Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Chapter 540

Author: Durian Shield

Chapter 540

The management of Indian temples is actually not strict. There are only three people in the temple who are responsible for daily work and guarding. During the day, these three people are also responsible for serving as monks in the temple.

Therefore, believers are actually very free in the temple, which gives Fang Lang and the two disguised as believers very great freedom. After Fang Lang followed a group of believers and walked through all the public areas, he discovered

A very interesting phenomenon occurred.

That was the treasure room of the temple. In fact, it was not hidden in a hidden place as he imagined. Instead, it was blatantly located in a place dedicated to receiving offerings from believers.

Whether it is the three monks in the temple or the believers in these temples, they actually know very well where the tributes in the temples are stored.

But perhaps because of their beliefs, they did not regard these properties as treasures that could be cashed in, but instead regarded them as the property of the gods.

Originally, apart from the treasures of the Travancore royal family, a large part of these treasures were tributes paid to the gods by believers.

Hindu believers live a very poor life, but they would rather exchange the income earned from their hard work into gold to provide to their gods every year, hoping that they can be reincarnated into a wealthy family in the next life.

This point has the same origin as the Buddhist concept of reincarnation, but Hinduism is more cruel than Buddhism. It regards the caste system as the core doctrine and requires all believers to strictly abide by the caste system and strengthen the Indian caste hierarchy.

It makes poor people lose their ambition and think that their current hardships are all due to their sins in their previous lives. As long as they devoutly believe in gods in this life, they can be reborn as a member of a high caste in the next life.

This belief brainwashed all Indian civilians into slaves of high castes and gods. They were oppressed but never thought of resisting. Even India's independence required a unique non-violent method.

This has resulted in the entire Indian nation missing one of its most important spiritual cores.

Of course, none of this had anything to do with Fang Lang, and he couldn't even feel any sympathy for these Indian people.

"Boss, what do you think?"

While Fang Lang was thinking about the situation in Hinduism, Zhuang Xintian gently touched Fang Lang's arm with his elbow.

Following Zhuang Xintian's gaze, Fang Lang saw two Indian father and son who looked disheveled, piously raising a gold medal less than the size of a palm, and respectfully holding it in the monk's hands.

Judging from the weight of the gold medal, it is definitely a huge fortune for the father and son. Based on the income of ordinary people in India, Fang Lang estimates that the father and son will have to save at least twenty years to be able to buy such a large piece of property.

gold medal.

The Hindu monk accepted the gold medal from the father and son and did not show any surprise. It seemed that everything was so natural, and this kind of naturalness made Fang Lang feel a chill down his spine.

The two parties solemnly clasped their hands together and saluted, then the monk turned around respectfully and threw the gold medal in his hand into a stone basin in front of the statue.

Fang Lang and others were not far from the statue, and Fang Lang could clearly hear the friction sound of the gold medal sliding down the pipe under the stone basin.

After the gold medal slid a certain distance, Fang Lang heard a dull sound of metal collision. Based on the sliding time of the gold medal, Fang Lang estimated that the secret room where the gold was stored was less than five meters below the temple.

After making this judgment, Fang Lang looked down at Zhuang Xintian beside him, exchanged glances with him, and then the two quietly left the group of believers and came to a remote corner.

"I noticed along the way that there seemed to be only two statues of gods with stone basins, which means that only the bottom of the two statues were directly connected to the temple's treasure room.

According to the information I received, this temple has a total of six secret rooms. These secret rooms that store the belongings of believers only account for a small part of the treasure. The real bulk is the treasure stored in the temple by the Travancore royal family.

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Now we have to find a way to find the entrances to these secret rooms, otherwise if we only know the location of the treasures but not the entrances to the secret rooms, then it means nothing at all."

Fang Lang's eyes swept across the various buildings in the temple, paying attention to the pedestrians around him and observing the possible entrance to the secret room.

Zhuang Xintian on the side also lowered his head slightly, his eyes constantly observing the surroundings, but this entrance was obviously not a place that could be seen at a glance.

"Do you think the monks in these temples know the entrance to the secret room? Should we directly control these three guys and ask for the location of the entrance to the secret room?"

Fang Lang hesitated for a moment and then rejected the proposal.

"No, this is the last step. We can't guarantee that they know the location of the entrance to the secret room. If we attack them now, we might alert the enemy.

If they don't know the location of the entrance to the secret room, we can only forcefully dig through the ground. The ground of this kind of stone building is very solid. Without the use of explosives, we may not be able to break through the stone slabs.

If we use explosives, there will be too much noise. The temple looks a little dilapidated, and it may cause the secret room to collapse. Then it will be more difficult for us to take out the treasure. Therefore, we cannot directly attack these things until the last moment.

The monks take action."

Hearing this, Zhuang Xintian also felt that it made sense. He frowned and nodded slightly:

"It seems like we can only continue to observe."

Fang Lang looked at the crowd around him, smiled slightly and said:

"Don't worry, we still have time. The weather is very bad today, and there may be a heavy rainstorm soon. Let's see if we can take advantage of the rainstorm to quietly break away from the crowd and walk around the temple."

Before he finished speaking, a loud thunder exploded in the sky, and the sky began to get dark in broad daylight. The believers who were worshiping devoutly in the temple unconsciously shrank their necks and turned to look at the sky outside.

Fang Lang and Zhuang Xintian looked at each other, and the corners of their eyes were slightly raised. Isn't it better to come early than to come by chance? As soon as they finished speaking, the sky began to change color. Wasn't this because God was helping them both?

In fact, Fang Lang also guessed that there might be rain based on Captain Amal Snyder's reminder yesterday.

Now it seems that Mr. Captain is really an experienced captain, and his weather forecast is very accurate. He said it would rain today, and sure enough it started to rain heavily.

While everyone was paying attention to the sky outside, Fang Lang and Zhuang Xintian quietly slipped out of the crowd and walked deep into the temple.

The weather in the Indian Ocean in August changed very quickly. Less than ten minutes after the thunder sounded, the sky turned completely dark, and then heavy rain fell. In an instant, the temple ground began to swell.

Although this situation brought a certain degree of convenience to Fang Lang and the others' concealment, it also made their search somewhat difficult.

Under the dim light, the location of the entrance to the secret room was even more difficult to find, and the pouring rain also restricted the movement of the two people.

But the two of them did not flinch. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the two of them spent nearly two hours searching the entire temple.

Unfortunately, the search results were not ideal, and neither of them found any useful clues.

Just when the two of them met and were about to rejoin the crowd of believers, Fang Lang suddenly noticed the change in the rain on the ground.

The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is located very close to the coastline. Such heavy rains should be very common here, so waterproofing was taken into consideration when the temple was built.

Of course, the underground chamber hidden in the temple must also consider waterproofing. This sudden rainstorm made Fang Lang immediately notice the difference in water accumulation on the ground.

Around the two known statues with secret chambers, rainwater discharges obviously very quickly. Some places have been flooded to the calf area, but the water accumulation near the statue with secret chambers is less than two centimeters.

This phenomenon made Fang Lang's eyes light up, and he immediately observed around the location where the drainage was smooth, and found that two buildings with statues of gods known to have secret chambers were at both ends of the same straight line.

There happened to be four identical buildings in the middle of the two buildings. After observation, Fang Lang was sure that the other four secret rooms were in the area between the two secret rooms.

The entrance to the secret room must be nearby. Fang Lang found Zhuang Xintian and told him what he had discovered. Zhuang Xintian's expression became excited after hearing this.

Fang Lang thought the other party didn't find anything, but who knew that after looking around, the boy lowered his voice and put his head close to Fang Lang's ear and said:

"Boss, I found that one of the three monks in the temple seems to have some problems."

Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this, and looked up at the other party with some confusion.

Upon seeing this, Zhuang Xintian chuckled and said:

"When I just checked, I found one of the monks secretly hiding in a room drinking. As far as I know, Hindu monks are not allowed to drink alcohol.

More importantly, the wine this guy drank was of very good quality, and it was not Scotch whiskey that ordinary Indians could afford.

According to my investigation some time ago, this guy does not have such financial strength."

Upon hearing this, Fang Lang immediately understood what this boy meant.

"You mean, this monk knew the entrance to the secret room and secretly stole the treasures in the secret room to exchange money for wine?"

Zhuang Xintian chuckled and said:

"I don't know if he took out the treasures in the secret room and exchanged them for wine, but this guy is definitely not a Hindu who abides by the rules. I think such a person may be our breakthrough point."

Obviously, Zhuang Xintian wanted to take advantage of this unruly Hindu monk. Although he did not confirm Fang Lang's guess on the surface, in fact he also suspected in his heart that the monk knew the entrance to the secret room and secretly transferred the contents inside.

The treasure was taken out and exchanged for wine.

After Fang Lang pondered for a while, he unconsciously smiled, nodded to Zhuang Xintian and whispered:

"Then hurry up and find this guy's flaw."

Zhuang Xintian smiled when he heard this and nodded seriously.

Soon, the heavy rain gradually diminished, and the believers in the temple also began to leave. The two of them could only quietly exit the temple with everyone else.

After returning to the station, the two conducted a detailed summary and analysis of the intelligence obtained today, and Fang Lang finally determined that this was the purpose of his and others' trip.

And began to advance in a planned manner according to the original plan.

In the next two days, Fang Lang and Qi Qingshan disguised themselves as believers and sneaked into the temple many times to investigate, although they did not accurately find the entrance to the temple's secret room.

But the location of the entrance was also narrowed down to the rooms where a few monks lived, because, except for the monks' rooms, several people searched almost the entire temple and could not find the entrance to the temple.

And Fang Lang's intuition told him that the entrance to the secret room might be in the room where the drinking monk lived.

"Boss, I found the businessman who provided the monk with drinks. According to my interrogation, the monk was indeed using gold to pay for the drinks.

But he was very careful and did not use complete gold jewelry, but directly smashed it into the shape of a gold cake.

Therefore, the merchant did not know whether he stole the gold from the temple or whether it was his own gold."

Zhuang Xintian explained the latest investigation results to Fang Lang, and Fang Lang now knew better.

"Very good, this further confirms my guess. Time is urgent now, and we have no time to continue the in-depth investigation.

The day after tomorrow is the time for independence determined by the British and Indians. All Indians are very excited, and we will take action at this special time.

I hope Indians will like this gift of independence that I have prepared for them."

Hearing Fang Lang's words, Zhuang Xintian and Qi Qingshan looked at each other and laughed together.

"Boss, you are just too polite. Even if a country like India becomes independent, you have to give them a big gift."

Qi Qingshan made witty remarks in a happy mood.

Fang Lang also laughed out loud when he heard this, and then coughed twice and pretended to be serious:

“We Chinese are a people who understand etiquette and reciprocity. Since we have given them big gifts, it is normal to get some reciprocal gifts from their families!

Therefore, when taking action, don’t have any scruples, just act with confidence and boldness.

If some people have objections to the return gift, we must teach each other what a country of etiquette is, do you understand?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Xintian burst out laughing again.

"Don't worry, boss. Indians have just become independent and may not understand these etiquette very well. However, we will definitely teach them well. From now on, they will know the etiquette of the international community."

"Haha. Very good, Qingshan, wait and see how the operation of God's Whip to deliver supplies to Suleiman Brom is going and whether it can be completed according to the original plan.

Also, when will the ship responsible for taking away the Indians to return gifts arrive?"

"Boss, the ship arrived at the designated location last night. Although the ship was a little delayed due to wind and rain, it did not affect our plan. They have arranged transportation boats and are ready to cooperate with our actions at any time.

Mr. Suleiman Brom's supplies departed from Hyderabad, India yesterday under the escort of God's Whip Company. We have not received any further information for the time being. I will send a telegram to inquire about them later.

The latest progress.”

Hearing this, Fang Lang raised his head and looked in the direction of Hyderabad in the north. He was not worried about any surprises during the escort operation of the Whip of God.

After all, India is still under the control of the British, and the power of the military has not yet been transferred. I believe that even if the Indian government wants to take any action, it will not be able to mobilize regular troops.

Although God's Whip Military Contracting Company is not afraid of encountering regular armies, regular armies may attract a steady stream of reinforcements, which is a situation that neither Suleiman Brom nor Fang Lang wants to see.

But if it is true as Suleiman Brom said, the big figures in the new Indian government will definitely take action to prevent their batch of supplies from being shipped out smoothly.

(End of chapter)