Chapter 510: Well-informed

"I picked up a short spear when I walked out of the inn last night. It looked like it was made of fine iron and several precious metals. It is definitely a good thing."

"Did you get anything else besides this?"

"Other things! Do you really dare to think that if I hadn't returned to the inn decisively, the short spear would have been unable to be saved. The people who followed seemed to have gone crazy. They looted everything from top to bottom when they saw people. Isn't it right if I hesitated a little? Death means injury, that scene was really..."

At the table closest to Zuo Feng and the two of them, the conversation was the clearest. When the conversation reached this point, both of them stopped talking and did not want to continue. It was obvious that they still had some lingering fears about what happened last night.

Amber mostly listened to Zuo Feng's account of last night's events. He didn't go out when he first heard the noise, and later he just searched for Su Ya's whereabouts nearby. Amber couldn't help but look shocked when he heard that. At the same time, he looked up at Zuo Feng, and saw Zuo Feng gently nodding to him, indicating that what the two said was true.

Although Amber didn't say anything at the moment, the inherent thoughts that had been forming in her heart for a long time were finally shaken. Although it was just a few chats, Zuo Feng's confirmation had already allowed Amber to understand part of last night's situation. It was inferred that there was indeed some knowledge in this chat.

Slowly squinting your eyes again, using your hearing to its fullest potential. This time, Amber had no doubts in her heart. When she listened carefully, she could hear more voices talking.

"I heard not. I heard that the thieves last night were related to the city guards. This is too shocking."

"City Guard, huh, how can a City Guard have such great ability? And that City Guard dares to be so bold in joining the bandits? Could it be that he doesn't want to live anymore?"

"Are you talking about Lin..."

"Hush, be silent! Don't you want to live? How can you say this to your mouth? If you want to die, don't hold me together."

When mentioning some sensitive people or things, some people will choose to keep their voices extremely low, fearing that others around them can hear them. There are also people who are more cautious and choose to remain silent, even not allowing those around them to continue the conversation.

Knowing that no more useful information could be obtained from the conversation between the two, Amber could only turn her attention in other directions again.

It seemed that Amber was focusing on the chatter of people at a certain table. In fact, he could also clearly hear the conversations of people at several tables around the point he was focusing on. It's just that if the content of these people does not involve issues that he cares about, he will simply ignore the information.

Of course, this is also related to his mental strength and other physical conditions. The area covered by Zuo Feng's attention is much larger than that of Amber. Even the entire restaurant is under Zuo Feng's close attention. It can be said that any Feng's You won’t miss anything even if you are blowing grass beans.

After a while, the voice of the clerk pulled Amber back from eavesdropping. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Zuo Feng looking at him with a half-smile.

"You two look at these two side dishes. You are quite satisfied. The weather is a little cold today. I have warmed the wine for you. If you have any instructions, please just say it. If you don't have me, I will leave. Please use it slowly.”

This time the guy was more respectful than the first time, and of course he looked at Amber when he spoke. In his opinion, the style that Amber is currently displaying is definitely the style of a big family, otherwise her eyes would appear to be closed and open, making people unable to understand.

Amber didn't want to talk nonsense with this guy, so she casually said "hmm" and then stopped talking. The waiter seemed a little reluctant to go. He bowed slightly and took a few steps back before turning around and walking away.

Amber then lowered his voice and said: "Brother, you are really good at this. You actually know how to use this good method to get information. Not only does this save you a lot of trouble, but you can also hear the intelligence gathered from all directions. How did you find out? Such a good idea?"

When Amber spoke at this time, he couldn't help but show excitement. For him, it was as if he had discovered a new world.

Zuo Feng tasted the food casually, and then said slowly: "Actually, this is not a special method, and most small families need to obtain information in this way. Those intelligence stations cover not only a county, but also a city. A lot of money is needed around the main city.

You and Suyan are both used to using these resources. Of course, you will find the information compiled by the intelligence station to be convenient and useful. Although gathering intelligence comes with certain dangers, it is also extremely accurate. In this way, you ignore this kind of information. The simplest method is also normal. "

In fact, when he said these words, what Zuo Feng was thinking was that after his Zuojia Village entered Yancheng, he sneaked in there with a black eye. No one sincerely helped him and others. If he wanted to obtain information, he could only rely on the more alert children in the village to find out.

Seeing Amber's thoughtful look, Zuo Feng already knew that the other party had completely accepted his method. He smiled slightly and continued: "Of course, this method also has its drawbacks. The main drawback is that the amount of information is too huge, and there are inevitably a lot of useless things in the mud, so it becomes a bit difficult to pick out the useful ones. "

Seeing Amber's calm face and nodding in agreement, it meant that he had thought of this drawback. Zuo Feng was still very satisfied with Amber's willingness to use his brain to think about it.

After a slight pause, Zuo Feng continued: "Another shortcoming is that each of these messages is so lifelike that it seems to be true, but it is inevitable that some enemy smokescreens are mixed in. Because we can get information here, people with ulterior motives will release some false information in such places to cover up their tracks."

This time, Amber finally showed a look of sudden realization, and he finally understood why such a simple and quick method would not be used by the big family like his own.

Amber raised her head and looked at Zuo Feng with admiration, and said slowly: "Thank goodness that you can master this method of obtaining intelligence at such a young age, but there will be a lot of false information in the south of the information obtained by asking around, and such information will only cause a huge workload for those who collect information.

And some low-level intelligence personnel do not have a high ability to distinguish, so it is easy to collect some false information and report it. In this way, the advantage originally hoped to gain by relying on intelligence will be easily used by the enemy to disrupt their sight."

The pace of communication and discussion between the two was very fast. Zuo Feng had just finished speaking, and Amber had already started to think about the various disadvantages.

Zuo Feng nodded slightly and said, "What you said is indeed one of the disadvantages, and it is also the main reason why the big families do not adopt this method.

Because the families with strong financial and human resources can spread their manpower on a large scale, they can not only obtain intelligence, but also verify the intelligence one by one. Therefore, except for the information marked as "uncertain", all the information obtained in the intelligence station is basically accurate.

When some small families do not have such means, they must change their thinking and use the fastest and most cost-effective way to obtain intelligence. However, this requires that at the beginning of obtaining the intelligence, they can make judgments through various details to see whether the information is true and whether it can be used by themselves."

When Zuo Feng was talking about this, he showed unusual self-confidence, which was a state that would only be manifested after careful consideration of what he said.

And Zuo Feng did really study it carefully. It was when he left Ye Lin and passed through the chaotic land that he paid special attention to this problem.

When he was in Yancheng, because resources were scarce and there were no other forces to use, he had to obtain all the sources of intelligence by himself. After thinking about it, he finally decided to let Zuo Hou and others gather intelligence everywhere. At that time, the intelligence mainly came from eavesdropping on the conversations of warriors everywhere and secretly tracking the whereabouts of some people, and then making corresponding inferences.

At that time, Zuo Feng's understanding was still in its embryonic stage, but when he arrived in Luancheng, all kinds of news appeared around him like snowflakes, making it difficult to distinguish the truth from the false. It was precisely because Zuo Feng himself was in the game that he could understand Ye Lin's method of using intelligence to deal with intelligence at that time.

It was also with this inspiration that Zuo Feng did some serious research on this, which was what he just explained to Amber. Zuo Feng had naturally considered the disadvantages that Amber thought of, but he considered it more.

After sorting out his thoughts, Zuo Feng continued: "Under certain limited conditions, such as when we have no other sources of intelligence to use and cannot explore around at will, this method of obtaining intelligence through "hearsay" becomes particularly important.

And now such intelligence is not obtained through the subjective summary of others, but is completely collected by us."

Amber asked in confusion: "Aren't we also collecting and summarizing subjectively now, so what's the difference with what you said?"

Looking at Amber with a smile, Zuo Feng said without hesitation: "Of course there is a difference, and the difference is very big. All the information is obtained by ourselves, and these people will tell it as they hear it. Even if there are some opinions of their own, we can hear it clearly here.

Imagine if someone puts all the information together, and his supervisor has his own conjectures, which will inevitably mislead us. How can there be no difference?"

At this time, Amber finally showed a look of sudden realization, and at the same time, his eyes swept across the more than ten tables around, and the joy in his eyes slowly expanded. Looking around, these warriors gathering from all directions seemed like free information being presented before his eyes. This was something he had never dared to think about before.