Codex Pirates

Chapter 187 Different Hearts

Like Elijah Reid, affected by the "Donghai Shimbun", there are quite a few people who criticize William for not receiving the inspection team of the world government, especially the representative of the world's aristocratic Tianlong people.

In particular, under the instruction of William, Gesetta has always controlled the rhythm of the news, throwing out all kinds of suspense little by little. While not revealing the truth, he must throw out a new doubtful point to attract readers' attention firmly. live.

When the Tianlong people and the world government inspection team left the East China Sea, the "Donghai News" immediately disclosed the final truth about the fire incident at the terminal station of the uncertain object in the Goa Kingdom.

It turns out that the culprit of everything is the ruler of the Kingdom of Goa.

In order to welcome the arrival of the Tianlong people and the world government inspection team, the rulers of Gaozhen in the Kingdom of Goa burned the entire terminal of the uncertain object, and countless residents were burned to death. This news attracted attention from "Donghai News" Many readers were surprised and even more unbelievable.

In the newspaper news, compared with the Kingdom of Goa, which massacred and burned the people at the bottom in order to welcome the world government and the world's nobles, it is Morgan William, the first consul of the Kingdom of Navia.

Against this background, in order to solve the problem of population and poverty, the first consul of the kingdom, who actively carried out the two major policies of going to the countryside and immigration, and kept working hard for the industrial problems in the slums, is a rule worthy of praise and the support of the people who!

Sir William, the Consul, would rather be looked down upon and dissatisfied by the world government and the nobles of the world than to let the people at the bottom suffer more losses like the ruler of the Goa Kingdom. He was also misunderstood by the people, which made many People secretly blame themselves.

"Donghai Shimbun" took the lead in "admitting mistakes", and the public opinion in the whole country changed.

For some reason, the streets and alleys are full of people talking about the Goa Kingdom, and then the topic always turns to William, the consul of the Navia Kingdom. In the end, most of the conversations and discussions are "It's a pity that Lord William is not a king, and he can't manage this in the long run." People of the country" and the like end.

In the Kingdom of Navia, in the National Security Bureau, Crowe wears round glasses and a neat suit. His hair is slicked back after being waxed. He was knighted by William not long ago, but Already had the air of aristocrats.

Crowe opened the blinds, squinted, and looked at the busy office environment through the glass. A senior agent knocked on the door and walked in with his permission.

"How's the public opinion in the slums?" Crowe said without looking back.

The National Security Agency is now the entire Navia Kingdom, and even the largest intelligence department and spy center among the many agencies under William.

One of the most important responsibilities is to be responsible for collecting and analyzing foreign and domestic intelligence and various types of news, and doing a good job in anti-espionage and anti-subversion work. In view of the current situation in the East China Sea and the country, the intelligence field of other countries is almost the same. With a blank sheet of paper, the so-called anti-espionage and anti-subversion work is more like doing public opinion control.

Although Ke Luo is young and has a refined appearance, he already has the title of "Hundred Strategies" in China. This is due to his standing in line when William showed his fangs a year ago. No one outside knows that Ke Luo When did Luo, the intelligence chief, hook up with William? When William came to power, the two cooperated tacitly. Whether it was to characterize the original rebellion incident, or to provide evidence for William later, and wantonly arrest the opposition. Domestic nobles were surprised, and then hated it to the bone.

The most hateful thing is that this duplicitous intelligence chief has risen step by step with William's rise to power. The National Security Agency, just from the name, has greater authority than the Liquor Smuggling Investigation Bureau.

The senior agent of the Security Bureau, who was dismayed by the news outside, did not dare to take a breath in front of the director Ke Luo, took off his round-brimmed cap, and replied carefully: "The 'Storyteller' has long been stationed in Taverns and other public places where people gather, in fact, public opinion is under our control from the beginning to the end. The people in the slums are very afraid of the ruler of the Kingdom of Goa burning the terminal of the uncertain object, so they are very concerned. The Consul who has been neglected by the nobles of the world for improving the environment of the slums is very grateful, we actually don’t need to waste so much effort to pay attention to the slums.”

The so-called storyteller is a special product of a special period. It is really because there are too many illiterates. Although William founded a newspaper, it is still impossible to influence all people, especially the bottom who occupy the majority of the population. Due to economic problems, most of them are illiterate. Can't read newspapers at all.

Under such circumstances, Crowe, as the director of the Security Bureau, suggested to William that a group of newspapers, or more precisely, William's idea, be specially trained to "tell" those illiterate intelligence officers, and William would refer to his previous life Professions such as storytellers and troubadours have made some suggestions so that these intelligence officers can take entertainment into account when spreading public opinion, not just preaching.

These people hang out in taverns, markets and other places where fish and dragons are mixed. In addition to telling some news, they will also fabricate some "heroic deeds" that exist or even do not exist, and spread them. At the same time, they will also collect and sort out all kinds of information heard in places. .

Crowe is very satisfied with his current position. He has status and power, and at the same time fits his low-key personality. He is different from ostentatious pirates such as Edmund, Harden, and Selkirk. He doesn't like Stick your head on a bunch of numbers, and be remembered all day long.

So after hearing what the senior detective said, Crowe turned back with a cold face.

"You know you are lazy now? If things go wrong, there will be more opportunities to be lazy in the future!" Crowe said in a bad tone, "I don't want to do the work within my duties, because I think I have too much power ?"

The senior detective didn't know why the young Crowe, who always looked very deep in the city, suddenly got angry, and said confused and uneasy: "Director?"

Hearing this, Crowe glanced at the uneasy subordinates, sighed, regained his composure, and stopped venting his anger on his subordinates: "It's useless to hide it from you, you have to know sooner or later."

"Someone suggested to the Consul that the intelligence work should be divided. The jurisdiction of the Security Bureau is too large to manage so many things."

The senior detective froze for a moment, then asked with an ugly expression: "Director, do you know who suggested it?"

"Who else could it be?" Crowe sneered, "A group of people in the attendant's room!"

"Damn it, these brats don't think about assisting the Consul all day long, they just think about how to torment us hard-working errands!" The senior agent scolded angrily, then asked again, "What did they propose? Do you want to incorporate our Security Bureau into the attendant room? They already directly and indirectly govern so many departments."

"They did propose such a proposal, but it was a pity that Lord William was not so stupid, so he rejected it immediately," Crowe said here, sighing, "However, Lord William still accepted some of the suggestions and decided to divide the future intelligence work. In the future, we will be responsible for the intelligence work within the faction, and we will set up another department called the Fifth Division of Business Intelligence, which will apparently be affiliated with the Four Seas Trading Company and be responsible for foreign intelligence work."