Chapter Seventy-Nine: Intelligence
As for whether that drunken and dreamy Signori could build a qualified alchemy furnace, Dai Lan was not sure at all. Now that the wound herbs are ready, the stove must not go wrong.
Because of this incident, Dai Lan didn't sleep well all night, and came to his office in Celtic Castle with two dark circles under his eyes, and met his good brother James Knight on the way, and was teased by him fiercely.
Celtic castles were built in all directions. Passing through a large expanse of martial arts arenas, the main building is facing the main entrance. It is mainly used for meeting important guests and celebrating Christmas and New Year's festivals. The bedrooms and living rooms of the members of the Orthodox Robertson family are also on the third and top floors of the building.
To the south are the quarters for the knights and servants of the family. Adjacent to it is the armed tower to the west, and below the tower is the prison where Dai Lan was imprisoned in the early Middle Ages.
Behind the main building is the famous Hanging Gardens, where every citizen of Dundee wants to climb.
The Robertson family and several high-ranking knights had their own offices, all in the office area of a tall building on the north side of the castle. Dai Lan is very satisfied with his office, as long as the heavy wooden door is closed, all noise is isolated, and the view between the mountains and rivers is quite a bit of paradise.
But the thick stack of information on the table was really disappointing. Every day, different messages come to Dai Lan like snowflakes from all directions.
Looking at this information, Dai Lan sighed and said in his heart: These knights of the Robertson family are really worthy of their monthly salary!
Dai Lan pinched the coffee cup with a short handle in one hand, drank the coffee imported from Belgium in a sloppy manner, and quickly flipped through these military intelligence and magic reports with the other, looking at the topic without a match:
"Top Secret: Map of the Regional Branch Visited by Lord Grigory in July".
"Semi-annual Boutique Review Summary".
Fedora. Minutes of the visit of the Prince of Tudor to the city of Dundee.
Analysis of the Possibility of a Local War between England and France.
Dai Lan shook his head, helplessly threw the information in his hand on the table, and scolded: "It's some unfounded speculation and gossip about high-ranking officials, it's really full." ”
Suddenly, his eyes fell on the report at the bottom, revealing half of the topic.
Dai Lan pulled out the page of information and roughly scanned:
"According to the normal distribution fit of the tracking science, the appearance of a low-level mage in the Luthor Sector is a highly probable event. The target character is a 95.6% chance of being a mage of the Sain Alliance, and a 4.4% chance of being a mage of the Kingdom of Scotland and the English Empire. ”
Dai Lan was frightened for a while, quickly put down the coffee cup, and looked at the back carefully:
“…… Sampling and tracking of 400 people, using linear regression analysis, the gathering addresses of low-level magicians are as follows:
Newell Pharmacy has a 43% probability,
28% at the Tavern de Broglie,
17% for Huntsman tailors,
12% on the black market for second-hand goods. ”
"What a capable person!" Dai Lan couldn't help but sigh. He really wanted to know which of his subordinates made this information, not only using very advanced mathematical models, but also predicting the results quite accurately.
However, according to the rules of the Robertson family's intelligence corps, a single knight is not allowed to leave his name on the intelligence list, so as not to reveal his undercover identity.
As the head of the intelligence team, Dai Lan can only analyze the information he thinks is true and valuable according to the specific analysis of the information he has in hand, and report the information he thinks is true and valuable directly to Sir Jonad or the Grand Elder Galero.
Dai Lan put down the information in his hand and smiled dumbly, and couldn't help but sigh at the naivety and arrogance of those in the Sain Alliance, at least in the Dundee City branch.
The old mage Andrew, the trainee mage Carrick, and a number of low-level mage apprentices are all confident in the Alliance's prospects. They thought that the Tavern de Broglie, which they had chosen, was secretive, but in fact it was completely exposed under the eyes of the British Empire.
Even Remy, the owner of the Debroye Tavern, is the eyeliner sent by the fat man.
One thing Dai Lan had a headache was that he didn't know how many other spies had broken into the Thane Alliance. Fortunately, he has always participated in secret gatherings in the guise of a black-robed mage, and no one else knows his identity except Remy.
There is still a long way to go for the Sain Alliance!
Although as the head of the Intelligence Knights, Dai Lan had no way to suppress this important information. Noting down a few things that he thought were important, he went to report to Count Jonad.
The old man was in a good mood, his face was full of red light, and the matter of the family's arrears did not affect him too much. When Dai Lan came in, he was holding a glass of red wine, enjoying the sun.
"Blue Knight, I haven't seen you these days, what are you busy with?"
"Lord Earl, there are a few intelligence clues that need to be followed, and I have been outside." Dai Lan didn't tell the truth, now is not the time to tell the matter of refining medicine.
"Well, there's a Blue Knight. What, what's the debriefing today? ”
Dai Lan nodded and said very calmly: "I got some information in the morning. There was news from the Highland Weekly newspaper about the mayor of Gregory. There is also a follow-up on the evaluation of Prince Fedora's visit. ”
Hearing Prince Fedora's name, Count Jonad's hand shook and his face became a little displeased.
Dai Lan finally gave information on the activities of the Sain Alliance in Luther.
"Well, that's an interesting thing. Dai Lan, you have to focus on following up. "The old lord is very politically sensitive, "Now in the court of the kingdom, the Seon alliance has gradually become the theme, and no one can go wrong on this issue!" I had long thought they were going to show up in that damn land of Luther, and it seems that they finally couldn't take it anymore. ”
Dai Lan nodded, as if he felt that Jonard had something else to say.
The old gentleman put down his wine glass and slowly patted Dai Lan on the shoulder twice: "Although this family has many problems now, but if the Thane Alliance is done, then the rest is not a thing." The position of chief knight had been vacant for many years, and James's reckless man could not do it. I'm optimistic about you. ”
The corners of Dai Lan's mouth twitched slightly, and he forced out a smirk.
In his heart, he was completely indifferent to Old Lord Jonad's empty checks. You know, he didn't even see the many benefits that Arthur promised him.
After a few more gossip with Count Jonad, Dai Lan found an excuse to leave.
He had the matter of the alchemy furnace in his heart. The deposit of two gold louis, the total price is close to half a year's salary, that is not a trivial matter.
If the technical indicators cannot be reached, it is unimaginable that the medicinal materials cannot be refined.
The Robertson family is not able to pay off the money, and the bankruptcy is small, and all their upfront investment is not a joke!