Chapter 111: Escape Route

Among the four questions, the first and second questions can be attributed to the same problem, which requires entering Sophia's mansion to solve the problem.

However, once you enter Sofia's mansion, whether you take away the secret key or destroy the secret key, you will alert Sofia, which means there is no room to look back and you must leave St. York immediately. Therefore, before sneaking into Sophia's mansion, Qi Xuansu must first solve the third problem and plan an evacuation route and at least one alternative plan.

There are many routes from St. York to the South Continent. The most convenient route is of course the sea route. St. York is a city located at the estuary. Richmond District is an island, completely facing the sea, and it is far away from the King District across the estuary. see. Midtown is to the north of the King District, and to the west is the Hudson River. You can go directly to the sea along the Hudson River.

After going out to sea, go all the way south along the coastline, pass Cape Hatteras, enter Onslow Bay, then go around the entire Florida Peninsula, pass through the Florida Straits between Andros and the Florida Keys, and enter the Olmec Bay, this sea area is where the northern continent and the southern continent meet. No matter how long Sophia's hand was, it would be impossible to reach here. Next, you can land directly on the Yucatan Peninsula, or you can pass through the Yucatan Channel and continue sailing south.

Of course you can fly over, but that would be too ostentatious and could easily expose your target.

Of course Qi Xuansu was not afraid of being alone. He even considered sinking the floating island with one palm and then taking the opportunity to escape. The key is that he brought Audrey with him. Although Audrey has a strong body and should be more resistant to fighting, she has little fighting power and is at most a less burdensome burden. Qi Xuansu had to consider this. It was best to reduce unnecessary battles.

But there is a problem here. It is true that the sea route is the most convenient. Sofia also understands this. Once an incident occurs, the sea route will be blocked immediately. Sophia's first reaction is to pursue along the sea route.

The best case scenario is that Qi Xuansu takes action on Friday without alerting anyone, and then leaves that night. Sophia knows nothing about it and continues to have fun on the island. It is not until she returns home on Sunday night that she discovers the abnormality. Two days The time was enough for Qi Xuansu and Audrey to escape to the Southern Continent quietly.

But this situation is too ideal.

Even if Qi Xuansu didn't have any problems, he managed to hide it from the outside world. Audrey disappeared for two days, will she be discovered? Those people couldn't find Audrey and reported it directly to Sophia, which was exposed. Or maybe Sofia was in a bad mood, returned home halfway, and discovered in advance that something was wrong. This kind of uncontrollable variable is actually

There were too many, so Qi Xuansu couldn't expect everything to go smoothly and had to make an alternative plan in advance.

The alternative was to evacuate by land.

The Northern Continent is very vast, and there are not many Westerners, so the land is sparsely populated and seems very empty. This is completely opposite to the situation in the Central Plains. There will not be so many densely populated areas, and it is not easy to expose the whereabouts.

Moreover, the Northern Continent also has a very developed railway system, and you can take steam trains. Although it is not as fast as flying, it is better than concealment. The key is that the railway system is controlled by the Steam Gospel, but Sophia's arrest of Audrey is her own private matter. It involves the Hell Apostles, and she may not dare to bring this matter to the table. Furthermore, she is the Speaker of St. York, not the Speaker of the entire Northern Continent. The states in the Northern Continent are relatively independent and coordinated by the Holy See. Sofia can suspend the railway in St. York, but she cannot extend her hands to other states. She can only Only the Holy Court has such power, so it is said that the Holy Court is the master of the Northern Continent.

Although Sofia and the Holy Court seem to be a family, they still have to share the pot. The huge economic losses caused by suspending the railway system are something that the Holy Court is unwilling to accept.

Ninety-nine percent of problems can be attributed to the economy. When the economy is good, everyone makes money and has a career, and you are good to me and everyone is good to you, which can cover up 99% of the contradictions. On the contrary, when you have no money or lose hope, all kinds of conflicts will arise, and even small things may develop into big conflicts.

The reason why the Holy Court gave up on the Southern Continent and watched Tawanting establish the country was not because the Holy Court thought it could not win, but because the Holy Court believed that the cost of war was too high. From the beginning to the end, the Holy Court attached great importance to the issue of money, so Qi Xuansu believed that The Holy See will not stop the railway system on a large scale because of Sofia.

If you leave St. York by land, there are more routes to choose from. After all, the railways are distributed in a network. After careful study, Qi Xuansu preferred to go to Harrisburg first, then go from Harrisburg to Cincinnati, then from Cincinnati to St. Louis, then pass through Springfield, Fort Smith and other places, and finally arrive at the San Antonio Mission, which is about 100 meters away from the border river. The Rio Grande is very close and there are more options, you can go from Del Rio, you can go from Laredo, you can go from McAllen.

Qi Xuansu made several alternative plans on this basis. It is best to

Take the sea route by boat. If there is a problem with the sea route, you can land at the nearest land and take the land route. After all, the port city will inevitably have a supporting railway system to ensure the transportation of goods.

In fact, there are some railways in the Central Plains, but not many. Many people think that building railways will destroy Feng Shui, and they are very resistant to it. They would rather build canals than railways. The deep-seated reason is that the food and clothing of millions of water transport workers depend on it. Since the Great Qi Dynasty, a Grand Canal has run through the north and south. Especially since the Great Wei Dynasty, the Grand Canal has carried the transportation between the imperial capital and the south of the Yangtze River for more than 400 years, nearly 500 years. This can no longer be described as deeply rooted, but it is taken for granted. It is difficult to abandon water transport and switch to sea transport, not to mention railways.

When Qi Xuansu went to Bohai Prefecture, he took a boat to the north, taking the Grand Canal, not the railway.

There is water transport in Jiangbei, and there is also a big river in Jiangnan. It has to be admitted that water transport is still the most suitable for large-scale cargo transportation, so coastal ports are often prosperous and developed, while inland ports are inevitably backward. This also objectively restricts the development of railways.

It has to be admitted that Westerners are ahead in this regard. There is nothing shameful in admitting one's shortcomings.

If the Westerners didn't have some real skills, they wouldn't have been able to seize Posa and the New World. Although they spit out East Posa and the South Continent, the strength of the Westerners cannot be denied.

Cruelty and cunning are one thing, and strength is another. The two are not contradictory. Being strong or not has nothing to do with morality.

Qi Xuansu compared the map and finally determined a total of four routes.

The huge Northern Continent certainly doesn't have only Strawney as a chess piece, but a whole set of networks. As the leader of Beichen Hall in the New World, Qi Xuansu can naturally use this network.

The people on these networks are called "dark pieces" by Beichen Hall. They have their own division of labor. For example, Strawney, in fact, Beichen Hall will not rashly use him, nor will it assign him any daily tasks. There is only one thing, pay attention to hiding your identity and patiently lying dormant. Then he will be activated at a critical moment to obtain key intelligence. .??.

So Strawney's main responsibility is to obtain intelligence, but it is relatively high-end intelligence. There are also some low-end intelligence, such as observing the number of ships in the port, the rules of ships leaving the port, the frequency of trains, the types of goods transported, etc., mainly statistical data, and then reporting the data for analysis.

For example, the tavern in the port has been doing very well recently, and the customers are mainly navy.

The law of naval ships going to sea can be deduced from the law of the tavern's business. If the navy has a family and does not go to the tavern, it is not difficult. It can be analyzed through the children's toy store near the port, because each voyage is several months or even longer. Seafarers will inevitably buy a lot of gifts when they go home, including toys for children. A lot of toys were sold this month, indicating that many seafarers returned to the port, which determined the specific time.

Both examples are to analyze some intelligence through the market conditions of specific areas and specific businesses, which requires a lot of statistics, and needs to be seen and remembered, rather than asking around the world and making connections.

These small intelligences are then summarized and spliced ​​together, and the context gradually becomes clear, and eventually becomes a grasp of specific trends.

There is also a kind of "hidden man" who is responsible for doing some dirty work, such as assassination. This assassination is not necessarily aimed at the enemy. Some people defected to the Northern Continent with important intelligence, and "hidden men" can be used to clean them up. This is against traitors.

Qi Xuansu contacted a hidden man who was dormant in Saint York. His usual job was a tavern waiter. In fact, he was a non-staff member of Beichen Hall. His task was not to collect intelligence, but to handle some chores. Qi Xuansu did not ask him to assassinate anyone, but asked him to prepare two fake identities and corresponding tickets through the underground black market.

The hidden man completed the task easily. He only knew that Qi Xuansu was his superior and did not know Qi Xuansu's identity.

Then Qi Xuansu contacted another hidden man, still with a similar task, preparing two fake identities and corresponding tickets.

Four routes, that is, four hidden men.

Even if someone was caught by mistake, it would not lead to the complete exposure of Qi Xuansu's plan.

As for tickets and boat tickets, the specific time may not be very accurate, but tickets and boat tickets can be purchased according to the specific changes in the itinerary, which is not a problem.

With the manpower of the Holy Court in the Northern Continent, it is impossible to build a strict organizational system. Not to mention the relative independence and autonomy of each state, some places do not even have a complete government or government office. In the Central Plains, there is a household registration and pass system. As long as it is not a chaotic time, the wanted list is very deterrent. But it is not the case in the Northern Continent. If you commit a crime in one state, you can just flee to another state. There is no communication between states, and they even do not recognize each other's various laws, which leaves room for loopholes.

After determining the route, it is time to start Sophia's mansion.