The sky was getting darker, and the violet night was falling on Albin. The gas lamps in the streets began to be lit by the workers, but this time...... There are far fewer street lamps lit than before.

Curious citizens passed by and asked why, but the answer was only one sentence, "It's an order from the Internal Affairs Bureau." ”

Under the command of Escobar, who returned to his post, the internal affairs situation burst out with unprecedented efficiency. More than sixty teams rushed to every city in Newsar in every means of transport they could find.

Each of the "high-level goblins" that Escobar "raised" was murderously boarded the vehicle of his choice. Representatives of the Interior Bureau in the Haut-Albin region could choose between steam wagons, trains and even ships. Further afield, cities can be reached quickly by means of the red shuttle ship at the Newsal post office.

No matter how uncomfortable the journey was, even the "high-level goblins" weighing more than four hundred pounds would have to stuff themselves into a wooden crate to squeeze into the cramped red postal shuttle.

After twenty years in the Upper Albinry, these high-ranking delegates were already holding back their energy to go to those damn country places. This time, I set off not only for work, but also for personal vendetta.

The Upper Albinry's Interior Bureau was a poor place, with almost one-third of the apparent income of the expatriate agencies, apart from the free canteens and fuel subsidies.

Every employee of the Internal Affairs Bureau who was able to fight his way out of the competition on Albin and successfully obtained the qualification for expatriate won very "difficult", even "bloody". After all, expatriate means that there will be a large amount of designated funds for the internal affairs bureau, and there will be almost no supervision on the use of this funds. In other words, the funds that have been allocated have almost become big fat in their mouths.

The proportion of funds used by expatriate agencies is as high as more than 60% of the total budget of the Home Affairs Bureau – 60% here refers to the part of the cash that is actually distributed to the Home Affairs Bureau.

Therefore, sending a "high-level goblin" became Escobar's first operation to control the overall situation.

Only by resuming all the heads of the internal affairs bureaus in all localities to the direct faction of Upper Albin can we ensure that all orders of the localities for Upper Albin are fully followed.

And along with these "high-level goblins" who set off for the various cities of Newsar, there was also an order sealed with fire paint.

The order, signed directly by Dussander himself, required all the red-clad postmen in the local post offices to fully cooperate with the work of these Home Affairs Bureau commissioners, assist them in controlling the local livelihood, markets, warehousing, etc., and complete the task of counting and sealing strategic materials.

They are to carry and equip themselves with adequate weaponry and equipment when carrying out their duties, and to cooperate with the Privy Council guards responsible for the protection of the Commissioners. On the premise of ensuring the safety of the commissioner, he or she shall do everything possible and use all means that should be used to complete the task.

In other words, Dusand almost benefited from Escobar's dispatch of more than sixty chasers with complete power over life and death. And almost all of these chases are angry.

A bloody storm is about to sweep through Newsal, and Dussend is now ...... about it Not caring at all.

Duchamp was finally called back by Dussander with more than twenty urgent letters, and now, he found himself the happiest man in the family.

"What's wrong?" Duchamp was finally freed from the weightless state. In battleships, even eating is tasteless. Although he didn't understand why his son had called himself to his house with more than 20 urgent mails through the Newsar Heraldic Office, it was hard for him to be depressed when he had steaks and a bunch of delicious food in front of him.

"What I'm going to talk to you about may ...... It's not very good for appetite, so let's eat first. "Dusander, who hadn't slept properly for more than a day, is now not sleepy at all. He felt his mind sharp and shocked.

The emotional tone of shock had been lingering in Dussand's mind for half a day. Ever since Escobar had explained to him in detail that "the Empire's butcher's knife was about to be slashed at Nyusar", he had only felt this way.

What? The Empire is going to slaughter its own colonies? The physical kind?

Each of the pioneer nobles complained to each other in private, more or less, that Orin had ruled the colonies too roughly. High tax rates and expensive licensing fees were just one of the ways in which the empire economically slaughtered its colonies. The fact that all the large corporations had their headquarters in Orin rather than in the colonies was the most obvious result of this massacre.

Even more frustrating is that the empire does not care about the feelings of the colonies at all. They didn't even care much if the colony would survive healthily - as if the only purpose of the colony's existence was to provide Orin with a steady supply of raw materials, dumping grounds, and money.

Economic slaughter is good for Olin, and the benefit is enormous. But physical slaughter?

The Empire has nothing to gain from inflicting massive casualties and investing huge amounts of resources and money, in exchange for a ruin and terrified of the rest of the Empire's colonies.

Gu Yu

Acting individually, you may be able to make decisions based on your feelings. But the state is not an individual, it is a collection of interests representing countless people, a machine without life and emotion, and tends to maximize its own interests. The so-called "phenomenon" that the state has no feelings but interests is talking about.

So, intellectually, Dussaint didn't think that the Empire would raise a butcher's knife against Newsall – especially when Newsart simply had no basis or signs of rebellion.

There are no good things, only bad things, and the empire will not do it.

However, Escobar's analysis did make Dussander feel uneasy. The uneasiness comes from three sources.

According to Escobar, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics and History of the University of Olin. In the Academy's library collection is a letter from the rebel Salvador to His Majesty the Emperor Justinian.

In the letter, Salvador, then Grand Duke, greeted His Majesty Justinian and asked if Operation "April 7" was still being carried out.

The letter was written in the year of El Salvador's rebellion, and on April 2 of that year, the Imperial City was attacked and many people were killed. Five days later, on April 7, His Majesty Justinian killed Salvador with his own hands in the hollowed-out Pilsk Mountains, the fourth highest peak in Olin.

Based on this letter alone, it is not difficult for Escobar to conclude that "El Salvador the Rebel is not necessarily a rebel".

On the other hand, Escobar also gave Dussander some clues about the "El Salvador Plan". These clues come from his college sweethearts.

His lover was recruited by the Imperial Mining Consortium after graduation, and after a detailed background check that lasted for seventeen months, his lover was transferred to a department called the "Mining Investigation Section".

The Mining Consortium has adopted a highly confidential management measure for this part of its own department, and all employees are not allowed to go out at will. In order to meet him, Escobar's lover chose to meet Escobar privately during a work trip, and confided in him some of his work.

The main task of the Mining Survey Section is to assess the natural reserves of the types and quantities of resources on all Imperial colonies, and to analyze whether these colonies can sustain their independence once they break away from the Empire.

And in the survey of the Mining Survey Section, Newsal was one of the colonies with the best natural conditions.

"Never go to Newsar, there's going to be a big problem with that planet." Escobar, who was already preparing to work in Newsar, received a warning from his lover that "if Salvador's plan is implemented, at least half of the people on that colony will have to die." ”

Neither Escobar at the time nor the current director of the Interior Bureau of Newsar could understand why this plan would cut the population of the colony by half. Based on some rumors he had heard in college, he made a guess, "Is it a particularly powerful weapon?" ”

"It's not a special weapon, Project Alpha is for use against the Alliance." In response to Escobar's speculation, his lover replied in the negative, "Project Alpha was executable decades ago, but I don't know why it hasn't been launched. ”

These are all Escobar's words, and Dussaint certainly doesn't take these lightly. Not to mention the red-clothed postman who is engaged in intelligence, even the aunt who buys vegetables will believe that this is the lowest price compared to the price of the previous two. Dussand, of course, doesn't trust the other side directly.

Subsequently, Escobar produced a piece of "evidence" that supported his claim.

It was a bit of a lack of rigor to say that he had produced evidence—Escobar provided an address, and the red-clad postman found a thick stack of letters in it.

The letter was yellowed, and the notes on it were a little blurry, but Dussand, who read several of the letters, was completely frightened.

There was nothing unusual about the letter, except that a viscount's daughter was exchanging heartfelt messages with her lover. After all, in Olympus, it is not uncommon for the children of middle-ranking nobles to marry freemen.

But what scared Dusand was that the name of the viscount's daughter was Eleanor Holevna Wharton.

Escobar's lover he met at the University of Olin is now the Queen Mother.

Continuing to read the contents of the letter, Dussander also found a message that made his heart stop beating a full three beats.

Two months before her marriage to His Majesty, Eleanor had a secret tryst with Escobar. His Majesty the Emperor, Alfred, was born prematurely, eight months after the "royal wedding".