The End of the Han Dynasty

The population setting is just ridiculous, only 5 million people. What can 5 million people do? They can just keep having babies all day. What's the point of fighting for supremacy? If there really was only this many people left at the end of the Han Dynasty, there wouldn't be any chaos! Nine-tenths of the cities and their surrounding areas would be deserted. What would be the point of fighting? What would be worth fighting for? At that point, the issue of extinction would have to be considered!

Very good, I like the slow-burning, cheat-like gameplay. 🤓🤓🤓

Seeing Liao Hua's departure, it's absurd that someone as historically significant as Liao Hua is portrayed as a complete blank slate, even less capable than someone the protagonist randomly picks up. It's utterly chaotic. Surely no one would believe Liao Hua is truly worthless just because they heard the saying, "Shu has no great generals," and that he was made vanguard.

Cough cough, I finally found a gem! This book is beautifully written, with a deeply moving plot, a captivating storyline, an unexpected ending, and a relatable message. It's one of the best books I've encountered in the past decade. My only regret is that I haven't read a single word of it besides the synopsis.

What does it mean that the 13 provinces of the Han Dynasty only had 5 million people? What's the point of fighting a war with that? What's the point of rebellion? It's all about getting enough to eat! There aren't even enough people to farm. What's the point of fighting? Wouldn't everyone just go home, farm, and have kids? Who would want to fight with you?

The first chapter is enough to discourage you from fighting. The chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty stemmed from the severe land annexation by powerful families. If the entire country only had three million people, there wouldn't even be enough to farm, let alone create a Three Kingdoms period. There's no need to fight. Everyone should just go home and have babies.

Many readers have raised questions about the population figures, so I'd like to explain. Firstly, this setting is necessary for the plot. If it were a normal population, to make it logical, it would have to follow the old tropes of traditional Three Kingdoms novels. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of such stories on Qidian; I don't need to add another one to my library.

Why can't I invest in new books, and why can't I vote with monthly tickets either?

This author is a genius! With such a small population, there's no chance of rebellion. No one will cultivate the land, and if they can't survive, they'll just run off to the deep mountains and forests—you'll never find them! You might as well write about the Japanese Warring States period; Japan was pretty much like that back then!

The protagonist seems incredibly stupid, always sucking up to everyone, turning a blind eye to everything. Frankly, he's nowhere near as good as Cao Cao. How could someone with that kind of personality and way of doing things possibly conquer the world?