King of The Wall

2021-10-15

Chapter 646 Rope Strangulation (Part 2)

The north wind quietly carried the flag, and the snow melted In the mud, the grass began to bud silently without a word, and all kinds of insect eggs began to stir. With the spring breeze blowing towards the earth, not only nature, but also the activities of soldiers and civilians inside and outside King's Landing were revived.

The crusade against Reach has been clearly finalized and put on the agenda, and preparations for food and weapons have been in full swing for more than half a month. The news spread like wildfire in the industrial park: Night's Watch Arsenal released blueprint data of gunpowder artillery to the industrial park research institute, preparing to expand production again in preparation for the war.

When the news was released, all those who heard it were rejoicing, but among the happiest people, in addition to the middle-level technicians in the research institute who were about to come into contact with higher-level secrets and had the opportunity to learn more knowledge after the technology was decentralized, After the expansion of production, there will be more oil and water to deal with, industrial park management, suppliers and workers who can do more work... In addition to such direct stakeholders, there are also a group of strange people: looking around, cutting The sharp head wants to get into the Night's Watch Arsenal organization, so that the spies can complete the secret stealing mission.

The industrial park is a commercial organization, so it is very permeable, but Arsenal as an ontology is rooted in land grants, the structure is suspended above the research institute, and a few core personnel are also strictly controlled and protected. , but it really caused them to get a headache and couldn't find a breakthrough, and they were very helpless. Unexpectedly, the target suddenly took off his clothes... He took off the layers of defense and actively released key information about hot weapons, which instantly reduced the difficulty of their lives by an entire order of magnitude, and put the meal that was just right into their bowls. ——Just ask, who would be unhappy when hit by such a good thing?
A few days ago, a group of people who hated Igor gnash the teeth because of the strict and strict confidentiality system formulated by Igor, in a blink of an eye, they regarded them as great people in their hearts.

However, just as the entire city and outside of the city, both the enemy and the enemy, were immersed in a happy and peaceful atmosphere, there was one person who was disturbed by the news.

……

After listening to the latest report of the subordinate, Illyrio waved him to step back, and habitually crumpled the evidence that might bring danger and threw it at the stove. The regiment strayed from the target and fell to the ground, rolling to the corner with a slight rustling sound.

"Damn it!"

The swearing voice has not yet come out, but the close-fitting slave girl with excellent eyesight has already run to the wall with good will, picked up the paper ball and threw it back into the stove.

Watching the daily report deformed in flames, turned black and turned to ashes in the light, the rich businessman Magister's mood did not improve at all - it was not an accident that he just threw the paper ball, but his hands were shaking. Unable to hold the direction. And the reason why my hands are shaking is because of nervousness, and the nervousness is because of smelling dangerous breath.

It's not quite accurate to say that, because the dangerous smell is always lingering around after the meeting with Queen, but...it suddenly increased dozens of times today, thickening and thickening to the point of choking the nose Degree.

Once set on the curve-saving policy of "stealing and spreading new weapons secrets", Illyrio has devoted himself to the task, but the idea is simple, the execution is not easy - over the years, His division of labor with Varys has always been: the other side is responsible for fighting in the Westeros line of fire, and oneself only provides behind-the-scenes human and material support in Essos. Such difficult missions as "visiting the Seven Kingdoms vortex center" and "directing espionage work on the line of fire", which are highly professional and demanding, have long been beyond his ability, a wealthy businessman, Magister...

Fortunately, He doesn't need to start from scratch.

The Research Institute is the second largest department in the Night's Watch industry following production. It has many departments and mixed personnel. In fact, long before he came to King's Landing, the middle-level intelligence network members who stayed behind Westeros They have already started infiltrating them either at the behest of Varys, or consciously - if they come back to contact them and issue a mission, this group of spies will be awakened from dormancy to execute the order... and if not, they will be in the industrial park for a lifetime It is also a good choice to rely on this big tree to get married, have children, and grow old.

Illyrio doesn't actually need to direct an infiltration of the industrial park. He just follows the clues left by Varys to find the connectors... people, activate the entire big net, and eat the legacy of his teammates. Enough to achieve short-term goals.

Because of the tight schedule, all kinds of taboos and precautions could not be slowly spread out... Illyrio is actually very clear: not only is oneself far less efficient than The Spider, but its tracks are also not well hidden. Well, there must have been careful people who noticed the abnormality that a large number of eyeliners and spies suddenly became active, and became alert.

Brace oneself continues for two reasons.

One is that Queen's westward expedition is already on the verge of an arrow. Without outside assistance, little Aegon nine deaths and still alive, he was forced by the situation to be too late to move steadily; The team and system left behind are confident that as long as they operate properly, no one will be able to find oneself in a short period of time... Even if they do, it will be based on the relationship between oneself and Queen, and the neutrality of Pentos. Choose not to cast aside all considerations for face.

But, just when the secret stealing progressed to the bottleneck and could no longer move forward, he was trying to figure out how to crack it, but the opponent gave up the effective and high-strength security mechanism without warning, not only did not shrink, but also Take the initiative to send blueprint to oneself in front of one's eyes?
With the 1st Stage drilling and infiltration basically completed, Illyrio dared to say: As long as the gunpowder formula and fire ** paper are really declassified and decentralised, he will be able to get the original material on the night and at most the second day when the material arrives at the research institute. Get all the content!
There is only one question left: Is there such a good thing? !
They all say There is no such thing as a free lunch, which is actually a bit absolute. As a semi-old fogey, Illyrio can say responsibly: as long as a person lives long enough, sooner or later, he will encounter a few times when he is really hit by a pie...

The problem becomes Become: This time, this pie that smashed in front of oneself, is it real?

In all fairness, of course it is possible. Queen's army is fully preparing for Reach, facing a powerful feudal country with a population of tens of millions, Daenerys or her staff are worried that their superior weapons will not be able to gain an overwhelming advantage, so it is reasonable to decide to expand production. At a time when the war is burning and the smoke of gunpowder is so tense, even if the decision-making level in front of the Queen is annoyed by the intelligence spying activities of the rising winds and scudding clouds in the city, they can only choose to suppress it first and free up after the war. Governance - rushing out the bait, attracting spies and spies from all over the world, and then fighting against the powerful enemy face to face, while fighting against this group of flies?
How is that possible.

This seems to make sense, but Illyrio got to where he is today from starting from scratch and getting to where he is today because he rarely takes chances.

Almost at the same time, he thought of it logically: precisely because the war is on the verge of breaking out, the Queen has absolutely no motives and idle thoughts to deal with the small fish and shrimp, but instead makes the situation simpler - the middle The state is eliminated, and there are only two extremes left.

Either, the opponent made a mistake and exposed the weak spot;

Or, it was a game, a game against a big fish.

And at this moment in King's Landing, how many characters are qualified to be regarded as "big fish"?

He tried to search his mind, but he couldn't come up with a second name other than oneself. When his body trembled slightly, a sudden thought suddenly came into his mind: as "Pentos rich businessman Magister" The oneself of oneself is not worth mobilizing the Targaryen regime to deal with. If someone really wants to fish oneself, then this person must have seen another face of oneself "who wants to steal the country", and to a certain extent understand his connection with Varys, The relationship with Aegon Jr. and Jon Connington even has a real purpose deep inside.

The murderer of the poisoning case, who he had been guessing all the time, was probably far away and right in front of him!
Is it the Queen who knows the truth? impossible. That's her Prime Minister, the goddamn Lord Commander of the Night's Watch? But how did he escape punishment after being poisoned and regain Daenerys' favor as Hand of the Queen?
Before thinking about this puzzle, a more terrifying thought broke into consciousness: if this is really a game, then the "bait" is likely to have been obtained by oneself's underlying informants, on the way to send oneself in front of , without the ability to control the intelligence network like Varys, there is not much time left for him to react to protect oneself!

"Babe." Illyrio sat up abruptly, his fat body twisting so that the chair creaked, "Go and tell Julie, let him pass on the letter immediately, don't get it from the Night's Watch Institute Send any intelligence directly to me, arrange the boats, and pass me directly back to Pentos!"

tone barely fell, he immediately realized that if the opponent is not casting a net to catch, but is clearly targeting oneself, then you don't need the bait to actually get to the oneself table before you can do it - catch the thief on the spot, interrogate one or two names, and then you can directly skip the intermediate steps and run directly to the oneself side to conduct a search.

When the time comes, what's so hard about putting a blueprint in any corner?
The only way to ensure safety is to retreat before the hunter reacts and leave King's Landing immediately!

He slapped his thigh and stopped the slave girl who walked to the door: "Wait! I'll talk about this later, first go to prepare the sedan...carriage, and then send someone to the port to book the boat, we will go back to Pentos immediately !”

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(end of this chapter)