"Oh! The Shogunate and Ming Dynasty validation trade!"
In the quiet room, the stove's fire was warm. The water in the pot was slightly boiling, emitting a "huhu" sound, mixed with a faint aroma of tea. The Kyoto merchant Mori no Kiyoshi lowered his eyes, gazing at the slightly boiling water, just as turbulent as his inner feelings.
The Ming Dynasty strictly enforced the sea ban, prohibiting foreign merchant ships from trading, and also forbidding private individuals from going to sea. The so-called Shogunate and Ming Dynasty validation trade, in form, was the "Japanese King" Muromachi Shogunate's periodic tribute trade to the Ming Dynasty.
The Shogunate dispatched tribute ships to the Ming Dynasty, boarded by great merchants of their own country, carrying large quantities of Wa Country's special products, reaching the ports of Beijing and Ningbo, to conduct formal transactions with merchants officially licensed by the Ming Dynasty.
