The Wind Rises in Ryukyu 1853

When he woke up, Liu Feng, a modern naval engineer, became the last prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom in the mid-19th century. At this time, the powerful ministers in Ryukyu colluded, and the Satsuma clan and Western powers were eyeing it outside. The country was in danger. Faced with the desperate situation of national subjugation and genocide, Liu Feng took action! Since history has given him a kingdom, he must build an immortal ocean empire with his own hands! Warships are the only answer! Starting from the purchase of two old gunboats, to independently building the "Dingyuan-class" iron-clad giant ship that shocked the world; from the "caravan" for offshore defense to the "blue water navy" that spans the world. Liu Feng spent thirty years throwing the anchor chain of Ryukyu into the deep blue. Every roar of naval guns is a salute for the birth of a new order. But the cornerstone of a strong nation does not stop at the ocean. He single-handedly created the central bank, issued national bonds, and made the Ryukyu dollar a hard currency; he single-handedly promoted the industrial revolution, allowing sugar, canned goods, and 10,000-ton ships to be exported to the world; he established compulsory education and universal health insurance, making the Ryukyu people rich and proud. When the sun shone across the Pacific Ocean in 1880, the former small tributary country had quietly transformed. ——Its citizens are the richest, with per capita income among the highest in the world. ——Its voice resounded throughout the Berlin Conference and became the framer of the Pacific Rim order. This is an epic about steel, ambition and wisdom. Watch how the protagonist Liu Feng uses Ryukyu as a chessboard and warships as chess pieces. In the 19th century, surrounded by great powers, he plays a magnificent chess game and starts a Ryukyu era that belongs to him.