But the Hosokawa side's vice-envoy Sokei SO offered a bribe to Laien who was Shihakushi-daikan (inspector of the Office of Merchant Ships) at the port authority of Ming China, and Laien allowed the Hosokawa ship to go through port inspection before the Ouchi ship.
しかし細川方の副使宋素卿（そうそけい）は明の入港管理所である市舶司大監の頼恩に賄賂を贈り、細川方を先に入港検査させた。