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Chapter 691 Being cheated (second update)

Putmans and Cruise waited anxiously in Thang Long City for the news from the people placed in Hoi An Port.They finally discovered that Shenglong City, the administrative office of the Cochin Chief Secretary, was already under the strict control of the Kyushu Army spies, and they could not learn any useful news here.Putmans regretted that he did not go to Hoi An Port, but came to Thang Long City, which is clearly the enemy's den of thieves.

However, they also underestimated the Kyushu Army's control over Hoi An Port. The Dutchmen sent to Hoi An Port could only collect information that the common people saw, but they had no clue about the secrets of the military department, such as They knew that the fleet had left, but they could not determine where the fleet had gone.

Such aggrieved feeling made Putmans very uncomfortable. He was like a person whose eyes were tied, ears covered, and unable to move. He knew that the Kyushu Army was dispatched, but he couldn't get any useful information.

When he sent people to Hoi An Port, he also sent people back to Batavia Port to inform Batavia Governor Cohen.Although they don't know where the Kyushu Army's fleet has gone, it is undoubtedly the most correct choice to notify Batavia in time.

"Where did the fleet and soldiers of the Kyushu Army go?" Putmans paced back and forth in his wooden house with a haggard look and bloodshot eyes, but he still hadn't received news of the Kyushu Army's fleet.

"Putmans, the Far East is really too dangerous. I think I'm just a businessman, and I shouldn't wade into muddy waters. I'll set off for Europe tomorrow." Cruise, a pot-bellied businessman, was playing with an ivory wood carving in the room, exhausted said to Putmans.

He just participated in the battle between the East India Company and the Kyushu Army on a whim. He never thought that the Kyushu Army would have such a strong control over his territory. He felt that if he didn't leave Shenglong City in Longtan and Tiger's Den, he might not be able to leave. .

"Cruise, we have been friends for many years, are you willing to abandon me at such a critical moment and flee alone?" Putmans asked with a sad face.

"It's not an option to go on like this. We can't find any useful news at all, and I can't help much by staying here." Cruise shook his head.

Creaking, the wooden door was pushed open, and a sweaty Dutchman broke in: "There is news, I finally know where the Kyushu Army's fleet has gone!"

"Is it the news from the people arranged by Hoi An Port?" Putmans and Cruise stood up at the same time.

"No, it's a message from Batavia. This is a letter from Governor Cohen. Our businessmen who traded in Siam braved the war and returned to Batavia. They claimed to have seen the Kyushu Army in Siam. Fleet and infantry. The army of the Kyushu Army is attacking the capital of Siam!" The Dutchman who came in kept panting with his hands on his knees, and almost exhausted his physical strength to convey the news.

"It turned out to be Siam!?" Putmans, who finally knew the whereabouts of the Kyushu Army, felt that these days were wasted, so he came to Thang Long City to inquire about the news, but it turned out that Batavia was the first to know about Kyushu. Army dynamics.

"How should we deal with it now? Although the Kyushu Army is not attacking Malacca or Batavia, but Siam, this is not a good signal. They attack Siam today, and dare to fight tomorrow. Hit the Spice Islands," Cruise said.

"Let's see what the Governor said first." Putmans opened the letter sent by the Governor of Batavia, Cohen, and glanced roughly, "Let's go see the Civil Affairs Officer of the Chief Secretary of Cochin."

Putmans led a group of Dutchmen clamoring to enter the office of the Chief Secretary of Cochin.In fact, they wanted to find Xiong Wencan more than once during the period, but Xiong Wencan deliberately avoided them, so they really had no way to see Xiong Wencan.

"Let us in, we already know about your attack on Siam, it's useless for you to hide it!" Putmans yelled outside the government office, drawing the attention of some residents of Thang Long City on the street. movement.

"What's that red-haired man calling?"

"He seems to be talking about Siam..."

Residents of Thang Long City couldn't help but come to watch the farce happening in front of the Chief Secretary's Yamen.

"Let them in, the Chief Secretary is willing to see them." It seems that Xiong Wencan was also afraid that the matter would make a big splash and cause some rumors in the market, so he asked a small official to let them in.

Putmans led a group of blond and blue-eyed Westerners into the yamen of Chief Secretary Cochin, causing the busy officials in the yamen to look up at them.

"This way, please." The official leading the way led them to the side courtyard, so as not to let them disturb other officials' handling of government affairs.

Inside the arched stone passage in the side courtyard, a businessman dressed in silk came out with a folding fan in his hand.Seeing Putmans and the others who came in, this person showed embarrassment.

This person turned out to be the shopkeeper He who was the target of Putmans and Cruise's routine.

"It's you..." Cruise pointed at shopkeeper He, wishing he could go up and slap him to death.Shopkeeper He haunts the Yamen of the Chief Secretary of Cochin, and with his toes, one can imagine that he and the Chief Secretary of Cochin are in collusion.

"How are you two friends from the Netherlands?" Shopkeeper He bowed to Putmans and the others with a slight shame.

"Scumbag!" Putmans spat.

"It's all up to each other. Mr. He thanked the two for their hospitality that day." Shopkeeper He patted his ass and left after he finished speaking. He was afraid that if he stayed here for a longer time, maybe Putmans and Crewe Si and the others would really beat themselves up in full view.

When Putmans and Cruise saw shopkeeper He slipping away with oil on his feet, they couldn't help gnashing their teeth.

But there is no way, this is the yamen of the Chief Secretary of Cochin, and there are yamen guards, and they are powerless.

"I don't know what you two are looking for me again, what's your business?" Xiong Wencan waited for Putmans and them in the passenger compartment.

"Master Xiong, you have gone too far. How dare you set up a trap to deceive us!" As soon as Putmans came in, he stood on the moral high ground and accused Xiong Wencan and others.

"What happened to make you two so angry? I have a pot of high-quality West Lake Longjing tea here. I wonder if you are interested in having a cup?" Xiong Wencan didn't know the reason, but pointed with two fingers. The purple clay pot on the mahogany table beside him.

Putmans and Cruise looked at each other, and although they were angry and angry, they sat down and drank a cup of Longjing tea.

"Good tea... No, now is not the time to drink tea. Who is the shopkeeper He who went out just now?"

"Oh, Shopkeeper He has cooperated with the Kyushu Army for a long time. As early as in Liaodong, he transported grain from Jiangnan and sold it to the Kyushu Army. It has been six or seven years, and his qualifications are much older than mine." Xiong Wencan said.

"Pfft!" Putmans and Cruise almost spit out the tea in their mouths.

(End of this chapter)