It has been more than thirty years since the Viscounty of Cisse was founded, and there are now 120,000 people in the territory.

More than 90,000 of them were serfs, more than 10,000 were yeoman farmers, and 10,000 were burghers living near the castle. The remaining 10,000 or so are territorial bureaucrats, garrisons, and their families

Elena Castle is the main castle in the Viscount of Cisse, and the castle occupies a large area, slightly smaller than Fort William, counting the families of the garrison. The castle is home to a population of 20,000 all year round.

The castle with a population of 20,000 is already a big city in the northern Xinjiang region.

The population of Gascoyne province is even smaller than that of Gedda, with a population of only 1.2 million. Cities that prosper than Elena Castle are only two or three county towns under the direct control of the royal family.

Richard followed the caravan to Elena Castle, and because of the Starlight Bottle, they ostensibly did not carry any forbidden materials and easily blended into the castle.

After taking over an inn, Richard retrieved the enchanted armor, weapons, and alchemy bombs from the Starlight Bottle, and prepared to take action at night.

Intelligence support was needed before the operation, and Hayden, who was in charge of intelligence, was also involved in the operation.

Richard has always attached great importance to intelligence work, and established an intelligence department very early.

Hayden has placed people in important cities in the northern Xinjiang region.

Elena Castle also has intelligence agents from Harland's territory lurking in the shadows.

The infiltrators in Elena Castle are two small groups of more than a dozen people.

One group is open and mainly sells goods from Haaland's domain.

Because of the leakage of the liquor process, the intelligence group on the surface is no longer trusted by Haaland's territory.

The other group is a hidden cell, with a single line of contact and direct command from the head of intelligence in Gascoigne province.

This group consisted of three main intelligence officers, one of whom even infiltrated the home of Viscount Cisse and became the cook of the Viscount's house.

Hayden has figured out the situation at Elena Castle through an informant lurking in the shadows.

After receiving the information, Hayden immediately reported to Richard: "Through the intelligence officers, it is Luo Ning, the fourth son of Viscount Cisse, who is in charge of the liquor business. Ronin is also the head of business for the Cisse family. According to the information we have, Luo Ning should have bought off the liquor salesman in January and obtained the process of making liquor. ”

"How did the liquor salesman master the brewing process?"

"The liquor brewing process is very simple, and the sales staff should be roughly figured out when they enter the distillery to pick up the goods."

"Can you be sure who leaked the process?"

"Not sure yet?"

"After the operation, find a way to transfer the salesperson back, and if necessary, use criminal interrogation."

"Do you want to attack Luo Ning?" Hayden made a neck wipe gesture and whispered a question to Richard.

"Attack Ronin, and Viscount Cisse will immediately suspect us. This operation will not attack Luo Ning for the time being, is there any other target that can not only hit Viscount Cisse, but also not make people suspicious? ”

"You can take action against the casino run by the Viscount Cisse family, rob the casino's funds, and hit the casino's reputation. Castle Elena is a casino that can earn 8,000 gold coins a year, which is very important to the Cisse family. Defeating this casino will make the Cisse family hurt to the bone marrow. ”

Richard nodded and continued to ask, "Can you find the Cisse family's vault?" If the vault is grabbed, it must be a heavy blow to Viscount Cisse. ”

"Viscount Cisse's treasury must be in the Viscount's Mansion, attacking the Viscount's Mansion, the movement is too big, I'm afraid it will alarm the royal capital. Once the royal capital investigation team comes down, it will be very troublesome. ”

"You're thinking right, I'm going to attack Viscount Cisse's casino tonight, and he's going to rob my liquor business, so I'll close his casino. The operation is controlled within a certain range, and even if the royal investigation team comes, we have a reason to retaliate. ”

When night came, the team put on their armor, carried their weapons, put on a layer of black night clothes, and left the hotel with their masks on, and appeared in the night.

Night walkers appeared on the streets, which immediately alarmed the castle patrolmen.

The patrol was about to blow the whistle to give a warning signal when he was shot by a crossbow arrow and lost his life on the spot.

Someone on the street saw this scene and hurried home, closing the doors and windows tightly, not daring to make a single movement.

Before the large garrison could react, the action team had already killed the guards of the casino and controlled the gate and secret door of the casino.

Loss, Jennings and the operatives rushed into the casino, killing the gamblers and casino security personnel who dared to resist, killing thirty or forty people in an instant.

Among these thirty or forty people were five or six officers and veterans of the Wild Lion Legion.

These officers and veterans are not weak in combat, but they have no armor on their bodies and no blades in their hands, and they cannot compete with the attackers who are armed to the teeth.

Seeing that the murderer was so ferocious, the remaining gamblers and casino managers were like frightened quails, and they did not dare to move.

The operatives were quick enough to get the gamblers to hand over all the cash in their hands, sweep away the casino's funds, and withdraw from the casino cleanly.

When leaving, he even used an alchemy bomb to blow up the door of the casino.

After leaving the casino, the operatives went straight to the nearest Dosimon, killed all the Simon defenders, and left Elena Castle.

This operation was very clean and neat, and it successfully dealt a blow to the credibility of Viscount Cisse's casino.

A casino that can't protect gamblers can't afford to operate.

Suffering this blow, the Elena Casino is basically closed.

swept through the casino, emptied the casino's reserves, and swept away the coins of more than 200 gamblers. After the war, Richard counted the funds and found that he had snatched 5,200 gold coins from the casino. More than half of that was the money of more than 200 gamblers.

After the operation, Richard, Sophia and the team members hurried overnight and returned to Harland after a day and a half.

After the attack, Viscount Cisse was furious and immediately sealed the city gates, arrested outsiders, and strictly interrogated to investigate the cause of the attack.

Vitas, who is in charge of intelligence in the Viscount of Cisse, is a very capable person, and although Richard has done a lot of cover-ups, there are still clues in Vitas's eyes.

"Have you figured things out?"

"Basically, it's clear, but the enemy is very capable and doesn't leave any tricks."

"Who the hell is the attacker?"

"It should be Viscount Richard."

"Are you sure?"

"Basically, it is certain that although there is no direct evidence, the caravan we captured has revealed an intelligence that the mercenaries they hired have disappeared, and these mercenaries have been hired through Soros. Soros is Viscount Richard's maternal uncle and is now an important officer in Haaland's domain. ”

"When did we offend this military strongman in Geda Province?"

"It should be Ronin who bought the Haaland family's liquor salesman, obtained the liquor brewing process, and began to sell liquor to compete with Viscount Richard."

"And because of that, he openly tore his face with us?"

Vitas nodded: "The sale of liquor is very profitable, and it is an important trade income for the Haaland family. The Haaland family has 3,000 regular troops, and the financial pressure is very high. When we sell liquor, we will inevitably have a conflict with the Haaland family.

Today it is just about attacking casinos, and if the trouble is not resolved, the conflict may become more and more serious, attacking caravans, looting commercial sales points, killing commercial salesmen, attacking members of the nobility, assassinating lords' heirs, and robbing the lords under the guise of robbers. The conflict between the two families may last for a long time, until the winner is decided, and the losing party raises his hand to admit defeat. ”

(End of chapter)