The Rise of Small Warlords in the Late Qing Dynasty

Core settings 1. Core points and tone It mainly focuses on the Shuangwen route of late Qing Dynasty's bottom counterattack + farming development + cannibalization and expansion + eventually becoming a warlord. The protagonist starts out as a commoner without any official position or background. He starts from the lowest level as a commoner and climbs up step by step with his brains and courage. In the early stage, they used money and people, in the middle stage, they used guns and territory, and in the later stage, they took advantage of the Revolution of 1911 to encroach on the surrounding areas, and finally became a big warlord in a separate area. 2. Protagonist's character and background The protagonist Chen Mo travels back to 1908, the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu's reign. The starting identity is an idle man on the wharf in Wanxian County, eastern Sichuan. His parents died young and he has never read a book. He makes a living by helping others carry bags and running errands to earn a few pennies every day. 3. Core conflict and cheats No system, no superpowers. The core reliance is the insight beyond the times, modern business thinking and the strong ability to observe words and emotions. 4. Plot direction Early stage: Make money → Recruit a younger brother → Get the first batch of guns → Form a private armed force Mid-term: make friends with powerful people → use money to get official positions → use trade routes to support armed forces → encroach on surrounding territory Later period: Taking advantage of the chaos of the Revolution of 1911, annexation This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.