For the sake of development, Masuda Shinta decided to turn a blind eye and not dig too deeply into the anomalies in Omori village.
This gave the people on the silver mine a chance to catch their breath and develop more quickly.
The Imperial Guards were the first to notice the change, because far fewer spies were entering the mountain.
They reported the matter to Kuang Ping and Jia Cong.
After a long silence, Jia Cong said, "Pan Yun's influence here is actually this great?"
The corners of Kuang Ping's mouth lifted. "Pan Yun may not be prominent within the country, but in Japan, Ryukyu, and even Korea, her prestige is immense."
Mainly because Pan Yun had made a big splash the moment she appeared.
Japan's tally trade permits were controlled by the Ouchi clan, whose maritime trade spread throughout East Asia.
The Ouchi clan had a naval force. Wherever their business went, their navy followed, and the Sea Pirates they recruited wandered along with them.
Whether it was the Ming Dynasty, Korea, Ryukyu, or the more distant Siam and Malacca, the wandering Sea Pirates all had a share belonging to the Ouchi clan.
When Pan Yun sought revenge, she went straight to the Ouchi clan. Not only did she force them to cede land and seaports, she also left Ouchi Norihito grievously wounded beyond recovery. How could her reputation not spread?
As far as Kuang Ping knew, there were even people along Korea's coast who had set up longevity tablets for Pan Yun.
Even though she had never met the people of Korea.
"Even the Ming Dynasty can no longer take her existence lightly, can it?" Kuang Ping said pointedly. "Doesn't Director Wang think highly of Daoist Priestess Pan? After learning that she had come to Japan, he wrote