From the abacus of the Shipping Department in the Song Dynasty to the artillery fire of Zheng He's treasure ship, from Chen Zuyi's money to buy the way to Zheng Yisao's recruitment negotiations, to the stone laying in 1909, the erection of the monument in 1946, and the naval battle in 1974.
This piece of South China Sea, which is covered in only a few lines in the official history, is not a cultural relic, but a history of war that has been omitted.
It was never the frontier of the empire, but its throat.
Whoever controls Malacca will control the money bag of the Dynasty.
This book is based on seven naval battles and the fate of seven people. It fishes pirates, eunuchs, widows, admirals, and sailors from the bottom of the sea one by one. It tells how an empire understands the ocean and how it misses it time and time again.
Hai doesn't speak, but Hai remembers everything.
