"Stainless steel?"

The man was obviously interested.

After 1770, Truchin's stainless steel products had a somewhat embarrassing status in the world.

Chitard originally wanted to use it to capture the upper-class market, but the development of things was a bit far from his imagination.

At this time, the upper class, no matter where they were, still liked porcelain with smooth glazes and the ability to fire porcelain with various patterns. At first, they liked stainless steel products just to keep them fresh, but they slowly gave up on them.

On the contrary, the people at the bottom like it, and the reason is very simple. Although stainless steel products are more expensive than iron products, they are much more durable and will not rust. Their actual value is much greater, especially for nomadic people in desert areas.

Like.

On the Arabian Peninsula, except for the Mecca area, the interior is still the nomadic range of the Bedouin. The Ottoman Empire actually has no control over them. The coastal areas are a series of emirates. Those places are deserted and the people are fierce, and the Ottomans are too lazy to do so.

Pay attention to them.

But it is still a good market for Arab merchants in Mecca.

Although the Ottoman and Truqin countries are still at war, it does not prevent this product from being continuously supplied here.

Although stainless steel is magical, if you look at it too much, it becomes just an ordinary thing.

Truchin will naturally give agency rights to certain large businessmen in the Ottoman Empire, and these large businessmen will subcontract them to domestic small and medium-sized businessmen, and Judd happens to be one of them.

"Oh, sorry, my name is Ali"

The two chatted enthusiastically. Ali obviously wanted to get information from Judd about the agents at the upper level or higher. As an intelligence officer, Judd naturally knew who the top-level agents were, but he also

You won’t reveal the information so easily.

So they hung him up and made him believe that he knew who the top agent was, but would not tell him easily.

It is still the eighteenth century, and the business network is still a closed and secretive system. Once it is formed, it will not change easily. Therefore, it is not easy for outsiders to break in.

......

A few days later, he finally agreed with Arida to visit his slaves at the Jenichery Naval Base on Little Chekmece Lake.

Of course, he would definitely not reveal that he was eager to visit because he missed his slave, but that something unexpected happened and he needed to know how much rent his slave had collected and where the collected money was kept.

Reasons.

As a down-and-out nobleman, his reason is not surprising. There are probably many people who have the same idea as him, but there is no way to realize it.

Ali asked him to infiltrate the merchants who were transporting supplies to the naval base, and he arrived there a day later.

Judd had been to this place before, and there was nothing special about it, but now he found that the place had changed beyond recognition. Huge fences had been erected around the lake so that people outside could not see inside.

At the northern end of the lake, there is a military camp with a temple as the center. The military camp also has towering fences.

After entering the military camp, you are greeted by the large temple, surrounded by four tall minarets that are very conspicuous.

Judd met Petnovich successfully. In such a private place, they obviously couldn't chat for a long time, and there were people watching around, so he could only pretend to ask questions such as "How much was charged?" and "Where is the money?"

There" and other words.

He also hinted to Petronović that "this place is very good, stay well" and other meanings.

Compared with finding the so-called "big man", letting Peternovitch lurk here is obviously a better choice.

There is a small hill about five miles away from the shore to the east of the base. It is lush and lush. If you look at it from there, you can see it clearly. Judd didn't want to just leave, so he made up his mind when he walked back.<

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When he got near the hillock, he said to the leader of the camel team: "Oh, I feel bad. I am familiar with this road. You go first, and I will come over as soon as possible."

The leader didn't take it seriously and continued walking towards Istanbul with the camel team.

Judd arrived at the bottom of the hill in a few steps. When he saw the camel team walking away, he quietly climbed up.

Hiding in the bushes, he picked up the telescope hidden on his body.

Telescopes are not uncommon in the Ottoman Empire. Since they control part of the Adriatic Sea, there are many Europeans there who know how to make such things. Naturally, the Sudan moved many of them to Istanbul.

Come.

However, Judd's one looks like an ordinary monocular on the surface, but it actually hides a mystery. It is a ten-fold monocular specially allocated to intelligence personnel.

So, here, Judd can clearly see the situation in the lake.

The first thing that comes into view is a large ship. There is only one large ship on the entire lake. There are many sails on this large ship. It looks like a popular European style. There are many people on it who are manipulating the sails, stays and other things.<

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And on the tallest main mast in the middle, there is also a person sitting upright!

Such people are usually lookouts, and they will sit on a sloping beam, or on a simple seat specially configured for lookouts.

This is nothing special. It seems that this "sword bearer" is training Navy Yenicheri to perform shipboard operations.

But Judd put the binoculars down abruptly.

He discovered a terrible fact.

The lookout hand is also looking at himself with a telescope!

He just made a mistake. He did not follow the "remote observation" section in the intelligence personnel's operation manual at all, but carelessly exposed his head.

Although it is impossible for the person facing you to see your appearance clearly from such a distance, if the person facing you is an experienced observer, you will definitely find someone here!

On the way here, he also discovered a detail.

The area about ten miles east of the lake used to be a densely populated area, but now not only are the houses gone, but the fields are also deserted.

"Just to train the navy in the lake? Or sailing warships, targeting Truchin, does this make sense? Is it too much to make a fuss over?"

Something suddenly occurred to him.

"Since our country made good relations with France, Dion, who is famous for his spies, has also come here, and the French are now at war with the Ottomans. In order to deal with our country, didn't he tell some things about the spies?

To the Ottoman officials?"

"It is obviously true to train the Jenichery navy, but by surrounding the base, people with ulterior motives can be attracted and then eliminated. Isn't it another plan?"

Judd immediately put away his telescope and quickly ran down the mountain towards Istanbul.

While running, I remembered something again.

"Their layout of the military camp on land is also suspicious. In the past, ordinary people were not allowed to go up to the minaret, but I felt a thorn in my back the moment I entered the military camp."

"This feeling obviously does not come from the surrounding Yenicherries who are monitoring themselves, but from the minaret. This is extremely unusual in the Islamic world."

"So, there is only one reason"

......

Judd quickly caught up with the camel caravan and returned to Istanbul before dark.

After entering Lingang District, for some reason, he felt particularly bad today. This is really unusual for him, an outstanding action team member who has been trained by the Intelligence Bureau for ten years, has never made a mistake, and has made great achievements many times.

.

Walking on the crowded streets paved with stone slabs dating back to the Roman Empire and now polished as smooth as washes, his feeling became stronger. When he approached his home, this feeling came over him.

Reached the maximum.

He did not go in, but walked quickly in one direction.

After about half an hour, he finally reached the rich and powerful area of ​​the city, where the embassies of various countries are also located.

He came to an embassy, ​​then whistled, and then danced as he walked, which was extremely unusual in a wealthy area.

In the crowded Lingang District, he can do this, because there are many people there who look like this when they are drunk.

But this is a wealthy district, where all the big shots abide by religious rules, and absolutely no one does this.

Naturally, some people do this in the residences in Fugui District, but certainly no one does this on the streets outside.

That's for sure.

Judd's action ended quickly, and he quickly walked towards his port area.

There were still some people in his inn, and everything seemed normal, but when he opened the door to the backyard, the strange feeling suddenly arose again.

He sighed, ignored it all, and went back to his room.

"Come out"

He didn't need to look back to know that someone was behind him.

"How did you know?"

The voice of the person behind was cold and hard, and it didn’t sound like it was coming out in a normal way.

"I feel it"

"Feeling?"

"Yes, this is my innate ability"

"Okay, you are the most ordinary looking, but actually the most powerful person I have ever met, but no matter what, your life is over here"

"What did you get?"
To be continued...