League of Loyalty: Secret History of the Northern and Southern Dynasties

This is a historical novel spanning 170 years, five generations, and 69 chapters. From the second year of Yuanxing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (403) to the tenth year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty (590), the novel focuses on the Northern and Southern Dynasties - the longest, most chaotic, and most ignored transitional era in Chinese history. An ordinary teahouse boy, Li Mingxuan, walked all the way from Jiankang to the Taihang Mountains with a knife called "Pojun". He took in the first refugee in the abandoned kiln and set up the first white flag with the words "Loyalty and Justice for a Thousand Years" at the mouth of the valley. There are no great talents and strategies of emperors and generals, no epic battles with thousands of troops - there are just a group of people who were crushed by the troubled times. In the barren mountains, with a bowl of porridge, a rule and a school, they built bit by bit a Ngee Ann Village that does not belong to any dynasty. The village does not pay grain, collect taxes, or recruit troops. No matter where you come from or where you come from. The only requirement is to follow the rules. If you keep it, you will be from Ngee Ann Village.