Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 170: Effiin Military Committee Investigation and Statistics Bureau
"Effiin Military Committee Investigation and Statistics Bureau?"

Adair glanced over the secret intelligence agency plan presented by Nephthys and was somewhat surprised by the name of the agency. She said in a deep voice:

"Military Committee?

Are you planning to set up an intelligence agency under the name of the military?"

Nephthys replied calmly:
"In the future, you will enter Effiin as a military commander. First, you must ensure that the Effiin troops fighting alongside you will not defect in the middle of a battle.

In addition, we also need the absolute violence of the military to deter traitors and spies."

To put it bluntly, the name of the army is more intimidating.

The main functions of the Aifein Military Committee are to unify the command of the national armed forces, determine the military strategy and combat policies of the armed forces, and lead the construction of the Aifein army, including the selection of military personnel, organizational establishment, military training, equipment development and many other matters.

The King's Military College is a military academy directly under the Effiin Military Committee and is also the cradle of senior officers in the Effiin army.

The Aifei Military Committee shall have a chairman, a secretary-general and two executive officers.

The chairman is King Corleone, but due to the king's health, the secretary general is currently in charge of the main work of the Military Commission.

The two executive officers are responsible for the execution of specific matters.

The Secretary General is Queen Adele, while the Executive Officer position is held by her father, Prime Minister Angus, who also serves as the Minister of War.

Therefore, as long as Secretary-General Yadel agrees, there will not be much resistance to setting up such an intelligence agency in the Military Commission.

Adair looked thoughtful. Thinking that the "Golden Wing Family" had already sent saints to help, it seemed that it was not so difficult to accept the "Lord of Shadows" to interfere in the army's intelligence work.

She continued to read the compilation plan, and soon her brows furrowed deeply as she asked:

“The stall you are planning to set up is too big.

The General Administration alone has so many internal departments, and we need to set up branch offices in provincial capitals across the country. Effie's finances cannot afford so much money."

After reading the complete plan, Adele was really shocked by the other party's appetite.

The headquarters in Florence alone has ten departments, including the secretariat, confidential office, intelligence department, operations department, communications department, judicial department, discipline inspection and personnel department, finance department, general affairs department, and training department.

In addition, branch stations will be set up in the provincial capital cities across the country.

It has a range of powers, including collecting intelligence, launching operations, and trying criminals. It is simply a pocket-sized violent military government.

The financial expenditure of such a super-powerful political entity is definitely not a small amount.

Nephthys' tone remained calm as she replied:
"I was just about to report to Her Majesty the Queen. Our husband said that Effiin will only pay half of the cost of setting up this organization, and we will bear the rest ourselves.

and……"

A strange smile flashed across Nephthys's face as she continued:
"We, the sir, are willing to swear in the name of the gods that after the future turmoil is over, this institution will be completely handed over to the royal family of Effiin.

And we are going to let His Majesty the King serve as the first director of the Military Commission's Bureau of Investigation and Statistics!"

Hearing this, Adair's expression immediately eased up a lot.

Having Cohen serve as the director of this Bureau of Investigation and Statistics was a pleasant surprise. She had originally thought that the "Lord of Shadows" would take the position himself.

Although Cohen is currently incapable of being a good director, he will eventually grow up and there will always be a day when he will take charge of the government.

By that time, this intelligence agency covering the entire country will be the most solid and trustworthy force in his hands.

Adele asked uncertainly:
"Are you really willing to do this, sir?
Are we going to hand over this institution that we have invested so much money and effort into?"

Nephthys said firmly:
"Yes, and to show our sincerity, we are willing to let the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Snape Middleton, and I be responsible for the preparation of the investigation bureau!"

When Adair heard this, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes.

Although Snape does not get along with his father, he is absolutely a loyal minister of the Corleone family and is absolutely loyal to Cohen. Putting him in charge of the preparatory work will definitely benefit Cohen.

Adair said:
"In that case, I agree. I will convene a cabinet meeting and a military committee meeting in a few days to announce this decision to them.

First, set up the headquarters of this...something investigation bureau in Florence.

The name you gave is too long. Aifeiyin Military Commission Investigation and Statistics Bureau, so from now on, let's call it Military Control Commission!"

Nephthys raised her brows slightly and said slowly:

"Okay, Your Majesty, from now on we will be called the Military Control Commission!"

……

Before daybreak, Hermann walked steadily into the office building of the Kingdom's Supreme Court.

Wherever I went, I was met with politeness and awe-inspiring gazes.

Herman's attitude remained the same as before, neither humble nor arrogant. He treated everyone equally and responded with a faint smile.

Hermann is currently the new permanent secretary to the Chief Justice, Baron Gore, and also serves as the president of the Criminal Tribunal of the Supreme Court of Effien, holding an absolutely powerful position.

After entering the building, Hermann went to Baron Gore's office as usual to tidy up the house, make some tea, and then quietly left.

The Chief Justice's office stores various top-secret documents, so no cleaning staff is ever allowed to enter the room to clean it. The cleaning work has always been performed by the permanent secretary.

Back in the office, Hermann suddenly caught sight of a few lines of strange numbers on a document on the top of his desk.

After quickly translating it in his mind, Herman couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement in his chest.

But soon he calmed his breathing, calmly destroyed the note, and then sat quietly in the office.

Soon, there was a commotion outside the office building. Not long after, the security captain of the office building ran to Herman's office and whispered:

"Sir, something happened outside, please come out for a moment."

Herman suppressed his emotions and went out to see several middle-aged men in uniform preparing to enter the building but were stopped outside by the building security personnel.

Hermann took the initiative to step forward and said politely:
“Which department?

What's your business?"

The middle-aged man in the lead asked calmly:
"Herman Donaldson?"

Herman nodded slightly:
"I am. What can I do for you?"

The middle-aged man said calmly:
"Did Mr. Hermann go into the palace the day before yesterday?"

Hermann quickly replied:
"Yes, I will accompany His Excellency the Chief Justice to the cabinet meeting."

The middle-aged man sneered and said:
"That's right. I'm here on the orders of my minister to ask Mr. Hermann to come over and ask a few questions."

Herman asked in a deep voice:
"Which minister is it?"

"The Grand Chamberlain!"

Herman's tone remained steady:

"Excuse me, what does Lord Middleton want from me?"

The middle-aged man said coldly:
"Several national treasures have been lost from the palace. The Minister wishes to investigate everyone who has entered the palace in the past two days. Mr. Hermann, please cooperate!"

Herman's eyebrows moved slightly, he nodded calmly and said:

"Okay, let me go back and clean up.

Herman returned to his office and pretended to pack up his things.

He knew someone was watching him, the only thing he wasn't sure about was whether the person was Justice Gore's man or the DuPont family.

The surveillance had begun since he became involved in the secret dealings between the Chancellor and the du Pont family.

All those who have access to core secrets are subject to 24-hour surveillance and are required to sign a "curse contract."

This is their insurance policy.

Herman was not surprised by this, because what they were planning was too horrifying and too important, and any stringent security measures were justified.

It didn't take long before an ordinary-looking clerk knocked on Hermann's door.

When the staff came in, they asked curiously:
"Mr. Executive, I just saw a commotion outside. Did something happen?"

Hermann sighed and said:
"It's someone from the Earl of Middleton, the Palace Chamberlain. He says something precious has been lost from the palace, and he insists I go in for questioning right now."

The surprise on the clerk's face flashed away, and soon he showed a look of shared hatred and said:
"It's him again! General Manager Gutawo was forced to leave by him!
It’s really…”

The employee quickly shut up, as it was somewhat taboo to mention the previous leader in front of the current leader.

Herman seemed unaware and said calmly:

“Unfortunately, the master should not be awake yet, so I can’t contact him.

How about this, John? When the minister arrives, tell him what happened and say I'm going over first. Let him try to mediate with Lord Middleton."

The staff member named John showed a look of shock on his face and stammered:
"Am I...am I suitable?"

Herman put on a mysterious smile, patted the other person's shoulder, and said:

"It's all about work, I understand."

For work, but for whom?
Herman didn't explain it so clearly, but John also understood that his actions of monitoring the other party had been discovered long ago.

But the other person deliberately didn't say it out loud.

John shook his head in annoyance. Perhaps this was the reason why he was able to become a high-ranking official so quickly!
After saying this, Herman left the office and followed the middle-aged men.

Before long, the news that Hermann was taken away by the Minister of the Household reached the ears of Chief Justice Gore and the DuPont family.

Gore said angrily:

"Snape, you bastard, is really trying to make things difficult for me.

It's bad enough that Guttavo was forced to leave by him, but now he's targeting Hermann. How despicable!"

The representative of the DuPont family, Theodore DuPont, said coldly:

“Taken away?
Is it a problem if Herman is out of our sight?"

Gore waved his hand and said:

"You're worrying too much. I absolutely believe in Herman's loyalty. Besides, aren't we bound by that contract?

My only worry now is that Herman will be caught by that old guy Snape.

If I take him away again, I will have very few trustworthy and capable people left."

Theodore frowned and said:

"Do you know why?"

Gore said angrily:
“It seems that some treasure was lost in the palace. Middleton wants to investigate everyone who has entered the palace in the past two days.

He's just looking for trouble. There have been many people in the palace during the cabinet meetings these past two days, but why did he have to pick on Hermann? Theodore breathed a sigh of relief and said,
"It's not a big deal. At most, it's just a bit of a hassle and a bit of embarrassment. If you're really worried, ask Prime Minister Angus to give them a heads up."

Gore nodded and said:
"It can only be the."

……

Hermann followed several middle-aged men to an ordinary three-story building.

Seeing this small building, Hermann raised his eyebrows slightly. This was where the prisoners were interrogated.

The middle-aged man led Hermann into the small building, then pointed to the corridor deep inside and said, "The Minister is inside, you can go there yourself."

Hermann nodded slightly and walked deeper into the corridor. He soon reached the end. The door on one side of the end was half-open, so he pushed it open and walked in.

He saw Cabinet Minister Snape Middleton who was looking at him with a smile, and the young and handsome figure standing behind him.

Hermann suppressed his inner excitement, immediately bowed, and saluted respectfully:

"Greetings to His Majesty, and to the Minister."

Lord Middleton nodded slightly and said:

"You're very good. Okay, go in and talk."

Cohen led Hermann into the inner room, gesturing that no further explanation was needed.

Cohen put on his mask again, opened the "Book of Time and Space", and a vortex slowly appeared.

Cohen then motioned for Herman to follow him, and together they stepped into the vortex and disappeared.

I opened my eyes and found myself back in the "Endless City".

Cohen felt inexplicably moved when he didn't expect to be back so soon.

Windsardler and others had received the news early, so they were not too surprised to see Cohen appear with a middle-aged man.

Time was urgent, and Cohen didn't bother to talk to the girls. He took Hermann out.

This time they used Mephis's spaceship. The two of them boarded Mephis's floating spaceship directly and sped towards the mysterious island.

Hermann was deeply moved when he saw this scene.

He understood that this was the power that His Majesty the King had developed in the "Lost Land", and he did not expect it to be so powerful.

Of course, what made him most curious were these beautiful girls who came one after another. It seemed that His Majesty was not idle outside!
Soon, the group arrived at the "Mysterious Island". After arriving at the place agreed with the Witch, Mavis left on his own.

Belmodi also pretended not to know Mephis. He stared at Hermann for a while, then lightly tapped his hand, and a huge magical stone statue appeared beside him.

Then he took out a magic wand, muttered a few words, and then waved it lightly. A dazzling purple light flashed, and several strange runes suddenly appeared on Hermann's body, tightly wrapping around his whole body.

Belmodi looked indifferent, and with a wave of her hand, the strange rune broke away with a whoosh, and then turned into black smoke, wrapping around the magic stone statue beside her.

After doing all this, Belmodi said calmly:
"Okay, it's resolved. I've moved the curse contract onto the stone statue, so they won't notice anything unusual."

Cohen expressed his heartfelt gratitude, but as time was of the essence, he left with Hermann without saying anything else.

When they got on the spaceship, Hermann knew what to do and said nothing.

Cohen said to Mavis:

"Then we'll just go back. Do you have anything else to do these days?"

Mavis glanced at Cohen and said:

"Don't you want to go say hello to those women of yours?"

Cohen smiled bitterly and said:
"Time is tight. Let's do it next time. If Miss Mavis has any important information recently, please discuss it directly with Miss Windsardler. I may be a little busy these days and won't be able to take care of it."

Mavis shifted his gaze and said:

"I understand. You...be careful."

"it is good."

After saying that, he took Hermann and went directly through the "Book of Time and Space" back to the Emerald Lake Villa, the location of the Florence branded space node.

When we arrived, Prince Hauge was waiting there.

Seeing the two of them coming back, he hurriedly asked:

"how is the situation?"

Cohen nodded and said:
"solved."

Herman finally spoke at this time and said:

"Your Majesty, Prince, I already know what the DuPont family and Chief Justice Gore are planning!

The most important thing is that there is a powerful force behind them supporting them!"

When talking about this powerful force, Hermann, who has always been calm and steady, couldn't help but change his expression slightly.

Cohen waved his hand slightly and said in a deep voice:
"Don't tell me yet. Let me guess. The powerful force behind the DuPont family and Gore... comes from the Central Empire!"

Hearing this, Herman's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, followed by deep admiration and emotion. He bowed slightly and said:
"Your Majesty is wise and decisive. I really can't think of anything that can be hidden from Your Majesty."

Prince Hauge, who was standing next to him, was also slightly frightened when he heard the name of the Central Empire.

Central Empire!

Just the two words "central" are enough to arouse everyone's fear!
The strongest human empire on the continent!
Cohen smiled faintly and said:
"I'm just speculating. Do you know which side of the Central Empire they belong to?"

Hermann replied:
"It's hard to be sure, but there are clues, so we should be able to find it out."

Hermann spread out a piece of white paper, picked up a pen and began to write and draw:
"This is the middleman who connects the Central Empire with the DuPont family and Hermann.

I have secretly observed him and he should be a noble from the Central Empire.

Judging from his words, actions and usual consumption, his social status must be quite high.

If we ask Miss Wen Ze to help investigate, we should be able to find out his true identity."

Soon, a vivid portrait appeared on the paper.

When Cohen saw the portrait on the paper, his guess was immediately confirmed.

In his previous life, Cohen had been hanging around in the Central Empire and was well aware of all the forces, big and small, so he recognized the identity of the person in the painting at a glance.

He said calmly:
“No need to check, I know him.

Samuel Jones, Secretary General of the Legal Committee of the House of Lords of the Central Empire.

He is also the close confidant of Heisenberg, the chief minister of the Senate of the Central Empire!"

Hermann and Prince Hauge both looked at Cohen in surprise.

Cohen continued:

“The Central Empire’s House of Nobles is divided into two houses: the Upper and the Lower.

Members of the House of Lords are royal branches, royal nobles and their in-laws, while members of the House of Commons are domestic nobles below the rank of Grand Duke. Each house has a chief who is responsible for presiding over daily work.

The upper and lower houses established various professional committees to study, supervise and guide state affairs, in order to limit imperial power and divide the interests of the empire.

The House of Lords has three most powerful and influential committees: the Law Committee, the Finance Committee and the Disciplinary Investigation Committee.

The Lord Chief Justice Heisenberg also served as the chairman of the Legal Committee, and Samuel Jones, as the secretary general, was undoubtedly his right-hand man.

Prince Hauge expressed some confusion and asked:

"Is the Central Empire's imperial power so weak?
He actually governs the country together with the great nobles in the country?"

Although Effiin also has an institution similar to the Senate of the House of Nobles, it only exists as a strategic weapon, like a thug.

Normally, the most they would do is impeach a few cabinet ministers, but as for the royal power, they dare not touch it at all.

Cohen nodded slightly and said:

"yes.

Because the power and territory ruled by the Central Empire are too vast, no family can control such a large force alone.

Even the Klein royal family, which has always been powerful, cannot suppress all the nobles.

Therefore, they must unite with other families to govern together. They nominally follow the Klein family as their leader, but usually share power with the royal family through the House of Nobles.

There was also surprise in Herman's eyes. Far away in the northwest continent, he naturally knew nothing about the political ecology involving the top leaders of the Central Empire.

Prince Hauge pondered for a moment and asked:

"In other words, the one targeting us, Eifin, is Heisenberg, the chief of the Central Empire's Senate of Nobles?
But why?
Logically speaking, a figure of this rank would look down upon a small principality far away in the northwest continent. His power should be second only to that of the emperor. Why would he go to such great lengths to deal with us? "

A hint of coldness appeared in Cohen's eyes.

Grace's words resurfaced in his mind.

Is the person Heisenberg really trying to deal with his own queen, Adele Angrain?

Or, do they want to get something from Adele to use to check and balance the Empress Shanice Klein?

Second only to the emperor, but not the emperor after all!
What exactly is Heisenberg's ambition!
All of this can probably only be clarified after they take action.

Cohen suppressed his thoughts and said to the two of them:

"No matter what their purpose is, if they dare to attack us, Aifeiyin, they will never return!
By the way, I've also gained some insights into the affairs of the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory and the Kingdom of Ceylon, and I know their true intentions."

Cohen informed the two of them about Prince Xia Zuo and the Kingdom of Ceylon.

When they learned that there was another empire that was also eyeing Effiin, both of them showed horror on their faces.

Prince Hauge laughed in anger and said:

"It's unbelievable that two great empires are targeting us at the same time. If this gets out, our Effiin will become famous."

Cohen narrowed his eyes and said:
"Xia Zuo and the others are mainly here to deal with the Golden Wing Family. This is a good thing, as it provides us with a powerful ally."

Prince Hauge said thoughtfully:

"No wonder you are so confident that you can convince Her Majesty the Queen to agree to set up such a large intelligence agency.

If we have the support of the 'Golden Wing Family', our pressure will indeed be much lessened!"

Cohen smiled faintly and said:
"Not only that, at least we don't have to worry about the third prince of the Kingdom of Ceylon for the time being!"

(End of this chapter)