The detachment still set sail as planned and headed north. With the help of the wide sea surface and the southwest monsoon, the fully loaded ships quickly reached the highest speed of 12 knots. At this speed, it would not exceed eight days from Budai Port to Vladivostok. However, in fact, due to the backward navigation method, the fleet had to take many detours. After crossing the Tsushima Strait, the fleet officially entered the Sea of ​​Japan. The dispatched fleet began to approach the coastline, and advanced along the way according to the charts left by the last voyage. It continued to send small boats into the coastal coast of Korea, inquire about the location, and even hired several fishermen and merchants as guides.

"Big shopkeeper, look, that's Yuling Island. We have no errors in our course, and the two North Korean fishermen did not lie." Song Luofeng, the captain of the Golden Eagle, said proudly.

He was the village party of Song Laoqi, an old man who followed Li Mingxun to Taiwan. He also visited Nuergandosi last year. He was a navigation sailor on the Tiger Shark at that time and is now the captain of the Golden Eagle. Because of the urgency of time, after passing the Gyeongsang Road in North Korea, Song Luofeng proposed to cross the entire Sea of ​​Japan to avoid twists and turns north. With the temptation to reduce the three-day voyage, Li Mingxun chose to agree and finally discovered the landmark point that crossed the Sea of ​​Japan - Yuling Island.

"Just lay the anchor here. There seems to be a village community there, Song Luofeng. Take someone to check it out first to see if you can buy some firewood and vegetables." Li Mingxun said, pointing to a small village on Yuling Island.

As the order was issued, the sound of trumpets sounded on the three schooners. The sailors quickly lowered the spinnakers, mainmast sails and support sails, and a small boat equipped with a depth-shot hammer entered the cape side under the sailor's long driving, measuring the channel, and looking for a suitable berth. Although the water on this island and reef was not deep enough, and there were many reefs, fortunately, the draft of the three schooners was not deep and flexible, so they quickly landed and moored.

David had already arranged a post and each boat left enough sailors to guard. This navigator who had spent half his life on the sea knew how to protect his safety in unfamiliar waters. With him, Li Mingxun lost a lot of trouble, but Song Luofeng, who was heading to the village, brought bad news. The village was empty and there seemed to be no one living for a long time. The house was dilapidated and the well was blocked, so Li Mingxun had to let someone dismantle the building materials as fuel.

The sailors and soldiers who had been rushing on the sea for half a month were very excited after they came ashore. Although they were not allowed to stay away, they were still energetic and enjoyed the flat land and fresh air. The hot food helped their bodies recover quickly. This was the effect Li Mingxun wanted. Without knowing the current situation of Vladivostok, it would be better to lead a team of energetic soldiers to arrive than a tired army.

Kawaharada Hitoe walked barefoot among the reefs, searching for seafood in the afterglow of the setting sun. Whether it is shellfish, sea vegetables or sea fish that rushed up, he would throw it into his backpack. He dressed in a sackcloth and barefoot in his backpack, which was no different from ordinary Japanese farmers, but there were knives and ribs on his waist. This combination of samurai and farmers was a bit inconsistent, but it also complemented his current situation.

Judging from the name, Kaharada Hiroei, who is famous and surnamed, is a real samurai. His strong physique and tenacious character also show this. In the Warring States Period, his ancestors were once the guardian of a country. However, under the complex political situation in the late Warring States Period and the subsequent establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Kaharada family fell, lost their dominance over a country, and became a small land in the Kaga vassal.

Kawaharada Hoe was determined to restore his family's former glory, but it was not easy to do so when it was dawn in Japan and his ancestral land had become a shogunate leader. He used the convenient sea transportation conditions for the peninsula to trade in seas and smuggled North Korea by the way, but he never thought that the fleet robbed the pirates on Yuling Island and fell to such a level.

"I will definitely reshape the glory of the Kawaharada family." Kawaharada Hitoe appeared on the top of a reef with a heavy basket on his back, encouraging himself again.

Kawaharada Hiewe came to the side of the island with a basket full of aquatic products. This was a simple camp. The only little wealth he had left in the dilapidated tent was stored, and a raft was soaked in the sea water. This was prepared for him. After preparing food and drinking water, Kawaharada Hiewe would drive the raft to North Korea, and then return to the Nodon Peninsula with the help of his past partners.

"Maybe I have to make a fire today, otherwise I will be wet by the rain. If I catch a cold, Goro will not be able to see his father." Kawaharada Hiroemi muttered, but he was afraid that the pirates on the other side of the island would find that those pirates gathered due to the Tokugawa shogunate's sea ban were definitely not easy to mess with by robbing merchant ships in North Korea and Kaga.

While thinking, he suddenly heard the chaotic footsteps and yelling from the bamboo forest on the shore. Kaharada Hiewe carefully clamped the hilt and poked his head out to see that forty or fifty pirates were marching in cursing. Walking on the path, they were bleeding from the thorny calves. These people looked towards the sea from time to time. Kaharada Hiewewe followed the eyes of those people and found that there were seven or eight ships on the sea, which were commonly used paddle boats for pirates, and the two were moving in the same direction.

"Is it because of those boats in the afternoon?" Kawaharada Hitoe said to himself.

When he was picking up oysters in the afternoon, he saw three sea boats around the cape and approaching Yuling Island. The three ships were extremely strange and he had never seen them before. He could only be sure that they were not the same as the pirates. Now it seems that not only did he discover the three strange ships, but the pirates should also discover them, and their intentions were ill-behaved!

"Damn it!" Kawaharada Hitoe punched the reef and roared in a low voice.

"I should go and report the message, maybe help them avoid this disaster, they will take me back to Noidan, and maybe give me a reward." A voice was born in Kawaharada's head. The voice echoed and could not dissipate for a long time. He looked at the tent and the raft reluctantly. When he saw the samurai sword at his waist, he finally made up his mind to get into the tent, pick up the only money and dry food left, and quickly left.

The night was dark, and the full moon poured light on the sky. Kawaharada Hiewe hid among the weeds beside the road, looking at the road conditions ahead. Only Hai'ao on the hills nearby can moor large ships, and the road leading there was blocked. Hundreds of people gathered under a pine tree, some were boarding the boat, and more people gathered from a distance. Kawaharada Hiewe, who was hiding in the haystack, saw the face of the pirate leader in the dark. On the dark face, there was a wound that cut in the right eye and left cheek. The wound had just scabbed, like a centipede. It was the masterpiece of Kawaharada Hiewewe two months ago.
Chapter completed!