I Am a Pirate at the End of the Ming Dynasty
我在明末当海贼
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 276k Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Song-Yuan-Ming Dynasties
- Updated
- 5y ago
- English
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The name Zheng Chenggong was given to him later; his original name was Zheng Sen. He was later granted the imperial surname Zhu Chenggong, and he was proud of this name. It can be said that he was never called Zheng Chenggong during his lifetime.
I really like it and will continue watching, but I feel awkward watching the black bodyguard scene.
It's well-written, but the main character seems to rely too much on foreigners. It would be better if they didn't give the black bodyguard too much screen time.
Let me briefly explain Zheng Zhilong's abilities to avoid any misunderstandings among readers. First, there's the issue of money. We can't apply the modern Haimao model to the Haimao of that time, because while our exports were incredibly diverse, our imports were almost entirely silver. Europeans exported at least 70% of the silver they earned in the Americas to China.
Don't portray pirates as so noble. Didn't Zheng Zhilong kill and rob countless ordinary people when he was building his power? Don't try to make them look good; do you think those who ran maritime trade were easy to mess with? Zheng Chenggong was a hero, but I won't even mention the other members of the Zheng family.
The beginning was quite good. But it got weirder and weirder as it went on. I couldn't keep watching anymore.
I prefer watching tech-driven stories where everything is swiftly and decisively defeated, rather than stories of ordinary people scheming and plotting against each other.
Zheng Zhilong must have lost his mind. He went to the Qing army camp to negotiate with only a few hundred black men, only to be captured. They demanded that the Zheng family hand over their navy, which was invincible in the entire Pacific at the time! As long as a ship flew the Zheng family's flag, no one dared to steal it!
How do works that have been abandoned get recommended?
I really don't understand. Seriously, Luo Chao's actions are a betrayal, and if he succeeds, he'll distance himself from the protagonist. Besides, this supporting character is completely out of character. He knows the protagonist has Tudou (a character from Journey to the West), and he's already plotting to betray him.
Did the author's money just fall from the sky? Hundreds of taels of silver all the time? In ancient times, 100 taels of silver would probably be worth more than 10 million yuan today.