Zheng Yi Sao (Radio Edit)
You're Dead to Me
The Importance of Passports in Guangdong
In the 18th century, there were twenty-two saltins, where salt was produced. Four times a year, huge salt fleets would embark from the largest saltin on the 400 miles journey up the coast to Canton. The pirates simply assumed control of the imperial supply lines and forced them to start merchants to carry the goods mean on their terms. That's not piracy anymore, that's a hostile corporate takeover.
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