Chapter 30: Mo Yungao In Southern China

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Chapter 30: Mo Yungao In Southern China

Lets turn our attention back to China. Beihai Port in southern China was one of the most important ports for people traveling from the Gulf of Tonkin to Southeast Asia.

The weather there was very hot and humid. Mo Yungao had a very large mansion there that used to belong to the businessman, Ma Youbao, after the British opened the port (1). There were large manors, palm trees, and bananas, and the main building alone had more than sixty rooms.

The Ma residence hadnt been repaired for a long time. After the warlords melees, the Guangxi factions had fought each other many times in Beihai, causing the ships to stop sailing there. All the ships were turning to Xiamen, so fewer foreigners came, which meant that there were fewer monks who could repair such houses.

This kind of European-style Catholic mansion was very rare in Guixi. Mo Yungao had seen it when he first entered Beihai and chose it as his headquarters. He hadnt left since.

After a long time, a lot of the mansion keys had been lost. The housekeeper complained about it several times, which led Mo Yungao to think of Chen Xifeng. When he had taken over here, Chen Xifeng was the one archiving everything. If Chen Xifeng was still around, it wouldnt have been so troublesome.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

Chen Xifeng was an important person who helped him conquer Beihai and later planned out Beihais defense. As his lieutenant, Chen Xifeng helped him accumulate a very solid ruling foundation when he was still alive.

Unfortunately, he died on the ship that was heading back to Malacca three years ago. Although Chen Xifeng had kept his promise and brought back what Mo Yungao wanted, his body was already swollen when he returned.

Chen Xifeng had been killed by a man named Zhang Haiyan.

His surname is Zhang?

For some reason, Mo Yungao was particularly sensitive to this surname. As a result, he became extremely interested in the Southern Archives.

This incident was a huge reflection of the workings of fate. Zhang Haiyans naughty words were carefully recorded by Chen Xifeng and passed to Mo Yungao.

The series of events piled up, revealing a magnificent picture.

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TN Notes:

(1) Treaty ports were port cities in China that were opened to foreign trade mainly by the "unequal treaties" with the Western powers. Wiki link here