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A clamor pierced Cha Xiaodao's ears, and, irritated, he rubbed his face and leaped from his hammock. Pushing open the cabin door, he exclaimed, "Has that Cai character finished or not? If he keeps having people wail in mourning, let the brothers carve a wooden plaque and hang it up, writing 'Eight-armed Nezha Cai Mingfu' on it, and we can mourn his dead ghost of a father too! Who can't cry?"
The Tianbo Division's holdings were a family legacy, passed down through generations. Cai Qian's father, Cai Mingfu, had been a maritime bully in his early years, always engaged in smuggling for the Portuguese, half-pirate half merchant, with the nickname "Eight-armed Nezha." Later, he disappeared. Some said he died under the Japanese Shogunate's musketry, while others claimed Cai Qian killed his father to seize power. Rumors were rife.
Li Cha, having operated in the South Seas for so long, naturally had heard the old news about the Cai family.
