Isabella stared at her intelligence chief calmly. In this time and space, the British Empire's Royal Navy, Royal Army and Ministry of Foreign Affairs all have independent intelligence agencies, which are responsible to the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of War and the Queen respectively.
Isabella's intelligence chief has the appearance of a typical British gentleman. In any social situation, he can perfectly disappear into the crowd and collect the intelligence flowing in the social scene without anyone noticing.
, communicated to Isabella.
Now, this gentleman's usual calm demeanor is being challenged.
Perhaps the Queen was tired of seeing the frightened face of the intelligence chief, so she lowered her head and flipped through the files on her desk.
"The report you gave me about Lin Youde, which is only twenty-two pages long, is simply a pile of waste paper." Finally, the Queen spoke, "What I easily discovered in the first twenty minutes of meeting him,
Nothing is mentioned in this report. If the intelligence agency I spend countless pounds a year on is not as effective as the intuition of a teenage girl, I think I made a mistake in approving funding for you in the budget. I
It will be corrected in due course."
The intelligence director couldn't tell the truth and could only smile bitterly. The report about Lin Youde's personal report was just one component of a huge, systematic report about the intelligence that the Chinese were developing advanced electrical equipment, as well as the information that China
The intelligence on the composition of human and military strength, etc., are all described in detail in other parts of the report. The file in front of the Queen is just an analysis report on Lin Youde's character, and it is the most insignificant part of the entire report -
— at least in the eyes of intelligence chiefs.
After all, no one knew why Isabella was angry.
In fact, Isabella's reputation among the nobility is quite good, especially among senior royal employees. The queen's temper is highly praised. It is rare to hear that this hard-line queen gets angry over the negligence of employees.
, the Queen is more concerned about how to make amends than pursuing responsibility for faults. Even those incidents that affect the reputation of the royal family or even the entire empire can be handled calmly and fairly.
But this time, even though no substantial damage had been caused, Isabella became obviously angry.
It was this that puzzled the intelligence chief and other royal employees present.
"That guy is very dangerous." Isabella said to herself, "If the yellow people from the Far East bring trouble to the empire in the future, it will most likely be related to this Lin Youde. From today on, Helang Yabo's
The number of spies has doubled, and we must break into his system at all costs. I want you to submit a detailed report about him every month to thoroughly investigate him and the people around him. In addition, that
Tesla Cannon, within today I want to know its approximate location, how many security forces are deployed, and what the surrounding terrain is like. Even if it is a bluff and false information, I still want to know where the fake is."
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"Isabella must be kicking her own intelligence operator's ass now." Lin Youde sat in the study and said happily, "Has the fake cannon been deployed?"
Du Qifeng shook the file in his hand at Lin Youde and replied: "Everything is ready. The power distribution station, gun body, and observation post for school firing are all in place. The soldiers and gunners all believe that this is really our secret weapon.
People living nearby have received serious warnings, and various rumors have been spread in several teahouses in the surrounding area. There are enough false and true facts to keep the British busy."
Lin Youde smiled even more happily.
The body of the Tesla cannon is just a piece of scrap iron surrounded by coils, but Sophie has a unique talent. She can always make the originally ordinary things full of avant-garde atmosphere and full of steampunk flavor. This one
The so-called cannon body happened to be the work of the special "art cell" in the little girl's brain. When it was powered by electricity and started to squeak, even Lin Youde would wonder if it was a real thing.
What's more, in this era, as long as it has something to do with electricity, most people will think that I am so powerful and so high-tech. In a word, although I don't understand it, I think it is the mainstream of this era.
When the true identity of the Tesla Cannon is found through the fog, it is debatable how much room the British intelligence agencies have to calmly judge the authenticity of this seemingly powerful machine...
"Then we won't discuss this issue and let the British have a headache." Lin Youde shrugged and then put away his smile, "The issue we need to be concerned about now is tonight's dance..."
I don’t know what the real situation was like in the 19th century, but in this different time and space that Lin Youde traveled to, it seems that the gathering of heads of state and political figures from different countries to have a dance party was an important part of international exchanges.
Lin Youde thinks that the reason why it is like this is probably because the palaces in this world have retained a relatively large amount of energy due to the existence of the goddess. Americans don't like this kind of dance. Lin Youde met with those tycoons in the United States.
Sometimes, we often sit together and talk seriously for a long time, and after finalizing key issues such as the distribution of benefits, we go to have a simple lunch. The whole process is much simpler and more efficient, which fully demonstrates the importance of capitalism to high efficiency.
pursuit.
Tonight's dance was originally supposed to be hosted by the British. After all, the only head of state in Holland at this time was the Queen of England, and she was the highest ranking. But Lin Youde insisted that the dance be held by himself, a landlord.
, the British hesitated for a while and agreed, but left Lin Youde with a tricky request: the style of the dance must not insult the majesty of the Queen of England.
Of course, this style does not refer to material style, but status.
This kind of formal dance has many cumbersome rules, one of which is: the host must have a male host and a hostess, and the same goes for the guest of honor, there must be a male and female guest of honor. For the British, the queen naturally
It was the female guest of honor, while the Queen's brother, the Prince of Wales, was the male guest of honor. Lin Youde lacked a female guest of honor whose identity could match the Queen's.
If Lin Youde had a wife, there would be no such trouble. Even if his wife was of a humble background, she would have acquired a corresponding "identity" after joining Lin Youde's family. Since Lin Youde's identity has been recognized, his wife should also be recognized.
The problem is that Lin Youde has no wife, which is a problem.
Lin Youde must find a distinguished lady whose identity will not bring shame to the Queen to act as the hostess of the ball.
Things that are not a big deal at first become troublesome once diplomacy is involved - especially when the other party intends to disgust you.
Lin Youde first considered Ba. The problem was that Ba was now using the false identity Lin Youde had given her, and originally Ba's family were only middle- and lower-level warriors.
Then Lin Youde wanted Tenkuin Arashi to be the hostess. Before Arashi was adopted by Tenkuin to inherit the magical tools and spells passed down by their lineage, she was a descendant of the Shimazu lineage of the Satsuma Domain. She was considered a princess anyway, but
And because Lan carried the dishonorable status of an exile, he had to give up.
Similarly, Nie Xueqiu was a traitor to the Qing court, and the Qing court could be regarded as a "friendly country" of the British, and would definitely be criticized by the British.
Lin Youde counted the whole thing with his fingers, but he was shocked to realize that there was no girl beside him who was qualified to be a hostess. This unexpected obstacle stumped Lin Youde.
"The dance tonight..." Lin Youde muttered as he stood up and paced back and forth in the study.
In fact, it's not a big problem, it's just that the British are disgusting people, but Lin Youde doesn't want to show weakness to the British Empire under any circumstances.
At this time, Du Qifeng suddenly spoke: "Brother Lin, how about asking Miss Xiafei? She is qualified for the position of hostess, regardless of her background or martial arts."
Lin Youde shook his head and said: "Are you kidding? Every time I say goodbye to her, I think she will be my enemy the next time we meet. I'm afraid she thinks so too. Do you think she will come to help me?"
"Uh..." Nie Xueqiu, who had been silent for a while, finally interjected, "Well, haven't Britain and France not dealt with each other for hundreds of years? Didn't it mean that even in the half century they have been allies, Britain has
Don’t you always greet a Frenchman when you meet him on the street?”
"Do you think the knight leader is such a superficial person?"
"However, the British obviously want to dominate the Southeast Asian alliance, and France should be very unwilling to see such a situation." Ba looked thoughtful, "That Miss Joffre may want to remind the British of France's existence.
, and agreed to do this favor for us."
Lin Youde thought it right, so he sat back at his desk and quickly wrote a note to Josephine Joffre.