"Brother...... Do me a favor. ”

John had just opened his eyes when he saw Sophia, whose sockets were swollen, coming in through the door.

This woman who can turn Russia upside down is only used against one city...... John suddenly felt an inexplicable peace of mind in his heart. Perhaps it will not be long before the territory of the empire can be redrawn to the territory of Trabzon.

"What's wrong Sophia, didn't you get a night's rest?" John helped Sophia to the bedside, and the little girl looked too tired.

"Rest is not important, write a letter and ask your father to send someone to Trabzon...... Yes...... I'm sleepy, I'll get some sleep first. ”

"No, tell me what the letter is about!"

"Scolding, scolding that John surnamed Komnenos, the more ugly the better, he is a person with a small belly, where can he stand this grievance. Even if he can bear it, it will completely destroy our relationship. ”

"Do you really want to treat your fellow brothers like this?" John spread out the blank paper on the desk, "By the way, Sophia, who are you going to plot your little secret?" ”

"Don't ask, don't ask...... It's good that you and Your Majesty wait......"

The sound of well-proportioned breathing gradually sounded.

"Wait a minute, curse ......"

John was slightly stunned, he was indeed proficient in national scolding, but he really knew very little about how people used letters to mock each other in this era.

"Forget it, what has taught me is always historical experience."

So, such a passage appeared on the blank paper.

To the despicable Breedicide, John Comunen. Your notoriety is known to everyone from Ireland to the Khitan, and I am ashamed to be the same name as you, and the same clan as you......

After this letter was written, John became more and more proficient, and even suddenly remembered a letter from the Cossacks of Zaporozhye to the Ottoman Sultan......

……

"Your Highness, there are two pieces of bad news, one is worse and the other is worse, which one do you want to listen to first?"

In the evening, Giovanni returned to the Slou Gardens with a heavy heart after finishing the royal proceedings from the Constantine Palace. The city of Constantinople has been full of joy in recent days, and the victory at Thebes has deeply stimulated the patriotic fervor of the citizens, and it stands to reason that nothing too bad should happen.

John and Sophia put down the scroll and listened to Giovanni.

"Pick one and say it."

"First things first...... Karamanbeyi is almost unbearable. The Ottoman offensive has entered the final stage, and it should not be long before Karaman will be forced to negotiate peace and then pay the Ottomans land and pay reparations. Giovanni sighed, and continued, "The other thing is that we have so far not caught the spies who provided Muhammad with information about the situation in Constantinople. If that man was still in the city, the whole empire would be exposed to Muhammad's eyes all the time. ”

"What's more, because in recent days the Fountain Gate and the San Romanus Gate have been open all day, although the investigation is relatively strict, and a few moles who want to infiltrate the Ottomans have been caught. But this means that it is likely that another group of people who were not caught by the guards had already infiltrated Constantinople. "The severity of this is not trivial, and we need to find some way to eradicate these eyeliners as soon as possible." ”

"Don't worry about Giovanni...... It's a serious matter, but we still have a little time. If the siege of Muhammad had not been a trick of the Ottomans, then Murad II would no longer be in command of the Balkan war for the time being. Even if Muhammad had gained control of the main Ottoman army, he would not have led a large army to attack Constantinople in a short period of time. John frowned and thought for a while, persuading Giovanni to calm down first, "We need to let someone solve this matter." ”

"The Ottomans are now clearly setting up a network of spies in Constantinople, and our every move of the Ottomans depends on the report of the battle that we do not know a few days ago...... With such an asymmetry of intelligence, the empire can easily fall into a situation of being blocked by information. Even in the future, we may be subjected to false information from the Ottomans, and when the time comes, the Ottomans will lead us by the nose, and Constantinople may not be so easy to defend! ”

Sophia, who had just woken up, also sensed the difficulty of the matter, and she did not pay attention to the extent that the Ottoman infiltration had reached.

"What is the result of the deliberations of the Imperial Council?"

"Her Royal Highness Princess...... His Majesty's intentions are not clear, but if a large amount of money is spent on the purchase of weapons and equipment, the maintenance of ships, and religious activities, as well as the allocation of additional personnel for counter-espionage activities, the Empire's finances, which have just recovered a little, will be depleted. Thebes and Athens did provide good tax revenues, but they maintained the empire as a whole...... It's a drop in the bucket. ”

The three of them were silent for a moment, this kind of problem has always been tricky, and it is very easy for the Ottomans to find spies who are proficient in Greek and will not be recognized, and it can be said that the Ottomans have a lot of them. If you can get rid of some of them, there will be new spies infiltrating tomorrow, and there will be an endless stream of spies. Constantinople had to let people into the city in order to absorb the population, which was a very embarrassing contradiction.

"If we can't deal with these spies for the time being, then we need to find a reciprocal information." Sophia broke the embarrassment by saying, "At the very least, we can't be at a disadvantage in terms of information. Now that the inner city of Edir is at hand, we must also intensify our efforts to infiltrate the Ottomans. Coupled with the fact that the Ottomans still had to deal with the Crusaders at this time, we could take this opportunity to send spies. ”

"We discussed this idea, but first, there was no suitable candidate, and second, it was impossible to determine the strength of Ottoman counterintelligence." Giovanni scratched at his unkempt hair, "Hey, this kind of problem should be solved by someone else...... Your Highness, let's start with the class. ”

John and Giovanni continued to discuss how the Musketeers and the Phoenix Legion could cooperate in various battle situations and how to inflict maximum damage, while Sofia quietly left the Slou Gardens.

……

"Her Royal Highness the Princess......"

In the palace, an inconspicuous door was slowly opened, and standing in front of Sophia was a young nobleman of about thirty-five years old, and if you looked closely at his facial features, you would see that there was a slight resemblance between him and the current ruler of Trabzon, John Komnenos.

"Prepare for the next step, His Highness John's letter has been delivered." Sophia smiled politely, "By the way, because the Ottoman spies have been troublesome lately, and these people will be sent back to Constantinople intact after they are used up." ”

"Don't worry, Your Highness Princess."

"Remember what you said yourself."

"Trabzon, will always be part of the empire."