The Growth Diary of Guo Jia of the Three Kingdoms

Cao Cao treats Guo Jia exceptionally well. They travel in the same carriage and sit together under the same tent, with all kinds of indulgence and special treatment. Chen Qun: Guo Jia and my lord are having an improper relationship! As an upright man, I can't show favoritism. I'll write a report and take it to court... Guo Jia: My lord is more wronged than Dou E, but I can't let my beloved be exposed. My lord will have to bear this enormous false accusation for now. Cao Cao: Lately, I keep feeling like everyone is looking at me with a meaningful expression. Jia Xu, being tsundere: I know everything, but I'm not telling you. After transmigrating into the childhood of a sickly military strategist, Guo Jia finds himself with an uncle who's a wicked old man with eccentric tastes, a widowed mother obsessed with alchemy and steeped in feudal thinking, a friend who cross-dresses, and a mysterious follower from the underworld. It was hard enough not to grow up crooked. Now he also has to support his family, study hard, and become a qualified libationer and strategist. Reader's Guide: A sweet 1v1 set against the Three Kingdoms. Features the Wei strategists as an ensemble. It mostly avoids the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Farming in the early part, contending for supremacy in the middle, and court politics in the later part. The leads dote on each other. The characters have been heavily reimagined, and there are plenty of wildly out-there personal takes. Feel free to leave your flowers and bricks, and follow your heart whether you stay or go. It's not easy to meet, so let's cherish our time together. Wishing all you lovely readers a happy time reading. ***[Coming Soon]*** The Grand Preceptor of Qin Xu Yi always thought he'd transmigrated into the life of a spoiled young master. Reborn in the womb, with a prosperous family, a father and older brother who both served in the court, and a father who was the Crown Prince's tutor, the country at peace and no wars to worry about, he figured he'd coast through life. Then, during a festival, the whole family gathered, and Xu Yi was shocked to discover that he was living in the late Warring States period. This was Qi, the state that had automatically left the Warring States princes' group chat and hadn't fought a war in fifty years. The Crown Prince would never ascend the throne, because Qin Shi Huang would conquer Qi and drive King Jian of Qi into a wild forest full of pines and cypresses, where he would starve to death! With the nest about to collapse, Xu Yi had no choice but to get moving. He picked up the skills from his previous life and tried to save himself. But before he could accomplish anything earthshaking, a spring flu epidemic broke out in his hometown, and Xu Yi caught it. Dizzy and lightheaded, he watched a shaman doctor jump rope to cure him and offer him a bowl of dark, murky talisman water. At death's door, he sat bolt upright and made a batch of herbal pills for colds, putting an end to the spring flu ravaging his hometown. And just like that, he became famous. The Grand Physician, excited: Young man, you know how to make elixirs? Xu Yi explained earnestly: This isn't alchemy. It's medicine-making! Guiguzi scolded him: I taught you the arts of persuasion and the military classics, yet you insist on making elixirs? Xu Yi: Master, I'm not making elixirs. I'm making fertilizer and pesticides. Your favorite tea plants are infested with bugs. How about trying some low-toxicity, eco-friendly berberine? King Jian of Qi: Her Majesty the Dowager is feeling unwell. I ask Imperial Physician Xu to fire up the furnace and make another batch of elixirs. Xu Yi didn't feel like saying anything. He really had used an alchemy furnace, but only to make glass beads and blow a few glass bottles on the side. He couldn't make a single immortal elixir to save his life! Guiguzi: Congratulations, apprentice. You've graduated. We disciples of Guiguzi use stage names when wandering the world. From now on, your name is Xu Fu. Xu Yi: Why? Guiguzi: The Guigu school of persuasion is famous for the saying, "When one grows angry, the feudal lords tremble; when one settles down, all under heaven falls silent." It sounds imposing and powerful, but people might dig up your ancestors' graves. Qin Shi Huang: Is Mr. Xu skilled at making elixirs? I want an elixir of immortality. Xu Yi, exhausted from being asked to make elixirs when he really couldn't: Fine. Do whatever you like. He numbly took the imperial edict from Qin Shi Huang and glanced at it. When written in Qin characters, Xu Fu was actually Xu Fu. Wait. Xu Yi's pupils dilated in shock. So Xu Fu was me! Your Majesty, stop taking those pills and look at me! Medicine-making, alchemy, sugar refining, salt production, porcelain firing, drip irrigation, black powder, stainless steel, the curved-beam plow, organic fertilizer, chain pumps... Because he didn't want to sail across the sea in search of medicine, Xu Yi found a way to become Fusu's tutor and gave him lessons every day. Xu Yi told Fusu: Crops in tropical regions can be harvested three times a year. Here in Xianyang, with scientific management, we can harvest three times every two years. With intercropping and crop rotation, we can get even more. Qin Shi Huang eavesdropped on his son's lessons, then turned around and sent troops to conquer Lingnan and many tropical islands, including Hainan Island. While out for a stroll, Xu Yi was surprised to discover that the official fields in Xianyang had already begun intercropping mung beans and winter wheat. He continued his lessons, and somehow went off topic while discussing alchemy: There are several gold mines in the Western Regions, producing jade, gold, agate, spices, oil, natural gas, and all kinds of ores, including copper and iron... After class, he came out and looked around in confusion. Where was Meng Tian? Hadn't they agreed to have barbecue together tonight? What, His Majesty had sent him to conquer the Western Regions?! Your Majesty, eavesdropping is a bad habit! Sources referenced in this novel: Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han, Zizhi Tongjian, A New Account of the Tales of the World, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Citations are noted in the text. Anything omitted also comes from these books. Theme: The ups and downs and achievements of his life amount to only a few lines in the history books. But when his country was in peril, he stepped forward.