Yong Cang turned his head to look at Yang Ruxin and recounted the events that had occurred. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Yong Cang had partnered with Yang Ruxin on the Divine Sauce business, returned to prepare the shipping docks, and after the first batch arrived in Wa Country, the few thousand pounds of Divine Sauce were split up in just a few days. He knew he had made the right move, so he quickly acquired specialties from Wa Country and prepared to sail back.

Unexpectedly, the Emperor of Wa Country secretly contacted the members of the Toyotomi Family.

Although Yong Cang, as the Young Master of the Toyotomi Family, did not reveal his identity, he immediately understood the Emperor’s intentions. The Emperor wanted to seize power, no longer wishing to be a puppet, and sought to form an alliance to overthrow the Tokugawa Family.

After careful consideration, Yong Cang agreed to cooperate with the Emperor.

However, the Tokugawa Family had been in power for many years and had formidable strength. With only the current strength of the Emperor and the Toyotomi Family, there was no way to shake the Tokugawa Family. At least in terms of manpower, they were at a disadvantage, so they decided to seek support from the nearest ally, the Great Xuan Dynasty.

The Great Xuan Dynasty was the strongest of the surrounding countries, and crucially, it had warships.

Yong Cang quickly returned to Daxuan, wanting to contact the forces he had cultivated there and also to seek aid from the Xuan Emperor.

Things were fine in Wa Country, but soon after entering Daxuan, he was ambushed.

"Was your identity exposed? Or is there a mole?"

Yong Cang shook his head, "They probably don’t know my specific identity, and only took me for someone associated with the Emperor. As for a mole... someone from the Emperor’s side must have leaked information."

"You trust your people that much?" Yang Ruxin raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Of course," Yong Cang smiled. "If anyone on my side wanted to betray me, I’d be dead already."

Yang Ruxin shrugged, "Makes sense."

"But I’m worried about Shi Tian and Naihe." Yong Cang suddenly showed a sorrowful expression, "They were the ones who lured the attackers away, allowing me to escape. They’re likely in grave danger."

"Don’t think about it now. Focus on recovering," Yang Ruxin stood up. "Your injuries are quite severe, and although my medicine is good, it’ll take at least a month for complete recovery."

"I’ll be troubling you then."

"Just remember to pay in silver," Yang Ruxin smiled. "My medicine is priceless, but I’ll give you a discount."

Yong Cang couldn’t help but laugh and nodded, "Don’t worry. Once I’m healed and my people arrive, I won’t default on payment."

"If you need anything, just call Butler Miao. He will keep track."

"Alright." Yong Cang nodded, "However, I have a shipment in Quanzhou. Could you send someone to handle it for me?"

"Sure," Yang Ruxin agreed, "I need to take a twenty percent cut."

"Deal," Yong Cang nodded, then lifted a shell-carved ring from his neck, "This is the token."

Miao Jian stepped forward to take it and handed it to Yang Ruxin.

Yang Ruxin accepted it and looked it over briefly, "Rest assured, I’ll make sure it fetches a good price." With that, he rose, "You should rest now."

Upon leaving the courtyard, Yang Ruxin immediately called over Du Chengxiu and handed him the token, "You should head over in advance and meet with Brother Yunpeng. I don’t trust anyone else with this task. Aunt Ye will stay for now. After Du Man has her child, she’ll go over. It just means you’ll have to live apart for a while."