hedram!"
While speaking, Xu Mo glanced at Lilu. The Dutch girl remained silent after he expressed her intention. To be honest, Xu Mo didn't care about the agency agreement between the Agot Chamber of Commerce and Hedram. If the person on the other side was not Lilu, he would have ordered the killing and burning the ship and smeared the entire Dutch merchant ship.
Xu Mo did not immediately choose to kill these people from the Agote Chamber of Commerce. It was not that the old leader K discovered his conscience. But after he saw Lilu, a new plan was born in his mind.
The biggest threat to the old K Group in the era of Haiquan was the Temple of the Gods. Although due to the particularity of this world, the two teams are not even clear where the other party is now, the members of the old K Group believe that they will definitely encounter the Temple of the Gods on the next adventure.
The old K Group now has the strong ship and cannon, as well as the help of Tielle, Christina and others. In terms of using the plot power, it is one step ahead of the Temple of the Gods.
However, this advantage cannot determine the final victory of the team battle. The warships can be robbed. If the Temple of the Gods are lucky, the navigators will not be able to recruit them. After all, this world is a paradise for navigators. There are still some unsuccessful navigators in the ports and taverns of various European powers, which can be recruited by them.
The most important thing to decide the first move of the sea battle is who can grasp the opponent's intelligence. After understanding the performance of the opponent's ship, you can choose the combat method in a targeted manner. Once you get the opponent's route, you can conduct raids along the way. If you want to win a naval battle, these intelligence is crucial, and at some point it can even reverse the huge gap in the performance of the warship.
At present, the two teams are still at the same starting line in intelligence, but the intelligence sources of the two teams are different. The intelligence sources of the Temple of the Temple of Gods in the era of the sea power were other teams in the Y space, while the intelligence sources of the old K group were plot forces, such as: Earl Larson's connections and the Swedish naval intelligence agency.
Seriously speaking, the former of these two intelligence modes is more reliable. The reason is that the intelligence of the reincarnationists is more targeted. They can find out which naval battles are done by the reincarnationists in the rare naval battle rumors. After all, the combat methods of the reincarnationists are very different from the characters in the plot, and it is not difficult to distinguish which naval battles are involved in the reincarnationists.
In fact, this is also the most important reason why Xu Mo just stopped the old K-squad members from taking action and did not use two golden plot weapons. He hoped that Vasa could hide as much as possible among the numerous plot warships and delay the time it was locked by the Temple of the Gods.
The title of the Three Big Wistyros is indeed very loud, but there are very few reincarnators who know that Xu Mo is Alfred, thus locking in the Vasa. It is almost impossible for these people to help the Temple of the Gods.
The old K-square group can hide itself in the plot like a chameleon, but the Temple of Gods cannot do this. If they want to snipe the old K-square group in the era of sea power, they must obtain a warship completely under their control and recruit some experienced navigators.
In this way, they cannot keep a low profile and are likely to need to seize warships through force and quickly make some reputation at sea in order to recruit outstanding navigators.
However, even if the Temple of the Gods cannot act in a low-key manner, it will be difficult for the old K-squad to obtain this information without the help of other teams. Earl Larson cannot help much. After all, the Larson family basically serves in the army and is powerless to the ocean. Although Sweden has risen rapidly in recent years, it is still in a corner of the geographical location because of its short time and its intelligence agencies established around the world are not perfect and are basically in the grass-roots stage.
The fleet movements and combat intelligence of the hostile navy may be able to provide some help. But it is too difficult for them to help find clues to the temple.
However, the Netherlands is different. Amsterdam is the largest financial and trade center in the Age of Discovery. Regular naval, pirate, merchant, and adventurers gather here, and there are all kinds of religions and all kinds of things. As long as it is about navigation, all kinds of versions can be found here, which almost concentrates all the world's business information, naval war information and adventure stories.
Lilu and Camille are local snakes in Amsterdam. Although the scale of the Agot Chamber of Commerce is not large, in the last experience, Xu Mo had already clearly understood the skills of this Dutch girl. It is a very amazing thing to be able to start from scratch and occupy a place among the many large chambers of commerce in Amsterdam.
The moment he saw the Dutch girl, Xu Mo's heart was filled with surprise. If the Agoth Chamber of Commerce could continue to provide him with information, he believed that he would be able to find out the movements of the temples from the vast sea rumors.
However, this Dutch beauty is too smart and it is not easy to take advantage of her. Then the only way is to start with the friends she values.
"I agree to be hostages for you, but you must send the three of them back to the merchant ship first!" When Xu Mo was paying attention to Lilu, the Dutch girl was also secretly observing the newly released Swedish naval admiral. Realizing that there was no room for resistance on her side, the beautiful girl president of the Agot Chamber of Commerce sighed and finally chose to compromise.
"No, Lilu, you are the president of the Agot Chamber of Commerce and cannot be kept as a hostage!" At this time, Camill and others finally calmed down. Camill looked up helplessly and said to Xu Mo, "Admiral Alfred, since you need a hostage to ensure that we do not disclose the movements of the warship, then let me be a hostage for you!"
"...Yes, but you cannot compare with President Agote. Apart from you, the remaining two people must be left behind! Oh, that big man, if your president doesn't keep his promise, at least this big man can help us block more lead bullets." Xu Mo stretched out his finger and pointed at Emilio, "Also, in addition to hostages, you must hand over the gold coins on the merchant ship as a deposit..."
"What? You are robbing~ robbing!" Camille blushed and said angrily.
"Admiral Alfred, can I talk to you alone?" Lilu suddenly smiled and said with a smile.
"Hmm? Of course!" Xu Mo's eyes flashed, he walked down the bridge and opened the captain's hatch door, "Please come in, President Agot!"
"The waters of your combat this time are the Mediterranean, right?" As soon as you entered the captain's room, Lilu released her tight little face and asked with a smile.
"Don't ask about my course around the bush, I won't tell you!" Xu Mo raised his eyebrows and glanced at the Dutch girl alertly, "Do you want something to drink?"
"Hehe, no need! With this powerful warship under your feet, there is almost no existence that can threaten it in other waters. Only the Mediterranean with strong hands can have your opponent. Do you force me to leave my crew behind, do you want the Agot Chamber of Commerce to provide you with fleet information from hostile countries?" A cunning gaze flashed in Lilu's green pupils.
"Bang!" The wine glass in Xu Mo's hand was cracked. The young man was silent for a while, put the broken wine glass on the table, and looked back and looked at Lilu deeply. This Dutch girl felt so keen. As a prisoner, she could still have such a clear mind. No wonder she could establish a chamber of commerce in Amsterdam and make a great fortune.
"You have a good mind and great intuition, but this does not change my decision!" Xu Mo said cautiously with a flash of eyes.
"Of course, the strong people on the sea are respectful. You have controlled the scene. I don't expect you to be compassionate and let us go unconditionally!" Lilu waved her hand and said with a smile, "I just want to talk to you about investment..."
"Investment?" Xu Mo blinked and looked at the girl in a daze.
"Yes, invest!" Seeing Xu Mo's stunned look, Lilu finally narrowed her big eyes happily.
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"Admiral Alfred, then Lilu will say goodbye first! Camille and Emilio will ask you to worry!" Soon, the captain's cabin door opened again, Lilu pulled the skirt with a smile, gave a half-squat salute to the Swedish admiral behind her, then walked back to her companion and whispered instructor.
"..." Compared to Lilu's relaxed expression, Xu Mo's face was gloomy as if it was about to drip water.
"BOSS, Lilu said something to you in the captain's room, you don't seem very happy!" Dinah asked curiously in the team channel.
"Haha, is it that obvious?" Xu Mo's smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "If you look at it from the perspective of commercial negotiations, I was a complete defeat. This Dutch girl president is indeed very smart. She took advantage of my urgent need for information and basically avoided the losses in naval warfare.
In addition to the hostages, she promised to give me information regularly and give me 20,000 gold coins from the merchant ship. However, it is not our spoils, but similar to investment. We need to hand over the private goods we get to their agent for sale when we return. If the Vasa cabin could be filled with private goods, she would not only get 20,000 gold coins, but also have a considerable profit."
Then, the Vasa put down a small boat, and Selna took several Viking sailors and followed Lilu onto the Flanders merchant ship and took away the 20,000 gold coins on the ship.
"Long live!" Looking at the large boxes of golden gold coins, a shocking cheer erupted on the Vasa.
"BOSS, there is something, you must check it out!" While Xu Mo was smiling and accepting the attention of the sailors, Serna's slightly weird voice came from the team channel.
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