Thanks for the simple break-down fearn! Great resource harimaukh.
The part about the pirates' weapons and arsenal was very cool.
Makes me wanna make some of those weapons, if I could....
I could sure put some Chinese pirate stink bombs to good use
So I guess the level of training was uneven and informal... some had more, some had less... some were seasonal... others were full-time pirates with deep connections on the coasts and inland.... all depended on your
guan shi... networking as we call it today