My my, I'm roughly 40 chapters behind on Sinbad yet there's no incentive to do some binge-reading.
The main series however has caught my attention and is doing a wonderful job at keeping it.
While the idea of transforming your entire strikeforce into a trading company is innovative and certainly interesting, I do wonder whether that concept's implementation will go as easy as Alibaba and co expect it to. Teaching your seasoned warriors how to read, calculate, etc much less have them grasp the concept of trading including all its intricacies overnight won't be an easy endeavour. Mind you, all the other established economical giants won't be sitting around and twiddling their thumbs either.
I expect to see a harsh time for the Kou empire; a year full of transitions basing the empire's future on one last big idea. Yet at the same time it's obvious that they will succeed somehow, meaning, seeing how it happens is where the fun part's at.