The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Hero: "Are we going to set off again and cross two counties to return to that small seaport?"

"Then why come to Omori Township? Just for these two plots of land? It would be better to go back from Yumi City and save one-third of the journey."

Being on the road all the time, no matter how good their martial arts skills are or how energetic they are, they will get tired.

Pan Yun said: "We won't go back to the small port. We will go directly to Onsenzu Town, take a boat from Onsenzu Town to Nanao Port, and then set off for home from Nanao Port."

Pan Yun dropped a bomb lightly: "Nanao Port belongs to us now."

The heroes were confused and asked, "Does it belong to us?"

Pan Yun nodded: "Yes, Ouchi Norihiro compensated us for the port, and in addition, there are three ships. I just agreed to give Masuda Shinta a ship in exchange for them building the Onsenzumachi Port, and we will get the operating rights of half of the port."

Heroes: ...

After a long while, the heroes finally found their voices: "I, are we going to stay in Japan forever?"

"I don't want it—" a hero screamed, "A place where even birds don't shit, where we don't know the language, where we don't understand the customs, what are we doing here?"

"That's right. We are only here for revenge. After revenge, we will go home. What's the use of the port here?"

"Master Pan, although we respect you, you can't force us to do maritime trade with you, right? Smuggling maritime trade is illegal!"

"That's right. We went out to sea for revenge. After we've taken our revenge and gained credit, we'll go back. If we cooperate with the Japanese to build a seaport now, wouldn't that mean we're pirates?"

"From revenge for justice to crime, I will never do such a thing!"

"I won't do it either!"

"My wife and children are waiting for me at home. I don't want to stay here!"

Pan Jun raised his hand to suppress their voices and said calmly: "Why are you in such a hurry? I'm not forcing you to stay here. I just wanted to tell you."

Pan Yun said: "This one and a half harbors are neither yours nor mine. First, you are not capable of managing the harbor; second, I don't have the time and energy to manage it..."

"Then what do you want to do with the port? Sell it and make money?"

Pan Yun: "That's a good idea. I'll make an offer with the court. If I'm lucky enough to sell it at a high price, I'll give you some. After all, we've been on the same path and suffered the same hardships..."

The heroes were incredulous: "To the court?"

"Yes," Pan Yun said, "This is exactly what I want to say. If we want to solve the problem of Japanese pirates once and for all, we can't just defend the coastline of Ming Dynasty. In my opinion, we can start from Japan."

"But..." The heroes hesitated and said, "Although there are many Japanese pirates and they are very bad, in fact, more than half of the Japanese pirates who invaded the Ming Dynasty were Han people in disguise. Even if we move the battlefield to the coastline of Japan, we can't stop so many Japanese pirates from going to sea. Even if we can stop them, there are still more than half of the pirates on the sea."

"And they are stationed in Japan... can our soldiers go ashore?"

"That's not difficult. The port is ours. We can just let the navy disguise themselves as merchant ships and go ashore."

"But after landing, the soldiers are stationed here. It's so far away from the Ming Dynasty. The court cannot command them. It is difficult to provide support in case of danger. There are even problems with the supply of food, fodder and weapons..."

"But I think Master Pan's idea is good. Defense is not as good as offense. Instead of waiting for the Japanese pirates to invade the Ming Dynasty, it is better for our Ming soldiers to come over."

"It's not a gentleman's duty. After all, it's only a small number of Japanese who are harassing the Ming Dynasty. Those ronin are causing trouble everywhere in Japan, acting as bandits and thieves, and they don't just rob the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"The people of Quanzhou and Fuzhou are almost being robbed, what morality are you still talking about?"

The heroes instantly split into two factions and started quarreling. The quarrel became louder and louder, and two of them even rolled up their sleeves.

Pan Yun coughed heavily. Seeing that they still didn't stop and were getting more and more excited, he shouted, "Enough!"

Everyone fell silent and turned to look at her.

Pan Jun stood in the middle of the yard, holding her waist, with a black cat squatting on her shoulder. She said with a sullen face, "I haven't finished what I said yet. The reason why I want this one and a half ports, in addition to fighting against Japanese pirates, is that I also want to lift the sea ban and transport sea trade..." "Master Pan," Gao Zhiming couldn't help but interrupted, "This is a national event. We are just poor people who have made their way to the world. Can our words have any effect on this matter?"

Pan Yun simply pointed to the mountain path not far away and asked: "Do you see it?"

Everyone looked over the courtyard wall, but couldn't see anything even with their eyes wide open.

They asked hesitantly, "Mountain?"

"Yes, Silver Mountain," Pan Yun said, "It is a silver mine. As long as it can be mined and there are enough people, one million taels of silver can be refined in a year."

Silence!

Deathly silence!

After a while, Zhang Weiyi, who had been silent all this time, spoke up: "One million taels?"

Pan Yun nodded: "Yes."

Xue Hua: "How can you be so sure?"

Pan Yun: "I calculated it!"

The heroes were confused: "Does it count?"

The Taoists believed it immediately.

Zhang Weiyi and Xue Hua said seriously: "No wonder you asked us to enclose such a large piece of land on the mountain."

The heroes: "No, you believe it now?"

Zhang Weiyi: "Junior Sister Pan's divination class is good."

Xue Hua glanced at the calm Miao Zhen and said, "Junior Sister Miao Zhen's is not bad either."

The heroes: "…Are the Taoists crazy, or are we crazy?"

Pan Jun jokingly asked, "Is it possible that everyone is not crazy and this is true?"

Gao Zhiming sat on the ground next to Zhang Weiliang, Song Xuan also sat down next to him, and the heroes all sat down...

Gao Zhiming paused for a while before saying, "No, it's just one million taels of silver. We haven't seen so much money before, so why should we be surprised? Isn't it just a number?"

As soon as these words came out, the heroes immediately came to their senses and looked up at Pan Yun: "So..."

The sun was now setting in the west, right behind her, with half of her face in the sun and the other half in shadow.

Looking at her half-bright and half-dark face, the heroes were instantly speechless.

Those who can come here may not be very smart, but they are definitely not too stupid, so everyone instantly understood what Pan Jun wanted to do.

Zhang Weiyi is smarter, knows more, and thinks more: "So Aunt Zhang Li is looking for treasure everywhere... to attract their attention?"

Pan Jun raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "The real treasure is here."

"But..." Song Xuan looked at this and that, and asked in a low voice: "Why did Taoist Pan tell us such a confidential matter? What if the news leaked out and Japan started mining ahead of time..."

Pan Jun raised his eyebrows and said, "Then take it back!"

She did this not just to mine silver, but to draw the attention of the court and make them take the initiative to defend themselves.

And offense is the best defense! (End of this chapter)