Chapter 263: Spies, Excellent Spies
Hearing Hetty's words, Gawain was not the slightest surprised, because everything was expected by him.
Suddenly resurrected from the dead, suddenly returned to the south, suddenly established a pioneer territory, and suddenly began to export cheap "secondary alchemy potions" and magic guide machinery...... The name Gawain Cecil is an eye-catching sign in itself, and with this series of events, it is impossible for the nobles of the South not to be curious about this rapidly changing land.
The contemporary Ansu nobles are sluggish and slow, when Gawain just started to develop and build, most of the southern nobles actually didn't react at all, probably in their concept, eight hundred people ran to the foot of the dark mountain range to open up and survive, it was to kill themselves, even if they survived, it would probably take several years to be self-sufficient, and before that, the entire pioneer territory may still need the royal family to support, so they didn't invest too much energy here at the beginning-
No one can imagine how these 800 people have gained a firm foothold under the leadership of Gawain Cecil, and no one can imagine that this land has exploded to tens of thousands of people in less than a year, built towns, had a stable food base, and even began to export products and seize profits. Seeing that the merchants in the name of the Cecil Chamber of Commerce had spread all over the southern region, they took action slowly.
Well, compared to the current aristocracy, the response of the nobles everywhere is actually quite agile, but in Gawain's opinion, they are still slow enough.
Gawain listened carefully to Hetty's report, and the latter couldn't help but ask curiously after he finished speaking: "Ancestor, how did you know in advance that a large number of the displaced people who came to defect in winter would be spies sent by nobles from all over the world?" ”
Gawain said lightly: "It's very simple, they can get to Cecil Territory alive, and this is the biggest suspicion." ”
Hetty was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood what Gawain meant.
It's winter in Ansu, and the south is the most inhospitable part of Ansu, the wilderness here is far more dangerous and expansive than in the central region, especially for Cecil at the foot of the Dark Mountains, and the traffic around him is even worse.
In such a situation, how did the outcasts, who lacked food, lacked warm clothing, were physically weak, and had no means of transportation, get to Cecil?
As cruel as it may be, the truth is that the real outcasts will either not migrate to Cecil's territory, or they will die on the way.
Thinking of this, Hetty could only sigh and shake her head slightly, and Gawain asked her casually: "There hasn't been much trouble in the investigation, right?" ”
The territory will be seriously depopulated for a long time in the future, and attracting outsiders will be a long-term policy, so even if he knows that there will be some "not simple" guys among the displaced people, Gawain doesn't want this kind of investigation to make too much trouble, once it makes people panic, not only outsiders will be afraid, but even those new immigrants who have recently joined the territory will be unstable, which is not what he wants to see.
Hetty couldn't help but laugh when she heard this question, and she shook her head: "There's no movement, in fact, it's so easy to pull those guys out." The population registration system and the residential zoning management system you have implemented are a new thing for those guys, who probably didn't even think that everyone in this land would have their own identity, name and registration information, and they themselves would be exposed without a detailed investigation by the government affairs department. In addition, according to your instructions at the beginning, except for those who were caught red-handed while passing information or trying to sneak through the level, we have not alarmed the remaining locked spies, but are just watching. ”
Cecil has an unprecedented population management system in the aristocratic territory of this era, whether it is entry and exit registration, resident registration, and community management, it is very imaginable, but those spies who try to infiltrate are completely unaware of this - some of them tried in vain to pretend to be migrant workers and directly blend into the construction team that returns from outside the city every day, but they were dumbfounded when the workers lined up to hand over the work card to receive meal tickets, and some were lucky enough to sneak into the city and try to disguise themselves as homeless, but they were taken away directly by the security guards of various blocks, Most of them pretend to be homeless people at the docks, city gates and other passes to try to get through the gates...... They probably never imagined in their lives that any nobleman would have to register the name, age, origin and professional skills of each "untouchable", and the "untouchables" had to be observed and educated in the quarantine camp before entering the city, and almost eighty percent of the spies were exposed in the process.
Of course, there are also many lucky and smart guys who have passed the tests, no matter what method is used, they have successfully infiltrated the city, but their imaginary actions after entering the city are "As a homeless person, they will not be noticed by the nobles, and most of them will be kicked into the gutter to fend for themselves, and then they will take advantage of the situation that no one cares about them to gather information, and by the way, they will develop their power among the local ruffians", but the actual development is that they have been registered with a lot of information and become a glorious Cecil construction worker, They have work cards and work numbers, live in collective dormitories, eat collective canteens, and have been moving bricks on the construction site for several days when they remember that they are actually spies......
Gawain listened to Hetty's report and discovered various situations during the investigation, and even felt a little sympathy for those spies.
Hetty was even more smiling the whole time, and couldn't help but sigh after the report: "Ancestor, these personnel management methods you designed are really a genius move - although it takes some manpower to operate and maintain, as long as there are these systems, there are no people with ulterior motives who can mix into the territory!" ”
Gao Wen raised his eyelids and glanced at his eldest granddaughter: "Then you still complained to me every day?" ”
Hetty's face was suddenly a little embarrassed, and he lowered his head slightly: "At first, I really thought I would be exhausted to death - but now that the government department is up and running, and the newly recruited clerks and second-level heads have taken over most of the work, I can relax a little." ”
Gawain smiled and nodded, Herty is a person who never shows fatigue or other imperfections in front of others, but in front of herself, the "ancestor of the coffin", this lady has become more and more accustomed to letting go of herself, probably because she has too much pressure to bear on weekdays, but because of her own identity, she can only carry it by herself - now that she finally has an elder to spoil and complain, she has gradually adapted to this way of getting along.
But in any case, he still had to remind Hetty to prevent the other party from being too lax: "The system is not completely perfect, there will always be people who can find loopholes, you don't pin everything on the opponent who will always be so stupid." ”
"Yes, I know," Hetty nodded at once, and then asked, "Ancestor, what are you going to do with those ill-intentioned families?" They've already started sending spies to Cecil's territory......"
Gao Wenhun waved his hand nonchalantly: "No additional response is needed. ”
"Huh?"
"The Cecil Chamber of Commerce is already operational, and this network will penetrate the entire southern part of the kingdom, and even the entire kingdom, and its development will come first. Now we just need to slowly build and build this intelligence and economic network, and we don't need to do anything else," Gawain leaned back on the backrest, looking at Hetty with a surprised face, and said slowly, "Those who are 'curious' about Cecil will not die, as long as we are still developing, there will always be more eyes on here, and with the promotion of magic machines and magic nets, they will only pay more attention to this place - in the current situation, we can't send troops to sweep away all the nobles in the south, It would be better to give them peace of mind for a while, and wait for Cecil's economic and intelligence networks to infiltrate every corner of their territory. ”
The noose is slowly tightening, and at this time, the knife is bright, and the prey in the noose will be scared away.
"But the spies who have entered the territory...... Do you want to execute them? ”
"Executions? Why the execution? Gawain smiled slightly, "They have been exposed, and with their common sense and 'business level', no matter how they jump, it is impossible to jump out of Cecil's management system, at this time, the large-scale execution of these spies from various noble lords in the south will not be beneficial to us, but will stimulate the fragile nerves of the nobles everywhere even more, they may not act on the surface, but the expansion of our chamber of commerce will definitely be affected." After all, the friendly situation on face still needs to be maintained. ”
Hetty frowned: "Then what do you mean ......"
"Send all the spies who have been directly captured to the North Shore to clear the wasteland, and those who have been locked but not yet alarmed...... Haven't they become glorious Cecil construction workers? Organize them into a new construction team to build new districts - now the new industrial zone is being built in the west of the territory, and there is a shortage of a large number of people, so it will be their new work task. Remember, this is a normal job transfer, and don't let them doubt it. ”
Gao Wen paused, and then said: "The new construction team is named '25th Production and Construction Brigade', implementing separate management, isolated production and life, they can communicate with the outside world, but all exchanges must be audited, from now on, if new spies are found, first check the ability, the more stupid ones will be sent to the wasteland or mining, and the smarter ones who are good at camouflage will be sent to the 25th Brigade." ”
Hetty didn't turn the corner for a while, and asked in a daze, "Then don't these people notice that something is wrong?" If they were restricted from movement and communication, they should immediately realize that they were exposed......"
Gawain smiled slightly: "No, you just have to tell them this-'Don't ask about the situation, you are carrying out the secret plan of Lord Duke', and they will make up for the rest." ”
Hetty was dumbfounded: "......"
After being stunned for a moment, Hetty held back another question: "But if they observe the people around them, they will still realize the essence of the 25th Brigade...... Ah, no, they won't realize it! ”
"That's right, the spies who have successfully infiltrated the territory before being discovered must be excellent spies, and the spies who enter the 25th Brigade in the later stage will also be excellent spies, and excellent spies will never expose themselves," Gawain said happily, "Everyone in the entire 25th Brigade will be convinced that they are the only spies - of course, it is not excluded that two or three people will sneak in together and be sent to the 25th Brigade together, but this is harmless." ”
Hetty continued to be stunned: "......"