YWR: The House of Mitsui

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Ieyoshi Tokugawa

The black ships were here. It was a quiet morning, and the air was still. Ieyoshi Tokugawa watched the ships make their way across the bay puffing black smoke. There was no wind and yet these ships were able to sail at will. His envoys from China had warned him these s…