Wang Yue had Ming Tai openly arrange for the cargo to be loaded onto the Wang family's ships. The crew members were all from the Wang family as well.
Ming Tai knew this too. After watching the cargo being loaded aboard, he didn't go with it to the Wang family's ships. Instead, he went to Wang Yue's ship.
When Wang Yue saw Ming Tai come aboard, he more or less guessed what Ming Lou and the others were planning. He immediately told Yu Manli to stay on his ship and not leave.
At first, Yu Manli didn't quite understand. But just as their ships were nearing Guangzhou, a large number of small boats suddenly appeared ahead of them. There were dozens in all.
Those small boats might have been no match for warships, but stopping slower cargo ships was easy.
Seeing this, Wang Yue immediately ordered his ship to speed up. He had no intention of confronting the small boats.
Wang Yue's German ships had all been modified, and they could travel very fast. The Wang family's ships, however, were different. They couldn't shake off the small boats that had been prepared in advance.
As a result, the Wang family's ships and their cargo inevitably came to a stop.
Once they were far away, Yu Manli looked back toward the ships that had been seized. She couldn't make out anything anymore, but still frowned and asked, "A Yue, we clearly have an escort. Why didn't we protect those cargo ships? Isn't it a little absurd to just let them be taken?"
If someone else had asked, Wang Yue would have said he was worried there might be another ambush nearby. After all, the question sounded a little accusatory.
But since Yu Manli was asking, Wang Yue knew she genuinely didn't