AD 1491, the Dawn of the New World

In 1491, when Columbus had not yet set sail, the real blueprint for the world had already been laid out. This groundbreaking epic novel casts its gaze on the eve of oblivion. In 1491 AD, there was no earth-shattering "discovery", but a more profound revolution quietly took place: the turrets in Moscow were built, the Haimeeup City in North Korea was completed, the Buddhist masterpiece in Myanmar was completed, and the Ming Dynasty's "Records of Xianzong" was closed - all major civilizations around the world were in the process of constructing the final "order". Yun Qing, the son of a chieftain from Guizhou, touched the collision of physical currency and silver at the Yunnan-Myanmar border market; listened to King Seongjong's dual anxieties about Japanese pirates and Jurchens at the Joseon Palace; witnessed in Lisbon how the Portuguese royal family used mathematical calculations to plan the Indian route; and deep in the Forbidden City, experienced Emperor Hongzhi's lonely decision between the fire in the imperial mausoleum and the financial deficit. The novel uses extremely tense dialogue to drive the narrative, making the confrontation of ideas the protagonist. From court debates to market chats, from questions and answers in Buddhist temples to navigational plots, every conversation is an exchange and collision of civilizational genes. The world has never mirrored each other so closely - even if they don't realize it yet. The seeds of global trade, nation-states, cultural conflicts, and knowledge transformation had actually sprouted simultaneously in that seemingly peaceful year. When you close this book, you will gain a new perspective on history: the real turning point often occurs at the moment when everyone thinks "nothing happened". Turning over the global calendar of 1491, you will find that we are still living in the blueprint drawn in that year.