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Chapter 1151 Intelligence Warfare (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
Ying Tian, ​​as the remaining capital of the Ming Empire, although the imperial capital has already moved to the central capital, it is still prosperous as before. As the third largest city in the empire, the relocation of the imperial capital has not had much impact on it.

Thanks to the convenient water transportation of the Xin'an River and the criss-crossing railway network of the Pampas Prairie, although Yingtian is no longer the administrative center of the empire, it is still one of the most developed economic centers of the empire.

Although the administrative center of the empire has been moved to the central capital, as the former imperial capital, there are still many traces of the past, such as a large number of embassies.

Although the embassy was moved to Zhongdu, the embassy that remained in Yingtian became a consulate.

On the riverside road not far from the consulate, under the green trees beside the river, there are cafes and restaurants everywhere. Every day, there are many customers here to read newspapers, drink tea and have meals.While the men and women in the open-air restaurant were reading or chatting, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old newspaper boy was holding a large stack of new newspapers and selling them along the street:

"Selling newspapers, "Voice of the People" big news, local rich family shocking scandals, rich people privately transfer property to illegitimate children, being prosecuted by prosecutors..."

A Western man dressed as a gentleman stopped the newspaper boy and asked in proficient Chinese:
"Is there today's Yingtian Daily?"

"Yes, yes, sir."

The newsboy quickly took out a copy of "Yingtian Daily", which is the largest local newspaper in Yingtian.

"I want one."

The Western gentleman handed the newsboy a two-cent coin, took the newspaper, and walked to a cafe in front while reading it.On the way, a pretty blond and blue-eyed Xiyang patted him on the shoulder:

"Mr. Anderson, you are quite free, don't you have to take care of business?"

"So it's Brand. Have you forgotten that one of our jobs is to walk around the country and find out interesting things?"

Anderson smiled at Captain Brand of the German Consulate in Yingtian.

"So what interesting things did you discover today?"

"Interesting things?... There are many interesting things here every day, but what? You know, there are always some tails staring at us, and I have a hard time getting rid of them."

Anderson said, and handed the newspaper to Brand.

"There may be news in the newspaper, but there must be no news that we care about. Let's have a cup of coffee next to us."

Brand shrugged and handed the newspaper back, and then they walked into the cafe beside them. After ordering a cup of coffee, the two chatted.

"Well, you lost your tail too?"

"Yes."

Brand nodded and said.

"The games we play here are different from anywhere else, and the eyes of the Imperial Security Bureau are always on us."

"Don't you want to know why they're staring at us?"

"Why else? Afraid that we will get some of their military secrets, such as secret weapons."

Brand said directly.

"Indeed, if we want to talk about the enlightenment that the war last year gave us, it is weapons. The Ming Empire has many new weapons that we have never heard of or seen before. Those weapons will have a subversive impact on the battlefield. As military officers, we have the responsibility Gather information on this."

"Torpedoes, silent automatic guns, God only knows how many advanced weapons they have."

Even sitting in a corner, their voices can barely be heard by each other.

If there was ever a fallout from the raid on Peru, it was that

"If we don't get this right, then, my friends, in the next war we'll probably be Peruvians, like them..."

Anderson gestured with his fingers.

"Our warships will all sink into the sea."

"Not just warships."

Brand took out the gold cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette and lit it.

"There are many other weapons, but now, we have very little information in this area. I have to say that their secrecy work is very good. We have almost no channels to obtain these information. Even if we get some, But most likely it's all lies too."

"The most important thing is not this. The most important thing is that the Imperial Security Bureau has been watching very closely. It is difficult for us to get close to their factories, and we don't even have the opportunity to find out which factories produced those weapons."

What is Dimensionality Reduction Strike?

If Anderson knew this word, he would definitely agree with this point. In this era, no country in the world has a full-time counter-espionage agency, but Ming has long established the Imperial Security Bureau, which specializes in domestic security and counter-espionage intelligence work.

Compared with the counterparts in later generations, the work of the Imperial Security Bureau can be described as easy, because the intelligence personnel of various countries are basically the staff of the embassies and consulates. Ordinary embassy staff collect political and economic information, and military attaches collect military information.

Therefore, it is often only necessary to keep an eye on them to prevent 80% of leaks from happening.This is also the reason why Andlin and the others have eyes when they complain. They have been staring at them since the first day they took office.

"The most important thing is that they stare too closely."

Brand said with some helplessness.

"Even if we dump them now, it won't be long. I think that if we want to obtain the information we need, maybe we need to think of some other ways."

"Is there anything you can do?"

Anderson asked curiously.

"It's not a good way, but I think we can change the direction. If we just stay in front of us, we won't get any new information. We have to think of some ways, for example, to build a network."

"Build a network."

"Correct!"

Taking a puff of cigarette forcefully, Brand said softly.

"We can use some Ming people to build an intelligence network. They don't necessarily need to work in the arsenal or the army, but they can have certain channels to get in touch with these two places. What we need is to use their strength to obtain The intelligence we need. Of course, this requires funds, after all, buying people requires money! And it takes a lot of money!"

This is also the reason why Brand asked Anderson to come here. He simply couldn't afford such a large sum of money.

"What do you mean? Are we doing it together? It doesn't seem like a problem, but..."

Anderson looked at him and asked.

"Have you found a suitable partner?"

It must be, otherwise, with this guy's habits, he would never have said these words.

"I believe there are people all over here who could potentially work with us."

Brand said bluntly.

"As long as we find the right opportunity, find the right people. We can definitely find those people who are willing to help us."

Regarding this point, Brand never doubted it.Because this is human nature, what is human nature?Human nature is greed.

As long as they are given enough benefits, there will definitely be people who are willing to sell their country.And now all he needs is work on it.

"Yes"

Said to Anderson.

"It is true that there are such people everywhere, but the question is how can we find such people?"

(End of this chapter)