Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 82: The Three Secret Agents (Available now, please pre-order!)

After a long while, Cao Cao asked, "What are you going to do? I want to hear your plan first."

Cao Yan has already made a rough plan for this in the past few days, and he is well aware of the dangers of this kind of organization, so he referred to the experience of later generations and came up with a plan that he thought was more reasonable.
"I propose to establish three equal-level departments: the Yingyang Guard, the Tianshu Guard, and the Yutu Department, to support each other.

The Eagle Guard is composed of Eagle Eye and Eagle Claw, who are responsible for intelligence gathering and carrying out special missions.

Eagle Eyes casts a net, using brothels, teahouses, restaurants, and drugstores in various counties and prefectures as bases to develop infiltrators with special identities such as "business spies" and "actor spies."

They are only responsible for collecting trivial information, and they don't even know what picture the intelligence will piece together.

Eagle Claw carries out special missions such as assassination, espionage, and rescue, and is also responsible for managing the informants developed by Hawkeye, supervising and promptly eliminating traitors.

Cao Cao suddenly asked, "If the information has passed through many hands and reached us, it would probably be completely distorted.

Also, how do you ensure the secrecy of the intelligence?
If this information is intercepted by the enemy, it will bring us great trouble."

"Big Brother is indeed a thoughtful person." Cao Yan nodded, then continued to explain: "The intelligence can only be collected and transmitted by those who possess the Eagle Talisman. At the same time, it will be encrypted using a method of replacing text with pinyin."

"What is pinyin?" Cao Cao asked puzzledly.

Cao Yan fetched a pen and paper and wrote down the pinyin of the two characters "cáo cāo" on the paper, saying, "These two pinyins should be pronounced as Cao Cao!"

"?" Cao Cao looked confused.

Cao Yan continued to explain: "The Pinyin alphabet contains 23 initials, 24 finals, and 16 whole syllables. All Chinese characters can be represented by the arrangement and combination of letters."

As he spoke, he wrote bpmf...

Cao Cao was stunned. He then rubbed his face and asked Cao Yan, "You guys came up with Cao's numerals before, and now you've come up with pinyin... How many more brilliant ideas do you have?"

It's just elementary school knowledge taught in nine years of compulsory education, there's no need to make a fuss about it.

Cao Yan laughed and said, "I have nothing better to do, so I just guessed it."

“…” Lao Cao was speechless.

Cao Yan always used this as an excuse to get away with it, but Cao Cao could not find any reason to refute it.

After all, Cao Yan was really idle before, so few people paid attention to what he did behind the scenes besides cockfighting and dog walking.

Cao Yan didn't care what Lao Cao thought, he continued to talk about encryption.

"The text needs to be replaced according to the 'Secret Book' and passed on to the Tianshu Guard.

The person holding the talisman from the Tianshu Guard would then be responsible for replacing the text after the secret code with pinyin, and then pass it on to the Map Department.

I believe that as long as the person who masters the pinyin and the secret code book do not fall into the hands of the enemy at the same time, the secret letter will be safe.

And to prevent the secret code book from being cracked, we can change the secret code book every once in a while."

"In addition to being responsible for secondary encryption and delivering secret messages, the Tianshu Guard also has the responsibility of supervising the Yingyang Guard.

For example, when Yingyang Guards conduct searches or collect evidence, Tianshu Guards must be present.

"The Department of Maps, based on the intelligence and news reported, draws maps of the counties and prefectures throughout the country, detailing food reserves, troop deployments, key personnel information, and so on.

Through big data, we can control and even predict the movements of certain people or families."

Cao Yan's words made Cao Cao's eyes flicker.

He keenly grasped the powerful energy and potential danger of these three departments! Of course, Cao Cao could see it, and Cao Yan had naturally thought of it a long time ago, so there was supervision by Tianshu Guard and Yingyang Guard.

Cao Yan added, "The Eagle Guard is responsible for intelligence gathering and carrying out special missions, so it has a lot of room for manipulation in secret. Therefore, it can only be controlled by you, big brother.

And in order to prevent them from colluding with each other to deceive you, you also need Tianshu Guard to help check and balance them.

Therefore, Tianshu Guard must be led by an impartial and selfless official who is responsible for reviewing the accuracy of Yingyang Guard's intelligence every month.

In addition, the searches and interrogations conducted by the Yingyang Guard during their missions must be reviewed and observed by the guards. The guards must not be allowed to fabricate evidence, or to kill or torture officials and civilians.

Once discovered, they must be punished swiftly and severely, otherwise the Yingyang Guards will become tools of killing!
Finally, the Atlas Department is responsible for organizing and reporting intelligence, so it needs someone with a keen sense of information and strong insight to be in charge."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "The person who is in charge of the Department of Maps must be you, Zi'an!"

Cao Yan shook his head and said, "No, there is someone more suitable than me!"

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and then uttered a name: "Fengxiao?"

"Brother, you are truly an expert in judging people!" Cao Yan gave a thumbs up and praised.

"Haha... When it comes to judging people, I'm far worse than you..." Cao Cao laughed.

After laughing, Cao Cao asked again, "Why are you unwilling to get involved in these three organizations? Are you afraid that I will become suspicious of you? You must know that you and I are close brothers. In this world, you are the person I trust most!"

When Lao Cao said this, his eyes were filled with sincerity, without a trace of impurities.

Cao Yan was touched and replied, "I know you trust me, but someone with ulterior motives might use this to sow discord.

Besides, I really don’t want to do this kind of laborious and thankless job…”

"Then what do you want to do, make money?" Cao Cao asked unhappily.

"Huh? You actually guessed it right!" Cao Yan immediately became excited when talking about making money. "Brother, do you still remember those secret projects I mentioned back then?"

"You only said 'there are several secret projects', but you didn't reveal anything about what they were."

"Well, let me tell you something... One of them is called 'soap,' another is called 'perfume,' and another is called 'glass.' They're all lucrative businesses, unparalleled tools designed to rip off the rich!"

Cao Cao saw a hint of fanaticism in Cao Yan's eyes. He thought to himself, "This guy seems to be more interested in cheating the rich than being an official and holding power! Has he been bullied by the rich before?"

Thinking of this, Lao Cao was furious. "Damn it! I'm the only one who can bully my brother! Don't let me find out who it is, or I'll kill you and your entire clan!"

Cao Yan was a little thirsty after talking, so he picked up the teapot that Cao Cao had placed under the table and took a gulp.

"Puff!!" Cao Yan suddenly sprayed all over Cao Cao's head and face.

"Oh my god, it's wine!" said Cao Yan.

"Keep your voice down! Drinking is forbidden in the army. I brought all this in secretly!" Cao Cao snatched the wine jug and said distressedly, "It's just a little bit, and you wasted a big gulp!"

"It's so sour, how can this be called wine?" Cao Yan said with disdain.

"It's good to have something to drink!" Cao Cao glared at Cao Yan and said, "You don't drink alcohol on a daily basis, so how would you know what wine is?"

Cao Yan's eyes rolled and he thought to himself, how could I have forgotten this thing?
Using it to build a good relationship with a tough general like Xu Chu who loves to drink, wouldn't that be a piece of cake?!

(End of this chapter)