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To: marcher who wrote (172897)6/7/2021 8:56:10 PM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217977
 
he had those wavy things, but also a mandate from the emperor, to bring back stories, items, in exchange for other items, and do not mire the empire in foreign wars

Admiral Zheng He answered to a sovereign, the son of heaven, and commanded a navy, and not a private enterprise pirate venture

he was ordered to trade silver, porcelain and silk for stuff, and was not told by the sovereign to bring back gold, and certainly not with the admonition "humanely if possible" ala queen Isabella to Columbus coppellisd.com