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  1. The Biography of Lord Wei: the Elders of Three Dynasties Middle-Aged People in Southern Fujian176k Wordscompleted Wei Xiaobao had been fishing for sea fish on Tongchi Island for ten years. He thought he would just eat and die with his seven wives in his arms, but unexpectedly Kangxi dragged him back to the capital with a secret order. As soon as he landed, he encountered the mess of nine sons seizing the throne. Yongzheng's cold face, Nian Gengyao's domineering, and Qianlong's youthful arrogance took turns to greet him. In the past, the court was able to get through by playing tricks, but now there have bee —Reads—Score—Shelves
  2. Chuancheng Magistrate: I Relied on the Fourth Natural Disaster to Overthrow the Qing Court I Wrote a Random ThingHistorical74k Wordsongoing [Historical Imagination·Qing Dynasty·System Flow·Summoning Players·Official Plots·Shadow Funny] In the last years of Qianlong's reign, the official system collapsed, and the undercurrent of the White Lotus Sect surged. Shen Zhao, a graduate student in the Department of History, traveled through time and became the seventh-rank magistrate of Xiaogan County. He took over a county government that was rotten to the core - the treasury was empty, the gentry was empty, the boss demanded bribes, and —Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. Mountains and Rivers Are Plain, Green Bricks Are Recorded Leggy Spring RollsHistorical209k Wordsongoing In 1899 AD, on the eve of the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China, the country's mountains and rivers were shattered and the country's fate was in jeopardy. On the eve of the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China, Shen Yunzhang, the official of the Imperial College, received an anonymous letter. Attached to the letter were ten blue brick rubbings. The rubbings showed the construction inscriptions of various passes on the Great Wall. The sender called himself "Shi Sou" and left a —Reads—Score—Shelves
  4. Another Possibility: Two Hundred Years of the Qing Dynasty KhenpoHistorical39k Wordsongoing An imperial edict rewrites the fate of the country for three hundred years. In the fifty-first year of Qianlong's reign, an edict was issued to open China, and the dragon flag faced the ocean. From then on, railway tracks replaced post roads, telegraphs connected the north and the south, and the roar of steam engines echoed with the bells of the Forbidden City. This is a story that never happened, and it is also a history that seems to actually exist. See how Lingnan craftsmen became wealthy bus —Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. Cursed Water Throne Yuebao Is InvincibleHistorical195k Wordscompleted This is not a systematic article, it is the ultimate survival of modern thinking under classical rules. Knowledge is the only golden finger, and human nature is the biggest variable. Chinese version of Game of Thrones —Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. Traveled Back to the Boxer Rebellion Little Tea Guest in the Mountains and WildsHistorical68k Wordsongoing My name is Shen Mo, and I am a Ph. D. In history. I traveled back in time to the Boxer Rebellion period in the late Qing Dynasty. From the lowest level of the boxers, I gradually built up power and finally separated myself from one side. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. Iron-Blooded Qin Ge: from a Defeated Soldier to the Great Emperor of the Universe Napping TigerHistorical92k Wordsongoing In the abyss of suffering at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the fusion of a modern soul and an ancient warrior used iron, technology, and foresight beyond the times to recast the backbone of China, turn the sky, usher in a new dynasty, and ultimately ignite the fire of civilization all over the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  8. The Rebellious Son of the Kingdom of Heaven: Qianlong's Destiny Haha CharactersHistorical149k Wordsongoing Modern man Lin Jingzhou traveled to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period and witnessed the kingdom moving from the ideal of "sharing equality" to the abyss of power corruption. He is not for the throne, but for establishing a "clean and pure" elite team in troubled times - the Hidden Dragon Army. When Yang Xiuqing's dying "between ashes and legacy" warning was mysteriously connected to the modern mobile phone in his arms, he realized that he was involved in a grand conspiracy that far exceeded th —Reads—Score—Shelves
  9. Hundreds of Miles Away, Three Thousand Years of Immortality Drunk Ink Bow SoulHistorical89k Wordscompleted In the year of the Western Zhou Dynasty, beacon fire burned out Haojing, dog soldiers trampled the Central Plains, rituals and music collapsed, and troubled times began. Lin Xuanhun came through and awakened the eternal body. He was given a Sword Immortal Peak Experience Card three times a year for three seconds each time. Kill the rebel soldiers with one sword and build a villa hundreds of miles away. He personally carved the rules of the village that have not changed for three thousand years: —Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. Green Slips Dominate Mountains and Rivers One Point SeventeenHistorical126k Wordsongoing This book deconstructs what is "China" from a spiritual level? This book uses China's eight major geographical and cultural regions as the skeleton to construct a "geographical epic novel collection" spanning three thousand years. The book consists of nine volumes, each focusing on an iconic geographical unit, and nine key historical stories in each volume connecting the changes in civilization from the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties to the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The whole book —Reads—Score—Shelves
  11. Unspeakable History GuyunyanHistorical90k Wordscompleted In five thousand years, he changed his body countless times and experienced the strangeness and adaptation after each rebirth. He cannot speak, cannot intervene, cannot remind, cannot save. He just stood on the edge of the crowd and watched everything happen. He saw Yu dredging the Nine Rivers in thirteen years, saw Qi creating the world, saw Taikang lose his country, Shaokang was resurrected, he saw Kong Jia disrupt the government, and Xia Jie subjugated the country. He saw Shang Tang raising t —Reads—Score—Shelves
  12. Su Dongpo and He Shen's Cross-Time and Space Rivalry GasenHistorical29k Wordscompleted New works are released. Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my works. I hope you all like them. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. Hanyantu Flying MoonHistorical24k Wordscompleted Taking the Qianlong period as the background, it focuses on Chen Yan, a poor boy's counterattack in the imperial examination, and details his hardship, perseverance and growth, which fits the social style and imperial examination system of the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, it also gives us modern people an incentive and a spiritual support to work hard. Focus on the continuation of Chen Yan's spirit in the new era. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. The Invincible Boy Zhuge Tianhong Layman ZhulianHistorical147k Wordscompleted Zhuge Tianhong came to the world with the memories of his ten lives since he was born, so for him, study, work, and life are all easy to do. It can be said that there is nothing he can't do, only what he can't think of. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. Walk with the Plaque on Your Back Fu QingheHistorical29k Wordsongoing At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the scholars of Qingping County passed away, Linjia Village faced the disaster of increased taxes and loss of property. The whole family tightened their belts and placed their last glimmer of hope on 11-year-old Lin Yuanzhou. From then on, this thin boy was responsible for the life and death of more than 600 people, studying hard between pen, ink, paper and inkstones, and firewood, rice, oil and salt. However, the road to the imperial examination is thorny an —Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. Reverse Restoration: Dragon Flag Hunting Fu'an Who Loves Eating Gold BugsHistorical137k Wordsongoing When the reformers really overthrew the old world, they discovered that it was easy to smash the shackles, but forging a new order requires not only ideals, but also compromise, maneuvering, and the courage to face one's own limitations. This is an epic story of how a group of "successful people" almost failed again at the crossroads of history, and finally figured out the path to Chinese-style modernization. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. He Started His Career as a Farmer and Became a Jinshi, and at the End of the Ming Dynasty, His Noble Family Was Loyal to Them. Lin ShenjianliHistorical117k Wordsongoing In the Longqing year of the Ming Dynasty, Hou Yao, a farmer from Jiading, studied hard in a cold window. Once he passed the imperial examination, he opened the door to the imperial examination family for the Hou family. Over the next hundred years, three generations passed down the work, using the pen as the sword and the calligraphy as the order, and finally became a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River with "three Jinshi in one discipline". Until the Ming and Qing dynasties, the —Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. The Legend of the Honest Official He Guochang in the Official Mirror Longtang GuiziHistorical283k Wordscompleted After noon that day, a baby's cry came from the big house, and bursts of crisp and loud firecrackers broke the tranquility of this small mountain village. In the main room on the left front, the midwife Aunt Liu told the baby's mother with a happy face: "I will only bring a handful (a boy) with me after the birth!" I had known for a long time that the He family was about to have a baby. After hearing the sound of firecrackers announcing the good news, after a while, the neighbors and clan member —Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. Tiger Tooth Wizard Author: Shiyang ZhaizhuHistorical113k Wordscompleted In the late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, in Qinglonggou, Xiliang, a baby was born with tiger teeth, which could read people's hearts and have a photographic memory. A genius transformed from the residual energy of the dragon's veins, he started from a cold kiln and stirred up the world step by step. He became the crown prince and Taibao, the governor of Henan, the governor of Liangjiang, became a famous official of his generation, and was granted the title of Marquis of Xiliang. (The cop —Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. Pictures of King Yu Wen ZitianHistorical243k Wordsongoing In the last imperial examination room, when Chen Ziyun, a poor scholar from Huanggang, was making a fuss, a blood-stained sword light suddenly passed outside the window. He calmly finished writing the strategy, but when he handed in the paper, silver needles were fired from his sleeves, and three Qing soldiers who searched him fell to the ground in shock. Rushing to the secret meeting in the Dabie Mountains in the dark, the former classmates turned out to be revolutionaries, and the pursuers tur —Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. Zeng Guofan: After Failing in the Rankings at the Beginning, He Endured the Death of a Genius and Became a Semi-Saint. Luo ZhihengHistorical125k Wordsongoing In the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan, a stupid peasant boy with dull qualifications, was burdened with the important task of changing his family's destiny. After seven times of failure and humiliation, he infiltrated the officialdom of the capital by relying on "die hard" and "clumsy sincerity". In his middle age, he encountered the Taiping Rebellion and the Qing Dynasty was about to fall. As a scholar, he was forced to return to his hometown, brainwashed the peasants with "Confucianism" and fo —Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. Takeaway Eunuch in Charge Nangong YunyaoHistorical36k Wordscompleted An accident caused You Jiba, a deliveryman with a debt of 120,000 yuan, to travel through time and become a poor eunuch of the Kangxi Dynasty. He was penniless, his life was like straw, and he still owed the steward eight taels of silver. He thought he could only wait for death, but he didn't know that the accounting knowledge he learned in his previous life was a more deadly weapon than a sword in the Qing Palace. From the handyman eunuch in the Jingshi Room to the first-grade household ministe —Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. Miraculous Medical Skills in 2024 Liuzhou JuventusHistorical26k Wordsongoing "The Miraculous Medical Skills of 2024" is a **female-friendly novel** that combines **time travel, medicine, intrigue and fantasy** and **connects ancient and modern times**. It tells the legendary story of **modern female medical student Li Xin who accidentally traveled back in time to the Qianlong period** and relied on the medical skills of **integrated Chinese and Western medicine** to **change her life against the will of heaven** and finally **grow into a legendary story of a generation o —Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. Gan Gang Suanyan Breaking the Boundary Game Golden Light and ProsperityHistorical20k Wordsongoing Zhao Yanzhi, an MBA elite, became Qianlong when he opened his eyes and ambitiously implemented performance appraisals. The KPI form had just been sent to the military aircraft department, but he found a tablet with "1949" on it in the dark space of the dragon bed. On the other side of the screen, "Qianlong" smiled bitterly while wearing a long robe of the Republic of China: "I have been operating here for thirty years in Congzhou. The phantom of Obai smashed your new attendance book? Don't panic —Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. Qing Dynasty Electronic Saint Liu Yanshan Who Likes Cats and RabbitsHistorical47k Wordsongoing New works are released. Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my works. I hope you all like them. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. Misty Rain Tea Boat: One Hexagram Leads to a Half-Life Fate Mo LihanHistorical39k Wordsongoing In the 16th year of Qianlong's reign, Huizhou's Shenji Tea Company was in dire straits - thirty tons of Lapsang Souchong were impounded for "forgery of tea introduction." The helmsman, Shen Yanzhi, had to deal with Mitsui & Co.'S commercial crackdown and raise the three thousand taels of gifts from Lu Qingyuan, a Miss Lu family. When he was desperate, he met Takashima Tonxiang, a Japanese Yi scholar. The prediction of the hexagram "Dong Cao fierce" pointed out the crux of the crisis, and also gu —Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. Ask About Jianghu with a Smile There Are No Cowards in Jin Yong's Works56k Wordsongoing This is an ancient legendary novel with a humorous and tight rhythm. The court is in turmoil and the world is in turmoil. In order to explore his life experience and hatred, young man Feng Wuzhou steps into the world and becomes companions with Liu Huaiyu, a heroine from an aristocratic family, and Zhong Yixing, a romantic talent. They were involved in rebellions of prominent families, disputes in the marketplace, official intrigues, and entanglements of intricate interests. The protagonist and —Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. Picking up Random Conversations in the Countryside Oranges with Mixed ResultsHistorical83k Wordsongoing It contains the wonders of mountains and seas, as well as the warmth of the city. Although the book is short, it can take you into each of the vivid little worlds. There are a number of selected short stories, some are healing, some are fresh, some are hiding little surprises, just open them and read them, unlocking a brief but touching time. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. Tide: Zuo Shuai and Hu Shang The Violent Gluttony of Liao KingdomHistorical25k Wordsongoing He is the sharp sword of the country, Zuo Zongtang, who is as honest as steel. In his eyes, the safety of thousands of miles of territory and the dynasty is in danger. He is Hu Xueyan, the God of Wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, who is as smooth as water. He holds gold, silver, sea and human connections in his hands. One needs money, the other needs power. A contract connects the feudal general and Bai Yiqing. He provided him with blood and oxygen, supporting the unparalleled success of —Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. I Exposed My Father at the Beginning and Defeated the British Ship with My Backhand. Yang Ergou Who Loves Huizhou TeaHistorical34k Wordsongoing Shen Zai'an, the illegitimate son who was discovered only ten years after Hidden Zhi Baylor's death, was forced to knock on the door of coach Yang Fang when the British warships were approaching the city. No one believed this fourteen-year-old boy until he took out his identity card and revealed the old scandal in the Duke's mansion in public. "Shen Zai'an, please fight!" Once he became famous, the whole world was shocked. The court regarded him as an "evil breed" who had tarnished the family tr —Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. The Legend of the Reincarnation Observer Can You Pick Mushrooms?Urban40k Wordsongoing An ordinary young man, Lin Yuan, accidentally obtained a rebirth system and could experience a different life. At first, he was immersed in the power and convenience brought by the system, using his prophetic advantages to achieve success in various worlds. But as the number of reincarnations increased, he gradually discovered that the system was not perfect, and there was a huge conspiracy hidden behind it. The true identity of the system elf Xi is exposed, and the purpose of Victor, the manipu —Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. Zhu Huiyin Solves Strange Cases in Eastern Guangdong Not Getting Together for the Rest of Our LivesHistorical26k Wordscompleted New works are released. Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my works. I hope you all like them. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. Burial at the Sea of ​​1898 Mexico City ResidentsHistorical23k Wordsongoing In the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu's reign, on an official ship bound for Britain, Zhang Hongjian, the Minister of Rites, died mysteriously. The accompanying eunuch, who was already lying in a pool of blood, accused him of treason. According to official reports, Liu Renzhong, his apprentice who died for his country, was found dead with several wounds. The murder weapon was hidden in Smith's house. And the chef Wang Dayong, who doesn't know a few Chinese characters, has poison in his stomach. Z —Reads—Score—Shelves
  34. Steel Jinling The Eldest Son of the Wang FamilyHistorical39k Wordscompleted Steampunk version of the Taiping Rebellion: An idealistic engineer used advanced technology to try to save a peasant regime that was bound to collapse. However, under the pull of various forces, he witnessed his ideals being alienated into an even more heroic tragedy. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. Qianmen Jinchuan The Colorful Liu DehuaHistorical58k Wordsongoing At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the current situation was turbulent. There was dirt and evil in the foreign market ten miles away, and undercurrents were surging in the rural markets. Orphan Jinchuan was adopted by an old ghost from a thousand sects when he was young. He learned the cunning tricks of the generals and the code of conduct of "thieves also have their own ways". However, due to an accident, he was involved in a series of scams in the arena —Reads—Score—Shelves
  36. Daoxiang Tongxinlu Like MonoHistorical44k Wordsongoing "Daoxiang Tongxinlu" tells the story of Chen Daoxiang, an old farmer in the countryside in the late Qing Dynasty. In order to fight against severe drought, he led the villagers to establish a "Farmers' Assistance Association" and used a "Farmers Association Book" to record work and accounts to help each other and save themselves. The government suspected that he was organizing a rebellion and sent troops to round him up. Chen Daoxiang presented the book, which details that a certain household wa —Reads—Score—Shelves
  37. Waking of Insects on the String Yu YuHistorical143k Wordsongoing I am the piano master of Prince Yong's Mansion. The fourth master allowed me to play the piano in the hall, but he never looked at me. He thought that I could only play "High Mountains and Flowing Waters" and that I didn't know how to maneuver and conquer. Until that night, I opened the bottom of the piano case and pulled out the secret guard token. When the Fourth Master was captured, I finally whispered to him: "Master, do you know why the Emperor only loves "Guangling San"?" The moment his pu —Reads—Score—Shelves
  38. Bloody Blade of Loess Tears Under the StarsHistorical46k Wordscompleted "The Bloody Loess" is a long historical novel with the historical background of the Wang Lun Uprising in Shandong during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Through the life trajectory of Chen Shitou, a young peasant, from enduring humiliation to surviving to rising up, the work shows the survival picture and spiritual awakening of the people at the bottom of China's late feudal society under multiple oppressions. Opening this book, you will see not only the life and death legend of a young —Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. Traces I Am Mr. YiHistorical52k Wordsongoing New works are released. Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my works. I hope you all like them. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. The New Deer and the Cauldron: the Iterator of Civilization Ouyang Xuan of the Inland Sea41k Wordsongoing The true sense of epic lies not in the long span of time, but in hearing the footsteps of civilization in the destiny of the individual. The protagonist Chen Xiaomo (Wei Xiaobao) walked from the Kangxi Dynasty to the eve of the Opium War. What they saw was not only the story of a time traveler, but also all the possibilities, all the regrets, all the tenacity and all the hopes of the entire Chinese civilization at the juncture of modern times. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  41. All Living Beings Are Ill Yang YunsongHistorical39k Wordscompleted I can't finish the vicissitudes of the world, I can't finish reading the sadness of people's hearts. Life itself steals a glimmer of vitality and struggles in the mundane affairs. One after another, the little characters form a touching story, and the vast pages explain the meaning of life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. Mingquan Reincarnation Fox Talks About PickpocketingHistorical49k Wordscompleted I am born with strong cognition and sensitivity, and I am accustomed to using my own logic to observe and deduce everything. After the awakening of Han culture, I completely opened up my thinking and spliced ​​the complete core of Han culture from the historical fragments of the Ming Dynasty. I also discovered a key problem: the fragments of the Ming Dynasty can be assembled into a smooth and complete system, but the fragments of the world and the universe after the Ming Dynasty can no longer be —Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. The Foreign Craftsmen Entered the Hunan Army, and I Laid a Killing Plan for Zeng Guofan. Cat That Doesn't Want to Wake UpHistorical20k Wordsongoing The foreign craftsmen entered the Hunan Army, and I laid a killing plan for Zeng Guofan. I, the former deputy captain of a gunboat of the Royal Navy, was framed and expelled from the British Army. After traveling to the Qing Dynasty, I was spotted by Zeng Guofan and became the exclusive foreign weapons chief of the Hunan Army! Foreign companies secretly communicated with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, former military school classmates betrayed for profit, and Western technology became a bargainin —Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. Jingshizhi Ruotian Xuanyu Who Likes Leaf MinersHistorical41k Wordsongoing After failing three attempts, scholar Lu Mingyuan returned home frustrated. However, a rickety old bridge in his hometown allowed him to find a new path. He no longer clung to the fame of the temple, but instead cultivated the land beneath his feet. He built bridges and controlled floods, compiled local chronicles, and established rural schools... He used his pen, ink, and feet to re-measure and protect the mountains, rivers, and people of his homeland. The frustrated scholar finally found anoth —Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. Qing Dynasty Strategy: the Rise of the Academic Overlord Brother Ma LiHistorical86k Wordsongoing Wang Ming, an all-around academic master in the 21st century, was repeatedly bullied by the rich second generation in school because of his ordinary family background. During a trip to Huangshan Mountain, he accidentally picked up a mysterious treasure box. The moment he opened it, he was struck by lightning and his soul passed through the Kangxi Dynasty. After becoming the adopted son of the Bao Yi Zuoling family, he relied on his extraordinary modern knowledge - from hybrid rice to red cannons —Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. Shogunate Writing Autumn Wind Is Ruthless AaHistorical32k Wordscompleted During the Jiaqing period, Shen Moyan, a talented man from the south of the Yangtze River, failed to succeed in many tests. When he was frustrated, he was introduced by a mysterious old man to the Zhili Governor-General Shogunate. Relying on his splendid writing skills and his ability to manage the world, he used documents as his pen and tool, quietly changing local decisions while working on documents, quietly stirring up trouble in the court, and carving out a completely different career outsi —Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. Translation Sea Spark Fire Autumn Wind Is Ruthless AaHistorical29k Wordscompleted During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Lin Huaiyuan, a young man from a poor family, was admitted to the highly discriminated Tongwen School, where he studied foreign language diligently amidst the scoldings of "strange and obscene skills". From translating "The Law of All Nations" to accompanying envoys abroad, he personally experienced the humiliation of diplomacy. Using his pen as a sword, he ignited the spark of modern translation and diplomacy in the dark night of the decaying empire, laying —Reads—Score—Shelves
  48. The Epic of Three Generations of Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers Wind and Rain, Stars and MoonHistorical32k Wordscompleted • Protagonist: Shen Wanchuan (formerly known as Shen Qing) was a tea farmer in Huizhou who moved north to avoid the war. ◦ Personality: He has the tenacity and patience like you grow strawberries, understands the soil and weather, and grows from a farmer to the helmsman of a canal gang. • Main line: from the settlement in the Yellow River Basin to the protection of merchants along the canal. It writes about how he found new farming methods on barren land, and how he protected a piece of water —Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. Cherishing the Confucianism of the Young Scholars Shi GuobinHistorical162k Wordsongoing New works are released. Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my works. I hope you all like them. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. The Legend of Red-Faced Pockmark Roast Chicken Without SaltHistorical291k Wordsongoing An abandoned baby in the Xiangjiang River, with a red face and pockmarked face, became a legend in Guiyang. He outsmarted the bullies and broke the situation with clever tricks; he founded a trading company with integrity; he investigated opium secretly and bravely exposed the shady story; he used his body to protect the embankment when the flood peak came. In the twilight officialdom of the late Qing Dynasty and the undercurrent of business, a strange-looking little man stuck to justice with —Reads—Score—Shelves