Thousands of sparks

Chapter 98 Sending the proposition

Bourne has a dedicated room in the mail and mail office.This room is not too big, but the location is very well chosen - right in the middle of the room at the receiving and dispatching office.The four walls that make up the room are all made of large pieces of blown glass, as long as someone tries to get closer and peek, they will be spotted immediately.

After receiving the envelope and confirming that the envelope itself was intact and that the wax was intact, Byrne took the envelope and walked into the room to start opening it.

【Emergency Information】

The first thing that catches the eye is a line of big red characters, followed by the information of the sending department and the extracted keywords.

[Empire Heraldry Management Office, Internal Anti-Espionage Department Level [-] Alert, Newsail, Speaker of the House of Commons, Rebellion]

Bourne's pupils shrank instantly.

[Counterintelligence Department Intelligence: Marquis Lafayette of Newsail, there are signs of contact with the alliance.Information Credibility A. 】

[Neusal Garrison Navy commander, showing signs of contact with the alliance.Intelligence credibility B+. 】

[Newsall's Speaker of the House of Commons has signs of contact with the alliance, and the intelligence credibility is B+. 】

[The possibility of the above three people defecting is extremely high, and you are required to investigate the situation quickly and take decisive measures to intervene. 】

Bourne looked at the information in silence for a long time, then folded the letter and stuffed it into the deepest pocket of his clothes.

"Send a letter to Olin." Byrne walked to the sub-director of the sending and receiving office, and ordered with a stern expression, "ask the General Administration to explain the source of the intelligence and the credibility analysis."

The branch chief nodded, then began to draft the letter with his head bowed.It is actually a very taboo thing for a subordinate to ask a superior to explain an order.It's just that Bourne decided to do this, but the sub-director couldn't follow suit.

After working in the sending and receiving department for a long time, the sub-director realized a truth in life-never be curious about what you shouldn't be curious about, and don't know what you shouldn't know.

With the fastest speed, the content of the letter was drawn up in Bourne's capacity, and the sub-director turned around to ask the chief to have a look at the specific letter first.As a result, when he turned around, he was in vain.

Bourne had left the mail and mail.

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The archives of the Newsale Arms Office were brightly lit.

Bourne stood alone in the area marked as "Top Secret", flipping through the documents with a gloomy face.

This is where all the aristocratic intelligence obtained by the Newsale Arms Office over the past 30 years is stored.The information is divided according to the rank of the nobility - the relevant information of the former Duke of Saar and the current Marquis of Lafayette is here.

Before Androni became the Speaker of the House of Commons, her information was placed in the "highly confidential" area like other middle-level nobles.Now, she and her husband enjoy the same treatment.

The information collected daily is very fragmentary, and it is even hard to say what specific value it has.What makes intelligence valuable is often the facts that professional analysts piece together from these fragments.

But this time, Bourne did not look at the intelligence results that the analysts in the bureau racked their brains to analyze.He quickly flipped through all the information about Androni in the past five years.

Then the more he looked, the deeper the frown became.

The analysts in the Bureau have a lot of "intelligence beyond intelligence".They are more sensitive to the social atmosphere and environment of Newsail, and at the same time, they know Androni better than those "experts" far away in Olin.

The same piece of information, in the hands of different people, will interpret and piece together completely different results.And Androni's information... is indeed and easily interpreted as content of other tendencies.

For example, these bills of hers.

Based on Bourne's ability, it is not difficult to see that almost every article of Androni's bill is aimed at the mining association.She used various means to suppress the mining complex, pushing this behemoth into the quagmire step by step.

Roughly estimated, if Androni’s bills come into effect in full, the mining cost of the mining consortium in Newsale will increase by at least 120%.And their mining activities will be subject to stricter restrictions, audits and evaluations.

This is very dangerous.

The mining association is one of the main sources of power for the empire to maintain the war against the alliance. His Majesty's internal treasury expenditure accounts for more than half of the royal guard navy's military expenditure.Restriction on the mining complex means an offense to His Majesty the Emperor-this is a very dangerous political decision.

The same piece of data information can be interpreted into countless meanings in the eyes of different people.To the intelligence analysts at Newsale's Arms Service, the many bills in the House of Commons certainly looked presumptuous.But judging from what they gathered from other sources, Androni's words explaining her own legislation, the female speaker of the House of Commons is not malicious, and she can even be called the most loyal member of the entire House of Commons to the Empire.

But this does not affect Olin's judgment-their entry point is very clear, and the Marquis of Lafayette has a problem.

The Marquis de Lafayette family started with the help of the Imperial Forestry Department. On the exploration ship that discovered Newsail nine years ago in 170, the first officer who received "investment" from the Imperial Forestry Department became the ancestor of the Lafayette Hou family.After the discovery of Newsail, the Imperial Forestry Department quickly began to "modify" the colony.Hundreds of plants adapted to the climate of Newsail were spread on the planet and completely changed the ecological situation on the planet.

But Hou Lafayette's attitude towards the Imperial Forestry Department has changed dramatically in the past ten years.

Unlike his fathers, he did not fully agree with and implement the planting transformation plan of the Imperial Forestry Department, and even stopped the seaweed splashing plan issued by the Imperial Forestry Department several times.

The Internal Counterintelligence Unit of the Olin Arms Administration believes that Lafayette Hou has shown a clear tendency to deviate from the Forestry Department.But at the same time, he is still hostile to the Duke of Saar supported by the mining association.Thanks to his efforts, the Duke of Saar was finally deprived of his title, and New Saar became the only colonial star without a duke among the 42 colonial stars of the empire.

According to the monitoring of the anti-espionage department, after the Marquis of Lafayette successfully killed the Duke of Saar, in the colonial system of the entire empire, the marquis and earls who had been suppressed for hundreds of years began to move around.

The anti-espionage department received more than 41 "clues" from these high-ranking nobles in one year, and all [-] dukes were accused of a series of serious crimes such as "transgression", "treason" and "treason" without exception. .

And the dukes responded quickly. On 41 colonial planets, 26 marquises were assassinated by unknown militants, and [-] earls were sentenced to hang for various reasons.

The act of Marquis Lafayette overthrowing the Duke of Saar has essentially caused chaos in imperial politics, especially in the imperial colonial governance system.And this confusion tends to expand further.

What is even more suspicious is that Hou Lafayette had close contact with his allies.

Since the Duke of Saar was deprived of his title and beheaded in the Royal Plaza of Olin, the Marquis of Lafayette began to contact the smugglers of the alliance.At first, this didn't attract anyone's attention - it was not uncommon for high-ranking nobles to make contact with their allies.After all, those smugglers also need contact when selling goods to the great nobles.

It's just that Hou Lafayette's contacts with his allies are a bit too frequent.Under the background that the allies suddenly began to increase the pace of attack on the colonial planet, such frequent contacts are very suspicious.

A high-ranking aristocrat who had a gap with his main political supporters, brought down the duke and caused chaos in the imperial colonial system, and at the same time had close contacts with his allies.

The skepticism of the Olin Herald Management Office is based on the fact that it is indeed suspicious.

Bourne looked at the information in his hand, and was even in a trance for a while.

Olin's suspicion is reasonable, and it can even be said to be a very normal reaction.Their skepticism was so logical that it even made Bourne doubt the intelligence analysis ability of the Newsale Arms Management Office.

"Director." Bourne stood where he was, looking at the information in his hand, wondering if there was something wrong with the intelligence analysis department. On the other side, his adjutant stood at the door and reported, "Lord Dusand has arrived."

"Let him go to the office... No, let him come in." Bourne changed the arrangement and ordered directly, "You can all go - let Lord Dusand come to me."

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After Du Sande suddenly received a "summon" from Byrne today, he was a little dazed.

As Bourne's "offline", Du Sande's work arrangement in the Arms Management Office is actually very "casual".In a normal month, if Dusande can go to the coat of arms management office by himself, it will be regarded as "completing the work".In four years, Bourne never took the initiative to summon Du Sande.The communication between the two was basically because Du Sande took the initiative to visit, or met in the bureau to exchange pleasantries.

He was "summoned" suddenly today, and the red-clothed postman who came to deliver the letter said in a very serious way, "report to Chief Bourne immediately, immediately", Du Sande must have been a little flustered.

And the venue of the meeting was even more unusual.It was the first time Dusande came to the archives of the Arms Management Office.

When doing analysis, he can only write down the information he needs, and then wait for the required content to appear in the pipeline in front of him.

This is the first time he has come to the core area of ​​this intelligence department.

"Come in." Dusand stood at the door of the file room and looked inside, while Bourne's voice sounded at the right time, "Come to me."

Dusande entered the archive room, and then walked cautiously along the passage to a place five yor away from Burne. He stopped and reminded, "The front is a top secret area, and I can't go in."

"I'll let you in." Bourne put down the folder in his hand and walked away with his hands behind his back. Dusande had no choice but to lower his head and trot along with Bourne.

After Bourne took Dusand to find two sofas, he sat down on them.After a long silence, he suddenly opened his mouth and said, "What do you think of the Marquis de Lafayette?"

Du Sande was taken aback by the question, and he replied cautiously, "Director, you should know that he has a close relationship with our family, right?"

"That's why I'm asking your opinion." Bourne looked at Du Sande and asked, "Do you think he is loyal to the empire?"

　I'm a little bit Calvin, sorry...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)