The inflamed appendix was cut off, the bleeding was stopped by treatment, the wound was stitched up, and Ruiz survived.

After the aftermath of the catastrophe, he inexplicably had a home for Haaland's territory.

Under the careful care of his wife, Ruiz recovered well. When Ruiz was about to be discharged from the hospital, he found out that his wife was two months pregnant.

This sudden appearance in an accident broke Ruiz's loyalty to Viscount Cisse, and after much deliberation, he decided to surrender to the Haaland domain.

Ruiz is not an aristocrat and does not have the blood of the Cisse family, although because of his special talent, he has a higher income in the Cisse territory, and because of serious class contradictions, he has little loyalty and belonging to the Cisse family.

The only thing he fears is that his family is implicated, and Vitas, the intelligence officer of the Cisse family, also threatens him with his family in order to make Ruiz serve the Cisse family.

Ruiz found his surgeon, Griffin, and explained his situation.

When Griffin heard the shocking news, he didn't dare to slack off and immediately told Wendy.

Wendy informed Hayden, who immediately sent someone to find Ruiz and control the man first.

Through the clues confessed by Ruiz, Hayden decided to adopt a secret arrest method to catch all the spies on this line.

After several years of development, the intelligence department of Haaland's territory now has more than 600 people.

Half of the more than 600 staff members are intelligence officers stationed abroad.

Fort Black River, Fort Flame, Fort Leyte, Fort Grizzly, Victory City, and Osma Castle all have intelligence teams from the Harland Domain. Even Elena Castle, Pratos Castle, and Harden Castle have intelligence officers.

The remaining half of the manpower, more than 200 people, are action groups. There are six professionals in the action group, and each professional commands more than 30 people.

There are more than 100 personnel in the headquarters, in addition to archival managers, torture experts, and special talents. The most are intelligence analysts.

After several years of training, Hayden has become a capable intelligence veteran.

He personally commanded some agents of the intelligence department, dressed in black tweed coats and steel helmets, to open the door of the spy's room, sneak in, search the rooms of the suspicious people, and find some valuable evidence.

The Intelligence Department has always attached great importance to strictly guarding the technical secrets of the territory, and has dispatched a large number of detectives to take charge of this matter, and the territory not only has a decree prohibiting migration, but also has established a strict secrecy system and surveillance system, which has effectively stopped the leakage of technology.

In addition, Richard would also send people to spread propaganda to indentured slaves, relying on the power of the masses to find spies.

Due to various restrictions, it is difficult for intelligence officers from outside to gather useful information in a short period of time.

Perhaps these systems cannot completely prevent the leakage of technology, such as the simple process of liquor, which leaked to the outside this year.

But as long as the technology can be leaked one day later, Haaland's territory can earn one more day of gold.

The exploits of intelligence officers were clear to Richard. At the end of each year, Richard took time out to meet with key intelligence officers, listen to their opinions, and ask them what they wanted.

Ruiz is a very important intelligence agent in the Viscount of Cisse, and through his line, Hayden has made a lot of gains, arresting more than a dozen intelligence agents planted and infiltrated by Viscount Cisse.

Through interrogation, these people explained everything clearly.

Those who can resist the trial must be people with strong will and faith, and even if such people are led by Haaland, they are very few.

None of the intelligence agents planted by the Cisse family were determined.

Richard listened to Hayden's debriefing. After being silent for a long time, he sighed and said, "This time the Viscount Cisse's intelligence network was dug up, and it was also because of coincidence. Viscount Cisse can place intelligence agents in the microscope research team, will the other nobles have more hidden manpower? You need to think carefully about this. Factories and research groups involved in secrets should go through them carefully to ensure 100 percent safety. ”

"What are you going to do with these people Ruiz?"

"I'm going to absorb this group of people into the intelligence department, let them provide Viscount Cisse with some less important information, and deliver a false intelligence at a critical moment to hit the opponent hard."

"You have to put a long line to catch a big fish, and you're doing the right thing. But when trading, you should be meticulous and don't show flaws. Viscount Cisse was able to be so quick to determine that we had attacked the casino of Castle Elena, and the officer in charge of intelligence was not a simple person. ”

After digging out the intelligence network of Viscount Cisse, there has been no major incident in the territory.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the eve of the goddess's birthday.

On the eve of the goddess's birthday, it is the time of the Haaland family gathering. One more new member than last year was Margaret, the eldest daughter of Richard and Sophia.

Margaret had her birthday in March, and now she is almost two years old, and she is past the time to babble.

Richard was busy every day, either making enchanted armor, patrolling the territory, and finding time to practice breathing and meditation.

There is a little free time, and there is also to think about the development of the territory.

Sophia is not particularly fond of taking care of children, and she also spends time doing magical research.

In fact, neither of them fulfilled their parental responsibilities and failed to accompany their children for too long. It was Sophia's assistant Anne who was really by her side every day, and Margaret and Anne became more affectionate.

At night, the William's Mansion at Blackriver Fort is brightly lit.

Margaret looked at the magic lamp, full of curiosity, and flicked her fingers from time to time, full of energy and strong curiosity, making her have a lot of fun.

This year's family banquet is still very extravagant, with more music and dance.

Attendants walked through the crowd with fruit wine and glasses, and the hall was filled with precious food.

In June of this year, Mrs. Kelly became pregnant again.

It seems that Mrs. Kelly has been very favored by William in recent years, and she has behaved in high spirits at banquets, which is very different from the submissiveness of two years ago.

In July of this year, Third Uncle Bernie broke through the realm and became a fifth-order professional.

According to common sense, fifth-order professionals generally hold the position of captain. However, both brothers are captains of the Northern Legion, and their influence is inevitably too great.

Bernie doesn't want to go back to the territory yet, he wants to continue working in the army.

Now William is communicating with Captain Zachary to prepare for the transfer of Bernie to the Lions. If all goes well, next year he will be the captain of the Seventh Brigade of the Wild Lion Legion.

If the third uncle goes to Flame Castle to take office, the Haaland family's influence in Flame Castle will be stronger. Now the Haaland family's business in Flame Castle is mainly protected by Richard's connections.

Richard's old comrades-in-arms in the Lion Legion, Diarra, Dida and others have developed well, plus Ron has served in the Lion Legion, and he has made some friends over the years.

But as the Haraland family's business in Fort Blaze grew, it was no longer enough to rely on comrades-in-arms.

When the time comes, with the third uncle Bernie transferred to the captain of the Wild Lion Legion, and Diarra as the deputy captain, the Harland family's business in Flame Castle will be stable.

Although the liquor market was ceded to the Cisse family, the Harland family could still sell steel products, brown sugar, honey, wool cloth, sweaters, and glass products in Flame Castle, and the annual income was still very considerable.

Viscount Cisse has a lot of influence in Flame Castle, and without the care of powerful people, the Harland family's business in Flame Castle cannot continue.

Diarra is not a member of the Haaland family after all, at most he supports Richard and stands on the platform, Diarra is not suitable for many things, and it is impossible for Richard to let the family interfere.

Ron, on the other hand, has a lower position and weaker strength, and can't hold up the scene at a critical time.

This year's business has been affected a bit, there are constantly troublemakers, and there have been several robberies, not only were they robbed of money, but some people also died. If this continues to deteriorate, the Haraland family's business will be driven out of Blaze Castle.

The third uncle Bernie was transferred to the Wild Lion Legion, and it was the right time.

(End of chapter)