Chapter 511: The Appearance of Chai 5

"Right State Councilor, you are too polite. Northern Di and Goryeo are essentially one family. This time, we must not only settle the blood debt owed to our Northern Di, but naturally, we must also settle the blood debt owed to you, Goryeo, and Wufeng Island." Wulanba held a dancing girl in his arms, his gaze deep and inscrutable.

The smile Hua Chen wore as he looked at Li Wancheng was laced with the unbridled wildness of a sea bandit.

With a disdainful laugh, he said slowly, "Our Wufeng Island has suffered losses at the hands of Yan Wang twice, but both times were on Yan Wang's own fief. On the sea, our Wufeng Island will absolutely not lose to his Black Shark Sea Bandits."

Wulanba's eyes lit up.

After the battle at sea, they, the Northern Di, had completely lost the possibility of moving south by sea.

But it would be different if the Five Peaks Island Pirates could provide convenience to them, the Northern Di.

After annihilating the Black Shark Sea Bandits, they could fully utilize Wufeng Island to invade Yanzhou once again.

In this way, they could not only cast the poison into Yanguan, but also into other parts of Yanzhou.

Thus, the entire Yanzhou would fall into chaos due to the plague.

Perhaps, by then, there would be no need for them, the Northern Di, to attack; Yanzhou would collapse without a fight.

Thinking of this, the expression with which he looked at Hua Chen became increasingly gentle.

To cast smallpox into Yanzhou, one must first defeat the Black Shark Sea Bandits.

After all, according to what Hua Chen said, the warships of the Black Shark Sea Bandits were constantly patrolling the sea.

If they were discovered, their plan would have the possibility of being exposed.

"Vice Island Master Hua's words are very true. This time, we will certainly be able to defeat Yan Wang." Wulanba laughed loudly, then pushed the dancing girl in his arms into Hua Chen's arms. "Vice Island Master Hua has come from afar, so naturally, you must return fully satisfied."

Hua Chen was somewhat flattered, but also overjoyed. He did not refuse and said directly, "Tomorrow I will take a ship directly from Goryeo back to Wufeng Island. Within six days, the fleet of Wufeng Island will be able to arrive."

He was worried that if he returned from Ningjin Dusi, he would encounter the Black Shark Sea Bandits.

But by leaving directly from the south of Goryeo, he could reach Wufeng Island very quickly.

"Six days? Good. Within six days, the Goryeo Navy will all be concentrated at Ancheng Port. As soon as you arrive, we will first attack Chrysanthemum Island," Wulanba said.

Hua Chen nodded; this was the plan he had agreed upon with Wulanba.

Once the fleet of Wufeng Island arrived, they would first anchor at Laicheng Port to replenish supplies.

Then they would rendezvous with the warships of the Yuan Family of Great Song and head together toward the Leiting Seaport in Yanzhou.

By then, the Black Shark Sea Bandits would be unable to attend to both ends and would have to split their forces to deal with the attacks from two directions.

In this way, they would be able to use their numerical advantage to defeat them one by one.

"It's a deal." Hua Chen raised his cup of wine and drank it down with Wulanba.

Immediately after, he laughed loudly, his eyes flickering.

In truth, he had two intentions in coming to Ningjin Dusi this time.

The first was naturally to deal with the Black Shark Sea Bandits.

Although the ocean was vast, it could not tolerate the existence of the Black Shark Sea Bandits.

Besides this, the second was to use this matter as an opportunity to understand the situation of the Goryeo Imperial Court, as well as the relationship between Goryeo and Northern Di,

and the local customs of Goryeo.

After collecting this information, he would pass it on to Island Master Lu Zheng.

And Lu Zheng would provide this information to the Dongying Shogunate.

In recent years, more and more European merchant ships had arrived in Dongying.

The exchanges between Dongying and Europe had also become increasingly close.

In the early days of establishing the Shogunate, Watanabe even sent envoys to accompany the British on a mission to Europe.

It was said that the envoys first arrived at a British colony and finally reached Great Britain.

Three years later, the envoys returned, bringing back maps of Europe, oil paintings, musical instruments, and other items, which caused quite a sensation in Dongying at the time.

And after learning about Europe from the mouths of the envoys, the Shogun Watanabe decided to emulate Europe.

He not only gave European Missionaries more freedom but also established many new trading ports.

And the Europeans also brought more novel goods and crafts to Dongying, allowing Dongying to benefit greatly from them.

Watanabe even invited the British to be responsible for training the Shogunate army.

This allowed the Watanabe Shogunate to grow stronger day by day.

And with the growth of his strength, Watanabe's ambition was also growing, envying the vast colonies of Europe.

He finally cast his gaze toward Goryeo, which was opposite Dongying.

In his view, as long as Goryeo was destroyed, it could serve as a springboard to seize more land.

It was just that he was also clear that Goryeo was a vassal state of Northern Di.

Attacking Goryeo would inevitably enrage Northern Di.

Therefore, he had been investigating the true strength of Northern Di as well as the strength of Goryeo.

He was weighing whether they could withstand the intervention of Northern Di after occupying Goryeo.

And once a suitable opportunity arrived, they, Dongying, would take action.

Of course, Dongying had also been watching the changes in Great Song.

It was just that for a long time, the strength of the Central Plains dynasty had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Eastern Japanese.

However, in recent years, they had also realized that Great Song was gradually declining.

But they were still observing and engaged in intense debate.

Waiting for the debate to end and for the Shogunate to be in agreement, perhaps Dongying would change its wait-and-see stance and take action.

The wine banquet did not end until dusk.

At this time, the servants in the residence began to come in to clear the tables and chairs.

Through drunken, blurred eyes, Wulanba suddenly stared at a young man and asked, "You are not Goryeo, are you?"

Upon hearing this, the young man lowered his head and nodded gently.

Li Wancheng took a glance and smiled, saying, "This is a Song People slave I just bought."

Wulanba only hated the Song People, so he had asked just out of idle curiosity.

He knew clearly that Gaoli officials were very fond of Song People slaves.

They would even frequently compare whose household had more Song People slaves.

This was just for men; if they were women, they would boast even more.

He also had some understanding of this strange mindset of the Gaoli people.

Gaoli was formerly a vassal state of the Great Song, but now it relied on the more powerful Northern Di.

Naturally, they wanted to regain their sense of superiority through the Song People.

Waving his hand, he could not be bothered to pay attention to Li Chengwan and left together with Hua Chen.

Li Wancheng followed along the whole way, intending to escort them to their lodging.

After they left, the young man who had been questioned by Wulanba frowned.

This person was none other than Chai Wu.

After escaping that night, he had been hiding for over a month.

Although he had shaken off the Gaoli soldiers pursuing him, he had been discovered by a Gaoli merchant.

At the time, he was nearly starved to death, so he ate the flatbread given by the Gaoli merchant, and then he passed out.

When he woke up again, he appeared in Rang City, the royal capital of Gaoli.

Together with some other Song People, he was left for Gaoli officials to pick and choose.

Because he had a sturdy physique, he was chosen by Li Wancheng.

After being brought back, he had originally intended to escape, but after learning of Li Wancheng's status, he decided to stay.

The mission Yan Wang had entrusted to the Four Courts included the task of infiltrating Gaoli.

He had always been bold, and having this opportunity, he naturally wanted to give it a try.

What he had not expected was that he would uncover such an important piece of information so quickly.

The only pity was that he was all alone and had no way to transmit the information out.

"What should I do?" Chai Wu began to hesitate.

He could indeed escape, but he might not necessarily make it back to Yanzhou.

Moreover, once he escaped, he would lose this opportunity.

If he stayed, it would be of great benefit if he could establish contact with the Four Courts in the future.

From the conversation between the three, he learned that they intended to deal with the Black Shark Sea Bandits.

And the Black Shark Sea Bandits seemed to be a force secretly developed by His Highness Yan Wang.

If his guess was not wrong, the Warship they spoke of was the Warship that Yan Wang had ordered Chen Shou to build.

Thinking of this, his heart felt slightly more at ease.

Perhaps his worries were unnecessary; the Black Shark Sea Bandits, who could make the Northern Di and Wufeng Island treat them like a formidable enemy, would surely not be so easy to deal with.