The Marquis de Lafayette was Andronie's political ally, protector and "direct leader". From a more "modern" point of view, Lafayette is like the leader, main patron and main guide of Androni's party.

Androni and the many members of the House of Commons who naturally rallied around her, can be seen as Lafayette's "fellow party".

As party leader, Lafayette was not very competent. At least in Dussand's view, the Marquis is too loose as a partisan.

There is no common program, no clear organizational structure, no party staff, and not even a clear goal. As a partisan, the Marquis Party is simply a rabble.

But in the entire House of Commons and indeed in the entire Newsal political circle, the Marquis Party is the most weighty organization. Compared to other parties, the Marquis are more united and extremely tough on organizations and individuals who are not their own. Either join the Marquis, or be completely isolated from the Newsar political system.

The very existence of such a "loose", but extremely offensive and exclusive political coalition is outrageous. If it weren't for the fact that Mr. Marquis provided a wide range of benefits to the members of the organization, and always acted as an "arbiter" to suppress the careful thoughts of the members, the Marquis Party might have been reduced to a fratricidal Shura field overnight.

In such an unstable organization, the existence of Mr. Marquis, as the leader of the party, is of great significance. Androni was more of his special representative and the whip of the Marquis. Therefore, Monsieur Marquis and Androni did meet often.

But specifically ask Dussander to be with him...... This is the first time.

Dussand and Androni glanced at each other, and were about to say something, when Duchamp on the side suddenly said, "I'll send you over." ”

Looking at his son's shocked expression, Duchamp shrugged his shoulders and said, "Mr. Marquis has come to visit my wife and son after all, as the head of the family, it is normal for me to come forward together, right?" ”

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The glass flower hall, which was lit up with all the gas lamps, was like a jewel in the night, and the long-haired and emaciated Marquis stood in the light, his white skin almost as if he could glow.

Duchamp and Monsieur Marquise, like the Black Tower, were the first to meet in the light.

"I didn't expect you to be in the manor today." His Excellency the Marquis was stunned for a moment when he saw Duchamp, and then burst into hearty laughter. He hugged Duchamp's burly body hard, and then slapped him the back a few times, "Long time no see, my friend!" If I had known you were here, I would have brought good wine with me—Schultz sent me two bottles of federal-made spirits, and you would have liked them as if they were a fire in your stomach. ”

"Like the kind of wine that you secretly drank under the teacher's nose like you used to do in class?" Duchamp had a somewhat nostalgic expression.

"I told you a long time ago that Mr. Petrov must have known that we were drinking – he would mumble after every class, 'There must be a snack to drink.'" How about tomorrow? I'll bring the wine! ”

"It's been a long time since I've had a drink." Duchamp smiled gently, "Maybe I'll take a vacation later, at least I don't plan to drink in the near future." ”

"You look nervous." Rafayette frowned, then asked, "Is it a matter of work?" ”

"You're still as observant as ever." Duchamp smiled bitterly twice, and then suddenly said, "In recent times, if you don't have any urgent work in Newsar, I suggest you go to live in Orin for a while. ”

Lafayette's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief, "It's already so serious?" ”

"As a soldier, I'm definitely not going to leave early – Androni and Dussander might be able to leave early." Duchamp sighed and said, "The Confederates are scouting Nyusar more and more frequently, the signs of war are becoming more and more obvious, and Orin's Admiralty support is delayed, and I am under a lot of pressure right now. ”

"I think we can always find a way." Lafayette thought for a moment and said, "Or, Duchamp, you can also participate in our conversation, I think our conversation may give you some unique perspectives. ”

The Marquis de Lafayette suddenly arrived at the manor in the evening to see Andronie, and it was indeed a very important matter.

"One of my partners has always had a close relationship with the Federation." Marquis Lafayette gave Duchamp a somewhat embarrassed expression, and then continued, "Probably since last month, the Federalists and their regular shipping have been abruptly interrupted. ”

Duchamp sat in the flower hall and frowned slightly and said, "Is it Bykov's gang?" ”

"Yes." Lafayette nodded, then continued, "Yesterday morning, the Federalists suddenly resumed communication with them, and sent a very important piece of 'intelligence'. ”

When Rafayette said the word "intelligence", he deliberately drew two circles with his hands in mid-air to indicate that the other party provided the statement.

He said with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "You know, my collaborator has connections to the Federation, and this is not something worth putting on the table. Submit the information directly to the Heraldic Management Office...... I can't explain the source of the information. ”

Falayethou took out a carefully folded note from his bosom and placed it on the dining table. Then he gently pushed the note in front of Dussaint with his fingers.

"Professional intelligence needs to be analyzed by professionals, and the only professional I can trust is Lord Dusander." Marquis Lafayette tapped his finger at the piece of paper, and then said solemnly to Dussand, "I need your professional advice, Mr. Lord. ”

After getting permission from Duchamp and Andronie's eyes, Dusson picked up the piece of paper on his desk and began to read.

This piece of paper is obviously not the original, and the written notes on it are most likely written by the Marquis himself - the beautiful flower body and fluent imperial Chinese write a long list of very complex contents.

The content is roughly divided into three main points: it starts from the political flow and ideological trends within the Alliance, and roughly explains where the call for "conquering the territory of the Empire and giving priority to the colonies of the Empire" that has suddenly become much louder within the Alliance in recent months comes from; Subsequently, the speed of military expansion within the alliance in the past month was used to illustrate the turbulence of the ideological trend within the alliance.

Finally, the information gives a list of the six Imperial Colonies that the Alliance is preparing to attack, with Newsal coming in fifth.

Dussaint looked at this "intelligence" and was shocked for a while.

This is basically a large-scale systematic intelligence spy on the alliance, and the analysis results obtained by a professional team after combing and analyzing the intelligence.

As an intelligence worker, when Dussaint saw this "summary" for the first time, he was first surprised that this intelligence department from nowhere was so efficient, and then began to doubt the authenticity of this information.

Based on the size of the other side's data, this intelligence unit has very high-level intelligence sources within at least three major divisions within the Alliance. Among them was the Imperial Heraldic Administration, which had never been able to break into the Confederate Admiralty.

The Empire attempted infiltration for at least three hundred years, failing again and again under the multiple scrutiny and close supervision of the Allied Admiralty. How did the intelligence department, which seemed to fall from the sky, obtain the recruitment situation and battle plan within the Allied Admiralty?

Dussand's expression changed from surprised to dignified, from dignified to worried. He didn't control the change in the expression on his face, and Marquis Lafayette asked with concern, "Mr. Lord, do you think this information is credible?" ”

"I don't know." Dusand put down the information in his hand, then said with a frown, "To be honest, Mr. Marquis, this information is likely to be worth several colonies, but it may also be worthless. Its value depends on its credibility – what exactly sent this information? ”

Looking at Lafayette's hesitation, Dussaint said in an accentuated tone, "Please forgive me for using such a direct tone, but if it comes from your secret guard, then I will directly consider it worthless and have no credibility in what it says." It is impossible for this level of intelligence to be detected by the secret guards - even if Teacher Morse personally leads the team, without more than twenty years of hard work and astronomical resources to support it, it is still not credible. ”

"This information has nothing to do with my secret guard." Lafayette shook his head and said, "After the fall of the Duke of Saarland, the Secret Guard was disbanded along with the Zeal, and I don't have any similar institutions in my hands now. ”

"Then its reliability is even more questionable." Dussander shook his head and said, "Mr. Marquis, Aika has tried countless times over the past three hundred years without success to get our inner deserving into the Admiralty of the Alliance. It is unlikely that we would believe such information from an unknown source - it would take at least a year or more for Aika to verify the contents of the information. When we're done verifying the information, it's going to lose its value. ”

Lafayette hesitated, then said, "This information...... Personally, I think it's very credible. ”

Dussander was silent, still waiting for an explanation from Monsieur Marquise.

"This information comes from the Star Sea Federation, and the Star Sea Federation ...... In fact, a rebel against the Freedom League. "They have seized and occupied four distant colonies of the Alliance, and have been hostile to the Alliance for more than two hundred years. And within the League, there was a large pool of latent federal sympathizers and supporters. Confederacy intelligence revealed by the Federal Intelligence Agency...... Very accurate all the time. ”