The Commercial Three Kingdoms

Preface (serving as the blurb): A merchant who used to be a teacher and three of his teacher friends travel through time to the Three Kingdoms era while exploring Shennongjia. (Yes, it’s a cliché. Nothing I can do about that. If you’re unhappy, throw your votes at me. -_-)

Dissatisfied with the state of China at the time, they are deeply worried about the coming era of the Five Barbarians ravaging China. To spare the Han people 300 years of suffering, they rise amid the chaos and establish a nation through commerce. With a thriving economy and advanced products, they create a social system better suited to economic development, build a stronger army, and pursue their plans for unification and colonization. Their sights have already moved beyond the conflicts of the Central Plains, toward distant Rome and Egypt. As for Japan, it is merely a small step in their colonization plan. The book explores social structures, legal systems, government institutions, and religious beliefs. It’s all pure wish fulfillment, so readers, please don’t draw comparisons or take it seriously. Glory to the Han people; brickbats to me. It’s just for the readers’ amusement.

Commerce represents competition, hard work, adventure, ambition, creativity, strategy, big-picture thinking, development, methods, rules, standards, strength, wealth, interests, value, success and failure, management, talent, trade, responsibility, cooperation, democracy, freedom, rights, ideas, innovation, choices, efficiency, knowledge, technology, information, resources, products, circulation... Please don’t be misled by the title!

At long last, the much-anticipated The Three Kingdoms of Commerce is officially on sale. Due to various problems, this book was unable to meet its original release date. Our editorial department has also received many calls from enthusiastic readers asking about it, and we can only offer our sincerest apologies.

As early as the beginning of February, we received hundreds of messages from readers asking to order The Three Kingdoms of Commerce. Some even transferred the money to our company that very day. However, we already had an idea of the book’s publication schedule, so we replied to most callers asking them to wait until it was published before sending payment. To this day, our company mailbox is still full of emails asking us to notify them when the book is available so they can pay. We’re truly touched.

After much back-and-forth, we have begun shipping the first hundred copies signed by Master Chihu. The readers who paid earliest will receive their copies first, and we’ll confirm each order with you based on your payment receipt. The other four hundred copies will be shipped in due course. Readers who haven’t paid yet can still order the book. The price remains 25 yuan, with a 20% discount!

(Answers to some frequently asked questions:

1. The revisions to the later sections are still under discussion, so the book is expected to end in either four or five volumes. If it ends up being five, readers who have already paid for a set of four needn’t worry. You’ll receive the remaining volume at the same discount, and it will also be signed.

2. Overseas orders: Our company does not handle overseas business, and the high postage costs make it difficult to arrange. If overseas readers are very eager to get the book, please check the postage fees at your local post office and send that amount to our company along with your order.

3. Volumes 1 and 2 are now available. Each is 300,000 characters long, and the price remains 25 yuan.

For mail-order inquiries, call 021-63174943 or 021-63170956. Contacts: Zhang Linlin and Sun Youqi.

If calling is inconvenient, you can send payment directly to the following address: Shanghai Tangfeng Books Co., Ltd., 21st Floor, Yishengge, Hengji Buyecheng Plaza, 547 Tianmu West Road, Shanghai. Postal code: 200070. Payee: He Yiping.