Mo An was successfully brought back to the capital of Zhuluo, Tanjavur. Mo An was completely retaliated without torture interrogation. This was not because Mo An was afraid of being tortured, but because his drug addiction occurred. Mo An begged the officials to interrogate him, cooked the remaining "anti medicine" he brought with him and took it.

The officials of Zhuluo Wangting took the opportunity to easily pry Mo An's mouth open, and Mo An poured beans into the bamboo tube and explained what he had experienced in the original form. Then the knowledgeable doctor of the Wangting identified the so-called "anti medicine", which was actually just the crushed foam of the poppy fruits dried and ground.

After hearing the summary of the case, King Karikara of Juro was so angry that he smoked. He immediately executed Mo An publicly in the palace square of Tanjavur. Then he appointed a new commander of the Third Fleet, and at the same time transferred the Fourth Fleet stationed at the mouth of the Indus from the west bank to the east bank to support the Third Fleet.

Anti-smuggling operations on the east coast have become increasingly dense. In previous years, as long as the maritime merchants left a certain range of Ceylon Island, they did not have to worry about the Juluo Navy. But now even if they entered the Andaman Sea, which is not far from Honshawarth, they may still be intercepted by the Juluo Empire Navy. If there is no road ticket, once they are captured, they will be punished to confiscate ships and cargo, and even their lives will be lost.

Although merchants value profit, they value risks more. The number of people walking this trade route suddenly decreased significantly. This directly affected the tax revenue of Shawardi Port in Liangguo.

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In the Shawadi Hong Kong Government Office, a group of local officials and tax collectors gathered. While listening to their stories, Zhuge Liang was flipping through some related documents and books.

At present, because the situation in Shawadi Port is stable and the garrison of Tenglong City is in charge to ensure the safety of Shawadi, Zhuge Liang moved the Myanmar capital to Mande City to develop the hinterland of Burma. This time, he came to Shawadi Port specifically for the sharp reduction in tax revenue to learn more about the details.

When these officials were almost finished speaking, Zhuge Liang gently closed the account book he was viewing, and then said to the officials: "So, the reason why my tax revenue was sharply reduced was because Mo An of the Zhuluo Navy was transferred to defense, and the later generals of the Zhuluo Navy strengthened the attack on the escaping Zhuluo road tax vendors?"

An official from Shawadi Port responded in time: "Report to Governor Zhuge. According to the news we just learned, Mo An was not transferred to the defense, but was arrested by King Zhuluo and had been executed."

Zhuge Liang silently said a few breaths and sighed: "So that's the case. It's all because of the incomplete consideration and shame to the king. Nowadays, this is not only a matter of sharp reduction in taxes in Myanmar, but also directly affects the taxes in Yizhou, Liang, and Liangzhou, because most of the goods in these two states come from the sea route of Myanmar. Our Liang State is different from other princes. Most of the taxes come from commercial taxes, which will shake the root of our Liang State!"

Everyone was shocked and said, "I didn't expect the situation to be so serious! Then Governor, what should we do now?"

This was a difficult problem for Zhuge Liang. He stood up, shaking the goose feather fan, and paced back and forth in the hall. He seemed to be talking to himself, and also explained to the officials: "For the sake of the present, we can only do the hard work. We will dispatch the maritime navy, defeat Zhu Luo's third fleet, and capture Andaman Island. This will solve our tax crisis."

Lin Tao, who has been promoted to commander of the navy, said in a puzzled tone: "But the governor, don't forget that the merchant ships from the West are not the multi-masted sailboats we own. If they want to reach Shawardi Port, or further east and south, they must use Ceylon as a transit, so even if the Juro people lose control of the Andaman Sea, they can intercept merchant ships in Ceylon."

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "General Lin said it right. But as long as the merchants have no risks, or the interests far outweigh the risks, they will be like mercury leaking the ground. These merchants will soon find that they do not have to pay the large amount of road purchases to the Zhuluo people. As long as they leave the island and avoid the patrol of nearby Zhuluo troops, they can safely deliver the goods to the east. Unless they..."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang stopped talking, and he immediately changed his words: "No, that kind of situation of hurting one thousand enemies and hurting oneself by eight hundred will not happen."

In fact, what Zhuge Liang wanted to say was that unless the Zhulu people completely blocked Ceylon Island and prohibited maritime merchants from transiting and replenishing supplies here, or the same heavy tax was imposed on ships arriving at Ceylon Island, regardless of whether they continued to sail to the east. Otherwise, the Zhulu people would not be able to intercept smuggled maritime merchants on Ceylon Island.

But in this way, the Zhuluo State will also lead to a sharp reduction in its tax revenue. And the losses are not necessarily less than that of the Liang State. It was based on this point that Zhuge Liang concluded that the Zhuluo people completely closed Ceylon Island was very unlikely.

The Grand Governor Zhuge Liang had made a decision immediately, and the whole country of Myanmar took action immediately. Although Lin Tao's navy was not directly under the jurisdiction of Myanmar, he believed that Feng Yu's order would be issued to Tenglong City soon, so that the navy would be temporarily dispatched by Zhuge Liang. Therefore, Lin Tao was also making active war preparations in Tenglong City.

In the winter of the 11th year of Jian'an, Myanmar was ready for various war preparations, and all key areas were under heavy garrison. Except for the dozen ships that the Navy regularly cruised to Daxizhou, the rest of the ships gathered in the military port of Tenglong City. These included nearly 100 ocean-masted sailing ships and more than 200 traditional Juro Gallery warships.

Those ocean-going multi-masted sailing ships were naturally produced by the Tenglong City system yard, but these Zhuluo-style sailing warships were all built by Zhuluo craftsmen. There was no need for Liang State, and it was impossible to go to Wu State or Wei State to summon craftsmen who could build Han-style ships.

Originally, Gantuli and Langya Xiu also wanted to send ships to join the Liang army's navy. Lin Tao thought about it again and again, but Lin Tao still refused them, but Lin Tao wrote a letter to allow them to harass the Zhu Luo army when they had the opportunity.

Feng Yu's edict also arrived as scheduled, and the second war between Liang State and Zhu Luo broke out. The fleet drove out of Tenglong City Military Port and headed straight to Andaman Island.

At this time, the Andaman Sea was clear and the water surface was as calm as a mirror. At dawn the next day, the sun rose, and the patrol ships of the Juro's Third Fleet sailed out of the port as usual to carry out patrol missions on the Andaman Sea.

Soon, a maritime patrol of the Third Fleet discovered two or three Zhuluo-style warships, which appeared on the sea level one after another. The Zhuluo army thought they were merchant ships, so they hurriedly surrounded each other.

These Zhuluo light boats were extremely fast, and they were less than dozens of battles away from the other side's fleet in a short while. The Zhuluo soldiers on the boat began to shout and ordered the ship to lean on for inspection.
Chapter completed!