Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Chapter 539 Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Author: Durian Shield

Chapter 539 Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Captain Amar Snyder raised his hand and glanced at the watch on his hand, nodded to Fang Lang and said:

"According to the plan, we will arrive at the coast of Cochin Port at the southern tip of India in five hours. Are you sure we don't have to send you ashore directly?"

Fang Lang raised his head and looked at the sky. It was expected that it would get dark in more than three hours. In other words, in five hours, it would be completely dark. At this time, sneaking in in a small rubber boat would definitely make it impossible to see the ghosts.

Unaware.

“No need, just drop us off near the coast and continue on the original route.

Don’t get too involved in what happens next.”

"No problem, boss, I will restrain my subordinates and ensure that everyone maintains absolute confidentiality.

But I suggest you hurry up and go ashore. According to my experience, the weather tomorrow may not be very good."

Fang Lang looked up at the sky with some surprise and found that there were no clouds in the sky, except for the occasional two small clouds slowly drifting by.

But the humidity in the air seems to be quite high. Fang Lang has sailed in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans more and doesn't know much about the conditions in the Indian Ocean.

Later generations of ocean voyages had modern weather forecasts, and it was impossible to rely on experience to sail. Therefore, Captain Amal Snyder told him that the weather might change, which really surprised him.

However, he would not be arrogant and think that the other party was bragging. After all, in this era, there are no satellites that can monitor changes in clouds and air pressure. Most voyages rely heavily on the captain's experience.

Moreover, as a naval admiral himself, mastering weather conditions is one of his essential skills. Therefore, after Captain Amar Snyder said it, he also noticed that the humidity in the air seemed to be abnormal.

"Very good, the deterioration of the weather is not bad news for us. You don't have to worry, but you should pay attention to your own safety on the next voyage."

Captain Amal Snyder felt relieved when he heard that Fang Lang's actions seemed not to be afraid of the bad weather.

The two of them walked into the cockpit of the ship talking and laughing, and there were many crew members on the ship who took the initiative to say hello to them.

After the seaplanes on the sea dropped all the soldiers of Fang Lang's guard company, they began to refuel the planes with the help of the crew. Next, they would fly directly to the British Changi Naval Base.

With an order from the Chief of Staff of the Royal Navy, the Brazilian Navy's aviation detachment will rest for a period of time at the British's largest naval base in Southeast Asia until new orders are conveyed to them.

As for Fang Lang's soldiers from the guard company, they will be the absolute main force in this operation. Of course, so far, the soldiers from the guard company don't actually know what their mission is.

After boarding the ship, they were arranged to rest in the crew's rest area to prepare for the upcoming action in the evening.

Time passed quietly and unknowingly, and the transport ship of Global Shipping Company slowly followed its own route and approached the sea off the coast of Cochin Port, the southernmost tip of India.

In the dark night, an unmarked traffic boat and more than a dozen black rubber boats were lowered to the side of the ship. The rubber boats slowly left the transport ship under the tug of the traffic boat, and a group of heavily armed soldiers wearing civilian clothes

, sat quietly on the rubber boat and left the transport ship quietly.

About an hour later, this strange fleet slowly approached a beach with a burning fire. Qi Qingshan on the traffic boat pointed his flashlight in the direction of the fire and sent out several light signals. He quickly received a message from the fireside.

The signal came, and after the two parties communicated through light signals for a while, the fleet slowly docked at the dock.

"Boss, you finally arrived safely."

Zhuang Xintian was wearing a pair of Indian-style lantern clothes. He stood on the shore and took the equipment bag from Fang Lang's hand with a smile on his face.

Seeing Zhuang Xintian's attire, the guards and soldiers who came ashore with Fang Lang laughed strangely. Qi Qingshan couldn't help but said directly:

"What are you wearing?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Xintian lowered his head and glanced at his clothes, and said with a smile:

"These Indians are all dressed like this, with a big turban on their heads. You will know when you see them tomorrow day.

If we don't want to attract attention, we can only choose to do as the Romans do.

But if you don’t want to, you can consider changing into a sari worn by Indian women, which can wrap your whole body so that others don’t know whether you are a boy or a girl when you are walking on the road!”

Upon hearing this, Qi Qingshan glared at the other party angrily and said:

"What are you talking about? I won't wear women's clothes even if I am killed."

When Fang Lang saw the two of them fighting, he smiled and patted Zhuang Xintian on the shoulder and said:

"Okay, clothing is just a small matter. How are you doing with the preparations I asked you to do?"

Zhuang Xintian didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Fang Lang. When he heard his question, he quickly looked solemn and said:

"Don't worry, boss, everything is going according to plan. Now more than a thousand young Muslims have quietly gathered nearby. We just need your order and we can execute it according to the plan."

"Very good, have you figured out the situation in the temple?"

Fang Lang glanced at the soldiers of the guard company who were disembarking in an orderly manner behind him, then looked at the dark environment on the shore, and asked in a low voice.

"I figured it out, boss, come with me."

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Xintian turned around and walked towards a forest on the side. As he walked, he turned back to Fang Lang and said:

"The target is four hundred meters away from the seaside. You see, that's where the temple is.

According to our reconnaissance, this temple does not seem to be taken seriously by them. There are usually only three people responsible for maintaining the temple. There are usually many people who come to the temple to worship, but there is no guard force at all."

Fang Lang and Qi Qingshan followed Zhuang Xintian through a very sparse forest. Following the direction of Zhuang Xintian's finger, they saw a building about twenty meters high.

Unlike the completely dark surroundings, this building is the only place nearby that is illuminated by an oil lamp.

The building is also very close to the seaside. In the dark night, Fang Lang can vaguely see the outline of the coastline less than a hundred meters away.

"Is this far from their palace? If no one stops us, when will the palace guards arrive at the temple at the earliest?"

"The palace is located about three kilometers away from the temple. There are about 300 guards in the palace. However, according to our observations, these so-called guards have no combat effectiveness at all. Many of them are simply their servants.

However, there is an original British military camp ten kilometers away from the palace, and now one of their regiments is stationed there, but the commander of this regiment is still British."

"British people, hasn't the British Empire already announced that it will give India independence? Why are you still serving as the commander of the Indian army? It seems that you are not ready to delegate power until the last moment!

That's fine. If there are British commanders, they will not actively serve these kings and royal families. In other words, the only guards that this little king can really command are about 300 guards.

This is a good thing for us!”

"Yes, as far as I know, the British are not prepared to hand over these troops directly to these countries. In order to avoid unnecessary wars caused by the kings of the countries having too much military power, the British will definitely use the general power at the last moment.

All handed over to the Indian government."

"This is even more convenient. The current Indian government has not yet fully taken control of power, and the states below are still somewhat independent. It is very important to stabilize military power. This can be regarded as a good thing done by the British.

However, after the operation officially begins, we still need to focus on the movements of this army and not let them cause chaos to our operations."

"Yes, boss! Please give us a detailed plan."

Zhuang Xintian seemed to be very confident about this. Obviously, he had already made a corresponding plan. Upon seeing this, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction and did not continue to ask about the contents of the other party's plan.

Then, he looked at Fang Lang with some confusion and said:

"Boss, according to our reconnaissance during this period, this temple is seriously lacking in maintenance, and many parts of the building are in disrepair and are dilapidated, but even the Travancore royal family does not seem to care much about the existence of this temple.

I just sent three old men to guard it. Can such a place really have the treasure you mentioned?"

Looking at Zhuang Xintian who looked doubtful, Fang Lang looked at the temple in the darkness in the distance, constantly comparing the pictures of the temple seen on the Internet with the real thing in front of him.

He clearly remembered that the reason he discovered this treasure was because someone complained to the Indian government that the state government responsible for managing the temple was inactive and lacked effective management of the temple.

As a result, the temple was dilapidated and in danger of becoming a dangerous building, so it was requested to be taken over by the Indian government. Later, the Supreme Court of India ordered that the local government be responsible for taking over the temple.

When the local government took over the temple, it had to inventory the temple's assets. As a result, a large amount of gold treasure was discovered as soon as the temple's secret room was opened.

There were detailed pictures and information in the news reports at that time, and Fang Lang could still vaguely remember what the temple looked like, from the first glance after arriving here, although it was not very clear due to the darkness of the night.

But he was 80% sure that the building in front of him was consistent with the building in his later impressions.

"If there is any treasure, I will find out if I sneak in and see for myself tomorrow. Don't worry. The Travancore royal family may have their own reasons for not paying attention to this temple. We don't need to pay special attention to it.

If they really take it seriously, we won’t have the chance to take action.”

After speaking, he pointed with his finger to the shore closest to the temple.

"Qingshan, tomorrow we will arrange for people to dress up as local fishermen and dive along the coastline to confirm whether there is a direct passage to the temple's secret room in the sea."

Qi Qingshan and Zhuang Xintian looked at each other, not quite understanding what Fang Lang meant, but they still chose to obey orders habitually.

"Yes, boss!"

As for whether the soldiers of the Naval Guard Company could conduct diving operations, the two did not hesitate at all. After all, this was one of their regular training contents.

"Xintian, there seem to be a few households near this temple. Have you investigated clearly how many of them there are? Can we directly control them?"

"Don't worry, boss, we have investigated clearly. There are less than ten households nearby, and they are all fishermen who make a living by fishing nearby. We are absolutely sure to shut them up completely."

Fang Lang heard a hint of harshness from the other party's words, but he didn't even frown. He had already expected this. Now Fang Lang is no longer the young man he was before. He who achieves great things does not stick to trivial matters. It is the loss of the Indians.

In his opinion, it can't be considered a thing at all.

Therefore, he did not show any discomfort with Zhuang Xintian's attitude.

"Very good. Let's go to the hiding place tonight. Tomorrow you accompany me to visit the temple. Once I confirm the situation on site and confirm that there are no problems, we will start taking action directly."

"Yes, boss!"

Then, Fang Lang, accompanied by Qi Qingshan and Zhuang Xintian, quietly left the woods. The soldiers of the guard company on the beach had already completed the landing work under the leadership of other soldiers of the naval special tactics research team responsible for exploring the path.

The rubber boats had been deflated and put away by the soldiers, leaving only one traffic boat that showed no sign of any kind and was dragged into the woods and hidden by trees.

In order to ensure absolute confidentiality, the soldiers of the special tactics research team who came ashore in the early stage did not enter the Indian gathering area, but lived in an abandoned house near the beach.

This is a shack-like shack area with very poor living conditions. The original residents have disappeared. Fang Lang and others did not have any objections and hid quietly with the soldiers.

Early the next morning, Fang Lang darkened his face, put on a big beard, put on a slightly shabby Indian lantern suit, and wrapped a large turban on his head.

These basic disguises were a small problem for Fang Lang. The only thing that made Fang Lang very uncomfortable was that these ordinary Indian civilians had no shoes to wear. Therefore, in order to disguise himself, he had to go barefoot and deliberately

He painted his feet black and stepped in the dirty soil.

Although, even if these are not done, ordinary temple worshipers in Indian temples and Hindus who go to temples to worship may not be able to detect the abnormality.

But in order not to leave any hidden dangers, Fang Lang still chose to be as perfect as possible.

After completing the disguise, Fang Lang, led by Zhuang Xintian, blended into the believers who went to the temple to worship, and quietly entered the temple.

Although Fang Lang had already determined that this was the temple they were looking for last night, when Fang Lang approached the outside of the temple during the day, he was even more certain of the identity of the temple. This was indeed the temple he had seen from the news of later generations.

Padmanabhaswamy Temple.

The two of them slowly walked into the temple along with the worshipers. The interior of the temple was indeed very old as Zhuang Xintian said yesterday.

The stone floor has been trodden with thick patina, and the sculptures carved from yellow sandstone have been eroded by the sea wind so that their original appearance is no longer visible.

What is even more exaggerated is that the annex buildings of two temples have obviously collapsed. Now that they are like this, it is no wonder that Hindus in future generations will complain to the Indian government. The Travancore royal family has neglected the management of this temple.

As far as Fang Lang sees now, the temple is already in ruins, not to mention what will this temple look like in a few decades.

Of course, these are none of Fang Lang's business. The most important thing for him now is to find the location of the temple's secret room to facilitate the excavation of treasures later. The two of them dressed up as devout believers and mingled among the believers and quietly looked at each one.

A room with statues of gods.

(End of chapter)