Fortunately, the moonlight was bright. Sakamoto Nobuo, who had set off several hours earlier and changed horses along the way to reach Wangdong Port, arrived in Wangdong ahead of everyone else.

At this moment, the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) has passed, and it is now the hour of Yin (3-5 AM).

Nobuo Sakamoto wiped the sweat from his brow and waited respectfully in front of a mansion.

"Come in," the gatekeeper said casually, arms crossed, seemingly disregarding the Japanese minister. Sakamoto Nobuo smiled and nodded before following him into the residence.

After winding through several corridors, before even entering the inner hall, Nobuo Sakamoto heard the seductive laughter of a woman coming from inside.

Besides the woman's laughter, there was also a man's rough laughter. At the same time, the strong smell of alcohol wafted into Sakamoto Nobuo's nostrils. He lowered his head and, led by a soldier, stepped into the inner room.

On the wooden chair, leaning against the wall was a burly man with a bare upper body and a thick beard. Although he was sitting in the chair, he was about the same height as Nobuo Sakamoto, who was bending over. If he stood up, the burly man would be a head and a half taller than Nobuo Sakamoto.

The burly man's bare upper body was unusually fair, even more so than the woman nestled in his muscular arms.

Meanwhile, the burly man ignored Sakamoto Nobuo who had entered. He was thrusting his muscular arm into the woman's half-undressed clothes, stirring it around, which made the woman giggle.

The woman was from Japan and was petite. When she saw Nobuo Sakamoto enter, she immediately snuggled into the big man's arms, pulling her clothes up with her hands.

Just as Nobuo Sakamoto was about to speak, a groan of pain rang out.

The woman lifted her face from the big man's arms; the smile from a moment ago had vanished, replaced by a look of pain.

"Don't you dare touch anything!!"

A loud shout made Nobuo Sakamoto tremble.

The woman cried out in pain again. The burly man glared at her, spat in her face, and then threw her off the chair.

With a "bang".

The woman fell heavily to the ground. When she lifted her face, blood was streaming down her fair forehead. The white powder mixed with the bright red blood, making her face look somewhat terrifying.

The woman dared not cry out in pain again, but lay prostrate on the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably, clearly terrified of the big man.

"Here you go."

The burly man grabbed a glass of wine from the table, addressed the soldier beside him, and then downed the wine in one gulp.

The soldier immediately stepped forward and roughly grabbed the woman's hand, pulling her away from Nobuo Sakamoto.

Nobuo Sakamoto lowered his head, his fingers digging into his palm, and took a deep breath.

"Coming so late has ruined my enjoyment."

"I hope you're not here to tell me some trivial, insignificant thing."

"Otherwise, I will be very unhappy."

The burly man put down his wine cup, wiped his mouth, and glanced at Sakamoto Nobuo coldly.

Nobuo Sakamoto swallowed hard, looked up, and said:

"General Mosang, I have come here because of an extremely important matter, which concerns the entire country of Japan."

Upon hearing this, the burly man known as "Mosang" smirked and reached out to pick at his ear.

"Oh? It's both important and urgent, it must be something big."

"Tell me about it."

"What exactly is it that makes you so anxious?"

Nobuo Sakamoto said in a deep voice:

"The Yan people crossed the sea, and our navy was defeated by them!"

"They... were completely wiped out."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Sang raised an eyebrow and lowered his hand from beside his ear, a clear look of surprise on his face.

"Your navy was completely wiped out?"

“Yes,” Nobuo Sakamoto sighed. “In fact, I didn’t expect that we would lose in the naval battle, and be completely wiped out, especially since our navy has the weapons of Admiral Mosan and others…”

Before Nobuo Sakamoto could finish speaking, Mosang interrupted him:

"How is that possible?! What kind of navy does that Yan Kingdom have? Didn't you already defeat that so-called East China Navy?"

"Our weapons have been fully proven; they possess overwhelming firepower!"

"You must have been fighting recklessly, or you sank your own ship! That's why you couldn't defeat them at sea!"

"Apart from that, there is absolutely no possibility of losing!"

Nobuo Sakamoto shook his head and immediately replied, "No! Our navy has no problems whatsoever!"

"It was because the Yan Kingdom had more warships and far superior firepower that we lost."

"Our weapons are no match for theirs..."

Mo Sang flew into a rage, leaping up from his chair. Nobuo Sakamoto quickly took a step back, his face turning pale.

"How utterly incompetent!"

"The weapons we provided you were so excellent, yet you were defeated by the Yan people! I think it's because you didn't use those weapons properly!"

"If our navy were to engage in battle, without a doubt, it would be those Yan people who would be completely annihilated!"

Upon hearing this, Nobuo Sakamoto immediately responded.

"Yes, yes! General Mosang is right!"

"General Mosang, if you can go and defeat the Yan Kingdom's navy, that would be the best thing."

Mosang sat back down in his chair and said coldly:

"That's certainly possible."

"But there's no navy here. As you know, most of the ships that come here are merchant ships, with only a few warships."

Nobuo Sakamoto immediately replied, "The Taqi Kingdom is powerful and has a strong military. Sending a force here would be a piece of cake!"

Mo Sang stroked his thick beard and said calmly:

"The journey is long, and it will take an unknown amount of time to go and return."

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