Bao Derong is the owner of a Chinese business in Manila. There are many businessmen like him in Manila. His business is mainly engaged in the trade of silk, porcelain and spices. The scale is not large, and it can only be said to be ordinary in Manila.

Bao Derong is slightly fat, always smiles happily and looks kind and rich. Among his clients are Spanish, Chinese in Luzon, and even local natives. In addition, he is good at making friends on weekdays and has straightforward personality. Although his business is not big, he has made many friends in the local business circle.

On this day, Bao Derong opened the door to welcome guests on time as usual, but not long after, a Spanish guest came to the store. This guest and Bao Derong were good friends. They got along well in the past, but today his expression seemed a little different. After entering the door, he hurriedly pulled him aside.

The guest whispered something to Bao Derong. Bao Derong's expression seemed a little surprised, and he also began to ponder.

"Boss Bao, you might as well make arrangements as soon as possible." The guest kindly reminded Bao Derong.

"I know this, thank you very much for telling me this." Bao Derong said to the guest gratefully.

The guest sighed: "I can't do more, either. I shouldn't have come, but you are my friend. If I don't remind you at this time, God will not forgive me. By the way, don't tell others about this, otherwise we will all have big trouble."

Bao Derong thanked the customer again for the reminder. At the same time, he went to the counter to pick up a bag of silver dollars and stuffed it into the customer's hands. However, the customer did not take it. He refused Bao Derong's courage, and then gave him a reminder and left in a hurry.

After the customer left, Bao Derong explained a few words to the same shop as the shopkeeper, then turned around and walked backward. After leaving the shop in front, Bao Derong came to the yard behind. He walked directly to a room on the west side, pushed the door open and walked in. After entering the room, he turned around and closed the door, then walked towards a wardrobe in the room, opened the cabinet door, and some very ordinary clothes were hung in the cabinet.

Bao Derong looked behind him and confirmed that there was no one outside the room. He carefully pulled the clothes away, then lowered his body and got into the wardrobe, closed the cabinet door, and he pulled the cabinet wall, but he didn't know what mechanism he encountered. The originally very ordinary cabinet wall suddenly opened like a door.

Following the opened cabinet wall, Bao Derong put out the clothes he had just opened one by one, then closed the cabinet wall again, then walked a few more steps forward, continued to open a door, and finally came out of a wardrobe that was almost the same as before.

This is another residence not far behind Bao Derong's shop. The place he came out was a study-like room. Bao Derong strode to the door and knocked on the closed door with a rhythmic knock. After the sound stopped, the door opened from outside, and a man who seemed to be a servant stood outside the door.

"Sir, why are you here at this time?" The servant couldn't help asking when he saw Bao Derong.

"Send the order and notify everyone to come and see me as soon as possible!" Bao Derong said with a serious expression.

The servant was slightly stunned, but stopped asking questions, quickly responded, saluted and left.

After the servant left, Bao Derong returned to the study and sat down, frowned slightly and didn't know what he was thinking. As he thought, time gradually passed by minute by minute.

About an hour later, three men came here one after another. One of the three men dressed as a businessman, the other man looked dark and short, and the clothes he wore looked similar to those of the local natives. As for another man, he had brown hair and tall figure, clearly the appearance of Westerners everywhere in Manila.

The three men entered the room, and the former servant closed the door for them, and then guarded outside the door.

"Sit all." Bao Derong pointed to the chair in front of him and said.

The three of them didn't say anything and sat down one by one in the chair.

"There is an urgent matter to call you suddenly." Bao Derong said: "I just received the news that the Luzon Governor's Office and the Prosecutor's Court seemed to be attacking the Chinese in Manila."

"Sir, are your news accurate?" The man dressed in a businessman was shocked and asked quickly.

"It was a friend who reported to me that he was from the Spanish and was also in the prosecution court. Although his position was not high, based on my understanding of him, I think the authenticity of this matter should not be wrong." Bao Derong said.

"Are these Spanish really crazy? Do they dare to do such things at such a time?" The man dressed in a businessman said incredible.

"Hmph! These bastards can't do anything? Don't forget that this is not the first time they have done such a thing. In my opinion, they are just a group of lunatics!" The man dressed in a native sneered.

Speaking of this, the man dressed in the native suddenly looked at the brunette man and said, "Russell, you are mingling with those Spaniards every day, haven't you heard any news?"

Russell said with a serious expression: "It's just some news, and I just found out today. I originally planned to report to the adults today, but I didn't expect that the adults would know before me."

"What news, please tell me specifically." The man dressed in a businessman asked quickly.

Russell immediately started to speak, and everyone listened carefully. Judging from Russell's statement, it was not known who mentioned it first on the Spanish side today, saying that the incident that happened outside the prosecution court was related to the Chinese. In addition, the previous trade restrictions on Spanish merchants in Luzon and the maritime inspections by the Ming Dynasty, some people are now linking these things together, the purpose of which is to relate these Chinese people in Luzon.

But Russell just knew this, and he didn't know more about it. He originally wanted to inquire about it carefully, but he didn't expect that he received a signal from Bao Derong to summon them before he could do so, so he rushed over.

"Since that's the case, this matter is correct!" Bao Derong felt confident and nodded immediately.

"Sir, what should I do now? Please tell me." Everyone looked extremely solemn. They had been in Luzon for a long time. Of course, they knew that the Spanish massacre against Chinese in Luzon, and if such a thing really happened again, it would not be a trivial matter.

"This matter must be reported to the Shangfeng and the South China Sea Fleet immediately!" Bao Derong said without hesitation, and then turned his attention to the person dressed by the merchant: "Yao Liang!"

"I'm in a humble position!" Yao Liang quickly stood up.

"You can quickly arrange for the ship to go to sea immediately and send the news back in a fast ship. You can handle this matter yourself and do not delay!"

"I understand!" Yao Liang answered without hesitation.

"Liu Hua!"

"I'm humble at work!" Liu Hua, dressed in a native, stood up.

"You immediately send someone to inquire about the news in the local native circle. There must be groundless reasons. According to the Spaniards' previous practice, they are very likely to instigate the natives to fight in the front line. So if this is true, the Spaniards should have started to contact the local natives, so they must figure out their true purpose and time to do things. This is extremely important, remember to remember!"

"I understand!" Liu Hua also answered without hesitation.

Finally, Bao Derong turned his attention to Russell and said, "Russell!"

"I'm in the position!" Russell also stood up and said.

"Your identity and appearance are the most convenient. You need to spend a lot of effort to figure out the internal situation of the Spaniards. Time is tight and you must not make any mistakes. This matter is of great importance, and you will not be unclear about the consequences of something happening."

Russell gritted his teeth and said, "Please rest assured. Hu Zheng understands the pros and cons, and will do his best!"

However, Russell thought about it and said, "Sir, besides this, I dare to ask you a question."

"explain!"

Russell asked: "If the Spaniards really took action suddenly, it would not be possible for our Ming South China Sea fleet to arrive so quickly. Moreover, in Manila, the Spaniards not only had tens of thousands of troops and navy, but also the Spaniards and the natives in the city, once they were mobilized, the Chinese in Luzon might suffer heavy losses. Lord, although many of these Chinese came from China to Luzon a hundred years ago, some of them had even passed several generations, but they were all the people of my Ming Dynasty! Please find a way to save them in order to be the descendants of Yan and Huang!"

Speaking of this, Russell knelt down directly, and even tears fell in his eyes. The three of them present were filled with emotion when they watched the scene.

Bao Derong is an ordinary businessman on the surface, but in fact he is the highest-level spy arranged by the General Affairs Office in Luzon, responsible for the intelligence work in the entire Luzon, especially Manila.

As for Yao Liang, Liu Hua and Russell, they are his three direct subordinates in Luzon and are also his most trusted subordinates. But unlike Yao Liang and Liu Hua, Russell's origin is a bit complicated.

On the surface, he is no different from ordinary Spanish, but Russell, who also speaks fluent Spanish, is actually a Han Chinese because his father is a local Chinese in Luzon. The reason why he has different appearances is actually because of his mother, who is a Frenchman.

Speaking of Russell's family, his grandfather was originally a wealthy family in Luzon, but in the third massacre in 1662, his family finally failed to escape this massacre after escaping the first two massacres. Almost all of the entire family were killed, leaving only his young father who was lucky enough to escape.

At that time, the one who saved his father was a French missionary. The missionary happened to be in Manila and used his identity to take the risk of hiding Russell's father who escaped to his residence, thereby saving the child.

Afterwards, the missionary dressed up the child, asked his daughter to help cover him, and secretly took him out of Manila through hiding everyone. In the years that followed, the missionary became his father's godfather, thus bringing him with him and bringing him to Europe. Many years later, the child gradually grew up and became a lover with the missionary's daughter, childhood sweetheart, and then became husband and wife.
Chapter completed!