Chapter 263: The Governor's Eyeliner

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The time was reversed by two hours, and as soon as Lin Xiao and his party landed ashore in the afternoon, someone was eyeing them.

From the dock, there were a few black-clothed people who followed Lin Xiao all the way silently, and when they reached the vicinity of the "Baotai" shop, one of them, a small black man, quickly disappeared.

Soon after, the man appeared on the street near the barracks at the foot of Battery Hill and slipped into a rather rudimentary alley.

When he came to a busy warehouse, he looked around, and when no one was paying attention, he suddenly slammed into the side door and knocked quietly a few times.

The door opened immediately, and the man did not greet the person who opened the door, but walked in without saying a word, and it was obvious that they were acquaintances.

Inside the door, there is a large courtyard, with many large and small rooms on both sides, many of which seem to be empty, and there are a lot of sundries piled up in the yard.

The little black man went straight to the second door and pushed it open, but there was something else inside.

Walking past an arched portico, turning a pool with a circular fountain, and passing through a checkered parterr of oriental xerophytes, and in an atrium paved with arabesque Moorish tiles, two dark-skinned guards were napping when they heard someone enter, and immediately alertly wielded their scimitars.

The little black man raised his hand at them and continued to walk inside.

Walking up the stairs, there was a deep living room, the light only letting in through the high, narrow windows, and the little man stood in the doorway for a moment, letting his eyes adjust to the light.

He saw that his master, the owner of the inn, Dhoni? Mr. Gonzalez, dressed in a loose silk robe, reclined on a low couch stacked with many richly embroidered pillows, was staring thoughtfully at a piece of paper in his hand......

The little man stood for a while until he confirmed that his master had noticed his arrival.

"Master, that Chinese guy's shop, there is a strange group of soldiers, and there is a big soldier ship,"

As he spoke, he told the whole story, and at the end, he added a contemptuous comment, "It's a group of soldiers." ”

"Huh?"

Dhoni? Gonzalez snorted and continued to look at the piece of paper he had been looking at for a long time, that piece of paper, it was a piece of information.

The intelligence said that recently, the Ming army did not know what medicine to take, but actually launched a large-scale counterattack, and the momentum was quite fierce, and its vanguard had already reached Xinhui, which was only more than 100 miles away from Guangzhou.

This wave of offensive of the Ming army scared the king of the Qing army half to death, and just a few days ago, through Chandler's idiot, they actually rented two gunboats and drove to Guangzhou.

It is said that it was used to escort a sea cargo ship carrying a large amount of treasure to flee with his family to his hometown in the north......

"Got it......"

After listening to the report, Gonzalez was silent for a moment and ordered: "Go, continue to monitor...... Tell them not to keep an eye on it too closely, and try to be as secretive as possible. ”

The little man bowed, and was about to withdraw, when Gonzalez said, "Tell them, you don't have to send someone back to report everything, and send someone back for important things. ”

"Yes, master." The little man bowed and withdrew.

After the little man left, the room fell into a dark silence again......

After a moment of contemplation, Gonzalez took one last look at the paper, placed it in a delicate enamel box, locked it, and pulled a string.

A maid immediately appeared, all of whom Gonzalez had bought as a slave girl from an archipelago off the coast of India.

In his early years, Gonzalez was a pirate captain and roamed the waters of the Indian Ocean, where the natives were ugly and aggressive, but loyal and loyal once recognized as his master or friend.

In this place, only a very small number of people understand their language, and using them is a better way of secrecy than using mutes.

"I want to change my clothes and go out right away." Gonzalez commanded in the native language.

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It didn't take long for Gonzalez to appear in the barracks, in the large office of Governor Faisa.

As soon as he entered, he took off his hat, saluted the young governor according to the etiquette of the Spanish nobility, and then stood respectfully, but with a solemn demeanor, neither humble nor arrogant, exactly as a man of status should be.

However, at this moment, he saw that there were already several people sitting in this office, almost all of whom were members of the Haojing Council like him.

Even Chandler, the bastard Portuguese merchant who had been against him, sat precariously and looked at him with a mocking smile on his face.

"You, too, are you talking about those damn Chinese soldiers?"

As soon as Gonzalez finished saluting, Governor Fesusa spoke with a blank expression.

Gonzalez's heart jumped, this ghost guy really doesn't trust us Spaniards!

Dhoni? Gonzalez, a Spaniard, has been living in Ho Mirror for more than twenty years since he was old enough to stop working as a pirate.

Since Portugal had been ruled by the Kingdom of Spain since 1580, the Spaniards and the Portuguese, since the beginning of the Age of Discovery, have been working together as a family to explore the New World, opening up new colonies and maritime trade routes until the development of these far-flung Asian trading points.

Although the Dutch and even the English gradually gained the upper hand, little by little, encroaching on the sphere of influence that originally belonged to them, the two countries have always been able to share weal and woe.

It wasn't until ten years earlier (1640) that the situation changed, and Portugal became independent again. Li, and Hao Jing, also broke away from Spanish rule two years later, and since then, the Spaniards in Hao Jing have been suppressed.

But at that time, nearly half of the list of more than 300 merchants who signed allegiance to King John IV of Portugal were still Spaniards.

Even in the most important municipal councils, Spaniards occupy more than a third of the seats.

Although it is no longer their own people in power, the strength of the Spaniards is still there, and they can still compete with it.

Since his arrival at the end of last year, Gonzalez has spent a lot of money and made several efforts to finally catch this line, in order to stand out from the competition.

He was powerless to control the dispute between Spain and Portugal, and what he wanted to suppress was except for the stupid Chandler, the Chinese compradors led by Jack Lee, who had gained momentum in recent years.

The government of Chinese is too pedantic, the scientific and technological strength is not good, and the ordinary people live a very hard life, but this ethnic group is too smart, except for fighting, whether it is business or camping, it is good at Westerners......

The Governor was still a face-saving man, not only did he not deprive them of a few seats in the municipal council, but in just a few months, in several commercial disputes, he did help a lot in the open.

Today, as soon as he received the news that the Ming soldiers and ships had entered the port and the army had landed, he only hesitated for a short time before coming to report the news......

I thought that he was the confidant of the governor, and among a large group of powerful maritime merchants, he was the most favored one, and he should do his duty and be the eyeliner of the governor.

Now it seems that there are not one or two people who can run faster than him, and he is the clown character who is an afterthought.

Or underestimate this young governor!

People are smiling on their faces, MMP in their hearts, money is collected, dancing is dancing, but how to play cards, how to play cards, there are eyeliner buried everywhere, and I don't treat you as a green onion at all!

"Shameless!" Gonzalez cursed secretly.

(Question: What is the real purpose of Lin Xiao taking Qu Shiyun on the expedition this time and asking him to accompany him to Fujian to contact Zheng Chenggong?) ）