That was exactly Yu Youyao's intention. "King Liang is going to raise an army and rebel. The world will be in turmoil. The first to be in chaos is the hinterland of the Central Plains with weak military but is rich. The Huai River area is where the Min people live. The news of the Xie Residence's withdrawal from Quanzhou will be exposed sooner or later. King Liang will definitely be able to guess that the Xie Residence is going to the Huai River. As long as they set up checkpoints along the way, the Xie Residence will become meat on the chopping block."
The maritime transport was in the hands of the Imperial Court, so it was very easy to make mistakes.
The Imperial Court's control over maritime transport was extremely weak. The Xie family's merchant ships had always been operating along the southeast coast. They were well-prepared and had wider connections. When King Liang realizes that the Xie family has fled, he can only watch helplessly.
