884 Opening up a New Trade Route (1/2)

Chapter 884 – Opening up a New Trade Route

The 60 thousand pirates that had made their way into Friendship City could not even last past the afternoon before they all surrendered.

During this battle, close to 30 thousand pirates were buried within the city. After the battle, the entire outer city was in tatters, corpses were strewn all over, and a thick blood stench spread through the streets and alleys. Even with the ocean breeze blowing, the smell still lingered.

Friendship City Mayor Gu Xiuwen took responsibility of clearing the city and calming down the people. He organized the extinguishing of the fires and calculated personnel and financial loss. Everything was done in an orderly manner.

The uneasy peoples' sentiment had slowly calmed down.

In the manor, Ouyang Shuo was not happy despite the victory. First, they had only crushed pirates in the battle, and it was not something to be proud of. Secondly, Farrah had escaped once more. Thirdly, there was a huge scheme behind all of this; it was like a hand was controlling everything.

It was not a coincidence that Friendship City was attacked.

Although they forced back the pirates, this was a huge hit to the reputation of the capital of trade and the voyage trade route.

Along with the news spreading out, such negativity would spread around, and it would be hard to remove in a short while.

Think about it. If a territory could be attacked by pirates at any moment, would anyone dare to get their resources here? Facing such a chaotic trade route, how many merchants would dare to use it?

The answer was obvious.

The target of this sneak attack was obviously the trading roots of the Great Xia Dynasty.

That afternoon, Black Snake teleported over from Rabat and arrived at Friendship City. The order from Ouyang Shuo was simple, ”Investigate who else participated in this.”

Based on his intuition, Ouyang Shuo felt that Somalia had someone helping Farrah.

”Yes my king!”

Black Snake did not dare to take this matter lightly, and he immediately gathered all his resources. He started with interrogating the pirates to try to find out who was the person behind this attack.

The second leader naturally became the heavy focus.

Only Ouyang Shuo knew that Farrah was the key person in the pirate organization, their spirit.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo ordered the Atlantic Squadron to arrange their 4th and 5th divisions to rush back to the Gulf of Aden to capture Farrah.

Only by taking down Farrah and totally wiping out the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization could he save the lost reputation of Friendship City and protect the prosperity of the trade route.

This time, Ouyang Shuo would not let him go.

Within the City Lord's Manor, just as Ouyang Shuo was thinking about the Gulf of Aden matters, Xu Chu reported, ”My king, the Major General of the Garrison Division would like to meet you.”

When Ouyang Shuo heard that, his brows jumped, and he said angrily, ”He still has the face to see me? Send my orders, there's no need to. Capture him and let the Military Law Division deal with him.”

During this battle, the Garrison Division had the geographical advantage and a city to defend. However, facing the attacks of 60 thousand pirates, they lost the outer city in just three hours.

Although the pirates were strong, the Garrison Division was too relaxed daily and the commanding was poor. If it were another Garrison Division, this would not have happened.

Under such circumstances, how could Ouyang Shuo not be furious?

”Yes my king!”

Xu Chu had rarely seen the king so furious, so he did not dare say more. He only felt empathy for the Major General. It was good if he did not come to greet the king. In such a case, the king might have given him chance. However, he had sent himself over, so no one could help him.

Due to the poor performance of the Friendship City Garrison Division, Ouyang Shuo thought about the other Garrison Divisions.

'It seems like the Privy Court needs to have a huge test for all the Garrison Divisions.' Ouyang Shuo thought to himself. Poor military standards were the biggest worry of a dynasty.

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That night, Ouyang Shuo personally held a feast in the manor to welcome the merchants in Friendship City.

Being invited by the Xia King was a great fortune for the merchants.

Ouyang Shuo naturally did this to calm down the merchants. He wanted to try and lower the impact of the attacks on Friendship City trade. Originally, Gu Xiuwen could have done it, but there was a difference between him and Ouyang Shuo coming out.

In the huge banquet hall, Ouyang Shuo raised his cup, and the entire hall instantly quietened down. Ouyang Shuo looked around at the merchants, ”The Imperial Court will not let this matter rest. The Atlantic Squadron has already set off and will reach the Gulf of Aden soon to destroy the pirates.”

”Xia King is wise!”

The merchants rejoiced. They often traveled through the Mediterranean, so they had learned of the name of the Atlantic Squadron. With this squadron, the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization would definitely fall.