Steam Age: Ming Empire

Shen Chen woke up from the stench of the sewer, with scars all over his body and broken memories. The only thing he remembered was a memory that did not belong to "him"... Steam engine... Gears... Cannon breech... When he climbed out of the culvert, he saw a huge empire reshaped by steel, steam and black smoke... During the Hongwu period, Zheng He's treasure ship was equipped with a "fire dragon coming out of the water" steam engine for the first time. The Ming Dynasty navy spread across the four seas, and its iron-clad bow split thousands of miles of waves... Emperor Yongle moved the capital to Beijing, and the steam chariot road ran from the north to the south. From Nanjing to Beijing, steam boats flew in the morning and arrived in the evening. This is the Ming Dynasty in the steam age... An empire that was supposed to be closed, but instead took another fork in the road of iron and fire...