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Chapter 46: Lingao Cape - Illumine Lingao

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If anything would make Lingao County famous in this timespace, it was the cape that bore its name. The promontory had always been a strategic point on Hainan Island—a fact Yu Eshui had emphasized during the pre-departure intelligence briefing. Since the Yuan Dynasty, a beacon tower had stood watch over these waters. The Ming had established the Bopu Patrol Office here to examine and interrogate tr

If anything would make Lingao County famous in this timespace, it was the cape that bore its name. The promontory had always been a strategic point on Hainan Island—a fact Yu Eshui had emphasized during the pre-departure intelligence briefing. Since the Yuan Dynasty, a beacon tower had stood watch over these waters. The Ming had established the Bopu Patrol Office here to examine and interrogate travelers, and during the Zhengde era, thirty archers and three patrol boats had been stationed at this post. By the end of the Wanli era, only twelve archers remained—presumably with a single small…

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