Explaining the Three Kingdoms from the Start: The People of the Eastern Han Are Baffled

Song Qing transmigrates to ancient times and is starving to death. To survive, he tells stories about the Three Kingdoms on the street, hoping to earn a bite to eat.

Late Han commoner: "What? Why does this guy with arms reaching past his knees look so familiar?"

"Why does that red-faced guy look just like the man selling dates on our street?"

"And that butcher looks like someone I've seen before, too."

"Young man, are you making this up? How could our Han Empire split into three kingdoms?"

A moment later.

At the Peach Garden, Liu Bei, in the middle of swearing brotherhood, stares in bewilderment at the dozens of people who have arrived.

"Liu Bei, are you taking an oath of brotherhood?"

"Old man, I can tell by reading the signs: Zhang Fei, you're going to squander your fortune."

"Liu Bei, you're just a shoe seller. What makes you one of the heroes who swore brotherhood?"

Liu Bei: "..."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.