Chapter 42: Who Rebelled?
Edion looked at Dusand because he was curious about what this "other people's child" was like, and why he was so good that he was not afraid of math class. And the reason why Jean Duval stared at Dussander is simpler.
He is the leader of the guard, and needs to guard against the sudden attack of the baron by the red-clad postman in front of him.
Jean Duval had been serving in the Marquis's house for twenty years. During these twenty years, he worked diligently as a Privy Councillor, eventually becoming the first head of the Privy Council to come from the Privy Council.
The fact that the Privy Council Guard can become the head of the Guard is a very remarkable thing in a high-ranking aristocratic family. After all, most of these high-ranking nobles were not short of money, and they preferred to start over and train a guard rather than use the Privy Council's allocation.
On the one hand, there is a security issue, and on the other hand, there is an "identity" issue. In the circle of the aristocracy, this is the case, everything has to be "gregarious". If you do something different from other nobles, you will most likely be treated as an outlier or a poor ghost, and then you will be ridiculed.
This young lord is truly extraordinary. Jean Duval was convinced of this. At the age of ten, he had already led the Privy Council guards in a very successful raid. He also led a naval commando force deep into the Bosenke area, using them to slaughter at least 2,000 armed Confederate prisoners of war. In the end, he succeeded in overthrowing the duke.
It's nice to be a team-mate, but when Dussand's stance could change, Jean Duval gets nervous.
He was only ten years old at the time!
Now, the young nobleman has suddenly become the acting director of the Newsar Heraldic Office. This is even more outrageous - what is the heraldic management office? How is it possible to let a fourteen-year-old kid who has not grown all hair to manage?
But that's what happened to him. Moreover, even Miss Penny was very comfortable with the situation, as if everything was in order, and Lord Dussaint was indeed worthy of the position.
In Jean Duval's mind, Dussaint was not a good-looking brown-haired teenager. This is obviously the kind of monster in human skin, which can open its bloody mouth at any time and eat itself and the baron and the marquis.
For such a monster, Jean Duval had to be on guard.
The conversation in the room finally subsided, and Miss Petunia pushed open the door and said to Dussander with great joy, "Please come in, Mr. Yugong, you must thank me for a while." β
Dussaint walked into the room with some confusion, and then saw the Marquise sitting in her seat.
"We're not leaving." The Marquise said to Dussand, "Miss Penny has told me the situation, Mr. Lord, and I am sure you will be able to clear the name of the Lafayette family. β
Dussart nodded and didn't speak. Stigmatizing the Marquis is certainly an option, but it doesn't have to be done. In short, it never hurts to control his bereaved family first.
"Mr. Yugong, I can probably guess the purpose of your coming here." It seemed that it was indeed because of the good mood, Miss Petunia said bluntly after closing the door of the room, "We don't have all the information you want here - the information of the remaining forty-one colonies and Orin in the empire, we can only provide the care of twenty-two of them, and some of Orin's information - but we can directly give you Orin's analysis information." β
Dussand's eyes narrowed.
Some people will be happy and some people will be surprised.
But Dussander won't. He will be vigilant.
Intelligence people have this problem, they can guess others unscrupulously, but they absolutely can't accept others to guess themselves - especially those who directly guess correctly.
"I have some other intelligence needs." Although Dussand, who was guessed about his intentions, could comfort himself in his heart that "with the current situation, there is no reason for the other party to guess wrong", he still didn't want to "show weakness" directly. So, Dussander suddenly made a new request, "I wonder if the bazaar has ever heard of an organization called 'Organ' in Orin." β
This time it was Miss Penny's turn to be surprised, "Mechanism? That's all there is to it? β
"We're still working on other intelligence." Dussander didn't want to reveal too much information on his side, he just briefly described it, "This organization is very powerful, and it may even have the support of the upper echelons of the empire. β
"We have about six or seven similar organizations and groups." Petunia spread her hands, "Based on your description so far, I can't guess which one you're talking about. β
Dussaint was dumbfounded.
Feelings, such an organization like the final big boss, are there still six or seven in Orin?
"It's just that I can send you two messages for free before I deliver that information to you. Think of it as a giveaway before our bazaar and your first official trade - the first message is a codename. Penny gave a very classic businessman smile. She held her chin in her hand and said two words with a slight movement of her lips, "El Salvador Project." β
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The word Salvador has become almost synonymous with "rebellion" in the Empire. So this "El Salvador Plan"...... Could it be something to do with the rebel Salvador of the time?
"Then there's the second message." Penny's smile widened, "Reinforcement from the Star Sea Federation is already on the way, they will arrive in Nyusar in two days, and bring the first batch of wheat weighing a total of eight million pounds and fourteen million pounds of coal to Newsall. β
"So......" Dussander didn't react immediately after hearing the news, he asked very calmly, "what is the price?" β
"The requirement of the Xinghai Federation is that you need to provide a full set of drawings for the design of the internal combustion engine." Penny replied, "Of course, such a price is not an excessive request. After all, vehicles with internal combustion engines have been put on the battlefield in large numbers, and it is not difficult to obtain a reasonably intact engine and reverse-engineer it. β
"So that's not enough." Dussaint nodded slightly, "And what price?" β
"The Xinghai Federation hopes to set up an official channel for communication in Newsal, and obtain permission to publish newspapers and publications in Newsal." Penny continued, "After agreeing to their request, the Star Sea Federation is willing to establish a long-term and stable trade route with Newsal, providing Newsar with all the necessary goods. β
"Do you need my permission to set up an official communication channel in Newsar?" Dussaint laughed angrily, "Did the Star Sea Federation make a mistake?" I am only a private secretary to the Speaker of the House of Commons of the Colony, and they should go to Olin and submit the request to His Majesty the Emperor and the Prime Minister. β
"This is the request of the Star Sea Federation." Penny didn't give any explanation for Dussand's rebuttal. She just repeated it and said, "It doesn't matter if you refuse, the two million tons of support will still arrive in Newsar as scheduled and be handed over to the House of Commons." β
Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief. Why would a country known to the Reich for the sale of luxury goods, with rebellion as its main political program and operational purpose, suddenly be so kind and give so many resources to Newsar?
Dussaint put the question down for a moment, and he began to ask the question.
"I need raw information that hasn't been analyzed and processed by you, mainly Orin." "I want political, military, cultural intelligence. β
"Eight thousand gold pounds." Penny happily gave a quote, "There is a lot of raw information, if you need it...... It can be delivered to your designated location this afternoon. β
"Yes." Dussaint is really open to money now. Anyway, he led people to ransack the Governor's Palace in the morning, and hundreds of thousands of gold pounds were found in cash alone. At a price of 8,000 gold pounds, he can still afford it.
"For your sake." Penny smiled and said, "Then I'll give you another gift - the situation within the empire is stable, and there is no sign of a large-scale mobilization of armed forces." And the battle between the Empire and the Alliance is relatively stable for now, at least for a short time, you don't have to worry about attacks from these places. β
At this point, Dusand finally heard something wrong, "I noticed that you keep mentioning the Empire...... Miss Penny, Newsar is still a colony of the Empire, and there is never a need to worry about an Imperial attack here. β
"I hope so." Penny waved her hand very carelessly, glancing at the steam clock in the corner, and said, "You should leaveβif you don't show up at the Newsal heraldic office in a quarter of an hour, that respectable lady will indeed have summoned the steam knights to demolish our office." β
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Dussaint left the bazaar feeling sick all over.
The bazaar is indeed a very well-established organization, but the energy it shows in front of Dussaint is really a little scary.
And the amount of information is terrifying - Dusand is not even sure if he can remember all the details of the conversation.
First of all, the bazaar has a close relationship with the Star Sea Federation. They can even directly convey the official attitude on behalf of the Star Sea Federation to some extent.
Secondly, the Star Sea Federation suddenly decided to send supplies to Newsal. And he was very "kind" to propose a free material donation.
Third, the Star Sea Federation seems to believe that Newsal has a tendency to break away from the Empire. And very confident in this judgment. Combined with the first piece of information, this conclusion is very scalp-tingling.
Both the empire and the bazaar seem to believe that Newsal is seeking to "support itself" or simply try to secede the imperial colonial system. And they were all convinced of their own judgment, and they had already begun to intervene.
Dussander sat in his car, his mind full of the same questions.
Why didn't I know we were going to rebel?