Fang Chuning also knew that Han Ziqi was unlikely to deploy troops to suppress the pirates. Before landing, he had already roughly understood the relationship between Sannan and the pirates. Now that Han Ziqi was shirking responsibility, Fang Chuning said, "The delegation was attacked. If the princely heir sends troops to eradicate the bandits, then we can still discuss the ownership of the pirates' territory. My Beining is vast and resourceful and does not lack this piece of land. But if you insist on refusing to send troops, then when I return to Yangzhou and bring the Jiangnan Navy to suppress the bandits, Sannan will have no further qualifications to contest the ownership of this territory with Beining."
"General Fang, are you threatening me?"
"Wanting the land but unwilling to send people—doesn't seem appropriate, does it?" Fang Chuning's attitude was assertive and even arrogant. "Did I force you? Did I coerce you? Lin Xiao, did you hear me make unreasonable demands?"
