Daley leaned on the seat in the carriage, closing his eyes and concentrating.
As he claimed, Daly was extremely passionate about his work, but at the cost of feeling sleep-deprived.
Halfway through, his carriage stopped, someone knocked on the window, and then a subordinate came up, who was the spy he sent to Vichy Town.
It has been more than a year since the secret police was established. In this period of more than a year, his intelligence network has grown from scratch, grown from small to large, and has become more and more perfect. It is time to gain something.
Of course, the costs involved are huge, and funding from the Holy City alone is far from enough.
But as his authority in Genoa increased, not only the patrol police came under his jurisdiction, but the power of the secret police frightened many people. Therefore, with the tacit approval of his superiors and the governor, he cooperated with the tax farming company and the provincial tax bureau to prevent
Taking a share of the pie in smuggling and fighting tax evasion to raise funds for establishing a secret intelligence network, which also enriched his own pockets.
"Viscount Connery visited His Holiness the Pope at 11 o'clock the night before yesterday. According to eyewitnesses, the Viscount brought more than 20 people with him, each carrying a rifle..."
When Daley heard this piece of information, he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up in shock:
"A fire broke out? This shouldn't happen. Unless he is a madman, who would dare to treat a pope like this, even though the True God Religion has declined. Besides, I haven't heard of anyone being killed or injured!"
"The Pope probably liked the town of Vichy very much and claimed more than once that the climate there was very good for his health. He rented a house in the town because it was 11 o'clock in the evening and the place was relatively remote and there was not much
People noticed that the Viscount and his men left peacefully soon,
It was less than an hour before and after, so nothing unexpected happened. I also saw the Pope appear this morning, but the situation was very suspicious." The spy reported, "Because the Pope claimed that Viscount Connery donated two dollars to him.
Ten thousand gold Louis to support his missionary work, a lot of money."
"It is indeed a large amount of money, and more than 20 people are carrying rifles, just for the purpose of forcibly donating it? The world has changed, haha, it is really funny. I dare say there must be a deal in this. What makes the Viscount willing to risk offending Xia
The risk to Bishop Keli? After all, in the eyes of Bishop Shakli, this is simply a betrayal, especially considering the Viscount's background." Daly nodded, with many questions in his mind, "What else has happened to the Viscount? Also, have you heard about his purchase?
The real reason for Eagle Castle?”
Daly's series of questions immediately confused the spy.
Seeing that his subordinate couldn't answer and was a little over the top, he waved his hand in disgust and drove him off the carriage.
Daley's intelligence network is not targeting Sean, to be precise, he is targeting anyone, even the Governor. The Governor is well aware of this, although Daley also has to obey his orders.
As one of the most loyal eagle dogs in the empire, Daly feels that he has a heavy responsibility.
The carriage left the street and turned into a remote street to stop, when a dozen stern-looking guys suddenly appeared.
"Good morning, Mr. Director!"
Daley glanced at the spies and asked the leading guy: "Raul, is the target still in the house?"
"Yes, the target came back last night and lived upstairs. He hasn't come out yet. The target has the habit of sleeping in." The subordinate named Raul said, "My people are ready and can be arrested at any time."
"Very good, let's start taking action." Daley nodded, "We must catch him alive!"
Daley gave an order, and the spies scattered around surrounded the target's house from all directions, while some spread out to watch from a distance to prevent any unexpected events.
This is an old house with a red roof, and a signboard "Maxim Employment Agency" hangs on the door facing the street. This place is relatively remote, and of course such an agency cannot afford to rent a house with a good appearance.
There are many such shops in Poitou. They are generally responsible for labor intermediaries, introducing jobs to people who need work, and also providing labor to employers who need manpower, and collecting agency fees from them.
It was not yet nine o'clock in the morning, and the two clerks were busy making preparations. They put up a bulletin board at the door, which stated the number of employees and the required skills. But usually people who come here to look for work are not
If they are illiterate, they will usually ask the store clerk directly.
The spies rushed in and quickly restrained the two unresponsive clerks. Some were busy closing the door, while others rushed upstairs.
One room upstairs was an office, and the other was the boss's bedroom. The bedroom was kicked open by the spies, and they rushed towards the sleeping boss, Maxime Tray.
Maxim Tray shouted in horror: "Who are you? Robbers, I want to call the police."
"Shut up!" Someone punched him in the cheek, "We are the police!"
Maxim was tied tightly and his mouth was gagged with a dirty rag. Together with his two clerks, they were stuffed into a carriage and taken away.
The spies who stayed in the store put out a sign saying it was out of business, closed the door, and then conducted a thorough search of the labor agency.
Daly sat in the carriage and looked at his pocket watch. The entire operation took less than seven minutes and hardly attracted the attention of others.
He was very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates.
In the afternoon of the next day, he listened to the progress report from his subordinates in his office:
"Maxim Trail, male, 42 years old, a resident of Alencon neighborhood in this city. His father was a senior accountant of the municipal government. After his father's death, Maxim Trail became a municipal accountant.
A trainee accountant. But this happened 20 years ago, and he was fired because he was suspected of corruption."
"Well, this is a tainted person." Daley nodded.
"This man was idle when he was young and got into the bad habit of gambling. He quickly squandered the small inheritance left by his father and started to make public funds. However, the amount he embezzled was not large, so the municipal government at that time
Officials confiscated his property and kicked him out."
"Gambling is really a terrible vice!" Daly said, "Gambling, alcoholism and drugs, the villains have at least one of them, or even all three. Well, go on."
"Yes! Maxime Trail disappeared from the public until ten years ago, when he returned to Poitou. No one knows where he went in the past ten years. It is said that he went to the north, but when he came back he was wearing the same clothes.
After all, at least he has the ability to hire people to open this agency.
It is this that arouses our little suspicion. Mr. Director, please note that this is just a little suspicion," the subordinate continued.
"Go on, I'm listening," Dailey said.
"Mr. Director, you know that the Tulip Tavern is a tavern opened by our own people. About this time last year, Maxim Tray drank a little too much. He is usually very cautious, but he is greedy. He drank too much.
Then he spoke a little unabashedly and told a sweetheart something, and this sweetheart is our informant."
Daly's intelligence network is very wide, and his informants and peripheral personnel are very complex, involving various industries, which all require money. This is why he always feels that there is a lack of funds.
The subordinate continued: "At this time last year, Viscount Sean Connery was facing constant accusations..."
Daly once again expressed his surprise: "I know that some people wanted to remove him from the position of military adviser to the Civil Defense Force at the time. But now that I think about it, Viscount Connery resigned very simply, and instead he got more
many."
"Maxim Trail is essentially a vain person. He claims that he is just unlucky. Otherwise, if he were lucky enough to be like Viscount Connery and be hit by a title, he would have become a high-class figure long ago.
He also ridiculed Viscount Connery for not being very smart, and he was about to be fired from power," said his subordinate.
Daley felt that this piece of information was more than a year late. He still remembered Sean's angry expression when he resigned. It was really ironic that Sean, who was fired from power, finally saved Genoa and still had the energy to go north to participate in the counter-insurgency and win the ultimate victory.
High honor.
However, he would not feel any guilt towards Sean because of the lateness of this piece of information.
After realizing it later, Daly did not reprimand his subordinates in person for delaying this piece of information. After all, the intelligence network had just been established at that time, and there was a shortage of manpower skilled in analyzing intelligence, so everything was very imperfect.
But this incident also gave him a warning, and he felt that it was necessary to strengthen his intelligence analysis capabilities in the future.
"What caught our attention was that our informant stumbled across a 'Zodiac Rat' mask in his coat pocket last month, which did not alarm him at that time. Normally, a 42-year-old man, who has not given birth, would
As a child who has no close contact with relatives, carrying such a mask with him cannot but arouse our suspicion. And yesterday, we thoroughly searched the bedroom above his shop and found this mask at the scene."
"Very good!" Daley was very excited, "This is a big fish! I want to give you a reward!"
"Thank you, Mr. Director, it is our honor to serve a commander like you!" The subordinates complimented with joy, and added, "The more we investigate, the more suspicious we become about this guy. Since this year, he has only done trivial things.
Five businesses, a total of 20 workers were introduced to work, which was not worth the salary he paid to two clerks, not to mention the rent of the shop, and his own squandering on women. Moreover, this man always loved to go out.
This is so suspicious."
Daley held his chin with one hand and tapped the table rhythmically with the other hand:
"When the Civil Defense Force was first being established, some people were reselling arms. The matter was a bit strange at the time. But the evidence was so conclusive that even Viscount Connelly had nothing to say. Although the arrested soldiers admitted that someone had bribed them, behind the scenes
The black hand has never been caught. You must interrogate this guy named Maxim. He may be the intelligence chief of the True God Party in Poitou, and he has a great relationship with it.
You can check his social contacts. All those who have close contacts with him should be investigated, but they must be kept confidential and quickly, otherwise his accomplices will escape. If all members of the rebel party in Poitou are uprooted,
Well, that would be great. Also, you should be aware that there is at least one bloodthirsty among our opponents, which is quite dangerous."