The inflamed appendix was cut off, treatment was used to stop the bleeding, the wound was disinfected and sutured, and Ruiz survived successfully.
After surviving the disaster, he somehow felt a sense of belonging to the Harland territory.
Under his wife's careful care, Ruiz recovered well. When Ruiz was about to be discharged from the hospital, he discovered that his wife was two months pregnant.
This suddenly appeared unexpectedly and shattered Ruiz's loyalty to Viscount Cisse. After careful consideration, he decided to surrender to the Haaland territory.
Ruiz is not a nobleman and does not have the blood of the Cisse family. Although he has received a relatively high income from the Cisse territory because of his special talent, he does not have much loyalty and affiliation to the Cisse family due to serious class conflicts.
The only thing he fears is that his family will be implicated. Vitas, the intelligence officer of the Cisse family, also threatened him with his family to get Ruiz to serve the Cisse family.
Ruiz found his surgeon, Griffin, and explained his situation.
When Griffin heard the shocking news, he told Wendy immediately without hesitation.
Wendy informed Hayden, who immediately sent people to find Ruiz and control him first.
Through the clues given by Ruiz, Hayden decided to adopt a secret arrest method to catch all the spies on this line.
After several years of development, the Haaland Territory Intelligence Department now has more than 600 people.
Half of the more than 600 staff members are intelligence personnel stationed abroad.
Black River Castle, Flame Castle, Light Castle, Grizzly Castle, City of Victory, and Osma Castle all have intelligence teams from the Harland territory. Even Elena Castle, Platos Castle, and Harden Castle have deployed them.
intelligence officers.
The remaining half of the manpower, more than 200 people, is the action team. There are six professionals in the action team, and each professional commands more than thirty people.
There are more than a hundred people in the headquarters, including file management personnel, torture experts, and personnel with special talents. The largest number are intelligence analysts.
After several years of training, Hayden has become a capable intelligence veteran.
He personally directed some intelligence agents wearing black woolen coats and steel helmets to open the door of the spy's room, sneaked in quietly, searched the room of the suspicious person, and found 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. The territory not only has laws prohibiting migration, but also has established a strict confidentiality system and surveillance system, which effectively prevents the leakage of technology.
In addition, Richard would send people to spread propaganda to the indentured slaves and rely on the power of the masses to find spies.
Due to various restrictions, it is difficult for outside intelligence personnel to collect useful information in a short period of time.
Perhaps these systems cannot completely prevent the leakage of technology. For example, liquor with simple craftsmanship was leaked to the outside this year.
But as long as the technology can be delayed for one day, Harland Territory can earn one more gold coin.
The merits of intelligence personnel are very clear to Richard. At the end of every year, Richard takes time to meet with key intelligence personnel, listen to their opinions, and ask about their requests.
Ruiz was a very important intelligence agent in the territory of Viscount Cissé. Through his clues, Hayden made a lot of gains and captured more than a dozen intelligence personnel who had been planted and infiltrated by Viscount Cissé.
Through interrogation, these people explained everything clearly.
Those who can withstand the interrogation must be people with firm will and faith. Such people are very few even if they are leader Harland.
None of the intelligence agents deployed by the Cisse family are strong-willed.
Richard listened to Hayden's report. He was silent for a long time and sighed: "It was a coincidence that Viscount Cisse's intelligence network was dug out this time. Viscount Cisse was able to place intelligence personnel in the microscope research team.
Will other nobles have more hidden manpower? You must consider this carefully. For factories involving secrets, the research team must go through them carefully to ensure 100% safety."
"What are you going to do with these people Ruiz?"
"I plan to recruit this group of people into the Intelligence Department and ask them to provide some less important information to Viscount Cisse. At the critical moment, they will deliver false information to severely damage the opponent."
"You can catch big fish by putting a long fishing line. You are right to do so. But you must be careful when trading and don't expose any flaws. Viscount Cisse was able to confirm so quickly that we attacked the Elena Castle Casino. The officer in charge of intelligence
Not a simple person."
After digging out Viscount Cisse's intelligence network, there have been no major incidents in the territory.
Time flies so fast, and in a blink of an eye it’s the eve of the goddess’ birthday.
On the eve of the goddess's birthday, it was the time for the Harland family to gather. Compared to last year, there was one more new member attending the party, Margaret, the eldest daughter of Richard and Sophia.
Margaret's birthday was in March. She is now almost two years old and has passed the time of babbling.
Richard is busy every day, either making enchanted armor or patrolling his territory. He also takes time to practice breathing and meditation techniques.
When I have some free time, I also want to think about the development of the territory.
Sophia doesn't particularly like taking care of children. She also spends time doing magic research.
In fact, both of them failed to fulfill their parental responsibilities and failed to accompany their children for too long. The one who really stayed with the children every day was Sophia's assistant Anne, and Margaret also had a closer relationship with Anne.
After night falls, William's mansion in Heihe Fort is brightly lit.
Margaret looked at the magic lamp with great curiosity, and would flick it with her fingers from time to time. Her abundant energy and strong curiosity made her have a great time.
This year's family dinner still seemed very extravagant, with even more music and dancing.
Attendants carrying fruit wine and wine glasses walked through the crowd, 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. She behaved in high spirits at banquets, which is completely different from the submissive behavior she had two years ago.
In July of this year, my third uncle Bernie broke through the realm and became a fifth-level professional.
According to common sense, fifth-level professionals generally serve as captains. However, both brothers serve as captains in the Northern Army, so their influence is too great.
Bernie doesn't want to go back to the territory to develop yet, he wants to continue working in the army.
Now William is communicating with the commander of the Zachary Corps and is preparing to transfer Bernie to the Wild Lion Corps. If everything goes well, he will serve as the captain of the seventh brigade of the Wild Lion Corps next year.
If the third uncle goes to Flame Castle to take office, the Harland family's influence in Flame Castle will be stronger. Currently, the Harland family's business in Flame Castle mainly relies on the protection of Richard's relationship.
Richard's old comrades in the Mad Lion Legion, Diarra, Dida and others have all developed well. In addition, Ron has served in the Mad Lion Legion and has made some friends over the years.
But as the Harland family's business in Flame Castle grows larger and larger, relying on the relationship with comrades is no longer enough.
When the time comes, Uncle Bernie will be transferred to Captain of the Wild Lion Legion, and with the care of Diarra, the deputy captain, the Haaland family's business in Flame Castle will be stable.
Although the liquor market has been given to the Cisse family, the Harland family can still sell steel products, brown sugar, honey, woolen cloth, sweaters, and glass products in Flame Castle, and their annual income is still very considerable.
Viscount Cisse has great influence in Flame Castle. Without the care of powerful people, the Harland family's business in Flame Castle would not be able to continue.
After all, Diarra is not from the Haaland family. At most, he supports Richard and stands on the platform. Diarra is not suitable to intervene in many things, and Richard cannot let others interfere.
But Ron's position is lower, his strength is weak, and he cannot hold up the scene at critical moments.
This year's business has been affected to some extent. Troublemakers continue to appear, and there have been several robberies. Not only were the money robbed, but some people also died. If it continues to deteriorate like this, the Harland family's business organization will be destroyed.
Drive out of the Flame Citadel.
Third uncle Bernie was transferred to the Wild Lions, it was just the right time.