One Hundred Thousand College Students in the Three Kingdoms

“Prime Minister! An urgent dispatch from Jingzhou!” As the messenger burst into the prime minister's residence, Zhuge Liang had just come across a highly upvoted answer on Zhihu: “The key lies in upgrading productivity.” He looked up at the mountain of grain and supply reports on his desk, then at the small line of text on his phone: “Space-time coordinates detected. Accept 100,000 university students?” Ma Su's excited voice came from outside the door: “I volunteer to swear a military oath!” Zhuge Liang's finger hovered over “Yes” and “No.” In the autumn of Jian'an 24 (219 AD), a line stretching a thousand meters formed outside the Han King of Chengdu's residence. Chemistry students were mass-producing potassium nitrate using crude methods, while mechanical engineering students dismantled the wooden oxen and gliding horses to install bearings.