old dream

Chapter 212 Internal response in the academy
In the first half of the night, Colin meditated deeply on the mysteries of the Night People and the two worlds; in the second half of the night, he was painstakingly planning the future of the entire country's bootlegging industry.

As a result, the next morning, he got up in a panic to wash, adjusted his collar, and walked around the dining table while filling his mouth with last night's sandwich.Finally, he picked up his leather bag, locked the door, and boarded the crowded and clanging tram, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

The underground emperor of Stade, like an ordinary clerk, went to the newspaper office on time before eight o'clock on weekdays.

From the morning after the riot was contained, Colin returned to the seminary as if nothing had happened.The other reporters buried themselves in their work, thinking that he had escaped and returned.Little did he know that it was the humble person in the next-door station who almost single-handedly reversed the situation in the entire city.

The last conversation with the Grand Duke through the corpse still did not exceed 5 minutes, and no more details were mentioned, nor what should be done in the future.It's as if he just came here to say hello and saved Colin by the way.

And Ke Lin did not ask the Grand Duke for information or redstone.Because he instinctively felt that if the Grand Duke was involved in issues related to memory, it would only make the situation more complicated and uncontrollable.

For nearly a week before, Ke Lin had been deliberately avoiding meeting Ji Lian.Because there is always danger in a confrontation with the Brotherhood.Recently, Colin had to reconfirm with her: the amount of redstone used in the cracking ceremony has been suppressed to 1000 to 50 pounds, and the cost is about [-] Ori.

There is still room for improvement in the effectiveness of the ceremony, so now I still need to accumulate data through wiretapping, even though there are only forty days left until the winter solstice.But still nothing should be missed.

What's more, there is still an agreement with Ji Li'an that needs to be fulfilled.

With the gap in the heart shell still unhealed, returning to the seminary like this would be a risk of exposure.But the residue of Lingsu should also be handled cleanly enough, and more importantly, Heine has adjusted those "lanterns" used for detection in advance.

Therefore, no one will find out that this little reporter is abnormal.

After being coerced by himself that night, Heine probably received confirmation from Craigie again.It is estimated that he did not have any deviant behavior in his life, but now he is cooperating with his actions in fear.But in any case, with his assistance, the pressure of wiretapping work was reduced a lot.

For example, on those days when it is inconvenient to come to the seminary, Heine can even track down a few subjects on his behalf.

After Ji Lian's selection and adaptation, they have already selected a group of stable eavesdropping targets over the years.

Colin was even hesitating whether to ask Heine for a more secret code system.Even, is there any need to investigate the batch of "cipher machines" that have just been put into trial use.

Recently Colin noticed that there was a machine in the corner of the newsroom of the seminary.It has the appearance of a suitcase, and when you open the case, you will reveal the typewriter-like keyboard inside. You can vaguely see the structure under those keyboards, which are several sets of wheels similar to a combination lock.

A real mechanical cipher machine.

Under the huge demand for confidentiality, the world has finally entered the era of "mechanical encryption".After the introduction of a series of rotors and bulbs, the encryption process can be horribly complicated: from a single letter substitution table by hand, to multiple interlocking letter substitution tables.The input letters will be continuously replaced on several rotor cipher tables, so the replacement results will be different each time.

Moreover, this change is approximately irregular: assuming that there are three rotor linkages, there will be only 17576 replacements before repeated changes will occur.This is the so-called "double substitution cipher".Its appearance is enough to make the ancient word frequency statistics completely useless.

The security of encryption increases, but the time cost decreases instead.If this kind of encryption machine can be mass-produced and popularized, then even the lowest-level materials may be converted to mechanical encryption.

It is said that the inventor has declared that this will be a cryptographic system that will never be broken.

With the increase in the strength of Colin's intentions, the speed at which he records information has now increased a lot. More than 20 copies of abundance were consciously classified into corresponding positions, as if countless river sands were wrapped in invisible currents, and the volume of the past day was recorded in less than half an hour.

So before Heine came over for a routine inspection, Colin just sat in his seat and stared at the machine in a daze.He casually thought about how to use the abundance particles to deal with this new code.

Then Colin came back to his senses and looked up to see Heine walking over.

"Here are two new replacement forms..."

One of his inspectors left temporarily, and Heine walked to Colin for a routine inspection. During the body search, he put a small stack of papers in Colin's pocket by the way:
"They correspond to the fourth and third secret levels respectively. As for materials with higher secret levels, I suggest you not to touch them. Because they are dangerous and of little value to you."

Heine whispered in Colin's ear, and then suggested which materials he should get.Colin listened quietly.

Just start to replace the watch, which will save you time.But those suggestions will be more meaningful, because Heine can directly see some unencrypted materials inside the cult.Compared with Colin's random chance on the ciphertext, the efficiency of finding valuable materials will be much higher now.

"If you have other needs." Heine hesitated:
"Leave the question to me, and I can go to the library of the Academy's Mystery Department to look up some things for you. But the amount should not be too much."

Colin nodded imperceptibly, feeling a little excited for a moment.Check it purposefully, and the efficiency is not the same as it is now.

I believe that Ji Li'an must have a lot of accumulated problems for a long time.As they are answered, many jobs will see breakthroughs in a short period of time.

"In exchange, please also pay attention to one thing for me."

After checking Colin's clothes, Heine leaned forward, pretending to turn over the manuscript paper on his desk:
"There may be other eavesdroppers within the Order."

"His matter is much more serious than yours. The people above have heard some rumors...someone has passed on the secret redstone production technology."

"If there is a chance." Heine said inaudibly:
"You can get in touch with possible partners more, and then report to me."

After all, you also happen to need a lot of redstone, don't you?
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With the funds of the Stade Institute entering a virtuous cycle, the issue of redstone procurement can already be put on the agenda.

After gaining a high degree of control over the entire organization, Ke Lin began to further organize the organization.He ordered all personnel to dress clean and dignified, like bank employees.No wide-brimmed hats, fancy shirt ties, or anything else reminiscent of a gang member is allowed.

"Let the bums do it," he said:
"we do not need."

Don't drive fast, and obey the traffic rules better than anyone.Because there is no guarantee that someone will be detained during secret transportation, and it is also difficult to guarantee that something will be found.

They live off of real business, not bluff deterrence.So the less conspicuous the better.

In recent days, some bootleggers from other cities in the principality began to approach the lieutenant to discuss cooperation issues.Ke Lin guessed that this was probably arranged by the Grand Duke, but most of these people are not well-known, and they don't even have a decent distribution network.

Apart from Stade, there is no second city that has been "developed" to such an extent.

Therefore, Ke Lin lacked interest. While coping with it casually, he wanted to inquire about the news and chatted casually about the underground red stone market.

As a result, when it came to illegal redstone, several people really looked at each other in blank dismay.

They didn't dare to speak, and tentatively asked:
"Stade...is also where the Redstone King Luca first made his fortune."

"Isn't he still here, monopolizing the redstone trade?"

(End of this chapter)