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The Silk Monopoly

I didn't smuggle these silkworms just to be one thread in the silk tapestry!

As the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, establish an indigenous Byzantine silk industry through acquiring and smuggling silkworms from China. Research silkworm breeding, mulberry planting, and silk manufacturing. Control trade routes and outsmart rival empires to dominate the silk industry in Europe for the next 650 years.