Su Mu holds doctorates in mechanical engineering, materials science, chemistry, and physics. He transmigrates to the forty-fourth year of the Wanli reign.
The first thing he sees upon waking: two sailors are about to throw him into the sea, thinking he's a sea ghost.
Grabbing the ship's railing, he says the first words of his new life:
“I can make gunpowder and cannons, and repair ships. Spare my life, and I'll make you rich.”
From Manila to Quanzhou, from Quanzhou to Fuzhou.
He negotiates deals with the Spanish, fights naval battles against the Dutch, and contends with the undercurrents of Ming officialdom.
Building an industrial system from scratch, upgrading ships and firearms, he transforms a smuggling operation into an international arms trade, one step at a time.
But the deepest secret of this age lies not at sea, but in the capital. His mentor has been waiting for him there all along.
First the seas, then the mainland.
The Ming dynasty is a ship asleep at anchor, and he will take the helm.
