Chapter 285: Secret Intelligence
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“You sons of bitches! Brothers, board the ships! Let’s sail to Japan and avenge our families!”
“Revenge!”
“Revenge!”
“Revenge!”
Angry shouts echoed across Yutai Village as Yue Yun gently laid down his mother’s body and rushed toward the galleon.
“Stop!” Xiao Ming shouted sharply.
Yue Yun froze in place, his eyes bloodshot as he turned to Xiao Ming. “Your Highness, you saw what these wokou did to us. Are you saying we should endure this? Shouldn’t we avenge our families and make the wokou pay in blood?”
“We should! But not now,” Xiao Ming said, walking toward Yue Yun. “These three galleons represent a year’s worth of accumulation for Qingzhou. You are the hope of the Qingzhou navy. Of course I also dream of feasting on barbarian flesh and drinking Xiongnu blood in victory, but right now we are too weak. We can’t afford to squander what little we have. Trust me, give me a few more years, and I promise—I will lead you to land on Japanese shores and make them pay their blood debts!”
Yue Yun’s heart ached terribly. His father had been killed by wokou when he was just a child. Now his mother had fallen at their hands too. The hatred burning inside him was almost uncontrollable.
But he understood Xiao Ming was right. They were the foundation of the Qingzhou navy. If they returned successfully, their sailing skills would be passed down through generations—they were the seeds of the navy’s future.
Thinking of this, Yue Yun forcefully suppressed his rage. For the sake of Qingzhou, for the sake of Xiao Ming’s promise, he said, “Your Highness, I believe you!”