Chapter 44
Contains spoilers
Summary
- The China Cloud setting sail in the morning with calm seas and a light breeze
- The wind increasing in strength and Struan climbing the mast to check for any signs of danger
- Struan returning to the deck and ordering a sailor to take soundings
- The China Cloud arriving safely at the western Strait of Hong Kong in the evening
- Struan and Orlov discussing their age and the call of the sea
- Struan preparing to meet with Brock and discuss the future of the Noble House
- Struan and May-May returning home to Happy Valley
- Efforts to control opium trafficking in Asia
- Struan's company is a leading opium trader
- Officials in Hong Kong are trying to stop the trade
- Struan's friend, Tyler Brock, has offered a reward for information leading to the capture of other opium traders
- Struan offers to communicate Brock's suggestion to his superiors
- Struan plans to continue offering the reward if the others are caught
- Struan and Culum have a conversation about Gordon Chen and a secret society
- Culum accuses Struan of planning to kill Gorth
- Struan denies the accusation and says he dislikes using people for his own purposes
- Culum asks Struan not to associate with Brock
- Struan says he will make his own decisions when he becomes Tai-Pan
- Struan and Culum plan to have dinner at the club that evening
- Struan facing challenges including:
- A conflict with Cunnington
- Tension with Brock
- A desire to find a solution for Longstaff
- Concerns about Skinner and Mauss
- The need to find a solution for Culum
- The potential for a partnership with Cooper and Tillman
- The possibility of violence as a solution to certain problems