The person who reported to the Duke of Gian was neither Dirmit's 'Spider' nor Eugen's messenger, but a butler-like figure.

It stands to reason that as a housekeeper, he is not qualified to ask about these things, he just needs to serve his master well, and as for the master's decision, there are some serious reports, he does not need to participate in them.

It's just that this butler of the Duke of Ji'an is different.

This butler was not just the butler of the Duke of Ji'an, he was also the steward of the entire Medici family, and although he was not a nobleman, he had more power and prestige than many nobles.

He is the number two person in the huge intelligence department of the Medici family, the real power figure hidden behind it, and his status is still above Dirmit.

Intelligence Butler---- West!

At the same time, he is also the butler of the Habsburgs, Prince Eugen!

"Yes, from the first day I met Count Eugen, I thought he had extraordinary ideas, some of which were fantastic, but when they were put into practice, they had extraordinary effects."

Steward Vest also said with a smile, I haven't seen him for a few months, the old butler's body has recovered, and he looks full of red light, but half of his sleeves are empty, and he can't see the lower arm.

"Well, when the prince asked you to contact him, I thought he paid too much attention to a small person, but now it seems that I don't have the prince's discerning eyes, hahaha." Duke Ji'an said with a smile, and he was quite happy to hear that Eugen had done a good job.

Steward Vester shook his head when he heard this, and said, "It's not that the prince just wanted to use Count Eugen as a pawn and use his hand to beat those restless nobles. It's just that I didn't expect that this Count Eugen is not a chess piece, but a hammer, and it is really powerful to use. ”

There was also some appreciation in the tone of the steward of West, relatively speaking, he and Eugen had been together for a long time, and in the process of getting along, he also found many shining points from Eugen.

Duke Ji'an nodded and said, "Well, compared to the prince, he also realized the importance of Eugen later, so he sent you to Cosenza to pick him up, but I didn't expect that something like that happened, alas, those guys are getting bolder." ”

Duke Gian's tone was filled with some regret, and his gaze looked at the empty sleeves of Steward West, which was quite unpleasant.

Steward West was very open-minded, he laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, it doesn't matter, they jumped out and exposed themselves, but they didn't hurt Eugen, this is their biggest failure." Although I lost an arm, I got extremely important information in exchange. ”

If this is said in the name of the steward of West, it does not carry much weight, but if it is said in the name of the head of the Medici intelligence department, it represents something really unusual.

Everyone knows that the Medici family has a powerful intelligence department, which controls almost all of Italy, and also knows the name of Spider Dimmit, but almost no one knows that the real strength of the Medici family's intelligence department is not in Italy itself.

Spider Dirmit is just an appearance, a sample released to paralyze other people, the real name of the Medici family's intelligence department should be the Holy Roman Empire's intelligence department, these people in addition to serving the Medici family, their real behind-the-scenes bosses are actually the Habsburgs.

It was a centuries-old pact between the Habsburgs and the Medici, who had always shared an intelligence service and were so close to each other that they were almost one family.

But in the eyes of outsiders, they have no relationship with each other at all, and they can't see any intention of cooperation on the surface.

With the support of the Habsburgs, the Medici intelligence services had already expanded beyond Italy, covering the entire Holy Roman Empire, and even the surrounding countries had their own people.

This is an incomparably large intelligence system, and the manager behind it is the steward of Virgen, Prince Eugen can have so many brilliant achievements in his life, this intelligence system is absolutely indispensable, and the steward of Vester has always followed Prince Eugen's side.

This alliance may seem unreasonable, but in fact it is an inevitability.

The Medici wanted to expand their intelligence system beyond Italy, and the intelligence system that only knew their inside information was too small.

As the rulers of the empire, the Habsburgs could not sit idly by and watch the power of the Medici family expand outward, so the two families had a conflict.

In some discussion, the conflict was resolved, and a win-win solution was proposed, that is, the Medici intelligence service could be expanded outward, but at the same time serve the Habsburgs, and the benefits of the intelligence would be shared between the two sides.

Today, the intelligence system has developed over a long period of time and has grown to a considerable scale.

The Medici and the Habsburgs were also one and the same, and the interests of the two sides were closely intertwined, and no matter which side fell, it would have extremely negative consequences.

However, at present, the two families are still facing the same problem, that is, there is no suitable heir, the latest generation of the family members are all women, and both families want the women of the family to inherit the status and status of the nobility, and they will face the opposition raised by the other major families.

"Regarding Eugen, which ones have jumped out, do you have any definite news now?" Duke Ji'an turned two balls in his hand and said in a deep voice.

That's the most important thing right now, they have to know who the enemy is before they can figure out how to deal with it.

"For now, there must be the Wetina family in Saxony, their hostility towards us can be said to be obvious, and in addition, the Wittelsbach family seems to have some movement, but it is not sure why, and finally, the Hohenzollern family."

Steward West said in a calm tone, this information will only be presented after many verifications and can be 100% sure of its accuracy.

"Yo-hee." When Duke Gian heard the first few names, his expression did not change much, and it was only after hearing the words Hohenzollern that he let out an exclamation and a deep groan.

"Hahaha, good guy, three of the four top families have problems, this is really a big trouble, especially that Hohenzollern, I didn't expect that old guy to have a day when he can't sit still."

At the end, the Duke of Ji'an sighed again, and said with regret: "Alas, West, you said that he is old and old, and he is about to go to see God's people, what are you busy with?" ”

"Desire is endless." West returned indifferently.