A few tips:
1. Piss off the British - My first few play throughs I assumed I had to get enough tea to fill the order on time, but you can actually gain a lot of time (aka money) by not filling an order when they ask for it
1.1 - This doesn't mean not buy tea until the end, buy it when its low but stop 5 chests short
2 Milk the top left port wisely - The top left port gives out a lot of nice deals, but half way through only take deals for high amounts of opium (25+), then closer to the end only take 40+ deals.
2.1 - when you only have one ship in the beginning take orders with 5 or more chests
3 Buy safely - If you buy too much opium or tea the price will shoot up to 90, so count to 5 at the end of each deal before buying 30 again.
3.1 - buying in bursts of 3-4 times in a row is ok
4 buy low - Buy as many low priced chestss as you can
Good luck!
alright... So I told this knight I would find his dead soldiers (who happened to be undead, wtf right?) and bury them. so I arrive at the place, intending to do it... but I just ended up killing a bunch of stuff 'cause I forgot about the bodies in the excitement. I get back to town and he asks me about it and i'm just thinking "Oh sh*t"... so I just tell him they're buried anyway 'cause hes a f*cking knight... I am so dead if he finds out TT - Heroes mind