Returning to the End of the Ming to Build Industry

I hope the author will write something different! The Ming Dynasty is admirable, but it's already corrupt! It needs to be completely scrapped and rebuilt! Or at least have a complete overhaul! It's quite difficult! I really like the author's writing style! Keep it up!

Can you believe that the late Qing Dynasty was still using matchlock guns from the Ming Dynasty? When the British army stormed Beijing, they discovered a vast amount of advanced firearms in the imperial treasury, including even the Spinning Jenny and steam engines. But they refused to allow their imitation or widespread adoption. Can you believe such a thing happened? But it's a fact.

Even if you build machine guns and tanks, can you imagine that by the late Ming Dynasty, people's hearts were so rotten that the literati accused you of colluding with the enemy, and that soldiers with advanced weapons simply surrendered to the Jurchens?! What good would that do? The late Ming Dynasty was beyond saving by material and technological means.

The last time I was chatting with a friend, we were talking about how the Qing Dynasty's 100,000 iron cavalry were defeated by a few thousand British cavalrymen, and the cavalrymen barely lost any of their men. What kind of battle was that? It's infuriating! The Ming Dynasty had mobile artillery and breech-loading cannons. How come the Qing Dynasty didn't even have artillery that could be moved outside the city? Instead of talking about development, they're going backwards!

Every time I see racial conflicts, I feel that Qin Shi Huang was incredibly farsighted. Different cultures and customs create a kind of divide called ethnicity. This divide separates people. True unification only comes when the existing barriers are broken down, their differing beliefs destroyed, and everyone is forcibly integrated into one culture and one tradition.

I feel the author should have shown the top-level design of the protagonist's faction; otherwise, it's very chaotic, and the protagonist seems to be running around like a headless fly, doing research one minute, fighting the Xiongnu the next, and then fighting the Russians. Also… having resources alone isn't enough; they need to be allocated and managed.

The recent battle map has been updated, but the Nurgan port hasn't been added, suggesting it's not very safe. However, the border is now defined by the Heilongjiang River basin.

When did people in ancient times start cutting their long hair short? Everyone in the industrial sector has to cut their hair short; long hair is too dangerous for operating machines.

Population and unified ideology, understanding, and values!

It's not easy. This is the book I've followed the longest.