Now This Is the Kind of Novel Chinese People Should Read 这才是中国人该看的小说
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- 2051 Great Ming: Rebuilding the Ming Dynasty in Sengoku Japan 大明:我在日本战国再建大明王朝 [Feel-Good Story + Management + Conquering Japan] After accidentally transmigrating to Japan’s Warring States period, I activate the Ming Empire Expansion System. With the technological civilization of the Ming Empire at my disposal, what would you do to Japan’s shogunate? Open a bank? Build an army? Conquer Japan’s warring states and restore the Ming dynasty? His eyes gleamed like cold stars, his arched brows were as dark as fresh lacquer, and his broad chest carried the might of ten thousand m —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2052 Rising Through the Ranks as Li Yunlong's Guard 从李云龙警卫员开始崛起 I’m Li Yunlong’s guard in the New First Regiment. Well, I wasn’t originally. I’m from the modern world, and one day I ended up in the world of Drawing Sword. And then… well, here I am. 1.6kReads9.0Score104Shelves
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2053
The Brilliant Scientist Who Ran Away from Both Her Wedding and Her Marriage 科研一枝花逃婚又逃嫁
(A period novel with no golden finger for scientific research, a top-tier intellect and a clear, rational mind; strengthening the nation and its military through mathematics, founding a research institute; the heroine is a soldier's wife, beloved for her own achievements, with a happy, harmonious relationship) Period setting + humorous everyday life + academic star + strengthening the nation through mathematical research + counterespionage + no space, no System, no golden finger + highly intelli
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- 2054 The Unrivaled Tang Sect: I’m Huo Yuhao’s Younger Brother 绝世唐门我是霍雨浩弟弟 A boy transmigrates to another world and receives help from a System. He is destined to fight Tang Shan. No matter what, he has to slap him once. His mother and brothers have been caught up in a scheme. Huo Yunmo: “No, absolutely not. My big brother absolutely cannot fall for Tang Shan's daughter. Whatever happens, he needs to have children and carry on the family line.” Hmm, should I choose Juzi, Zhu Lu, or Ma Xiaotao? Or maybe all of them? My wives can handle it, after all. Hmm, that's it. My 24Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 2055 When They Wanted to Turn Back, I Was Already Gone 当她们想回头时,我却早已不在 In his previous life, he was the youngest son of the prestigious Jiang family, lost as a child. After they found him, they never accepted him. No matter how hard Jiang He tried to please them, nothing worked. During a fire, his three older sisters abandoned him without hesitation, anxiously taking the fake young master away and leaving him to burn alive... In this life, Jiang He stops debasing himself by begging for the ridiculous, biased love of that family. He simply waits quietly until he com 10.4kReads8.6Score885Shelves
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I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案,晚上地府当差
I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha
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- 2057 Spending Money Is Just My Job, So Why Are They All Falling for Me? 花钱只是工作,怎么全成翘嘴了? [Tycoon] [Multiple Heroines] [Underdog Comeback] [Stable Currency] [Fish Pond] Locked up in solitary confinement more than a dozen times. Poor loser Yang Fan unexpectedly acquires the Big Sap System. Spending money on beautiful women earns him cash back, and from then on he rises to the pinnacle of life. Don't think being a Tycoon is all fun. The truth is, you can't even imagine how much fun it is. "Any problem that money can solve isn't a problem, including the beautiful women and their love... 93.9kReads9.1Score6.8kShelves
- 2058 The Flying Dagger Heroine: A Hero of the War Against Japan 抗日英雄之飞刀女侠 A flying-dagger hero appeared in the county town, repeatedly killing Japanese soldiers caught alone with willow-leaf throwing knives. This hero could scale walls and leap across rooftops, appearing and vanishing without a trace. People knew she existed only from the bodies of the Japanese soldiers and the daggers left in them. Before long, turmoil swept the town and countryside. Japanese and puppet agents laid a vast net across the county, while plainclothes spies roamed everywhere, asking after 2.1kReads8.7Score287Shelves
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Bandit Village in the Republic of China 民国土匪村
Period-drama fans, come take a look! (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no ghosts or gods, no System.) It covers romance, household intrigue, bandits, fierce resistance against the Japanese, fleeing famine, and the lives of educated youths. Everyone who’s read it says it’s great! Hei Niu and Xiu Zhen could have lived happily together, but because Xiu Zhen was so beautiful, bandits set their sights on her. By then, Hei Niu had become the chief steward of the Huang family estate. He learned that ban
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- 2060 In Europe, I Just Became a Noble! 人在欧洲,刚成贵族! “Hello, would you like to learn the meaning of life?” “Get lost!” “Refusal is not an option. Noble Life System successfully bound!” “...” Qin Xu is utterly bewildered as he somehow becomes a noble. Yes, a noble of the British Empire, where the sun never sets! 179Reads5.2Score—Shelves
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2061
Chinese Divine Arts Help Me Shatter the Firmament 华夏神功助我碎苍穹
[Modern High Martial Arts + Golden Finger + Satisfying Read + Light Humor] Spiritual qi revived, and martial arts rose. The original owner was killed in a plot. Ye Wen, a man from Earth, transmigrated into this world and awakened the [Xuanhuang Pagoda]. The Xuanhuang Pagoda was full of upgraded versions of Chinese heroes from Honor of Kings. After obtaining countless divine skills, Ye Wen decided to avenge the original owner. He thought he had found the real culprit, but it turned out to be just
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2062
Agent: From the Start, I Make Contact with Zheng Yaoxian 特工:开局郑耀先和我接头
Shen Fei transmigrates into a world that brings together several espionage dramas, all fraught with danger. Here, there are Kite, The Infiltrator, The Disguiser... And the person he’s supposed to meet is none other than Zheng Yaoxian, Sixth Brother of the Military Statistics Bureau! And so, a secret agent feared by the enemy emerges, codenamed “Nightmare”!
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2063
The Legend of Qin: Trails of the Dream Immortal 寻秦记之云梦仙踪
Transmigrated into the Warring States era, only to become an ingredient for immortal cultivation? Why keep this Heavenly Dao around until the New Year? Watching the "immortal seed" squirm in his dantian, Xu Shenwu finally understood that ascension was all a lie. The spiritual energy ordinary people painstakingly cultivated for a thousand years was nothing but fertilizer for the great medicine grown for the immortals of the Upper Realm! The year he transmigrated to Yunmeng Mountain, he spent a wh
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2064
A Final Wish 临终之愿
[Not for everyone: a niche novel with no harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible hero, and no wish fulfillment. The storytelling is detailed, but the pacing is a little slow.] [Why I write: I'm not after money. I don't have much, but I have enough. What I hope for is understanding, and I sincerely look forward to thoughtful readers.] [Keywords: hard science fiction, rigorous logic, wit and humor, critical thinking, and knowledge from seventeen academic disciplines to broaden your perspective]
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- 2065 Business on the Artillery Range 炮弹场上的生意 For more than ten years, I took part in over a hundred military exercises. Of the three people who started out with me, two were blown up and one lost an arm. I don’t know how much longer my luck will hold. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2066 Livestream: Proving the Existence of an Infinite Multiverse from the Start 直播:开局证明无限多元宇宙 [Livestreaming: I’m leading the evolution of civilization] After transmigrating, Jiang Zhe becomes the host of a science education program. He gets bound to a System. To his surprise, he discovers that all he has to do is explain science to earn an endless stream of rewards. Using scientific theories from his previous life, he proves from the start that the world is fake and that infinitely many multiverses exist. “...” “Nuwa mended the sky by repairing the moon and the earth.” “Ancient civiliza 10.9kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 2067 Sword, Moon, Zither, and Star 剑月琴星 [Xuanhuan] [Mortal Protagonist] [No System] [Slow Burn] [Swordsmanship] [Mystery] After a war that lasted ten thousand years, heaven and earth shattered, three races stood side by side, and divine artifacts sank into oblivion. A mountain boy with no spiritual roots sets out from the mortal world to avenge a great wrong, enduring hardship after hardship. With one sword, he forges ten thousand; with his Dao heart, he enters a demonic tribulation! Wielding the sword in his hand, he cannot kill ever 116.4kReads8.9Score7kShelves
- 2068 I Woke Up to Find Eight Nations’ Special Forces Hunting Me 一觉醒来,我被八国特战队围猎 Su Yi wakes up from a nap. The sound of bullets exploding fills his ears. Clearly, he might be right in the middle of a battlefield. [You've got to be kidding me. I just took a nap, and now I'm on a battlefield?] Su Yi is thoroughly annoyed. As he wonders how many bullets his scrawny body can take, War Sovereign activates. [Host, you have a mission: clear the battlefield and eliminate 96 special forces contestants from eight nations!] 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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2069
I’m the Boss in Italy 我在意大利当老板
In late-1990s Italy, Hu Liu’an, a stranger in a strange land, takes you on a journey through an overseas world unlike any other, filled with its own bittersweet experiences and tangled loves and hatreds...
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- 2070 The Man Who Beats His Wife 打老婆的男人 Liu Guazi was notorious in the village for beating his wife. As his mother put it, “Who hasn’t been through the same thing?” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Great Wall Watch: Leading a Global Counterattack in Another World 长城守望:带领全球反攻异界
[The counterattack has begun + perfect ending with no loose ends + Fourth Calamity + fight back against player invasions + lighthearted power fantasy + no heroine + no suffering for the protagonist + invincible + national destiny] The Fourth Calamity descends, and the era of the Phantom Realms begins for everyone. Players from other worlds invade, and the national destiny Phantom Realms of one great power after another are defeated. Panic spreads across the globe. Everything changes the day Fang
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2072
Restarting the Third Front 重启三线
Disaster strikes without warning, and the land is left in ruins. Foreign calamities bring suffering to the people. We will turn the tide for China and save our nation from the brink. As long as the people survive, China survives! Restart the Third Front project and rebuild our mighty nation. After enduring the apocalyptic disaster, they transmigrate back to the present day. A story of serving the country with all one's heart, with people across the nation taking refuge ahead of the disaster, fig
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2073
The Last Traditional Chinese Doctor in China 华夏最后一个中医
Chen Qing is a young Chinese medicine practitioner just starting out. On his first day seeing patients, he discovers that he can actually hear his patients’ internal organs talking... Spleen: Brrr, it’s so cold. That fatty ate thirteen popsicles yesterday. I nearly froze to death. Lungs: Don’t get me started. He spent all night burping yesterday. I couldn’t get a wink of sleep. What a pain in the lungs. Liver: Stop complaining. He’s just a little greedy. It’s no big deal. Look at how he’s stayed
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2074
Marrying Into the Tan Family, I Become Famous Across the World 赘入谭家名动天下
[Super-satisfying urban fantasy + invincible miracle doctor + astonishing encounters] Am I the pathetic loser Zhuang Xiaowei? No! From today on, I can save your life, or take it! Fortune beyond measure? That’s just my consultation fee. Power over the world? That’s just my game. Don’t talk to me about connections. All it takes is a flick of my finger to decide life and death, to command the heavens and earth! This world runs deep, but that’s fine. I specialize in putting arrogant people in their
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One Tear from His Sister, and the War God Brother Crushes All Realms 妹落一滴泪!战神哥哥碾碎万界
Breaking every fantasy trope + rebellious and defiant + absurd comedy + resistance against Japanese invaders + patriotic devotion + all kinds of satisfying moments On the day of his graduate school entrance exam, Qing Yu and his younger sister died in a car accident. When he opened his eyes again, he was an abandoned infant in the Republic of China, taken in and raised as a cub by a fox-spirit couple. Their happy days did not last long. The evil spirits of the Eastern Ocean attacked, and his fox
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2076
The Nine-Fingered Divine Healer 九指神医
This is a historical epic blending wuxia and traditional Chinese medicine. Spanning the late Qing dynasty through the Republic of China, and covering the period up to the founding of the People's Republic of China, it tells the legendary story of a master of traditional Chinese medicine. Across half a century of turbulent Chinese history, it paints a sweeping portrait of society and life, and, through rivalries in officialdom and the ups and downs of the business world, sings of the fickle fortu
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- 2077 The Green Satchel Medical Text: A Divine Doctor in the City 青囊医书之都市医仙 In a materialistic society, people resort to any means to fight over their own interests. The book's rich knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine is its greatest draw. What you see may not be the truth. People live behind masks, and only when those masks come off do you see how appalling things are beneath the glamorous surface. The person you trust most can hurt you the deepest. And those you look down on, or feel are beneath your company, may be the very people who help you the most. Human n 24.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
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Transmigrated as the Crown Prince at the End of the Ming Dynasty: I’m Starting a Rebellion 穿越明末太子,我要造反
A university student from a later age transmigrates into the body of Zhu Cilang in a parallel world at the end of the Ming dynasty, just as Li Zicheng suffers a decisive defeat and the Southern Ming Hongguang court is on the verge of collapse. Drawing on his knowledge of the future, he takes Gao Guiying as his adoptive mother and gathers the remnants of the Dashun army. He rescues Huang Degong, preserves the best of the Ming navy, and unites forces determined to resist the Qing, struggling to st
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- 2079 The Fourth Book by Jiezi Weichen 介子微尘的第4本书 First traditional Chinese medicine, then officialdom, and finally, where will it all lead? Read on and find out. The sections on traditional Chinese medicine are highly technical, so readers without a grounding in the subject may want to skip them. The officialdom storyline is realistic and focuses on the lessons of life. You're sure to take something away from it. Those who understand will see the many sides of life. Those who don't will only see… No one is perfect, and we're all ordinary p 11.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
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The Great Ming Surveillance Court 大明道察院
[See the epic history of the Daoist sects in the early Ming through the eyes of a transmigrator] In the third year of Hongwu, the Hongwu Emperor established the mysterious Dao Investigation Bureau to rein in Daoist sorcerers who could turn the tide at will. There is no carefree Daoist life here, only the ironclad rule that “magic must be bounded by law, and the Dao restrained by regulations.” Even mighty cultivators who can fly through the skies and burrow through the earth must face execution i
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Late Ming: Chongzhen, Don't Ascend the Throne Yet. Let Me Play Dead First 明末:崇祯你先别登基容我诈个尸
August 24, 1627. The Ming dynasty welcomed its final emperor. Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, stood on the steps of the Jianji Hall, receiving the court officials' homage. Just as the enthronement ceremony reached its final stage, the late emperor Zhu Youxiao suddenly appeared in the doorway. “Chongzhen, don't ascend the throne just yet. Let me fake my own death first!” A firearms engineer arrives in the Ming dynasty with memories of his previous life. What changes will he bring to this empire o
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- 2082 Desires Beneath the Mask 面具下的欲望 Bacon said that human desire is the driving force behind social progress. This is true: desire can spur people to work harder, bring out their full potential, and push humanity ever forward. But whoever you are, if you cannot control your desires and they turn into greed, disaster is bound to follow. Those without desire are things; those with desire are people; those who can control their desires can become people of consequence. But how many can truly control their desires and know when to sto 12kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 2083 Historical Figures Through Mao Zedong’s Eyes 毛泽东眼中的历史人物 To survey the land and set words ablaze: this captures the extraordinary talent and spirit of Mao Zedong, a great man of his era. Whether complex regional cultures of vastly different styles or the countless surnames and personal names stretching as far as the eye can see, all become captivating scenes in his casual, unhurried remarks. 792Reads9.6Score108Shelves
- 2084 Burning Passion 燃烧的热血 “With heads held high and spirits soaring, we crossed the Yalu River. To preserve peace and defend our motherland is to defend our home. The finest sons and daughters of China stand united as one, resisting American aggression and aiding Korea, defeating the American imperialist wolf!” Whenever I read books or watch films and TV dramas about the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, my heart surges with emotion, and I feel the deepest respect for the martyrs who gave their lives so bravel 684Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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Qin's Replacement: A Bricklayer Rewrites Three Hundred Years of Qin History 秦替:泥水匠改写了三百年秦史
Qin's Substitute In 1991, Zhang Daode, a boy from a small town in southwestern Hunan, studied hard and earned excellent results on his high school entrance exam. But someone with power took his place, crushing his hopes of continuing his education and forcing him into a life at the bottom of society as a bricklayer who knew nothing but hardship. Then a sudden fall at a construction site turned his life upside down. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to the end of the Warring States p
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- 2086 The Criminal’s Revelation 犯罪启示录 The story follows a detective's day-to-day casework, recounting how a number of representative cases are solved. The plot is full of twists and turns, and every case offers plenty to think about. I hope readers will take something away from the story. 385Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 2087 Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Courtyard’s Troublemakers 四合院:从供销社开始,横推众禽 Synopsis of "Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Whole Courtyard" Business whiz Lin Xiangyang transmigrates to 1962 by chance, taking over his father’s job as a procurement officer at the Red Star Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He also activates the Super Supply and Marketing Cooperative System, gaining abilities such as spatial storage, accelerated production, and trade with the future. These powers help him carefully navigate an era of scarcity. As soon a —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 2088 After Games Invade, I Settle the Score with Campus Loan Sharks 游戏入侵后,我清算了校园贷 Set in a modern city, with Sun Yat-sen University’s three campuses and five schools as its central setting, an immersive game called "Era Invasion" suddenly overlays reality without distinction. Its rules become deeply entwined with the real world: completing missions can awaken supernatural abilities and grant supplies, while failure triggers real-world penalties such as ruined credit, physical injuries, or doubled debts. The campus loan platforms that once operated as usual mutate into the rea —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2089 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Settle Every Score 四合院:重生后,我一一清算 Synopsis of "Siheyuan: After Being Reborn, I Settle Every Score" In 1958, in a Beijing siheyuan on Longxugou, Chen Feng goes from a vengeful ghost in a freezing prison to a young man in his prime after being reborn. In his previous life, he watched his parents get framed through the collusion of the Third Master, Niu Degui, the Second Master, Li Mengcang, and the First Master, Yan Daomao. Their property was seized, and they died with their names unjustly stained. The Jia and Xu families took adv 5Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 2090 The Ming Dynasty’s Talented Scholar, Jie Jin 大明才子解缙 Jie Jin, a gifted scholar of the Ming Dynasty, lived a turbulent and legendary life. Brilliant from childhood and endowed with extraordinary talent, he was hailed as a “child prodigy.” He made his mark at a young age, sailed through the imperial examinations on the strength of his vast learning, passed the highest-level exam, and embarked on an official career. Quick-witted and inspired in his writing, Jie Jin oversaw the compilation of the "Yongle Encyclopedia", bringing books from across the 5Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 2091 Mao Zedong's Final Ten Years 毛泽东最后十年 The author recounts what he saw and heard during the 27 years he spent accompanying Comrade Mao Zedong. In particular, he provides a fairly comprehensive account of Chairman Mao's life, work, studies, and inspection tours from 1966 to 1976, and reveals little-known details and episodes surrounding major events such as his “meetings with the Red Guards” and Lin Biao's “September 13 Incident.” The book offers readers interested in understanding and studying this period important historical facts a 6.1kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves
- 2092 He Came Through the Smoke of Battle 他从硝烟处走来 Urban life + War + Spies + Assassination + Gangs. After a young man named Liu Dong fails his college entrance exams because he risked his life to save someone, he joins the army instead. He grows through the trials of war, and when the fighting ends, a promise he made years ago sends him galloping across the land, settling scores and righting wrongs. Thus begins his turbulent, spectacular life. 9.4kReads9.0Score809Shelves
- 2093 The People's He Liu Hun: This Time, I Won't Become Prince Gao 人民的贺六浑:这一次我不做高王 With a soul from a later age, he plunged into a world of chaos that devoured all who entered. In 2023, on the rainy night his thesis defense failed, history doctoral student Chen Zhiqing opened his eyes to find himself in the Northern Wei's Zhengguang era, year four, as Gao Huan, a courier in a frontier garrison. No System, no golden finger. His only asset was the unfinished manuscript in his mind, A Study of the Six Garrisons Rebellion. From the start, it was hellishly difficult: Poliuhan Bali 218Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2094 The Opium of Power 权利鸦片 My new work is here! Please check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2095 Deadly Language 致命语言 The Language of Death 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2096 The Weight of Unspoken Words 语言沉默的重量 The Weight of Silence 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2097 Alcohol and the Truth 酒精与真相 Alcohol and the Truth 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2098 In the Era of Forced Childbearing, I Received a Little Fox Cub 强制生育时代,我领到一只小狐崽 [One-on-one, both are each other's first and only, little fox cub, cross-species romance, Fox Lord, mutual protection, political intrigue among the demon clans, cool heroine, flirtatious tension] Liang Yi told Jiang He, "Let's break up. My parents can't accept that you're adopted." Jiang He didn't cling to him. She calmly let him go. But a policy announced by the civil affairs department left people no way to avoid it: Anyone who turned thirty without a child registered in their name would have 371Reads—Score125Shelves
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War of Resistance: This Li Yunlong Dares to Attack Taiyuan 抗战:这个李云龙他敢打太原
“No System,” “intelligent characters,” “strategy,” “military industry,” “technology-focused” A 21st-century mechanical engineer transmigrates as Li Yunlong and wins battle after battle, from Cangyun Ridge to the Korean battlefield. From northwest Shanxi to the four northeastern provinces, from small arms to Miss Qiu. He takes one step at a time, building and developing at every turn, gradually getting things on track. 1
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