Since ancient times, no matter what world you are in, the royal bloodline must remain pure. This is an iron law that every feudal dynasty must follow.

Whether the blood is pure or not, it really makes no difference to the ruler himself. Any empire has a very mature set of "means" for the cultivation of heirs, and it will not be too bad for any one to be cultivated and eventually become the heir of the emperor.

But purity of blood is a political prerequisite for the empire to maintain the supremacy of the royal family. Or even the foundations that keep the empire solid.

The system of the empire is based on the authority of the royal family, and the authority of the royal family is based on the orderly inheritance of the royal bloodline. Before His Majesty Justinian, the emperor of the empire was the only one who had the privilege of "polygamy". The purpose is also to ensure that the royal blood is passed on.

After Justinian, the emperors of the empire also ostensibly obeyed the "monogamy" of imperial law, but in fact, the emperors had many lovers, and if the empress could not conceive six months after the wedding, she would be directly deposed.

What if, therefore, the current emperor is indeed the child of El Salvador, and not the biological son of the old emperor...... The empire is bound to usher in a violent shock. Even if it can't be confirmed, this rumor is powerful enough to pose a threat to the emperor.

That's the idea that Dussander played.

The empire, of course, was strong in force. But swinging the butcher's knife at Newsar will inevitably lead to rumors throughout the empire that Alfred is not of royal blood, but the son of the head of the Interior of Newsal.

The Empire will surely realize that slaughtering Newsar will not do the Empire any good, and will plunge the entire Empire into a serious political mess. Perhaps, this will be able to prevent the implementation of the Salvadoran plan.

After proposing such an idea, Dussaint was met with a long silence.

"Here's a way." After a long time, Androni replied with some difficulty, "It's better to figure out what the Salvadoran plan is first, and then make preparations." ”

Dussaint nodded and said nothing more. It can be seen that making such a decision was very difficult for Androni and Duchamp - loyalty to the empire and loyalty to the emperor was almost the tenets of their lives throughout their lives. Now they need to be prepared to "threaten" or even "rebel...... These two will certainly not be so easy to accept.

The psychological transformation of a person always requires a process, and this process ...... Sometimes you need some help.

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Dusand is back on his run, and Androni wants to go with him, but Dusand persuades his mother to take a break at home.

"If you continue to run like this, my sister will come and kick me in the ass after she turns three." Dussaint tried to joke hard, trying to make the atmosphere a little ...... Calming down, he hugged his mother, and then whispered, "You better go back and rest as soon as possible, and if possible, persuade your father." ”

Duchamp's expression was as dark as if he had just been digging coal in a coal mine for a day - this kind of face and expression, combined with Duchamp's tower-like height and muscle mass all over his body, it looked almost terrifying to death the old people passing by.

Compared to Androni, I am afraid that Duchamp could not accept such a situation. He didn't break out now, probably just because of the trust he had in his wife and son.

And so far, all the "rebellion" is just lip service.

"It will take some time for him to come to terms with that fact, and so will I." Androni smiled wryly, "After all, your grandfather was just a small businessman, and my education when I was a child was not as orthodox as your father's. ”

Stepping into the steam carriage, Dussander lowered the back of his seat and began to hurry up and sleep. Fourteen-year-old's body is honestly not suitable for staying up late, and he is already starting to feel a little ghosted.

Fortunately, the biggest feature of children's bodies is that they recover quickly, and they can feel better if they are uncomfortable and sleep for a while. An hour later, Dussaint looked much better as he stepped out of the car.

"I'm a fool, please let Miss Penny come and see me." Dussand, standing in the darkness at the entrance of the Upper Albin Textile Market, said to the old man at the door, "I have something important to talk to her about." ”

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"We don't have the specifics of this plan, and this intelligence bazaar can be done – but it will take time." Miss Penny was not surprised by Dussand's arrival, nor was she surprised by his request. She was just a little curious about how Dussaint had been able to determine in such a short period of time that the information she had provided was true.

"I have my own sources of information, and although they are not available for the time being due to the ban on jumping, they are still able to play a role." Dussander didn't want to expose Escobar as a source of information, so he casually made up his own "organization" and then changed the subject.

"I need the specific content of this plan, I don't need to get the overall content, I can send as many details as I want." Dusson stared at Miss Penny and said, "Give me an offer." ”

"A piece of information, no matter what it is, 30,000 gold pounds." Penny nodded, then said bluntly, "I have two pieces of information here that you can get right away." ”

The price of 30,000 gold pounds is an important reminder in itself - the total price of information for economic, political, military, and other changes in the empire is 8,000 gold pounds a day, and this price difference can prove the importance of intelligence.

Not to mention the fact that a piece of information of 30,000 pounds would have to piece together the whole picture of the Salvadoran plan, and Dussand was not even sure whether Mr. Governor's private money would be enough to pay for it.

Grain

"Yes." Although the money may not be enough, Dussander still agreed without hesitation, "What information do you have?" ”

"The whole Saldorban plan was planned by the Agency, and the purpose of the Agency was to design and implement the El Salvacan Plan. At present, the top head of the agency is the Imperial Minister of Finance, Grand Duke Hall. Miss Petunia said softly, "Almost all of the members of the agency are from Orin, and the members are senior managers of other administrative departments of Orin. But the specific list, we don't have yet. ”

Archduke Hall? Dussaint was a little surprised that he had heard a name he knew here.

"The second piece of information, the Saldorto plan was officially launched a week ago, but the final implementation phase was delayed by a month because of the instructions of the Grand Duke Hall." Lady Petunia looked at Dussander and said, "The reason for this postponement is presumably related to you. ”

It's not about me, it's about Lorraine. Dussaint sighed, and sure enough, as Lorraine had said, the return on the shares she gave away far exceeded the value of the shares themselves.

This stock bought Newsal a month.

"I also need you to get the rest of the information as soon as possible. Most importantly, I need to know what the Salvadordo plan is going to do. Dussander looked up at Lady Penny and said, "Also, I need an escape boat to reach the Federation." ”

"We have no problem maintaining our escape routes, as long as you need ......," Penny quickly replied, but her answer was interrupted by Dussand.

"I want an escape boat that can be used at any time, and this boat needs to be parked on my family's estate." Dussaint bluntly stated his request, "and a sufficient number of trustworthy crew members of the voyage." ”

"Ten thousand gold pounds, plus two thousand gold pounds for every day the ship is anchored on your family's estate." Lady Petunia thought for a moment and said, "And, at most, you can stay for five days, and if you don't leave within five days, the ship will leave on its own." ”

"Five days?" Dussaint was stunned, "You expect the empire to make a move within five days?" ”

"We anticipate that a mission will be required in five days to provide the Federation with subsequent corrected coordinates." "If you care about that," said Ms. Penny, with an unchanging smile, "I suggest you wait until a week's time." This allows our ships to stay on your estate for at least three weeks. ”

Dussander hesitated for a moment before agreeing to the offer, "Then a week's later." ”

Departing from the bazaar, the steam wagon drove non-stop to the Newsar Heraldic Office.

"Your Excellency, Director." Every staff member of the Newsal Heraldry Management Office has already known Dussand, and he calls Dusand "Director" very clearly.

Dussaint nodded, and hurried into the heraldic office. He approached Ms. Tamara and asked for a response to his resignation letter to Olin.

"No reply." Lady Tamara's expression was a little ugly, and she whispered, "Not only has there been no reply, but our ship has not been able to return until now. ”

Newsar dispatched a total of twelve shuttles to Orin, but none of the brave red-clad postmen and crew returned.

"What about the postmen who went to the other colonies?" Dussaint was silent for a moment and asked, "Are they back?" ”

"Three boats came back, and they didn't bring back any valuable information." Ms. Tamara whispered, "Only the ship on the second list has returned." ”

The second list is an additional "list of colonial stars" prepared by Dussand, and the three colonial stars on it are all from the six colonial stars given by the Marquis de Lafayette who are "about to be attacked by the Alliance". In addition to Newsar, who was attacked in the fifth place, two colonies have already been attacked, including the Bomir colonies.

And on the remaining three colonies, the messengers of Newsar come and go freely. Although they also did not gather valuable information, at least they returned safely.

Why was the intelligence of the Federation able to know the direction and order of the Alliance's attack? Why did the Empire carry out such a large-scale intelligence obscuration of Newsar, but left out three colonies that were about to be attacked by the Alliance?

Dussaint sat down in his seat and then fell into deep thought.

After a few minutes, the expression on his face grew more and more frightened, so much so that he finally stood up straight from his seat.

"What's wrong?" Ms. Tamara asked with concern, "What is wrong with you?" ”

"No, no, no...... It's not right, it's impossible to ......" Dussand's face turned pale, and he rushed straight to the archives of the Newsal Heraldic Office, and began to frantically rummage through the previous intelligence data collection.

"Look for economic data like the Empire's GDP and unemployment over the years." Dussaint took out all the Imperial war reports he could find in the past one hundred and seventy-nine years, and then said in a loud voice to Lady Tamara behind him, "Let the people in the Intelligence Analysis Division summarize the economic data and draw a line chart - the war report is also needed." ”

He turned around and said solemnly to Ms. Tamara, "We need to find the most reliable people for intelligence analysis and processing, and try to control the number of insiders to no more than four. Find them a separate room to do the statistics - the intelligence on both sides is separated, so that the person analyzing it doesn't know what the other group is doing. ”

Dussand's order was very confusing, but at least the important points were made clear, "Remember, this is the highest level of confidentiality, and it must be guaranteed that there are not too many insiders and that they are absolutely reliable!" ”

Lady Tamara nodded hesitantly, then turned to convey Dussand's order.

Dussander himself looked at the data at hand and had a vague hunch.

It is likely that the relationship between the Empire and the Alliance was not as simple as a pair of mortal enemies from the beginning.