The Sea Trade King of the Ming Dynasty: from Silver Laundering to the Three Mountains Empire

During the Wanli period, Lin Hai, a Fujianese merchant, made a fortune by relying on his unique skill of purifying Japanese silver. However, he was framed by the corrupt officials of the country gentry, and his whole family was in danger, and he was forced to flee to Ryukyu. I thought I could find a chance to survive by going overseas. Unexpectedly, in the land of foreign countries, there is still collusion between officials and businessmen, and corruption is rampant. After several conflicts, he almost died. In the desperate situation, Lin Hai said loudly: "Instead of groveling and currying favor with the corrupt officials in this world, why not build my own country! Protect my trade with iron ships and protect my wealth with sea power!" Control Ryukyu through trade, take advantage of "the bridge of all nations", strangle the throat of East Asian trade, and build a three-mountain empire. To rejuvenate the country through maritime trade, the alliance with Shimazu stirred up Japan's Warring States period and swallowed up Japanese trade; it went to the East and went up to Korea, frightened the Jurchens, and swept through the Southeast Asian islands. The invincible fleet has been formed and bombards the Ming Dynasty, the strongest obstacle to free trade on the sea. "Wherever there is profit, there will be my fleet." Lin Hai said this on the flagship of the Sanshan Empire.