Emperor Longqing Zhu Zaiye asked: "Brother Bai, what is your ideal?"
Bai Chang'an replied: "Initiate a sea ban, learn new knowledge, strengthen the Ming Dynasty, and destroy the Japanese pirates; land on the island to fight, slowly swallow it, and establish Fusang to add a province to our Ming Dynasty."
Long Qingxi asked again: "What happens next?"
Bai Chang'an: "Conquer the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and flatten it with iron hoofs, which will be the shame of our ancestors; conquer the South Seas, compete with the heroes, and promote the prestige of our Ming Dynasty."
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
