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Black Sails of the Ming
大明黑帆 · 庆历泗年春
The Age of Sail belongs to Europe — until a pirate with a modern mind sails out of the Ming.
1619: after the catastrophic defeat at Sarhu, the Ming reels through two dead emperors and factional knife-fights, while Europe hauls silver, silk and gunpowder across the black tide of monsoon winds. Lin Qian arrives as a sea raider holding two cards — trade and sea power — and starts building an ocean empire whose plantations, fleets and steam engines circle the globe. This worst of times is his best.
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