Great Qin: I Bring Treasures from Overseas to Restore Its Golden Age

Zhao Ye sailed overseas with Xu Fu. After five years at sea, he found no elixir of immortality, but he brought back sweet potatoes, potatoes, and a map of the world. He offered food to relieve the Great Qin’s famine, broadened the First Emperor’s horizons with maps, and even invented the curved-shaft plow and introduced the art of hot pot. Though born a commoner, he helped lead the Great Qin into an unprecedented age of prosperity.