It was undeniable that what appeared in front of him was far beyond Bai Song's expectations.
This seemingly ordinary Japanese woman is far more unusual than Bai Song imagined.
The sudden pressure from Donghuang Pavilion made Bai Song feel unprecedented pressure. This visit to Japan was different from any previous one. This was a business transaction, and Bai Song's behavior represented the Tang Dynasty and affected the relationship between the two countries.
If you want to get rid of the predicament of Donghuang Pavilion, you can't rely on yourself alone. Now Bai Song needs a very powerful ally, a real ally, and it is definitely not a verbal commitment like Miss Yoshiko.
Compared with Donghuang Pavilion, Bai Song believed in everything he saw before him. Although these pirates had attacked them before, the two forces had the same goals and compatible purposes. Thinking of this, Bai Song was even more convinced.
I hope to sit down and have a good chat with Miss Toka.
Bai Song looked at the dark sea and finally nodded: "It seems that I want to reconsider our relationship on behalf of Datang."
Miss Shixiang was very satisfied with this answer, raised the corners of her mouth, and whistled softly.
Then a sea blue flew out of the water village, hovered above Bai Song's head, and finally landed on Shi Xiang's shoulder. Then, a group of people came with a torch, and they communicated with Shi Xiang in Japanese dialect
, and then took Bai Song into the water village.
Because of Shixiang's appearance, the water village quickly became lively.
Bai Song observed along the way and found that Shi Xiang's status in the water village was very high. All the pirates looked respectful to Shi Xiang when they saw him, liked him but were in awe, and couldn't see any other way of admiring her beauty.
Arriving at a tent similar to a meeting hall, Shixiang led Bai Song: "Envoy, please don't be formal and sit down casually. I will introduce all the leaders of our camp to you later."
Bai Song nodded and sat down casually, and then Japanese people entered one after another, saluted Shixiang one after another, and then stepped aside silently.
When Bai Song arrived, the first thing he did was a welcome ceremony, with the freshest sea fish as a treat and many enthusiastic girls performing songs and dances.
Shixiang didn't mention anything about what happened last time at sea.
During the banquet, Bai Song kept wondering whether Miss Shixiang didn't mention it on purpose or she didn't know about it at all.
Since we are choosing to cooperate, there should be no barriers between the two parties, especially what happened last time. There must always be a clear result, otherwise it will become a hidden danger that affects the cooperation between the two parties.
During the most lively moment of the banquet, Bai Song took the opportunity of drinking to talk about the last incident: "Miss Shixiang, I think the incident last time should be settled. At least give me an explanation so that the whole thing can be settled."
A happy ending."
"What happened last time?" Shixiang was a little surprised. Apparently she didn't know what Bai Song meant by what she said. "What do you mean, sir..."
"Last time our caravan was attacked at sea. Not only did we lose more than 100,000 taels of goods, but we also lost some manpower. Doesn't Miss Toxiang know at all?"
"The last time we were attacked at sea?"
Bai Song looked into Shixiang's eyes, and it didn't look like he was pretending to be stupid.
Now that the words have been said here, Bai Song stopped hiding them and said directly: "The first day my team entered Japan, they encountered pirates at sea. If I guessed correctly, it was Miss Shixiang who caused all this.
His subordinates, right?"
Hearing this, Miss Shixiang finally understood. She frowned, raised her hand to stop the singing and dancing at the table, stood up, scanned the people in the tent, and asked in a low voice in Chinese: "Who can explain this to me?"
In the camp, the atmosphere suddenly became silent, and no one spoke for a while.
Shixiang continued to ask: "I said that any action at sea must be approved by me. Why didn't I receive news that someone was going to sea? Is it because I couldn't get the news if I wasn't in the water village? You don't treat me as the leader
Do you take it seriously?"
One person stood up and whispered: "I was the one who took people out to sea last time!"
The speaker suddenly appeared among the crowd. When Bai Song saw this face, some memories suddenly emerged in his heart.
On the night of the attack, it was this face that brought some to his cargo ship.
It seems that the real owner has finally appeared.
The other party took the initiative to admit it, but there was no fear or guilt on his face. Instead, he raised his head and looked arrogant.
"Hai Lang, you don't know the rules of the water village, right?" Shixiang half-squinted her eyes and faced her subordinates. She did not pretend to show weakness when facing Bai Song, "You violated the rules of the water village, you should know
What kind of punishment should be received?”
"Boss, I violated the rules, but we have no choice but to do so." The other party raised his head and responded very freely.
"You have no last resort? Tell me, what kind of last resort is it? You have no worries about food and clothing in the water village. You have followed me for so many years. How can I still treat you all wrong?"
"We don't have to worry about food and clothing in the water village, but the boss won't let everyone go out for activities after leaving the water village. How can we be pirates and not go to sea? Brothers are already bored in the water village. It's rare to have one at our doorstep.
Prey, I took my brothers out to sea just to stretch my shins."
"You want to go out to sea to plunder because you are feeling depressed?" Toh-hsiang's expression gradually turned cold, "Don't forget why I raised you?"
"For what? Is the boss still dreaming about overthrowing Donghuang Pavilion? That is unrealistic. We are just pirates, and we must do what pirates should do."
"How brave you are! You dare to talk back to me after I haven't seen you for a few days! Someone, drag this traitor down!"
In front of Bai Song, his subordinates openly contradicted him, which made Shi Xiang lose face. After scolding, several guards rushed into the camp. When several people approached the man called Sea Wolf, the other party suddenly shouted loudly.
: "Who dares?"
Several guards were frightened by the opponent's momentum and stopped in place.
Toh Xiang pointed at Sea Wolf: "What? You want to rebel?"
Tianlang knelt down on one knee to Toh Xiang: "I don't dare, I just don't want to see the boss dreaming about unrealistic dreams. We need to be more realistic. We can live a better life, so why should we die? The boss will go alone.
It’s okay to die, but we brothers are all innocent.”
"..." The fragrance made her chest rise and fall. People around her saw that something was not right and came to persuade her.
"Boss, Sea Wolf is also doing it for the good of our water village. He offended the boss on impulse."
"Sirius is right. We all want the boss to be well. In Japan, who can go against Donghuang Pavilion?"
"We are just pirates. We can't do bigger things. We are afraid of living up to the boss's expectations."
Faced with the self-destructive remarks of this group of brothers, Tohka was so angry that she didn't know what to say.
At this moment, Bai Song suddenly said: "Because you were born a pirate, you are willing to be a pirate all your life? In the Tang Dynasty on the other side of you, after thousands of years, how many of the founding emperors who completed the feat of changing dynasties were people of even lower status than you? They
You can go from having nothing to ruling the Tang Dynasty, but you Japanese men don't even have the courage to fight? You are not as good as a woman. What I saw today is really eye-opening!"
