[Alternate History] [Tragedy] [Black Humor] [History Revealed] The content is purely fictional and has no other meaning.
The so-called "entry into the customs" is actually the beginning of a gluttonous feast.
The rulers outside the pass are not the Jurchen warriors in the story, but a cannibal tribe originating from the frozen soil and even in the Stone Age. They don't understand guns or farming, but they understand that as long as they promise enough benefits, those Ming warlords with high technology will kill people for them.
Eight pirate nations from the west, put on the armor of the "Bannermen", were willing to act as the "hounds" of the cannibals in order to snatch the Ming Dynasty's industrial secrets.
Under the city walls of Yangzhou, red cannons roared, but the technology of these cannonballs originated from the Nanjing Ministry of Industry next door. Shi Kefa watched the people all over the city being raised, selected, and slaughtered as livestock. Those holding knives and forks waiting to partake of the Ming Dynasty's legacy included blue-eyed missionaries and former colleagues who had shaved their heads and changed their clothes.
In this age swallowed by darkness, the only axiom is: don't let yourself become "food".