CHILDREN OF THE BRONZE BELL: A Rebellion Born in the Heart of Ming China

Fujian Province, Ming China. 1447. A seventeen-year-old girl does the same arithmetic every morning. The answer never changes. This year, it will kill her family.Chen Ruomei has been managing her household's accounts since her father died in a mine shaft collapse, leaving his silver quota obligation intact and his family without the means to pay it. The Ming dynasty's extraction system does not ad...