Of the four problems, the first and second can be boiled down to the same problem, which needs to be solved by entering Sophia's mansion.

However, once you enter Sophia's mansion, whether you take the key or destroy it, it will alarm Sophia, which means that there is no turning back, and you must leave St. York immediately. So before infiltrating Sophia's mansion, Qi Xuansu had to solve the third problem first, planning an evacuation route and at least one alternative.

There are many routes from St. York to the South Continent, the most convenient route is of course the sea, St. York is a city located at the mouth of the sea, and the Richmond district is an island, completely facing the sea, and the King's Quarter is far away from the sea. Midtown is north of King's Quarter, west of the Hudson River, which can be followed directly to the sea.

Once out at sea, head south along the coastline, past Cape Hatteras, into Anslow Bay, around the entire Florida Peninsula, through the Florida Strait between Andros and the Florida Keys, and into Olmec Bay, where the North and South Continents meet. No matter how long Sophia's hand is, it is impossible to reach here. The next step is to land directly on the Yucatan Peninsula, or you can cross the Yucatan Strait and continue your voyage south.

Of course, you can fly over, but that's too ostentatious, and it's easy to expose the target.

Of course, Qi Xuansu was not afraid alone, he even considered sinking the floating island with one palm, and then took the opportunity to escape. The point is that he brought an Audrey, although Audrey's body is very strong and should be more durable, but she has no combat power, at most it is a less cumbersome burden. Qi Xuansu couldn't ignore these things, and it was best to reduce unnecessary battles.

However, there is a problem here, the sea route is the most convenient, Sophia also understands this, once the incident happens, the sea route will be blocked as soon as possible, and Sophia's first reaction is to pursue along the sea route.

The best-case scenario is that Qi Xuansu does it on Friday, does not alarm anyone, and then leaves that night, Sophia knows nothing about it, and continues to have fun on the island, and will not notice the abnormality until she returns home on Sunday night, two days is enough time for Qi Xuansu and Audrey to escape to the Southern Continent quietly.

But this scenario is ideal.

Even if Qi Xuansu didn't have a problem, he did it to hide from the world. Audrey disappeared for two days, will she be found? Those people couldn't find Audrey and reported it directly to Sophia, which was exposed. Or maybe Sophia was in a bad mood and returned home halfway, and then found out in advance that something was wrong. This uncontrollable variable is real

It's too much, so Qi Xuansu can't expect everything to go well, and he has to make an alternative plan in advance.

The alternative is to evacuate from land.

The northern continent is very vast, and the number of Westerners is not large, so there are few people in the land, and it seems very empty. This is diametrically opposed to the situation in the Central Plains, where there will not be so many densely populated areas and it is not easy to expose their whereabouts.

And there is also a very developed railway system in the northern continent, which allows you to take steam trains. Although it is not as fast as flying, it is better than stealth. The point is that the railway system is controlled by the Steam Gospel, and Sophia's capture of Audrey is her own private matter, involving the Apostles of Hell, and she may not dare to put it on the table. Moreover, she is the speaker of St. York, not the speaker of the entire Northern Continent, the states of the Northern Continent are relatively independent and coordinated by the Holy See, Sophia can suspend the railway of St. York, but there is no way to extend her hand to other states, only the Holy See can come forward to have such power, so the Holy See is the master of the Northern Continent.

Although Sophia and the Holy See seem to be a family, the meal still has to be eaten separately, and the huge economic losses caused by the suspension of the railway system are unwilling to be accepted by the Holy See.

Ninety percent of the problems can be attributed to the economy. The economy is good, everyone has money to make, there is a head, hello, I am hello, everyone is good, you can cover up the contradiction of ninety percent of the time. On the contrary, when there is no money, when hope is lost, all contradictions come out, and no matter how small things are, they may develop into big contradictions.

The reason why the Holy See gave up the Southern Continent and sat back and watched Tawanting establish a state was not because the Holy See thought that it could not be defeated, but because the Holy See thought that the cost of war was too high, and from beginning to end, the Holy See attached great importance to the issue of money, so Qi Xuansu thought that the Holy See would not stop the railway system on a large scale because of Sophia.

If you leave St. York by land, there are more routes to choose from, after all, the railroad is distributed in a network. After careful research, Qi Xuansu tended to go to Harrisburg first, then from Harrisburg to Cincinnati, then from Cincinnati to St. Louis, then through Springfield, Fort Smith and other places, and finally to the San Antonio Mission, which is very close to the border river Grande, and has more options, whether it can be walked from Del Rio, Laredo, or Macallan.

Qi Xuansu has made a number of alternatives on this basis, and it is best to be

Take the sea route by boat, once there is a problem with the sea route, go ashore and take the land route nearby, after all, the port city will inevitably have a supporting railway system to ensure the transportation of goods.

In fact, there are some railways in the Central Plains, but there are not many, and many people think that the construction of railways will destroy feng shui, and they are very resistant, and would rather build canals than railways. The deep-seated reason is that millions of workers are tied to food and clothing, and since the Great Qi period, a Grand Canal runs through the north and south. Especially since the Great Wei Dynasty, the Grand Canal has carried the transportation between the imperial capital and the south of the Yangtze River, for more than 400 years, nearly 500 years, which can no longer be described as deep-rooted, but as a matter of course, it is difficult to scrap the water transportation and change to sea transportation, not to mention the railway.

When Qi Xuansu went to Bohai Mansion, he went north by boat, taking the Grand Canal, not the railway.

There is Caoyun in the north of the river, and there is also a big river in the south of the Yangtze River. I have to admit that water transport is still the most suitable for large-scale cargo transportation, so it is often the coastal ports that flourish, while the inland inevitably lags behind. This also objectively restricts the development of railways.

I have to admit that the Westerners are ahead of the curve in this regard. There is nothing to be ashamed of admitting your shortcomings.

If the Westerners did not have some real skills, it would be impossible to seize the Posa Continent and the New World, although they spit out the East Posa Continent and the South Continent, but it cannot be denied that the Westerners are powerful.

Murder and cunning are one thing, being powerful is another, and the two are not in conflict. Whether it is strong or not has nothing to do with morality.

Qi Xuansu checked the map and finally determined a total of four routes.

A huge northern continent, of course, will not only have Stroney as a pawn, but a whole set of networks. Qi Xuansu, as the leader of Beichen Hall in the New World, could naturally use this network.

These people on the Internet, Beichen Hall calls them "shadows", they have their own division of labor, such as Strawney, in fact, Beichen Tang will not rashly use him, nor will he send him any daily tasks, only one, pay attention to hiding his identity, and be patient and hibernating. He will then be activated at a critical moment to gain critical intelligence??.

So Strawney's main responsibility is to obtain intelligence, but it is relatively high-end intelligence. There is also some low-end information, such as observing the number of ships in the port, the rules of the ships leaving the port, the frequency of trains, the types of goods transported, etc., mainly statistical data, and then report the data and then analyze.

For example, the tavern in the port, which has been doing very well lately, and the customers are mainly the navy, just

The law of naval ships going to sea can be deduced from the law of good and bad business in taverns. If the navy is a family person and does not go to the tavern, it is not difficult, it can be analyzed through the children's toy store near the port, because every time they go to sea it is a few months or even longer, and seafarers will inevitably buy a lot of gifts when they go home, among which toys for children are indispensable, and a lot of toys have been sold this month, indicating that many seafarers have returned to port, which determines the specific time.

Both examples are based on the market of a specific region and a specific business to analyze some information, which requires a lot of statistics, and needs to be seen and remembered, rather than being inquired about and connected all over the world.

These small pieces of information are then summarized and spliced continuously, and the context gradually becomes clear, and finally becomes a grasp of specific trends.

There is also a kind of "shadow" who is responsible for doing some dirty work, such as assassination, this assassination is not necessarily aimed at the enemy, some people have defected to the Northern Continent with important information, and they can use the "shadow" to clean it up, which is against traitors.

Qi Xuansu came into contact with a shadow son who was dormant in St. York, his usual job was a tavern waiter, but in fact he was a supernumerary member of Beichen Hall, and his task was not to collect intelligence, but to deal with some chores. Qi Xuansu didn't let him assassinate anyone, but let

He passed through the underground black market and prepared two fake identities, as well as the corresponding tickets.

The shadow son completed the task easily, he only knew that Qi Xuansu was the superior, and he didn't know Qi Xuansu's identity.

Then Qi Xuansu contacted another shadow, which was still a similar task, to prepare two fake identities and corresponding ferry tickets.

Four routes, that is, four shadows.

Even if someone is caught by mistake, it will not cause Qi Xuansu's plan to be fully exposed.

Tickets and ferry tickets may not be precise in terms of specific timings, but tickets and ferry tickets can be purchased according to the specific changes in the itinerary, which is not a problem.

With the manpower of the Holy See in the northern continent, it was not possible to build a strict organizational system, not to mention the relative independence and autonomy of the states, and some places did not even have a perfect government or yamen. In the Central Plains, there is a household registration and road guidance system, and as long as it is not a troubled era, the wanted is very deterrent. But the Northern Continent is not, if you commit a crime in one state, you just need to flee to another state. States do not communicate with each other, and even do not recognize each other's various laws and regulations, which leaves room for exploiting loopholes.

Once you've decided on your route, it's time to get ready to move on to Sophia's mansion.