Empire Rise: Spain

To be honest, Carlo was also very curious about who the mastermind behind the assassination of Prime Minister Primó really was.

Having the audacity to assassinate the prime minister proved that this person had prepared well in advance and it was impossible for it to be a spur-of-the-moment decision.

After all, if the assassination failed, someone without preparation would find it hard to escape the government’s strict scrutiny.

Archbishop Pedro chose to yield in the face of the government’s challenge, which actually also indicated that the church was most likely not the mastermind behind the assassination.

The remaining forces that might have planned the assassination were only the nobility and the republican faction, which also meant that the Royal Council established by Carlo might not be monolithic.

However, this was also good news. Once the government and the church jointly identified the mastermind, it would be the time for Carlo to kick out the traitors in the Royal Council who were disloyal to him.

The Royal Council was one of the ways Carlo controlled the Spanish aristocracy, so he naturally would not allow disloyal rebels to sabotage it from within.

The investigation could be left to Prime Minister Primó and Archbishop Pedro, as Carlo had no time to pay attention to these matters and only needed to wait for the final results.

For Carlo, the most important thing was still about his own industry, after all, having money in hand was the truth.

On May 17, 1870, on this seemingly very ordinary day, the mysterious organization that Carlo had high hopes for was officially established and named the Spanish Royal Security Intelligence Bureau. As the name implied, this was a new organization specifically responsible for intelligence and spies, cultivating professional intelligence officers, that is, so-called agents.

For the director of the intelligence bureau, Carlo was quite troubled in terms of personnel selection. As the person in charge of an important organization for Carlo to obtain domestic and foreign intelligence, the director of the intelligence bureau must possess good ability and high loyalty.

In the end, Butler Loren recommended a candidate to Carlo, who was also one of the subordinates sent to Carlo by his father Vittorio Emanuele II, Cadillac Bruno.

Vittorio Emanuele II certainly would not harm Carlo. The subordinates he selected for Carlo were all loyal to the Italian Royal Family, so they naturally also had loyalty to Carlo.

At least in Spain, a foreign land, Cadillac Bruno was already a candidate that Carlo could trust and was worth using.

At least temporarily serving as the director of the intelligence bureau was qualified. After Carlo cultivated his first batch of trusted subordinates in Spain through the method of aiding orphans, it would not be too late to consider other candidates then.

After personally meeting Cadillac Bruno, Carlo finally understood why Butler Loren recommended him.

Cadillac Bruno looked tall, thin, and very ordinary, but through a few brief questions, Carlo determined that he was a good prospect for intelligence work.

“Cadillac, I have a difficult task that needs you to complete. Do you have the confidence?” Carlo looked at Cadillac, whom he was meeting for the first time, and asked.

“Please give your orders, Your Majesty.” Cadillac Bruno responded immediately without the slightest hesitation after hearing Carlo’s question.

“Very good.” Carlo nodded in satisfaction. As a leader, Carlo certainly did not want to see his subordinates hesitate and lack confidence in completing the task when he assigned it.

“I need you to establish an intelligence organization to gather important intelligence from home and abroad for me. All major events happening in Spain, I need to know in a timely manner. Nobles, factory owners, the church, and even those officials and factions are all within the scope of intelligence gathering.

Can you do it?” Carlo asked with a smile.