In the Lisbon Concession, millions of troops were built under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Works.

The dense crowds of people were almost everywhere around the bay, and the six cities were formed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the port terminal, the Ming Empire Navy Fleet is also constantly transporting personnel and supplies back and forth.

The dense ships were filled with hundreds of docks. The captives and seized materials captured by the Netherlands were constantly loading ships to the Western Yindu Islands. The steel bars, cement, grain, cattle and sheep, artillery, ammunition and other materials pulled from the Americas were even delivered like flowing water.

The entire concession was a busy scene, but Lisbon City seemed to have no movement at all.

Originally, this place was the core of the Lisbon Concession, but the Ming Dynasty seemed to have given up on this city and did not even send troops to garrison!

What's going on?

Of course, the Ming Dynasty could not give up here. There are still many guards in Lisbon City, and these guards are all Jinyiwei.

Especially the original Portuguese royal palace, the surroundings were strictly guarded by the Jinyiwei Guards.

Taichang arranged everything outside and brought a group of guards to the palace.

However, he did not live in the palace, and he didn't like this European-style house very much.

At this moment, there were no people living in the palace, and almost all the rooms inside were changed into office spaces with various functions. Not only the generals of the Jinyiwei, but also the confidants of Desera.

To be honest, even the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty could not understand this configuration.

What is he trying to do?

In the large conference room of the palace, Taichang sat high in the main seat. On his left was the commander of the Jinyiwei Luo Sigong and Wang Chong, the commander of the Jinyiwei Qianhu and Baihu, and on his right were the close friends of Desila and Hangoria, etc.

Desera also spent a lot of money to restore the country. His twenty confidants had sent back ten of them one after another, and these people had brought back thousands of elite soldiers and generals.

At this moment, the number of Jinyiwei and Desera's confidants in Lisbon's city is actually similar, with tens of thousands of people. However, the Jinyiwei is on duty on the surface, while Desera's men are secretly causing trouble.

As for what they are doing, outsiders naturally don’t know.

Taichang pondered for a while before asking, "Dexilao, how many people have you hired?"

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Desilau was also a little confused.

He said carefully: "Master, according to your request, I have recruited more than 20,000 people in the city."

What?

Taichang was shocked when he heard this.

He asked Desilao to recruit not ordinary people, these people must know Spanish and at least one language in other continental countries.

More importantly, these people must listen to Desera and Desilau, and follow them to overthrow the rule of the nobles and establish a whole new kingdom.

He said in disbelief: "You have recruited so many people in Lisbon alone?"

Desilau quickly explained: "Your Majesty, you may not know that before the Netherlands rose, Lisbon was the commercial center and material distribution center in Europe.

Most of the civilians here are vendors traveling everywhere in continental countries. Just like Weichen's family, they were originally specialized in French business, and Weichen's French was also learned from childhood.

Because we had annexed Spain and Portugal, and the Dutch robbed the business, we basically had no business to do.

In short, Lisbon has many people who know various languages. In addition, Spain has ruled here for decades, and most of the people here are forced to learn Spanish.

So, there are many people you are looking for.

The more than 20,000 people recruited by Weichen were investigated secretly, without any problems.

If there is no such restriction, it would be no problem to recruit 50,000 people."

So that's the case.

In fact, they are not recruiting soldiers, and they have no requirements for the physical quality of these people. As long as they pass the language and have no problem with loyalty, that's fine, both men, women, young and old!

What exactly did he recruit these people?

Desilau is very curious about this.

Taichang thought about it carefully before asking, "Zhongyong, how are you preparing here?"

Wang Zhong said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, you have prepared all the things you have prepared in Weimin."

When Taichang heard this, he nodded slightly, and then said solemnly: "This time we will train a brand new profession, or cultivate a group of special personnel, whose name is spy.

What is a spy?

"Shuowen Jiezi" says that spies are also counter-attacks in the army.

In the meantime, the door opens and the moonlight can enter.

The meaning of a spy is to have a gap to enter, so that it can be used to counter-splitting.

There are five rooms in "The Art of War": the reason, the inner, the counter-split, the death, and the life.

These refer to spies.

The main task of spies is to sneak into secret enemy countries to spy on secret information, intelligence, buy enemy spies, or directly carry out various destruction of enemy countries."

It turns out that the emperor wants to train spies!

To be honest, no one has ever heard of the word spy.

In the past, there must have been someone who did something spy, but the word spy has not appeared before.

In fact, many Jinyiwei have done this kind of work, which is also one of their tasks.

So, when they heard Taichang's explanation, they nodded repeatedly and suddenly realized.

Desilau, Hangoria and others were confused when they heard this.

They didn't understand what Taichang was saying.

You should know that they have passed the orthodox academy training. Although they may not be able to get into the scholar's fame, their understanding of Ming culture is almost the same as that of scholars.

They can understand all these words, but they really don’t understand the problem of spy industry.

Desilao thought carefully for a while before he asked carefully: "Master, is the spy you are talking about sneaking into Victoria City like we did last time, scattering leaflets everywhere, and then taking advantage of the dissatisfaction of the common people with the nobles to directly catch the Duke of Braganza?"

Taichang nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, this is one of the spies' missions and the ultimate goal of spies. If you can occupy the capital of the enemy by creating chaos and catch someone's king or emperor, you will be the most powerful spy.

However, this goal is not so easy to achieve.

The reason why we were successful in Victoria last time was because we had strong troops as a backing, and under the siege of the army, this kind of thing was easier to succeed.

However, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for us to send a large army to surround the capital if we have nothing to do. If we really want to do that, it would be strange if we don’t fight with us.

Therefore, spies are mostly used to spy on confidential intelligence and buy spies from enemy countries."

Uh, how about this?

Desilau was stunned again.

Seeing this, Taichang explained tirelessly: "The reason why I asked you to recruit so many people this time is because we have a great opportunity to install spies in various countries in the continent.

Isn't there a single armistice agreement? The countries of the Anti-Habsburg Union must open coastal port cities to the Ming Dynasty and Spain.

Of course, this kind of good opportunity cannot be missed. At that time, the people you recruit will pretend to be Spanish merchants, go to European countries to do business everywhere, secretly spy on confidential information, and bribe spies from enemy countries."

Uh, why pretend to be a Spanish businessman?

Desilau said in confusion: "Master, we Portugal have all been annexed by Spain. Is there any difference between Spanish merchants and Portuguese merchants?"

This is a big difference.

Taichang explained in detail: "You should also know that if the European countries want to turn around, or find hope to defeat our Ming Empire, they must seek help from Spain.

If the Anti-Habsburg Alliance hooks up with Spain, their defense against the Spaniards will definitely not be strict with the Portuguese.

Besides, your country in Portugal is gone now, but suddenly a lot of businessmen emerge, and they all have a lot of money. Do you think they will doubt it?”

Well, that's the same.

We are not Spanish!

Desilau asked carefully: "Master, if they ask where these spies are from Spain, or if these spies meet real Spanish, will they get it wrong?"

This is simple, and now I don’t have an ID card or passport, so who knows where you are from!

Taichang said without hesitation: "We have money. You just need to find a few fathers or mothers from Spain, and let them use this identity to return to Spain to buy some land, open some farms, pastures, etc.

At that time, won’t these spies become the Spanish they hired?”

OK, this idea is indeed good.

Desilao nodded quickly and said, "I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, then explained: "Zhongyong, let's leave these spies to you.

You will teach them how to spy on intelligence, how to kill people with simple weapons, how to set fire, how to escape and other basic skills."

Wang Zhong quickly bowed and said, "I will understand."

Taichang then solemnly explained to Desilao: "These spies will be left to you to take responsibility. You must pay special attention. There must be no traitors in the spy. Once anyone rebels, they will be killed without mercy!

Also, you have to tell them that business needs to be done, but you can’t just do business, do not spy on intelligence, or buy spies from enemy countries.

If anyone has no results within a year, then just clear them out and let them go to Bayinya and don’t come back to the continent.”
To be continued...