In the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau, in a plain office, thick curtains block the bright sunlight outside the window, and the thin light that spills in through the gaps in the curtains makes the room look dim and shadowy. A magic net terminal is placed beside the desk. , a faint blue light was emerging above the projection crystal, and the printing device connected to the terminal was running rattling, while the gears and rollers were rolling, sheets of white paper were printed with ink and sent to the tray.
The printed paper floated out of thin air, and was sent to the table as if being lifted by an invisible hand, flipping in mid-air, and when the last sheet was flipped, a faint sigh sounded in the room: "Alas! …”
A moment later, the paper was folded in mid-air and disappeared into the air inch by inch. Afterwards, shadows floated in the dark room. After a barely detectable wind blew, the magic net terminal fell silent, and the whole room fell into dead silence.
In Gao Wen's study room, the heater is blowing out warm air softly and silently to resist the severe winter cold outside the window. The incense placed in the corner exudes a calming atmosphere, gradually dispersing with the weak airflow surrounding the room Come.
Gao Wen, who was sitting behind the desk, felt something, put down a document casually, and raised his head: "Not in a good mood?"
"...Fortunately," Amber's figure emerged from the air, and handed a folded document to Gao Wen, "The internal staff from the reformed area of the river valley in the west of the Holy Spirit Plain, the Peipo area in the south, and the Sulam plateau in the east Three reports, please take a look."
Gao Wen took the document casually, carefully read the name on it and the preliminary investigation briefing, his expression remained unchanged: "...It's okay, isn't it?"
"I don't see it well," Amber curled her lips. "Some people are comparable to the old nobles back then... and even went too far."
Gawain glanced at the half-elf with a half-smile: "Still not used to it?"
"...Not really," Amber frowned, "I just feel sorry. Some people are indeed speculators who sneaked in due to lax censorship and insufficient manpower, but there are still some who worked for government affairs during the Principality period. The people who work in the hall are promoted from among the commoners and selected from among the progressive scholars, but…”
"A bright world is a beautiful vision, but it is impossible to realize in the end," Gao Wen shook his head, "Especially because our development is too fast, there is no time to conduct a thorough review and test on every government official. It’s inevitable. Sometimes, we can’t expect a certain group of people to have innate morality and conscience—this kind of thinking is no different from the so-called “noble excellence theory”, so we have to use institutions and laws to restrain order.”
Just as Gawain predicted long ago, individual corruption eventually appeared in the rapidly developing Cecil order, and due to the establishment of the empire, a large number of new areas were placed under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Government Office, and some more remote areas could only be In the establishment of a temporary government affairs office, a large number of low-level officials are mixed, and there is a disconnect between the remote government affairs department and the highest government affairs department. Chaos in some areas is inevitable.
However, although Gao Wen regretted these situations, he was not surprised.
From the very beginning, he didn't expect the order he built to be perfect. He only hoped that everything he built could conform to the status quo and be the most "suitable" for this era.
He believes that Amber, who walks in the dark and deals with intelligence from all sides of the empire, is also very clear about this.
"The third internal office is just a means. In the final analysis, the third internal office is also run by people." Gao Wen looked at Amber. Institutions, and the implementation and maintenance of these institutions, are the means of ensuring longevity.
"On this basis, we should be fortunate now, because we can at least catch those people in time and make a list, which shows that many of the systems we set up in advance are effective, and someone can implement them. If there is a day , your list is empty, then you, as the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, are really in trouble."
"It's a pity that most of the people in the government affairs hall are just carrying out orders," Amber sighed in her tone, "few people think about the starting point behind those orders, even fewer people can understand the logic and basis of those orders, almost no one Can fully understand your huge system... Aren't you tired?"
Gawain smiled, noncommittal.
Two seconds later, he asked Amber: "What about you? What category do you belong to?"
"I probably don't count in any category," Amber thought for a while, and suddenly laughed, "I'm not a person who likes to use his brain."
"In order to avoid working overtime and at the expense of your own IQ, you can work hard enough," Gao Wen smiled helplessly, and pointed at the document he was working on just now, "Typhon has initially agreed to our proposal, including Long-term ambassadors, establishment of embassies, expansion of business cooperation and other projects. As for international students, they will send a delegation before the spring, led by Matilda Augustus, the eldest daughter of Rosetta Augustus. Gustus."
Amber blinked, and then found the corresponding information in her mind: "Matilda Augustus, 22 years old, the eldest daughter of Rosetta, intelligent, excellent in martial arts, good at one-handed swordsmanship, and her personal strength should be at the high end. The specific level is unknown. He does not often appear in public, but he has a good reputation in the Typhon aristocratic circle, and because of his noble status, excellent conduct, and outstanding knowledge, he is known as the High Mountain of the Typhon Empire. flower…
"In addition, according to the evaluation of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the possibility of this 'Flower of the High Mountain' becoming the next Emperor Typhon is about 40%—her younger brother, Prince Hadiron Augustus is her strong competitor , and the latter has an advantage in inheritance priority because he is in charge of the Obsidian Forbidden Army. But this does not mean that there is a conflict between the two, at least so far, Matilda Augustus and Hadiron Augustus The relationships shown are harmonious and respectful, especially after the unexpected death of Rosetta Augustus' eldest son, the relationship between the two remaining main heirs and other siblings is particularly united and harmonious.
"There is only so much information on my side. After all, it involves high-level officials over there, and that's all the leaked information."
"Is it a standard and perfect image setting..." Gao Wen rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "And I always feel like I have heard of similar person settings somewhere..."
Amber didn't understand Gao Wen's meaning for a while: "Huh? What do you want to say?"
Gawain's thoughts have gradually let go: "I'm thinking about bringing Veronica out and let these two fight. Which one do you think will be stronger?"
Amber was at a loss: "...Why put them together? Because they are all princesses? But Veronica has already..."
"Because the two of them are pretty...ah, no, don't worry about it," Gao Wen waved his hand, "It's just a casual remark, it doesn't mean anything."
"Oh..." Amber scratched her hair, because the old rice dumpling in front of her would often come up with some incomprehensible thoughts or say some inexplicable words. After finishing what Gao Wen said just now, he was going to tell Veronica back.
"Speaking of which, aren't you going to let the two special 'citizens' from Solinburg play some roles?" After thinking for a while, Amber said again, "One is left to dry for photosynthesis, and the other is to dig the ruins. Labeling the crystal jars that come out and studying the photosynthesis of giant trees always feels like a waste due to their special identities.”
Gao Wen knew what amber was referring to.
Bud Wendell, who studies the photosynthesis of giant trees in the Solimborg area, and Bertila Augustus, who conducts photosynthesis all day long, are the two most special "citizens" of Cecil. Especially when it comes to Typhon affairs, their identities are wonderful.
The former is the father of Typhon's current wolf general, and the latter is the ancestor of Typhon's current emperor.
I always feel that as long as these two people are pushed towards the border at the right time, the military and political leaders and a large number of important people on Typhon's side will press their chests and shout "nooooooo—"
If you are lucky, you can shock a few to death with high blood pressure on the spot.
And the biggest difficulty in this whole process is that it is very difficult for Bertila to be pushed to the border - in a short period of time, the Solimberg Druid Institute should not be able to solve the problem of Bertila's cuttings and transplants, Bertila himself In the past, it was possible to level the entire Eastern Corridor and the Changfeng Twelve Fortresses in one go...if she could successfully pull out her roots from the ground.
But it was precisely because the identities of these two people were too special and they were too influential two big names that Gao Wen was unwilling to use and expose them early, and instead hid their information.
"These two cards are too big," he shook his head. "It's a waste to use them to shake the will of the Typhon people now. Rosetta can have countless ways to eliminate the impact of 'rumors'. Let's save it for the future." , will have a greater effect.”
Amber exhaled slightly: "I understand."
Gao Wen rubbed the center of his brows, soothing some tense nerves.
"Is there anything to report to Office 25?" He asked casually.
"The current main work is still to design a plan for fluctuations in the psychic network. According to the information that Daniel recently sent back, the worst case scenario is that the psychic network is temporarily or permanently interrupted—we will have to temporarily 'freeze' Daniel's line. Plan, and then wait for the opportunity to consider other means to restore contact with Daniel and the intelligence personnel around him. Fortunately, Typhon has developed some backup dark lines so far, Daniel's apprentice, Typhon's emerging investor, the "Track Project" Among the little Typhon nobles we came into contact with, there are people who have been recruited by us or have been mastered by us. The intelligence network over there is no longer completely dependent on Daniel's personal activities as it was before... "
Amber reported in an orderly manner, while Gao Wen nodded slightly while listening.
——The "trajectory plan" mentioned by Amber is in the process of exporting magic trains in the territory of Typhon, contacting the grassroots nobles and downcast knights, waiting for opportunities to infiltrate and recruit or send personnel to make friends with them, so as to establish various regular intelligence channels A collective name for an action.
This plan has been implemented for almost a whole year so far. Although it is still in the early stage, it has achieved some results.
The power of capital is powerful, especially when it is in an environment with weak monitoring, Typhon's "investment aristocrats" who have just tasted the sweetness are almost powerless to resist its temptation.
In the report, Amber did not mention what to do with the intelligence system established in the Order of the Eternal Sleepers after the collapse of the Psychic Network. The reason is obvious—if the Psychic Network really blows up, then the Order of the Eternal Sleepers... should also blow up...
"Next... I hope everything goes well with Daniel," Gawain leaned back on the chair with calm eyes and a leisurely tone, "I hope the higher-ups on the side of the Eternal Sleepers will be smarter and alert."
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Typhon Empire, Aldernan, in the Mage Quarter near Obsidian Palace.
When the fog gradually rises, the already weak sunlight slanted into the room, which was blocked by the half-closed curtains, making the room look dim and dark. On a large easy chair, an old mage in casual clothes was sitting Head down, spend the leisure time in the afternoon in a light sleep.
The black-haired Mary was sitting at a square table near the tutor, lowering her head and writing the high math paper seriously.
Suddenly, the sound of the apprentice flipping the paper and the nib moving stopped completely, and it did not sound again for a long time.
Daniel immediately opened his eyes and looked in Mary's direction: "Why, which question can't you?"
In the next second, the old mage's leisurely and indifferent expression became serious.
He saw the black-haired apprentice sitting at the square table turn his face towards him, that face had changed into another face at some point
The sunlight pouring into the room from the window and the dust particles flying in the sunlight stagnated.
"Daniel," the apprentice "Mary" looked at the old mage and said indifferently, "We're here to learn something from you."
(Mom!!!!!!
The manuscripts are used up, and the dishes are peaceful.
I feel my body being hollowed out... I will return to the single update state for a while, I will adjust and adjust, and then slowly save the manuscripts... Don't worry, after the saved manuscripts are collected, there will still be such a continuous double update state.
Finally, for the sake of double updates during this period, if you still have votes, please vote =. =, let’s run around and tell each other, let’s slaughter the fattened ones too~~~)