The Iron Bones of the Ming Dynasty

I read this novel during a limited-time free offer and thought the author wrote it very well. The character development, the descriptions of war, and the portrayal of human nature all felt very realistic. It's definitely worth reading. I browsed the comments section today and found a lot of people with shady attitudes smearing the author and the book. So I wanted to post this to say: I hope the author won't be affected by them and will keep going! I will support you!

The flintlock mechanism wasn't designed to increase the rate of fire. The British Army never used flintlock cannons; historically, flintlock mechanisms had issues with ignition. In fact, the ignition rate of flintlocks was lower than direct ignition, directly slowing down the overall rate of fire. The only reason the navy adopted flintlock cannons was on warships, especially during combat.

Record all manufacturing techniques and keep them confidential.

No wonder the story is so bad. The protagonist is abused, he talks to himself, and they added a poisoning scene to make it longer. He's always running away to Taiwan or the Philippines to develop his career. He's cold-blooded and never thinks about what will happen to the people of the liberated lands.

On Bilibili, I mocked the "decade of scarcity" as a false golden age, and someone actually said that if the "decade of scarcity" wasn't a golden age, then China never had a golden age? They even said that Emperor Yongzheng, like Wang Mang, was the emperor who cared most for the people. Should I call him a bondservant? This guy is a traffic cop; did he not study his academic subjects well?

I think the only reason I should travel back to the Ming Dynasty is to rebel. Look at how terrible the Ming Dynasty became in its later years; the mighty Ming couldn't even handle Japanese pirates. I really don't understand the point of constantly promoting the Ming Dynasty's principles of not making peace through marriage alliances, not paying reparations, not ceding territory, and not paying…

What ability could a third-rate college student have to guide the development of science and technology from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties to nuclear bombs, artificial satellites, and computers in just a few decades? Moreover, the development of science and technology has always been gradual.

I really don't understand why there are so many sycophants praising Qing and suppressing Ming below. The Ming Dynasty's strength lay in its deep link between the survival of its borders and the survival of its imperial family. It established its capital in Beijing, a city extremely close to the border at the time.

Poisoned I've read over a hundred chapters of the poison testing series. I didn't see any "Great Ming Iron Bones" (a metaphor for a strong and resilient character). All I saw was a shrewd, impulsive, pretentious bastard who wanted to sleep with any woman he could get his hands on. Does this performance live up to the loyal poem on the guillotine in the previous chapters?

Is this guy so easily swayed by women? He even wants Liu Rushi, but she's already in her thirties or forties!