Chapter 10 Summary

Struan has to honor the agreement with Jin-qua and the half coins. He makes his way to the pirate's flagship after leaving instructions with his own crew if the pirate ship tries to sail with him aboard. Dirk boards the flagship and meets with Wu Kwok, Wu Fang Choi's middle-aged son. He finds that the pirate speaks good English and Wu Kwok finds that Struan can use chopsticks. Wu Kwok tells him that he knows that the China Cloud is carrying quite a bit of bullion. One fourth of the money came from his father, Wu Fang Choi. He wants Dirk to put one man on each of his ships and to train them to be officers for a period of a year, at which time they will return to Wu Fang Choi. Then he wants a ship like the China Cloud. He...