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Dong'ou Kingdom

Hello there!

So, Dong'ou Kingdom is a place that existed a long long time ago in China. It was a very special place because it was where different people from different parts of the world would come to trade.

Imagine you have a toy that you really love and want to share with your friends. Your friends have different toys that they love too and want to share with you. So, you all decide to get together and trade toys.

That's kind of what happened in Dong'ou Kingdom. People from different countries would come to trade things like silk, spices, and tea. They would bring these things from far away places and exchange them for other things they needed.

The people in Dong'ou Kingdom became very good at trading and making money. They even built big ships to sail to other countries to get more things to trade.

But sometimes, people would get greedy and want more than what was fair. This led to wars and fighting. Eventually, Dong'ou Kingdom stopped being a special trading place and everyone went their separate ways.

But, we can still learn a lot from Dong'ou Kingdom about the importance of trading and working together with people from different parts of the world.