While Trulsen was hiding outside the Königsberg Military Academy's quarters in the dark and munching on compressed biscuits, Chentian and his family had already had a hearty dinner, and were enjoying themselves in a cozy and quiet room in the castle.

After dinner was the most energetic time for little Andres, so Chen Tian was finally lucky enough to see him moving around in the room, when he was obediently sitting on the carpet and fiddling with his little soldier toys, while little Sasha snuggled up next to Lisa and listened to her read a fairy tale book.

"It seems that our little Andres has the ambition to be a good commander!" Watching Andres push those little soldiers over and over again, Chen Tian seemed to see what he looked like when he was a child, whether it was in this world or the previous one; Seeing Xiao Sasha's engrossed listening to the story, Chen Tian couldn't help but smile and muttered to himself, "And our little princess, maybe she will be a writer or a musician in the future, but she will definitely be a beauty!" ”

When Chen Tian was still looking forward to the future, little Zack walked straight to him with an account book.

"Your Highness!"

Chen Tian then remembered that it had been two months since the outbreak of the war, and since the handover of Zack Sr. and Little Zack in July, he had not had time to pay attention to his assets and the operation of the factory.

"Oh, it's little Zach! Tell me directly, am I going bankrupt or am I going to make a war fortune? ”

"Your Highness, congratulations, your situation falls into the latter category!" Little Zach said respectfully, "Do you want to see the account book yourself, or will I read it to you?" ”

"Hmmm! You say I'll listen! Just say the general situation, and you don't need to tell me the numbers below a million! Chen Tian didn't take the account book, you must know that if others have the intention to make fake accounts, he can't see it at all, unless he conducts a specific and detailed audit, but he doesn't have that much time at all now. For Zach and his son, Chen Tian has always been in the spirit of employing people without suspicion, not to mention that the Bat Legion is also closely monitoring the entire East Prussia, and the flow of his assets is one of the key points.

"Your personal liquid assets, i.e. cash and deposits, have risen from 83 million marks before the war to 124 million marks at present; Your receivables, i.e. the funds to be recovered in the future, have risen from 83 million marks before the war to 727 million marks at present, of which nearly 700 million marks are owed by the German government for the purchase of munitions, equipment and oil from our factories, and the government wants to be able to pay in instalments, which I have already asked you for! ”

Chen Tian nodded, "Yes, the government must invest a lot of money in the war, and letting them pay in installments can also reduce some of the pressure on them, which can be regarded as a little contribution to the country!" ”

Instead of taking a stand, Zach Jr. continued his report: "The value of our oil and gasoline stockpiles has risen from 190 million marks before the war to 280 million marks now, and because of the stable war in East Prussia, we have begun to build a large number of new oil storage warehouses in this area according to your plan!" ”

"There will be no large-scale battles on the Eastern Front in the near future, so we can rest assured that we will build in East Prussia!" Before the war, Chentian could not guarantee 100% security in East Prussia, so he built some factories far from the border, especially fuel depots, and suggested that the Kaiser build them all over the country, and now his development focus can finally turn back to East Prussia.

"After the outbreak of the war, the production of the factories in which we invested increased almost threefold, and our investment in machinery and working capital rose from 900 million marks before the war to 2.2 billion marks at present, and the scale of these factories needs to continue to expand, and the East Prussian consortiums have offered to lend to us!" Little Zach paused at this point, "Your Highness, do you think we need to borrow money from them?" ”

"Of course! Our current production still can't meet the needs of the front, right? We need to expand the tank and armored car factories, aircraft factories and shipyards, and we don't have a lot of working capital on hand, so I think it is possible to lend them a loan of between 1 billion and 2 billion marks to invest in the construction and operation of the factory! Chen Tian can't help but think of the previous world, borrowing from financial institutions is almost an inevitable thing for every enterprise, of course, some are for the survival of enterprises, and some are for better development.

"I see! I will inform our operational staff of this and they will be responsible for implementing it! Turning the page, Zach Jr. continued, "The number of workers employed in our factories has risen from more than 150,000 before the war to nearly 400,000 now!" About 100,000 of them are farmers who have temporarily entered the factory after harvesting, and they will probably not stay in our factory next spring! ”

"Next spring......" Chentian hopes that the war will end as soon as possible, but it depends on when France will withdraw from the war, and the attitude of other Entente countries after France withdraws, "Then we will continue to recruit workers!" If the war ends soon, we can sell some arms to our allies as well! Especially Turkey and Austria-Hungary, I think they will be interested in receiving a large number of weapons and equipment, and if they don't have money, they can exchange resources for it! ”

"Yes, Your Highness! At present, the total value and income of our various industries may have surpassed that of the traditional arms dealer Krupp! Little Zach said with some pride, after all, Chentian's industrial prosperity is inseparable from the credit of their father and son.

However, Chen Tian has no interest in money now, and the most important thing is to be able to add more military strength to Germany, "By the way, we still have to strengthen cooperation with Krupp and other arms dealers with strong technology, after all, our advantage is not in traditional guns!" And what about the production of our various weapons in the first two months? ”

"Uh...... In August and September, an average of 650 tanks and 350 aircraft of various types, including 25 'Owl' heavy bombers, 6,000 'Firebird' machine guns, 1,500 'Maxim' heavy machine guns, 700 armored vehicles and 3,200 combat motorcycles were converted from cars and motorcycles purchased from Daimler, and in August and September, 7 submarines, 2 destroyers, 3 torpedo boats, 5 shore defense gunboats, and 2 converted seaplane carriers were launched from our shipyard. The new 19,000-ton aircraft carrier "Prince" is scheduled to be launched next month, and engineers believe that its sea trials and perfection period can be compressed to four months, which means that it will be ready for service in January and February next year. Little Zach was obviously not very interested in the numbers, and he was as concerned as old Zach about how much they could bring to his owner.

"Your Royal Highness, half of the above weapons are for your legion, and the War Department and the Admiralty have not allocated much additional funds, so these weapons are all paid for by you, but fortunately, the other half of the weapons have already allowed us to earn back their costs!"

Half of the weapons that Zach Jr. mentioned were basically used to equip the newly formed Second Tank Division and other recruits to supplement the troops. With the addition of more and more reservists and new soldiers, the size of the army of the whole of Germany is gradually increasing, and the strength of the East Prussian Army has also been strengthened, the regular army of all Germany has increased from 2 million troops at the beginning of the war to 3.1 million, and the East Prussian Army has also increased from 250,000 to 350,000, of which 200,000 will go to the Eastern Front with Chentian, another 70,000 will remain in East Prussia under the command of Major General Matthew, and 80,000 will be stationed in Poland under the command of Mackensen, The Polish cluster was reinforced by 60,000 soldiers of the German Reserve Army, which had previously supported Austria-Hungary.

"Thank you, little Zach! I'm going to worry about you when I'm not around! Chen **** Little Zack nodded, and Little Zack immediately put away the account book and left quickly. Chen Tian only stayed at home for one day and two nights, so he wanted to spend more time on his family rather than those trivial things.

At this time, Trulson was still there quietly watching the gate of the dependents' quarter. Every quarter of an hour or so, a patrol of two people would appear nearby, but the place where Trulson was was completely hidden in the darkness, and it was almost impossible for the patrol to detect him as long as he did not make a sound.

The temperature of the October night had dropped, and Trulson, who was dressed in autumn clothes, naturally felt a little cool, but this environment was nothing compared to the harsh training he had received in the ice and snow before.

While little Andres fell asleep on the carpet, Trulson was moving his arm slightly, which was somewhat numb.

When Xiao Sasha fell asleep listening to the story, Trulson gently rubbed her slightly heavy eyelids.

When someone started snoring, Trulson finally waited for his prey.

The North Korean woman appeared in the light at the gate, wearing a normal army gray trench coat, and said something to the sentry as she walked past the gate, and then walked away quickly.

Trulson was a little glad that the other party did not let his subordinates do things for him, but went out himself. However, he did not rush to follow, but waited until the other party was about to disappear into his observation range before starting to follow.

As a spy, it is unwise to turn back frequently as you travel, so it is very important to pay attention to and judge the voices behind you; Also as a spy, how to hide your footsteps is very crucial. At this distance, I am afraid that the most sensitive ear will not hear Trulsen's cat-like footsteps.

This is not the direction to the gates of the military school!

After only a few rounds around the military academy, Trulson already had a complete map of the military academy in his mind. The North Koreans were now walking towards a seemingly meaningless place - a remote and quiet training ground, and only from there could they sneak out of the academy without being noticed, and without official duties or vacation slips, students here were not allowed to step out of the academy during the day or at night.

The North Korean was quick and light, so light that Trulson could barely hear him, but fortunately he was in a tracking position and had his own keen eye to exploit.

Along the way, the two were very skillful and agile in avoiding several patrols.

After discovering that the other party's movements were very similar to his own, Trulson couldn't help but feel that everything became interesting.

When the dark shadow of a high wall appeared in front of them, the North Koreans seemed to slow down and finally stopped under the high wall.

The North Korean didn't turn around, she seemed to be listening to something.

Instead of dodging to the side, Trulson stopped as fast as he could.

There seemed to be only the sound of an autumn wind in the ears of the two people.

Perhaps the other party was too confident, and the North Korean never looked back, and after a few seconds, she quickly climbed the high wall, and then disappeared from Trulson's sight.

The other party doesn't seem to be using any tools!

Trulson wasn't surprised, for spies, the tools they had were often very hidden, or they didn't need any tools to climb the wall.

Trulson walked over with a lighter step, his ear pressed to the wall and listened, but there was no sound on the other side of the wall.

Are the North Koreans gone? Or just wait over there?

Trullsen took a quick look at the wall in front of him, which was made of ordinary bricks, about 3 meters high, and topped with three barbed wire. The gaps in the walls are not obvious, and there seems to be no way to climb up with your fingers. He walked quickly to the corner of the wall more than ten meters away from the place where the North Koreans had disappeared, took out two very ordinary-looking sabers from his pocket, and stabbed them a few times with the blades of the bricks, which were not very hard cement.

Trulson climbed straight up the wall like a gecko, and the whole process took only a few seconds, and it didn't seem slower than the North Koreans.

It seems that the North Koreans also took advantage of this method!

In addition to good arm strength, good waist strength and good tools, it is very important to make this kind of action, that is, there is no beer belly. It is clear that both Trulson and the North Koreans fit this condition.

After climbing to the top of the wall, Trulsen first quietly poked his head out to look out, and there was a remote road not far ahead, and at the same time he also spotted the figure of the North Korean, who had just left the corner of the wall and moved towards the road.

Fortunately, the wall is only ordinary barbed wire, and the security of this military school is not so strict that it needs to use expensive live barbed wire, the distance between the first barbed wire and the top of the wall is only about a dozen centimeters, this gap is enough for the figure of the North Korean woman, but unfortunately Trulson's body is still too wide. He climbed on top of the wall with one hand, unfurled both sabers to the longest with the other, and then used them to prop them up between the bottom barbed wire and the top of the wall, a gap 20 centimeters high and 75 centimeters long enough to cross the wall on that side.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps not far away, the heavy and steady footsteps of ordinary soldiers.

It's a patrol!

Trulson greeted the North Koreans and the patrol indignantly, and then quickly climbed over the wall. After that, he still climbed on the top of the wall with one hand, and gently retrieved the two sabers in turn with the other, and then let go of his hand and fell.

Almost half a second later, a beam of flashlight swept across the top of the wall.

The rustle of Trulsen on the ground was not loud, and the patrols on the other side of the wall did not notice anything unusual at all. Trulson crouched silently in the corner and observed, the road from here to that was about 100 meters, and the area between looked like it was all weeds, but no one could be sure if there would be anything in it that would make a noise.

The North Koreans seemed to be familiar with the place, and she could have avoided them, while Trulson had to wait until the patrols on the other side of the wall had gone far before she could move on.

It wasn't until the footsteps on the other side of the wall faded away that Trulson got up and ran down the road.

The North Koreans had been out of his sight for some time, and Truerson decided to use his speed to regain that lost time.

The Königsberg Military Academy is not far from the city of Königsberg, and it only takes half an hour for the average person to walk.

After about a quarter of an hour in the direction of the North Koreans' departure, Trulson's vision finally caught her phantom again. By this time they had almost reached the edge of the city, and they did not know whether to praise the North Koreans for walking faster or Trulson for walking faster, in short, neither of them had the intention of gasping for breath.

Strong physique and long-lasting stamina!

At 12 o'clock in the morning, the streets of the city were long gone, except for the crisp click of the patrolmen's leather boots on the gravel road.

In the darkness, two people who didn't know each other quietly walked along the corner of the wall, one after the other.

In this street-crisscrossed city, Trulson did not dare to slack off, and he narrowed the distance between himself and the North Koreans as short as possible, lest she disappear into some alley in the next second.

The two of them were still nimble and skillful in dodging the patrols in the street, and after turning left and right, the North Korean stopped in front of an ordinary-looking house, this time she looked warily to the sides, and then knocked rhythmically on the door. Twelve seconds later, the door opened, and the North Korean quickly flashed inside, then a head poked out of the door and looked nervously out, and only after making sure that no one was following him, did the man with the eastern face retract his head again.

Just around the corner in the shadows, Trulson watched it all with cold eyes.

Thirteen minutes and twenty seconds later, the door of the house opened softly, and the North Korean woman stepped out of it and walked out quickly.

Everything was very clear, and the answer that Truerson wanted was in the Oriental man in that house. He silently took out the tools on his body, opening the door was easier than opening a beer bottle, and killing the people inside was just drinking the beer in the bottle.

After determining that the person inside had returned to the room based on the sound, Trullsen gently unscrewed the lock and flashed in.

The lights were still on in the room, and after 30 seconds of observation, Trulson determined that there were two people inside. He pulled a small pistol out of his pocket, and with the advent of the practical muzzle silencer in 1908, spies no longer had to worry about the noise of gunfire that would alarm others' sleep.

Thirty-seven seconds later, two Oriental corpses lay in the room of the house, and Truerson found a well-sealed document from one of them, which contained the answers his superiors wanted to know.

Trulson then searched the room again, and after making sure nothing of value was missing, he quickly disappeared into the night.