Two coastal towns were raided by Ronin from Japan, who stole a lot of valuables and, of course, killed many people in the process.
After Xiang Wei finished talking to Yueyao, she furrowed her brows tightly. She had predicted that the pirates wouldn't be peaceful, but didn't anticipate that the Japanese would emerge first. What worried Xiang Wei most was if there really was a drought in Jiangnan, even the nearby small vassal states might become restless.
Yueyao also foresaw unrest along the coast, but did not expect Japan to take the opportunity to cause trouble: "Back then, Emperor Yingzong almost wiped them out, could it be they weren't frightened enough?" Emperor Yingzong seemed to have a deep-seated hatred for Japan; after the navy grew stronger, he dispatched troops to destroy Japan's stronghold, directly turning Japan into a vassal state of the Great Yuan Dynasty.
