Spies: …So you all know their identities, right?

Oh, there are still a few that are well hidden and not discovered.

They followed the crowd to look at their colleagues, their eyes calm, but they were thinking in their hearts: We hid so well, I wonder if we will get any reward?

Everyone slowly withdrew their gaze and looked at Pan Jun.

Pan Yun pretended not to know and continued, “If the imperial court accepts this one and a half ports, they will be handed over to the imperial court for management. Before they take over, the ports will be open to all Han people. All Ming people, regardless of their status before entering the port, bureaucrats, gentry, merchants, ordinary people, or pirates, can land in Japan through Nanao Port and Onsenzu Port.”

Pan Jun smiled slightly: “All fees will be halved.”

Everyone’s eyes flickered.

Someone quietly left and spread the news quickly.

Li Wenying took a deep breath, her expression was blank for two moments, and finally she decided to just give up.

Zhang Ziming: …

He didn’t want to care, but his last name was Zhang!

He pulled back the hand that was held by Alliance Leader Lin, and said with a sullen face: “Don’t pull me!”

Then he said to Pan Yun, “Before the people from the Navy Office arrive, sail the boat out.”

Pan Yun: “It’s not a good idea to drive out, right?”

Zhang Ziming: “Will you open it or not? If you don’t, I will expel you from the academy right now.”

“Okay, okay,” Pan Yun told Ah Xin and the others on the boat to prepare to sail, “But we need more people on board to prevent the boat from being robbed.”

Leader Lin immediately said: “I’ll arrange the people!”

Zhang Ziming also sent ten Taoist priests up there: “You can only come back after receiving my message.”

The remaining two boats did not move. Pan Yun said, “There are local specialties brought back by everyone on the boats.”

Chen Lan, who was hiding in the crowd, had a twinkle in his eyes and stepped forward with a smile: “Master Sanzhu, do you need any help to carry the goods aboard?”

Seeing him, Pan Jun glanced at the crowd and saw Chen Han, who was as silent as ever. She smiled and nodded, “I brought a lot of local specialties, so I do need some odd jobs. But the port is abandoned now, so there are no laborers to move things, right?”

“Chen still has some reputation in Quanzhou. If Taoist Pan trusts me, I will come to find him.”

Pan Yun smiled and nodded: “Thank you, Master Chen.”

Li Wenying urged, “Hurry up, people from the Navy Office will be here soon.”

The people from the Navy Office turned a blind eye. Of course, this was without knowing that Pan Yun had brought back three ships in total, one of which had fifty Japanese on board.

The officers and soldiers from the Navy Office pretended not to see the things that were constantly being unloaded from the ship.

They all knew that the people who came back this time went to Japan to seek revenge. They went on one ship and came back on two ships. Oh, that’s not right. Was the captain they took away like this?

They had already imagined a big battle in their minds. The ship they brought was destroyed, so they robbed two more ships back.

They were not interested in the cargo on the ship, they only asked: “Has the enemy been found and killed?”

Pan Yun nodded as a representative: “We found him and killed him.”

Gong Xia from the Navy Office was about to nod with a smile, but when he saw Xue Shao getting off the boat, his smile paused and he looked away, trying to pretend not to see him.

Xue Shao took the initiative to come over and greet Gong Xia: “Has General Gong been reinstated?”

Gong Xia: …

Pan Yun looked at Xue Shao curiously.

Xue Shao smiled and introduced to her: “Three months ago, I wrote a letter to impeach General Gong for dereliction of duty. Before we set out to sea, General Gong was punished to suspend his duties and reflect on himself. I didn’t expect that after more than a month, General Gong would come back again.”

The person behind Gong Xia whispered back: “Our general is now General Wu Lue.”

Xue Shao smiled and nodded: “So he was demoted, no wonder.”

Gong Xia turned around and glared at the person who spoke, then turned to Xue Shao with a cold face: “Censor Xue, do you still have the time to care about me now?”

Xue Shao flicked the dust off his sleeves and said lightly, “I just came back from an overseas business trip. It’s time to rest. I still have some free time.”

Gong Xia sneered: “You are the Jiangnan Inspector, not an official of the Honglu Temple. What does overseas have to do with you? You went to sea without permission, causing rebellions in Ninghua, Fujian and Yushan, Jiangxi, which could not be reported to the court in time. You are charged with deserting your post without permission. Do you still want a good ending?”

Xue Shao’s eyes narrowed slightly: “Rebellion?”

Pan Yun and the others heard a familiar place name and turned their heads together: “Yushan, Jiangxi? Yushan County?”

Gong Xia didn’t know the origins of Pan Yun and the others, but seeing that they were interested, she was willing to do her a favor, so she nodded and said, “Yes, because of floods and silver mining in Yushan, Jiangxi, some unruly people instigated a group of ignorant villagers to rebel and occupied the county government. The court is sending troops to suppress the rebellion.”

Pan Yun’s heart sank, and he and Miaozhen quickly glanced at each other, and then they both looked at Li Wenying.

Li Wenying sighed and said to her, “I was going to tell you this.”

Pan Yun nodded slightly to Xue Shao: “I have something else to do, goodbye.”

Xue Shao’s complexion had recovered and he nodded slightly: “Take care.”

Pan Yun’s heart tightened, and she had a bad feeling, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, she could only nod and say, “Take care.”

She left the unloading task to others, and the four nephews followed Li Wenying away.

Li Wenying was not a court official like Gong Xia. As soon as he avoided the crowd, he said, “At the end of June, you should have been inside Japan, so you didn’t know. There was a strong wind on the sea, and heavy rains in the Jiangnan area. The coastal Fujian and Zhejiang were the worst hit. In Jiangxi… mud dragons fell from the mountains in several places, especially in Yushan County. The Jinsha River surged and broke through the river bank. Huge rocks fell from the mountains… There are rumors among the people that the court was unkind and forced the mountain and water gods to be angry. A man named Bao Peng in Yushan County raised his arm and called for many people to respond. I heard that there were also villagers at the foot of Sanqing Mountain who participated. You should be mentally prepared.”

Pan Jun pursed her lips tightly, and her slightly hurried breathing revealed her restless heart: “Did my senior brother write to us?”

Li Wenying shook her head: “I asked the academy, but I didn’t receive any letter from Master Wang.”

Pan Yun turned and left.

Li Wenying stopped her and asked, “What are you going to do?”

“What can I do? Since there is no letter from the eldest brother, it means everything is fine. There are still goods I brought back on the ship. I will go and unload them.”

Li Wenying then put down her arms: “Just calm down. I was afraid you would rush back to Yushan County immediately.”

Pan Yun: “You think too much. I’m not that stupid. This is a matter between the imperial court and the rebels. What does it have to do with me?”

Li Wenying: “It’s great that you think so. Now let’s talk about the ship and people you brought back, as well as the silver mine.”

Pan Yun: “What’s there to talk about?”

Zhang Ziming, who had escaped, came over and said, “You made the matter of the silver mine and the seaport known to everyone. Are you trying to force the court to lift the maritime ban?”

Pan Yun looked at Li Wenying and said, “Look, everyone knows the truth, why do you pretend to be ignorant? Can’t you be as frank as Dean Zhang?”

Then Pan Yun answered Zhang Ziming honestly: “Yes. I want to lift the maritime ban. I have even prepared the ship.”

Zhang Ziming: …

Without waiting for him to speak, Pan Yun continued, “If Longhu Mountain wants to get a piece of the pie, it should act sooner rather than later. Given our relationship, the benefits will naturally go to our academy.”

Zhang Ziming had a lot to say but couldn’t say it out loud and had to hold it in.

Pan Yun walked past the two men and took Miao Zhen and the other two away.

Miao Zhen quickened his pace and whispered, “Uncle Junior Master, aren’t we going back?”

“Go back!” Pan Yun lowered his voice and said, “But you can’t go back like this.”

Her eyes were deep and her face was gloomy. “Big Brother didn’t write a letter. Either the matter is so minor that he doesn’t need us, or he doesn’t want us to go back and get involved.”

But since the incident happened in Yushan County, and Li Wenying even pointed out that several villages near Sanqing Mountain were involved, the situation is most likely the latter.

Given the status of Sanqing Mountain and the mountain temple, it is impossible for nearby villagers not to ask the mountain god for help when they encounter problems.

The eldest brother has always been kind and compassionate. Although he often says that we should follow nature and not forcibly interfere with human cause and effect, he will not stand by and watch suffering happen, especially when the matter affects the villagers they are familiar with.

Pan Yun said with a sullen face: “We have to go back, but we have to bring money back.”

Miaohe was puzzled: “Money?”

Pan Yun nodded solemnly: “Whether it’s a rebellion or a rebellion, it’s all about money. If you have money, you can solve 80% of the problems in this world.”

Tao Yanbai: “But where do we get so much money? What we earned in Japan was exchanged for fine iron and lacquerware. It will take some time to sell them. Sell them cheaply? Is there anyone who wants them?”

Miaozhen was also thinking, and suddenly looked at Pan Yun.

Pan Yun nodded at her and whispered, “Get ready. We will leave at night to get the treasure from the sea.”

Miao Zhen nodded repeatedly: “Master Junior, your injury…”

Pan Yun: “Okay.”

Miao Zhen: “That Yuanli…”

“Enough for us to fly over…” Pan Jun paused, thinking it would be difficult for them to fly back safely. Alas, healing consumes too much energy. If he had known earlier, he should have not healed all the injuries and saved more energy.

Pan Yun touched her stomach. The energy that was once full now was less than half left after all her injuries were healed.

Miao Zhen suggested: “Let’s find Ah Xin and ask them to take a boat to pick us up halfway.”

Pan Yun’s eyes flickered as he thought of Fujian, which had also been severely affected by the disaster, and Ninghua County, which was in rebellion.

She nodded and said, “I’ll contact Chen Wen. I’m a man of my word. I said I’d give him half, so I’ll give him half.”

The four disciples reappeared on the beach.

Quanzhou Port is bustling with activity.

The Chen family is indeed very prestigious here, and they can call nearly a hundred laborers with just a call.

They were unloading the things from the ship in an orderly manner, and the heroes were claiming their belongings.

This made the other heroes envious: “Not only did you not die this time, but you also made so much money?”

“Of course. Taoist Sanzhu said that he would protect our lives and share our happiness and wealth.”

Everyone looked at them with envy.

The heroes also asked about their situation: “Didn’t you go to Dongyang Island to suppress the bandits? How is the situation?”

“We did destroy quite a few pirates, and captured more than a dozen pirate leaders. We took them all to the government office, and we also took back a lot of money from the bandits, but we could only keep 20% and hand over 80% to the government office, which then subsidized the villages that were looted in recent years. The remaining 20% ​​was only enough to pay for a few meals of wine after we divided it equally, which was not worth mentioning.”

“It’s mainly because there are so many people participating, and 20% and 1% really isn’t much.” (End of this chapter)