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This year, European civilization was laden with silver, silk, and gunpowder, and passionately collided between the black tide and the monsoon. This year, the Ming Dynasty, which experienced the disastrous defeat of Saarhu, lost two emperors one after another, and was in a state of turmoil. For the world, this is the golden age of navigation. For Ming Dynasty, now is a good time for party struggle. In this era of great strife, Lin Qian quietly came to the Ming Dynasty and became a pirate. With sea trade on his left and sea power on his right, he set off a frenzy of building a maritime empire. Latin America supplied the silver, and northern Vietnam supplied the coal. Indochina plants trees for us, Australia herds our sheep, and Argentina raises our cattle. The Spice Islands sent cardamom, and the Ivory Coast paid tribute with gold and ivory. The Ottomans grew our coffee and the Mediterranean was our winery. Our cotton plantations are spreading from India to all warm places on earth. As for our textile factories, the spinning machines are running endlessly and the cylinders of the steam engines are roaring. This was the worst of times, but it became the best of times. The civilization of this world will set sail from the east.