Raising the Ming in Troubled Times

The free chapters of this book were good, but the chapters after it was officially released were terrible. The protagonist came to Shandong to obtain coal for steelmaking, where he was kidnapped by two women from the White Lotus Cult. The protagonist immediately became obsessed with these women, all the vows he made with his foreign wife back home vanished instantly, and he transformed into the…

The protagonist should carry a copy of "Ten Books on Architecture." With that, the architectural technology of Caesar's era would be more than enough to build a bastion using ancient Roman concrete that even yellow gunpowder couldn't break.

The Zheng family barely provoked you, yet you wiped out their entire family. A Japanese woman killed more than a dozen of your people, and you took them in as bodyguards. What kind of logic is that? It's ridiculous.

Even the national hero Zheng Chenggong wanted to kill him. The protagonist, unworthy of being Chinese, wanted to exterminate the Zheng family who defended the Ming Dynasty's coast against the Dutch. He could have easily recruited the Zheng family, but instead chose to kill them. He even recruited the Dutch, who had killed many Chinese sailors, into his service. It seems the protagonist would kill even his own compatriots for personal gain.

I just started reading this one. It's been almost a year since I finished "Late Ming Dynasty," and perhaps it's because of preconceived notions, but "Late Ming" has become a benchmark for me when reading books about the late Ming Dynasty. I've read so many books about the late Ming Dynasty, and so far, I haven't found anything that surpasses it. I hope this book will surprise me.

The author immediately gave each of the two gatekeepers at the county government a string of copper coins. Just the two strings of coins alone weighed at least five catties. The author didn't think things through when writing the book.

I found this book when I was looking for something to read. I thought it would be comparable to the late Ming Dynasty because it was a time-travel story, but it was less than 10% as good. It was just awkward writing. I really wanted to complain when I saw the paid chapters. During the Ming Dynasty, the salt trade was controlled by powerful clans. Do you know what powerful clans are?

Overall, this book is good. Unlike "Lingao Qiming," it doesn't rely entirely on technical analysis. However, the claim that it forces Emperor Chongzhen to abdicate, and even involves Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu, is absurd. It's unlikely that these two individuals would participate in such a coup.

I finally finished reading it, and overall it was pretty good. The author did a good job of depicting some details, and it wasn't entirely a technical read. However, I'd like to point out a few differences. First, there's the technical issue: why didn't the protagonist go further and create a rear-mounted weapon?

Ever since watching Lingao and South America, I've become less and less interested in solo time travel; I still think group time travel is more reasonable. Unless you want to involve a Red Line organization, like Crimson Dawn.