Chapter 1335: Side Story: Having the Whole World in View (12)
Little Lion and Tiger Head rushed to Guangzhou at full speed and arrived almost on the same day as the official document.
The news that King Rong had ordered the navy to send troops instantly spread throughout Guangzhou.
The merchants in Guangzhou immediately burst into tears, feeling extremely grateful to King Rong.
They had already set a delivery time with the merchants in the west. Since the pirates in the Indian Ocean were rampant at this moment, their delivery would definitely be hijacked. At that time, they would probably lose both their lives and goods. On the other hand, if they did not deliver the goods, not only would they lose a business deal, but they would also have to pay a high penalty for breaching the contract.
Merchants loved money, but they also cherished their lives. Over the past few days, there were still merchants who took the risk to venture into the sea, but most of them stayed in Guangzhou, hoping to find a way to achieve both.
It wasn’t that no one had designs on the navy, but the Indian Ocean was too far from Guangzhou. If the navy wanted to mobilize, they had to have the signature of the Ministry of War. Otherwise, it would be a capital offense to mobilize troops privately.
Qi Haoran’s order made the merchants overjoyed. The price of the escort was clearly listed on it. Even though it was expensive, it wasn’t that costly once they considered the bribe they had planned to bribe the navy to send troops privately prior to this order.
The merchants who wanted to go out to sea sent the silver to the navy government office without blinking.
The navy soldiers were also very happy.
The assistant commander had said that all the soldiers who went to war would be given a share of the money. If they died in battle, this money would be sent to their families with the compensation. Using the name of King Rong, Zhou Shen guaranteed that the money would be delivered to their family.
Hearing this, the soldiers had nothing to worry about.
The soldiers who were originally resistant and unwilling to participate in the battle immediately thought of ways to transfer to the vanguard camp.