"Selling buns...freshly baked buns..."

At the intersection of Cailun Street, Jingzhou City, there was a long queue in front of the Li Ji bun shop. The wives and aunts in the queue were chatting in the Li family of Zhang and the Li family. Suddenly, they heard the long shout of the bun shop's comrade, and immediately became turbulent and rushed forward.

"I want ten..."

"I want twenty..."

...

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Each person buys up to twenty of them. If there are too many, you won't sell them!"

The guy was busy dealing with customers and kept shouting, which was a scene of booming purchases and sales.

Outside the crowd, Zheng Cai and Zheng Hongkui stood aside, staring at the scene with their eyes wide open, with an incredible expression on their faces.

After a long time, Zheng Hongkui stumbled: "This street is also strange, called Cailun Street, a bun shop, but teahouses are everywhere. Even if someone wants to buy more of this bun shop, he doesn't sell it. It's so strange..."

Zheng Cai snorted and said disdainfully: "The reason for selling buns and tea on Cailun Street is that no one knows. However, the bun shop sells up to twenty at most. There is nothing surprising about the tricks in the business."

Zheng Hongkui stared at the crowded crowd for a long time before sighing, saying, "I don't bother to care about how others do business, but we have arrived in Jingzhou for four days and have not seen Lin Chunhong so far. What does Lin Chunhong mean? Do you want to keep us there?"

Zheng Cai suddenly smiled and said relaxedly: "Just let it dry. Maybe for two or three days, the coach will knock down the Holan cover."

Zheng Hongkui said: "Although that being said, it is never a big deal to continue like this. He is worried and uneasy every day."

Zheng Cai suddenly pulled the corner of Zheng Hongkui's clothes and said quickly and anxiously: "Don't look back, do you understand?"

When Zheng Hongkui heard this, he instinctively wanted to turn his head to look behind, but when he thought about it, he stopped the urge to look back, nodded, and said, "I understand."

Zheng Cai said: "There are at least two spies behind us. From now on, you follow me immediately. After we get rid of the spies, you can go to a place with me."

After saying that, Zheng Cai took a step without waiting for Zheng Hongkui to agree...

After an hour, Zheng Cai and Zheng Hongkui finally got rid of the spy and came to a hat shop on Dachang Street, bought a Western-style wide-brimmed hat, and then went straight back to the inn.

Throughout the way, Zheng Hongkui was panting, even his soles of his feet were bubbled, and he complained all the way: "I'm trying hard to get rid of the spy to buy a hat?"

"What's the point? Is it just to prove to Lin Chunhong that we have the ability to get rid of the spy?"

"You must show off in the future, just go there yourself, don't pull me to suffer this!"

...

Zheng Cai smiled but said nothing until he returned to the inn, and then he pulled Zheng Hongkui down, pulled the inside of the wide-brimmed hat, and took out a note from it.

Zheng Hongkui was stunned and pointed at the note and couldn't speak.

Zheng Cai read the note several times, then placed it on the oil lamp to ignite it. A ball of flame suddenly burst out from the note and turned into ashes.

Zheng Cai looked at Zheng Hongkui who was stunned and smiled and said, "A good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear?"

Zheng Hongkui looked at Zheng Cai, as if he was looking at a demon, and kept repeating: "I can't imagine...I can't imagine..."

Zheng Cai smiled and said, "I didn't expect the Grandmaster to reach out to Jingzhou? Forget it, let me tell you the good news first. Five days ago, the Dutch in Relanzha had surrendered!"

"Ah? How did the Grandmaster break through?"

Zheng Cai replied: "Lang Ge'er is right. The fleet fought for more than ten days in a row and did not encounter a storm. The general personally led the fleet to land from Luermen..."

Zheng Hongkui was shocked and asked, "Luermen? There are dense reefs there, how can the Grand Marshal pass through the Luermen?"

"Take the tide! After landing, the Dutch people were depressed for seven or eight days. After receiving the promise of the Grand Marshal to return home, they all surrendered." Zheng Cai replied.

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple! Do you still hope that the general will fight for more than ten days?"

Zheng Hongkui had a rich expression on his face. He didn't know whether he was worried or happy, but he was silent for half a quarter of an hour before he asked carefully: "What is that bad news?"

Zheng Cai put his mouth close to Zheng Hongkui's ears, lowered his voice, and said, "Aldo, the special envoy of the Governor of Goa in Portugal, has arrived in Jingzhou! Zhang Zhao is also arriving in Jingzhou with Aldo!"

"Portuguese? Zhang Zhao?" Zheng Hongkui opened his mouth wide and asked, "Why are these two people coming to Jingzhou? "

"According to reliable news, the Portuguese wanted to share Malacca with Lin Chunhong. Once Lin Chunhong easily got Malacca, the entire Southeast Asia almost became Lin Chunhong's inner lake. In the past, Lin Chunhong was afraid of the joining forces with the Netherlands and Portugal, but he did not dare to do anything to the Grand Marshal. But now, as the saying goes, how can others snore on the side of the bed? Will Lin Chunhong solve the problem of the side of the bed first? I think this possibility is 70% or 80%. Could it be that Lin Chunhong has been waiting for us to wait, just to reach an agreement with the Portuguese first and then deal with the Grand Marshal wholeheartedly?"

Zheng Cai's words were full of worries, which made Zheng Hongkui frightened and said tremblingly: "In this way, the big thing will be over! This matter should be notified immediately by the commander!"

Zheng Cai shook his head and said, "No, Aldo comes from Guangzhou. I guess the Marshal knows the news earlier than us. If the Marshal's plan changes, when we are notified in the next few days, we should wait and see."

Zheng Hongkui sighed with a bitter face: "I also want to send troops to attack the Portuguese together, and use this as a bargaining chip to bargain with Lin Chunhong. The Portuguese are corrupt and brought Malacca to his door, alas...ah..."

...

Zheng Cai and Zheng Hongkui sighed in the inn, and the Portuguese envoy Aldo was not much better. In fact, Aldo arrived in Jingzhou with Zhang Zhao four days ago. After Aldo arrived in Jingzhou, he not only did not receive Lin Chunhong's summons, but even Zhang Zhao, who accompanied him all the way, disappeared completely.

However, Aldo enjoyed higher treatment than Zheng Cai and Zheng Hongkui. At least, Zhang Zhao clearly told him that Zheng Zhilong's special envoy was in the city and tried to jointly attack Malacca with Jingzhou!

Zhang Zhao's words did not scare Aldo. Like Martino, Aldo knew that as long as Jingzhou wanted to attack Malacca, there was no need to join forces with Zheng Zhilong. What scared him or asked him to sit on the bench was nothing more than trying to occupy a favorable position in the negotiations.
Chapter completed!