So after all this tossing and turning, it was late summer by the time preparations were finally complete. The cargo fleet began to set sail in groups from New Wanjin Dock, right after a typhoon had blown through.
The atmosphere at the dock was extremely heavy. After all, almost every private workshop owner in New Wanjin was participating in this expedition. Each of these workshop owners boarding the ships was carrying an Iron Cannon on their back, faces somber, determined to carve out a bloody path for their own products. There was an air of "the chilling wind at the Yi River before the fatal parting"—these folks had all borrowed huge sums from Harano to expand production. If they failed to sell their goods, many weren't planning to live; they were ready to jump straight into the sea and be done with it.
