Live The Life Of A Wealthy Chinese Merchant In Yínzi: The Shining Ming Dynasty

December 12, 2018 by cassn

Yínzi means silver in Mandarin, and this latest game from Spielworxx focuses on the greatest economic expansion in Chinese history - the Ming period, when the silver trade between the Americas, Europe, and China shaped the world economy for centuries to come.

Trade and commerce thrived in this liberalized economy and was aided by the construction of canals, roads, and bridges by the Ming government. Ming China saw the rise of several merchant clans, who owned large amounts of wealth.

In Yínzi: The Shining Ming Dynasty, you act as a merchant during the late Ming period in developing China, operating from the mouth of the Yangtze river. Plant crops, develop raw materials, build and upgrade factories, sell your goods on the markets and export them to new worlds.

However, exportation is not easy, and budding merchants must first develop their river transport capabilities along the Yangtze if they want to become wealthy dealers.

Yínzi: The Shining Ming Dynasty will be released in early 2019, but until then, budding brokers can keep their eyes fixed on the Spielworxx website.

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