The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 808 Anti-smuggling and Burmese Expedition (for subscription)
After Doron resigned and left, Louis XIV took a deep breath of fresh air, and couldn't help complaining in his heart.

How long has it been since Duolun took a shower? This body odor can kill people!
What Louis XIV didn't know was that Duo Lun also took a deep breath after leaving him.

Also complaining about how long Louis XIV hasn't showered...

Well, they dislike each other, but neither of them has the idea of ​​taking a bath.

……

The night is dark and windy!

The sea breeze blows away the dry heat in the air.

Although it is winter now, the climate in Nanyang is the same all year round.

Very hot!

A small island west of Malacca.

The two boats met on the east side of the island, and after torching each other for a while, they confirmed each other's identity.

Then, the two ships began to approach each other.

The bearded John looked at the group of people on the opposite boat and said.

"My dear friends, you are here at last!"

"Why are you always late every time?"

There was a lot of resentment in John's words.

On the opposite ship, the upper body was bare, and the muscular Huadaolang also spoke.

"John, you know that what we are doing now is a decapitation business."

"In case of being blocked by the court's patrol boats, the consequences will be unimaginable. For the sake of my own life, I must be safer."

The two ships came together, Huadaolang and John hugged each other, looking very enthusiastic.

But it only appears.

Because, while the two of them were embracing enthusiastically, the crew members on both sides of the two ships were holding weapons and looked cautious.

Huadaolang looked at John with piercing eyes, and asked.

"Did the goods come?"

John nodded.

"Don't worry, my dear friend, I brought them all, all of which are of good quality Indian tobacco soil."

As he spoke, John grinned, showing his big yellow teeth.

Huadaolang heard the words, nodded and said to the person behind him.

"Inspection!"

Not long after, the people behind him finished inspecting the goods and turned to Huadaolang.

"Master Hua, it has been inspected, and they are all high-quality goods with high purity!"

"Enough!"

Seeing this scene, John said.

"I brought the goods, where is the money?"

After Huadaolang heard this, he ordered someone to open a box at his feet without hesitation.

When the box was opened, there was no reflective gold and silver inside, but a stack of banknotes instead.

But seeing this scene, John became more and more happy.

"Haha, banknotes?"

"How did Brother Hua think of using banknotes for transactions this time? I mentioned to you a few times before that we can use banknotes for transactions, but you sternly refused."

Paper money is easy to carry, and for those who do decapitation business, it is more rare than gold and silver.

Huadaolang chuckled and said.

"Brother John asks so many questions, what do you do? Pay with one hand, and then deliver the song."

Hearing this, John nodded.

"Yes, yes, my friend, you are right. I really don't need to ask so many questions."

After inspecting the goods and banknotes respectively, the next thing is very simple.

The two parties paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, and then left separately.

This small, uninhabited island once again regained its absolute silence, with the cold moon shining, only the sound of waves beating against the rocks could be heard from time to time.

……

After getting the money, John and his party headed west quickly.

In the west, not far from the island, several large ships were waiting to meet them.

In the past few years since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, the trade volume between the East and the West has been expanding year by year, and the volume of transactions between the two sides has continued to rise.

However, in the ever-rising trade volume between the two sides, the increase is basically the sales of Daming.

Daming's trade surplus with the West is rising at a very fast rate every year.

A large amount of gold and silver produced in Europe, America, and Africa continued to flow into Ming Dynasty.

In order to reduce the trade deficit with Daming, Western countries are unable to reduce the trade volume.

They can only find ways to increase the types of goods they sell to Daming!

All kinds of goods produced in Europe are really not competitive in Ming Dynasty.

And smoked soil is the only commodity that these people can produce after careful consideration.

And because opium is strictly prohibited in Daming, they can only trade duck slices by smuggling.

John is a representative sent by a group of businessmen from England.

And Huadaolang and others who were doing business with them were actually a pirate and maritime merchant from the Nanyang region, doing smuggling business.

As the distance from the uninhabited island got farther and farther away, and the outline of the big ship faintly visible in the distance, the heart that John had been carrying was finally relaxed.

The boat he was in quickly approached the direction of the big boats, touching the thick stack of banknotes in his arms with one hand, John's face was full of intoxication.

Not long after, the boat that John was in drew close to the big boat.

Through the gangway lowered from the big ship, John quickly boarded the big ship. Just as he was on the deck, he couldn't help but speak.

"Guys, I'll..."

It's just that he was only halfway through when he was held in the head with a revolver.

Tian Tongcheng chuckled, and said to John in half-baked English.

"Congratulations on your arrest, Mr. John!"

The moment John was shot on the head, his first reaction was that someone wanted to black out.

But when he raised his head and saw clearly the Daming official robe on the person in front of him, John's heart sank immediately.

Because, if someone cheats, maybe we can still talk about it, and the big deal is to spend money to buy peace.

However, it was members of Daming's anti-smuggling team who attacked him now.

There is no way to talk about it!
Because, Daming's anti-smuggling team will not negotiate with them.

"This... this gentleman, is there any misunderstanding between us? We are just a group of ordinary businessmen, and have not violated Ming's laws..."

John wanted to die again.

Because he knows that in Daming, as long as they sell tobacco and soil, they will be sentenced to life-long labor reform if they are caught at the lowest level, and they can be beheaded or tortured at any time.

If it is the highest, you can even play a game of Nine Races.

And once something happened to him, he didn't know what he would be sentenced to, but his life would definitely not be saved.

Even if he is sentenced to Lingchi, it is not impossible!

As for saying that he is a foreigner...

Sorry, the current Ming Dynasty is not my Qing Dynasty. After committing a crime, the status of a foreigner will only be higher than that of the people of Ming Dynasty, and there will be no preferential treatment.

The current Ming court is quite tough when it comes to foreign affairs.

It seems that four big characters are written all over his body, if he refuses to accept it, he will do it!

When Tian Tongcheng heard the words, he glanced at Yang Yi in front of him disdainfully, and just curled his lips and said.

"John David, a native of London County, England, once served in the Royal Navy, from the officer to the first mate of a ship. After retiring, he became a maritime merchant and traveled back and forth on the east-west trade route several times..."

Tian Tongcheng directly narrated John's life, as if to say, I have already said this, so you still have to pretend to be confused?

When John heard this, the beard on his face began to tremble.

But in the end he spoke anyway.

"I... I plead guilty!"

Tian Tongcheng narrowed his eyes, waved his hand and ordered.

"Take it!"

John and his party were all taken down, and some people wanted to resist and were regarded as shot dead.

After all the people were secured, Tian Tongcheng ordered people to search the ships seized by them in a surprise attack.

After a while, someone reported.

"Director, there are results!"

"After searching, there were a total of 610 boxes of smoke and soil on these ships."

"However, according to the ledgers we seized, the original quantity of smoke and soil on these ships should be [-] boxes."

"In other words, more than 400 boxes of tobacco soil have been smuggled to the east of Malacca!"

When Tian Tongcheng heard this, his eyes narrowed, but he couldn't help being speechless in his heart.

One thousand and fifty boxes of smudges, calculated according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, from the captain to the sailors of these smuggling ships, none of them could survive.

The management is estimated to be sent to Tai Hospital to contribute to medical progress...

Moreover, the owners behind these ships may all be wanted by Daming!

As for international public opinion...

The current Daming doesn't care about this, he will do it if he says he will do it.

It's no use asking for mercy!

"What's going on with the Huadaolang group?"

Tian Tongcheng asked.

If the members of the anti-smuggling team want to check the smuggling, they must pay attention to one person's stolen goods.

It is impossible to only deal with John and other sellers, while letting go of Huadaolang and their buyers.

The team member who came to report answered.

"Still following!"

"The brothers over there are not in a hurry to act. The above means that they are going to put a long line to catch big fish, and find out the upper and lower lines of Huadaolang and others."

For things like smuggling tobacco, it is not difficult to get the goods into Daming territory.

The sea is so big and the sea area is so wide. In this age without radar, Daming's patrol boats can't see it at all.

As long as you are careful and avoid Daming's patrol boats, you can send the goods into the mainland of Daming.

The real trouble is bulk!

How to sell the goods brought into the mainland of Daming without any trace, this is the time to test the most connections and skills.

Therefore, the anti-smuggling team was not in a hurry to attack smugglers such as Huadaolang.

The purpose is to find out who is behind them!

Tian Tongcheng yawned, then spoke.

"Let the brethren get ready, pull the anchor and return!"

"It's almost Chinese New Year. We have settled such a big case this time. Once the reward from the imperial court is handed out, everyone can have a good New Year."

"..."

On the other side, Huadaolang and others also passed through the sentry post that Ming set up in Malacca in the dark, and then landed on a beach in the territory of the Yaqi Sultanate.

And unloaded the goods!
On the shore, there were already people waiting to pick them up.

With such a large amount of goods, if they want to leave from the port of Malacca, they will definitely not be able to escape the imperial court's interrogation.

But if they go by land, it is possible.

Daming's control over Malacca was actually not as strong as imagined.

Today's Ming Dynasty, at most, controls some important ports and fortresses, and builds cities and settlements near the ports.

It doesn't really go deep into the tropical rainforest of Malacca!
To some extent, the large sultanate near Daming and Malacca is only a suzerain-vassal relationship in name.

Daming can't actually control them!
This is because those sultanates recognized their religious beliefs in Ming Dynasty, and did not force them to convert or have to teach them.

Otherwise, in the past few years, Ming's main energy was on the local war, and there was really no way to do anything to these sultanates.

Of course, it wasn't that Da Ming couldn't beat them, but that it wasn't necessary.

The climate near Malacca is actually a tropical rainforest, which is hotter and humid than that in Luzon.

The people of Daming couldn't bear the climate around here at all, and it was impossible to immigrate here on a large scale.

That being the case, Ming only needs to control the Malacca waterway and ensure the smooth flow of trade routes with these sultanates.

There is really no need to destroy these sultanates!

No drive, no energy!
Huadaolang and others also opened up relationships with the dignitaries of the Yaqi Sultanate, and then they were able to smuggle contraband in large numbers to the east of Malacca.

After passing through the Sultanate of Aceh, the cargo continued eastward.

For the sake of insurance, these goods did not take the sea route of Nanyang, but landed from Siam, passed through the Indochina Peninsula, and transported to Guangxi and Guizhou.

Mountain transport across the border into the country!
Then, with the help of corrupted local officials, it was time to carry out bulk cargo.

……

In the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, the first month, the Great Court Meeting!
At the Great Court Meeting, there were bursts of ceremonies and music, and chime bells rang together.

Countless courtiers, Chinese and Chinese warriors, foreign envoys, and courtiers from feudal states are all bowing in the direction of Fengtian Hall and congratulating them.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the sun and the moon are hanging in the sky, and you will be blessed and healthy forever!"

"..."

Zhu Hongyu was very impressed by the scene of countless people bowing down neatly amidst the congratulations.

Looking at the foreign envoys and the envoys of the vassal states below who were kneeling to pay homage to the court, Zhu Hongyu's eyes were puzzled.

Today's Ming Dynasty may also be able to say that "Nine Heavens will open the palace, and all nations will worship the crown"?

The atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty should be nothing more than this!

But today's Daming is far from reaching its peak.

"No gift, flat!"

Zhu Hongyu said in a gentle voice.

After his words fell, in the square in front of Fengtian Hall, the crowd of people kneeling and congratulating all stood up one after another.

Zhu Hongyu looked around, and then began to read the first imperial edict of the new year.

The content of this first edict is to write to heaven and earth, asking for good weather and a good harvest in the coming year.

This is already an old habit!

After the edict, which was almost a sacrificial edict, was read, Zhu Hongyu gave the eunuch who was next to him a look.

The eunuch Shizhao took a step forward and spoke.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict said:"

"The destiny is permanent, and the rise and fall of the country is a law..."

"In the past, the Ming Dynasty fell into ruins, Emperor Zhaozong hunted in the south, and the emperor stayed in Myanmar, which really made Myanmar flourish and the mountains and rivers stand out."

"But the Burmese king recklessly disregarded loyalty, was inferior to animals, and didn't think about repaying Ming's continuous generous rewards to Myanmar for 200 years. He rebelled brazenly, and there was a curse!"

"As a result, the emperor fell into disaster, all officials were killed, the prestige of the celestial dynasty was lost, and the prestige of the Ming Dynasty was lost."

"Is it tolerable or unbearable!"

As soon as Shi Zhao eunuch said this, everyone in the venue was a little dazed.

Because everyone could hear the murderous intent from his tone.

Almost everyone's heart skipped a beat, Daming is going to fight Myanmar!
Judging from the wording of this call-to-action, it is estimated that Myanmar is going to completely destroy the country, not just a lesson.

Immediately afterwards, the eunuch's voice confirmed to them what they thought in their hearts.

"Now that I am serving the people of all nations, the treasury is full, the armor is complete, the soldiers are fine and food is sufficient, and the whole body is united. This is the opportunity to send out the king's army to win over the subjects, and conquer the barbarians to sweep the world!"

"Decree all the state capitals in the world, and all the vassal states at home and abroad, immediately prepare to send troops, go out to conquer Burma, and many other matters. There must be no mistakes."

"In this battle, the country must be destroyed, its species destroyed, its seedlings wiped out, and its ancestral temple destroyed!"

"To correct the world's audio-visual, to show the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Kin this!"

The moment the eunuch's voice fell, everyone realized that Myanmar was about to end!
This time Ming is serious, and really wants to completely destroy Myanmar!

Moreover, this imperial decree is not only for the civil servants and generals of Ming Dynasty, but also for all the vassal states in the world.

The meaning of the emperor is very clear!

I'm going to be the second-five boy who once stabbed the elder brother in the back, and all the younger brothers must come to help.

If you don't come, you have a guilty conscience, and you want to be a boy!

When the time comes, there is no need to say what will happen.

The moment Zhu Hongyu's words fell, all the civil and military officials of the court bowed down.

"My emperor is sage, and my minister obeys the order!"

Such as Houli Dynasty, Guangnan Kingdom, Champa Kingdom, Siam, Cambodia, Lancang Kingdom... and other envoys from countries on the southeast peninsula also bowed down one after another.

Even the envoys sent by the Tokugawa shogunate, who are now fighting the Manchus to death, bowed down!
Even the envoy sent by Wu Zhouguo of Wu Sangui bowed down and bowed down, saying that he obeyed the order.

Now they can only accept orders!
There is no other choice!

Otherwise, I believe Daming would not mind adding a few disobedient brothers to the list of conscripts.

Is it true that Daming needs the help of these vassal states to fight Burma?

Isn't that a joke?
With Ming's national strength and military power, let alone Burma, even if you want to sweep the entire East Asia, it's not a problem.

But now the Ming Dynasty wants to recruit soldiers and horses from all the vassal states in the world to fight, except to show the prestige of the celestial dynasty, to show the imperial edict issued by the emperor, and the prosperity of all nations.

The most fundamental purpose, to put it bluntly, is to kill chickens and monkeys.

Myanmar is the chicken that wants to be killed, while other kingdoms are monkeys that want to kill chickens.

Since it is necessary to kill chickens and monkeys, the monkey must be present.

Otherwise, from seeing the monkey killing the chicken to the chicken being killed, it was only a matter of Zhu Hongyu's thought.

……

The Great Court Meeting was over, and after the court dispersed, the envoys from various feudal states left the palace one after another, each preparing to send a message to the country.

He was going to pass the news of the Ming Dynasty's conquest of Myanmar and the recruitment of servants of the vassal army to his own king.

Let them prepare early in the country!
On the other hand, Daming also began to make great preparations for the Burmese attack.

Now that the emperor has made up his mind to conquer Burma, and read the imperial decree at the Great Court Assembly in front of the envoys from all nations, there is no room for change in this matter.

What they can do now is to cooperate with the emperor as much as possible and make preparations for the Burmese attack.

……

In Nanjing city, the embassy district!

Envoys from Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, France and other countries gathered in the British embassy.

The ambassadors all had dignified faces, and each of them had a gloomy expression, as if dripping water.

Logically speaking, what Daming wants to fight is Burma, so it should have nothing to do with them.

If you want to worry, you should worry about the Burmese!

But what you need to know is that in terms of the current territorial division of the ocean, although the Western countries have various internal struggles, they have very tacitly blocked Ming Dynasty to the east of Malacca.

Put an end to the possibility of Ming's forces penetrating and developing west of Malacca!

However, now Daming is going to attack Burma.

On the west side of Malacca, Myanmar has a large stretch of coastline.

Once the Ming Dynasty really destroyed Myanmar and swallowed Myanmar's territory.

Then their attempt to block the power of Ming Dynasty to the east of Malacca was completely defeated.

At that time, Ming Dynasty may even use Myanmar as a springboard to directly threaten India and expand its sphere of influence from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean.

That's what they're worried about!
Could it be that when the time comes, the Western countries will retreat again and shrink their sphere of influence to the front line of India?

Green, the British ambassador to Ming Dynasty, said.

"We must not sit back and watch the tentacles of the Ming people cross the Strait of Malacca!"

"We must unite and fight against the evil Ming people for freedom and democracy in Myanmar."

Green's meaning is very clear, to provide help to Myanmar.

Although they didn't have the guts to go straight out and do a fight with Daming, they still dared to secretly provide some support to Myanmar, sell a batch of arms to Myanmar, and provide some military officers to Myanmar.

The French ambassador on the side also spoke.

"I think if we can provide enough help to our Myanmar friends, Myanmar may become a muddy pond that hinders Ming's foreign expansion."

The French ambassador expressed support.

Although France and the United Kingdom are almost out of their minds in Europe, and they are feuds, this does not prevent them from advancing and retreating together in the East.

After all, in the face of such a behemoth as Ming Dynasty, these Western countries can only have a little say if they unite.

If they hadn't united, Daming's sphere of influence might have already expanded to the west of Malacca.

The Dutch and Portuguese envoys on the side also expressed their support.

The Dutch envoy spoke.

"We can provide some help to Myanmar, but we must not do it too obviously!"

"You know, the Ming country is our biggest trading partner in the east. Once we lose the friendship of the Ming country, it will not be a good thing for us."

What happened to Spain is an example.

Under the suppression of Ming Dynasty, Spain almost lost their entire share in the East-West trade.

Daming is the absolute ruler of the entire East. In the East, once he offends Daming, the end will never be good.

Portugal, which was concentrating on doing business and had no intention of fighting for hegemony, stood up and expressed its approval.

Portugal is a small country, and trade with the East can even account for a large part of their treasury revenue.

To some extent, Portugal is currently the European country that is least willing to offend Ming Dynasty.

Several ambassadors hurriedly finalized the matter of aiding Myanmar.

Then they began to prepare to exert their own influence to influence businessmen in their respective countries, preparing to sell a batch of arms to Myanmar urgently.

……

In the palace, Zhu Hongyu looked at the report handed over by Jin Yiwei, his expression was not very good.

Because Jin Yiwei heard about the plans of Western countries about Myanmar and reported the matter.

In addition to the spies arranged by Daming in various Western embassies, the source of the information also included informants from the ambassadors of Portugal and the Netherlands.

In other words, the Portuguese and Dutch ambassadors chose to stab the British and French in the back after discussing the matter.

As for the reason, it is easy to understand!

The reason why Britain and France wanted to block the power of Ming Dynasty to the east of Malacca was entirely out of consideration for hegemony.

The national power of Britain and France is profound, and they have ambitions for hegemony.

They have the idea of ​​colonizing India.

However, the Netherlands and Portugal did not.

Portugal is a small country, counting the whole of Europe, it is not his turn to stand up and fight for hegemony!

And the Netherlands is a pure merchant country, and the throne can even be bought with money, let alone other things.

In Europe, the current main conflict between Britain and the Netherlands is not actually a conflict between the two hegemonies, because the Netherlands is not prepared to fight for hegemony at all.

The fundamental contradiction between Britain and the Netherlands was entirely due to the envy of the interests of the Dutch sea coachmen, and the promulgation of the "Navigation Law" which greatly damaged the interests of Dutch merchants.

Therefore, there were several Anglo-Dutch wars before and after!

To put it bluntly, it was Britain who took the initiative to provoke and deceive people too much.

Compared with competing for hegemony, the Netherlands and Portugal are obviously more concerned about trade income. This whistleblowing is clearly intended to use Daming's hand to take a large part of the trade share of Britain and France.

In this regard, Zhu Hongyu is naturally happy to see the results.

For Daming, compared with powerful countries like Britain and France, countries like the Netherlands and Portugal that have no intention of striving for hegemony are obviously more pleasing to the eye.

They are also doing trade, who do they do with or not with?
Since the Netherlands and Portugal took the initiative to express their agreement to Da Ming, Zhu Hongyu would naturally express it.

Dang even ordered to increase a part of the trade share with the Netherlands and Portugal.

Of course, that's what he said, but Zhu Hongyu wouldn't make it too obvious.

It will only allow those chambers of commerce in Ming Dynasty to give priority to the Netherlands and Portugal when supplying goods, instead of directly cutting the trade volume between Britain and France.

To put it bluntly, that is, Zhu Hongyu does not want to completely tear himself apart with Western countries.

Now, many of Daming's annual economic growth comes from foreign trade.

Zhu Hongyu won't get stuck with money!
……

Four years after the restoration of Ming Dynasty, early February!

Almost a month after Zhu Hongyu's imperial decree was issued, the Burmese side finally received specific news.

Mangbai received the news when he was having fun with the beauty on the bed.

Just as Mangbai was panting and struggling to pull out the radish, a young eunuch ran in panting as well.

The little eunuch didn't care that Mang Bai was busy, and presented a stack of documents in front of Mang Bai with a face of panic, and said.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something has happened!"

"A big event has happened. The Son of Heaven is in this year's New Year's court. He issued an edict to attack me in Myanmar. Here is the call to action..."

Mangbai, whose cultivation was interrupted, wanted to get angry, but when he heard what the eunuch said, he forcibly suppressed his temper.

He took the call to action from the eunuch, opened it and read it.

The moment Mangbai saw Daming's campaign against Burma, he felt his eyes go dark, especially when he saw the murderous words of "destroy his past, destroy his species, exterminate his descendants, and destroy his ancestral temple" when.

It was dizzy for a while, and almost fell to the ground.

This is so...

He regretted a little bit that he had offended Daming to death when he launched the cursed water problem!

However, at the beginning, he never imagined that Daming, who was already completely cold, would be able to rise again when he came.

Isn't this the end of the calf? !

At the beginning, in order to please the Qing Dynasty, he resolutely launched the curse water disaster, and later handed over Yongli to the Qing Dynasty.

Now is the time for him to pay the price for his original choice!

His face was full of panic, and Mangbai didn't have the heart to continue pulling carrots with his concubine, so he ordered his personal eunuch with a gloomy expression.

"Quickly, go and see the adults in Chuan Dynasty!"

Mangbai eagerly wanted to summon his courtiers to discuss how to deal with the attack from Ming Dynasty.

Without making Mangbai wait long, a group of Burmese ministers arrived at the palace.

Looking around, Mangbai said.

"I tell you some bad news. At this year's New Year's Grand Court Meeting, the Son of Heaven announced that he will send troops to Burma, destroy our country, and exterminate our seedlings!"

"This is the call to action issued by the Son of Heaven. Let's all talk about it. How should we deal with it?"

As soon as Mangbai said these words, there was chaos underneath immediately visible to the naked eye.

All the civil and military ministers of Burma showed expressions of fear and panic.

"This... this, my God!"

"Da Ming is going to come for real this time, my Myanmar is over!"

"Your Majesty, why don't I take the initiative to plead guilty to Daming and ask Daming for leniency?"

"..."

One by one, the courtiers proposed.

It can be seen that they are very pessimistic in the face of the threat from Daming.

Mangbai: "..."

Mangbai suppressed the anger in his heart and spoke.

"Apology? Hehe, do you think it's useful to plead guilty?"

"Don't forget what we did during the disaster of the cursed water. It can be said that we have stepped on the majesty established by the Ming imperial family for more than 200 years of ruling the world."

"Do you think that such a thing can be turned over by asking for a crime?"

Taking a deep breath, Mangbai continued.

"Even if I, the king of Burma, go to Nanjing to plead guilty and let the emperor punish me, this matter will be difficult."

"The Ming Dynasty declared war on Burma this time, not only to avenge the curse, but also to make an example to the monkeys, and to use our heads to re-establish the majesty of the Celestial Dynasty."

"And the Ming court wants to re-establish the majesty of the celestial dynasty, the only way is to kill all the rebellious officials and thieves who have participated in the curse water disaster!"

"Can you understand?!"

(End of this chapter)