Chasing Ding in the Late Ming Dynasty

In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, the foolish young general Li Yan woke up from a dream. The bronze mirror reflected a face similar to that of the emperor. Before the blood stains of the humiliation of his fiancée were dry, he had already built the first steam engine in Weihaiwei. When the golden cavalry broke through Shanhaiguan, the armored ships in Dengzhou Port were roaring and ready to attack the world. Should it be measured by the traditional jade seal or the barrel of a flintlock gun? This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.