Competing for Supremacy in the Late Ming

The author should first look up sweet potatoes on Baidu. Ancient sweet potatoes and modern cultivated sweet potatoes are completely different. Even modern sweet potatoes require detoxification treatment. Modern farmland specifically for sweet potato cultivation only yields 5,000-7,000 kilograms per mu. In ancient times, there were no chemical fertilizers, no pesticides, and no years of breeding.

This is a modern map; I couldn't find any ancient maps, and I don't know how to make them, so please bear with it. 😅

Is the author serious about letting his sons freely compete for the throne? Isn't he afraid of locking you up in the palace and letting you starve to death? Even Li Shimin, who was so powerful, still had his sons rebel.

Many comments criticize the protagonist for becoming a bandit. However, does a bandit really have the ability to conquer the world? In fact, the chances of a bandit conquering the world are extremely low. How can a bandit develop military equipment, train elite troops, and maintain military discipline?

I initially thought the writing was alright, although the plot twists were a bit over the top, it was still barely readable. But the latest chapter's council and Li Xian chapters shocked me. It's like they think their descendants are too comfortable and want them to slaughter each other! This is outrageous, I can't even bear to read it!

Seeing the title and synopsis mentioning rebellion, I had no desire to open it. The Ming Dynasty is the only dynasty I wouldn't want to rebel against after seeing it as a time-travel story. The reason is simple: Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang rebuilt China, drove out the Manchus, and Emperor Zhu Youjian died for the country—he certainly had backbone. What followed was the humiliating history of the Manchu conquest.

Is the author serious? I couldn't continue after reading two or three chapters... Aren't you afraid someone will report you to the authorities for such a brazen rebellion? Then you just spout a few slogans and everyone starts rebelling against you. And you even say they have to obey you and follow military discipline... How can this bunch of people follow military discipline? Even regular troops need to undergo training, right?

Historical fiction should not be too ahead of its time; otherwise, what's the difference between it and modern novels?

A bunch of people who've never farmed are talking about farming here, it's absolutely hilarious! In the countryside, besides large-scale farmers, who buys seeds to grow sweet potatoes? Everyone saves their own seeds and cultivates their own seedlings. And then there's the virus-free part—just a quick Google search and they're talking about virus-free? It's laughable!

Planting sweet potatoes is like planting a tree; you need to nurture the land for three years after planting it! After three years, the land will be barren! It's like waiting to die; without chemical fertilizers, large-scale sweet potato cultivation is pure suicide! Even now, with compound fertilizers, people only plant small amounts on the edges of their plots.