Chapter 408 The Troublemaker

"I thought you would call me Aunt Audrey!"

Although the two ships were at least a dozen feet apart, Qin Mo could still clearly sense Audrey's displeasure through the subtle accusatory tone in her voice.

"Hehe! That depends on what someone wants!"

Qin Mo's voice was very soft, but every word was clearly audible even from a distance of several dozen feet, allowing Audrey to hear it perfectly.

Qin Mo's impeccable royal bearing captivated the group of mermaid girls, who stared at her without blinking. Unbeknownst to them, Qin Mo was inwardly furious: "Trying to act like an elder to me? Do you even deserve it? If I'm happy, I'll call you grandma; if I'm not, even Shia won't help!"

The two ships sailed side by side, the two men staring at each other silently. No one spoke, and an unusual silence remained.

Finally, Audrey spoke first: "Your Highness Qin Mo, who is the woman beside you? She seems to be surrounded by a group of old friends!"

Qin Mo glanced at Amanda beside her and was about to speak when the latter spoke first: "I am Duke Amanda of Britain, a follower of His Highness Qin Mo!"

Audrey's expression hardened, and she said in a deep voice, "Are you Amanda from Windsor Castle?"

"Now Amanda is a high-ranking official!"

Audrey's lips curled into a mocking smile as she chuckled, "Amanda from Dayuan? Are you sure the people of Dayuan can accept a vampire like you?"

Amanda's previously indifferent face suddenly turned fierce, and two sharp fangs were revealed on her lips.

A strong hand pressed down on her shoulder, suppressing the anger within her.

Qin Mo looked at the two stunningly beautiful women who seemed to be sparking a connection, and said in a very formulaic way, "The Great Xia Dynasty allows vampires to open shops within its borders, and the Great Yuan Dynasty also welcomes vampires and sea creatures to come and exchange ideas and do business with us. So... Your Excellency Audrey, please believe in the Great Yuan Dynasty's sincerity in cooperating with you all, okay?"

Audrey gave Qin Mo a deep look, then turned and walked into the cabin, while the group of beautiful mermaid girls quietly disappeared.

They already knew Qin Mo's identity, so they all abandoned their previous little schemes, knowing that Queen Shia was not a person with a good temper.

"Salia, return to Hania immediately and tell Lady Debbie about the vampires' contact with the Grand Minister." On the sea creature's ship, Audrey whispered the instructions to a red-haired mermaid girl.

But the red-haired mermaid girl was clearly unwilling; she hadn't responded for a long time and just stood there motionless.

“Salia, this matter is very important. You should know the importance of our marriage alliance with the Grand Minister. But now there may be a troublemaker. We must let Lady Debbie know.”

Audrey was furious, but she couldn't overly blame or punish Salia, because the current mermaid royal family was a collection of mermaid branches from various sea areas after the emergence of the sea race. Salia wasn't her direct subordinate, and being too harsh on them would affect the unity of the sea race royal court.

“The Fountain of Life!” Salia finally managed to utter.

"What?"

"I want one more drop from the Fountain of Life!"

"Sure, I'll give it to you when you get back to Taiyuan!"

Although Audrey was very distressed, she still agreed to Salia's request. Now that the sea creatures had a new emperor, the Fountain of Life no longer relied entirely on the legacy of their ancestors, and finally had some surplus.

She understood Salia's feelings. These mermaids couldn't wait to reach the capital tomorrow, choose a partner the day after, and awaken their ancestral bloodline the day after that.

All of this is because of something that happened last month.

A few months ago, the Great Xia sent thirty young elves to Hania to "have friendly exchanges" with the girls of the mermaid royal family. Because the elves' appearance was quite in line with the mermaid girls' aesthetic standards, after two months, more than a dozen mermaid girls and elf boys hit it off and became partners.

Then, on a night with a full moon in the sky, the sea tribe had its second awakened mermaid girl in over a hundred years. Although she only had ordinary royal blood, the entire sea tribe royal court celebrated for three days and three nights.

Several sea tribe leaders who were initially somewhat resistant to the marriage alliance with Da Yuan immediately changed their attitude. That very night, they used Audrey and Debbie's back door to insert their outstanding "young geniuses" into the "delegation" that came to Da Yuan for exchanges.

The Jia 602 entered the military pier of Singapore Port, while the sea creature "exchange group" that followed was led to the civilian VIP pier.

"Your Highness Qin Mo, is this also a place you jointly govern with the other sultans?"

Singapore's port was clearly larger than Malacca's, with several large wharves strategically distributed throughout the port area. Dozens of piers were filled with various cargo ships and warships, leaving Amanda mesmerized. She had resolved not to show her surprise again, but this time she couldn't help but ask.

"No, this entire island belongs to me. It's my transit port in this area, and most of the cargo ships are managed by the Development Authority here."

Qin Mo is now very glad that she made that decision. As the military and political center of the Tai-Kaohsiung in Southeast Asia, Singapore Port was only open to Tai-Kaohsiung ships. Tai-Kaohsiung's "companies" would also send people to Singapore Port. They would discuss how to allocate the market reasonably so as to obtain the greatest profits.

The Nanyang Fleet in Singapore's port became a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all the indigenous people of Southeast Asia. Anyone who harmed the interests of the Taiyuan caravan would face destruction.

It can be said that as long as Singapore Port exists and the Nanyang Fleet exists, Tai-Yuan is the de facto ruler of this sea area.

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