The book "The Rise, Beginning in 1900" can no longer be written at this point, nor can it be written further. I can only say goodbye to all my readers!

First of all, I would like to thank 17k Novel Network for publishing the full text of this novel, and thank the editor of this book, Jing Hongda, for his tolerance and support!

Of course, the most important thing to thank is the readers who have supported and cared for this book over the past year. This is the motivation for Qingbo to continue writing.

Now I would like to talk to readers about Qingbo’s creative thoughts in writing this book, and to respond to readers’ questions, complain, and talk about the “hard feelings” in my heart.

Qingbo claims to be a history buff, and he has an uneasy feeling about the modern history from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China:

Let’s not talk about the fact that the imperial court in the late Qing Dynasty was closed to the country and was corrupt and incompetent. This was due to the historical legacy of the feudal dynasty and was determined by the inertia at the end of the dynasty.

But after the founding of the Republic of China, the two decades of warlord warfare were extremely inappropriate.

The originally barren Chinese nation was torn apart, and no one had the heart to engage in economic construction. It fell into a situation where the country was weak and the people were poor and had no means of livelihood. This allowed the Japanese to take the opportunity to invade, which was overwhelming and left a humiliating history in Chinese history.

Qingbo has the same idea as many readers. He wants to re-enact this period of history and shape the counterattack and rise of the protagonist Chen Tianhua, his strategic layout, and the rise of the Chinese nation in the world.

The book was originally written from 1900 to the end of World War I. Chen Tianhua joined the war and took the opportunity to recover a lot of lost territory, including treasure islands. Among them was the largest Sino-Japanese naval battle, reporting on the Sino-Japanese War.

hatred.

Therefore, from the beginning, this book tried its best to stay close to the historical facts, using historical fan techniques and writing in a chronological narrative.

However, writing in this way is suspected of "magically changing modern history" and touches the red line of political involvement. This is in great conflict with the author's original outline.

Anyone with a discerning eye can clearly see at a glance that the book has been gradually converging, revising, and turning into a semi-fictional historical text since Chapter 800. The appearances of many historical figures have been deleted, and some have not been included at all.

Therefore, Qingbo here would like to sincerely apologize to the many readers who are upset that I cannot let everyone do their best!

Next, Qingbo will reply to the most concentrated doubts of many platform readers.

1. About the advent of motor-driven sailboats in the late Qing Dynasty.

The author has consulted relevant historical documents and found that in 1900, there was a "small steamer" shipping ship established by foreigners in Shanghai. Its power was a diesel-burning steam turbine, commonly known as a "motor" ship.

As for whether the private sector exists, and whether Chen Laoqi can own such a motor-driven sailing boat, it is impossible to verify, and it is completely unnecessary.

Since it is a novel, a little exaggeration is allowed.

2. About the silver dollar.

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, copper plates and silver coins existed in large quantities and were widely circulated.

There are not only foreigners' "Yinyang", but also the Guangxu silver dollar in the Qing Dynasty. Don't think that there are only foreigners' "Yinyangqian", or the "Yuan Datou" that only existed in the early years of the Republic of China.

3. About fishing shrimp and fish in the wild.

In the countryside of Shaoxing, it did exist in the early years. The author's ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

I heard it from the elders and saw it with my own eyes.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, green shell prawns, river eels, sea bass, and mandarin fish were the foods on the tables of wealthy people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they were relatively expensive.

4. There is a typographical error between ‘two’ and ‘two’ in the book.

Since the author’s ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and he spent time in Shanghai during the years after graduating from university,

The pronunciation is not very clear, so the words that should be written as "two" in this book are all "two", which is very awkward and uncomfortable especially when listening to the content of the novel.

This has seriously affected readers' sense of reading. The author Qingbo apologizes to everyone and says I'm sorry. There are too many mistakes and cannot be corrected. Please forgive me. In future novels, this is an error Qingbo must overcome.

5. About Yue Fei’s anti-gold relics - Yingpan Mountain.

Chapters 479 to 489 in the book, these ten chapters are mostly about the protagonist Chen Tian

Hua planned an ambush and siege by Japanese armed forces at Yingpan Mountain in the Guangde Mountains of Anhui Province.

This is intended to emphasize the feelings of family and country in resisting foreign aggression.

The Yingpan Mountain described in the book is in Guangde, Anhui Province. Chen Tianhua's "Meiguang Autonomous Region" in the book includes the Guangde Mountains. Many readers mistakenly believe that the author describes it in Zhejiang. This is a misunderstanding.

6. About horse fighting in war scenes.

Most of the wars in the book take place in the south of the Yangtze River. They are either city offensive and defensive battles or wilderness battles.

A battle, a mountain encounter, the scene was bloody and cruel.

In fact, horse battles definitely existed, but they were not on such a scale. The book uses a more exaggerated approach to exaggerate the brutality and spectacle of the battles, while actually criticizing war.

The protagonist of the book, Chen Tianhua, advocates republicanism, seeking common ground while reserving differences, jointly developing the economy, and strengthening the country and enriching the people.

But in fact, he often had to use force to conquer. From the early years of suppressing bandits, whether they were mountain bandits or lake bandits, and later the Civil War, his helplessness was reflected.

Therefore, at the end of the novel, multi-party negotiations are used to decide the fate of the country, which is also in line with the idea of ​​​​this novel. The original intention of the protagonist Chen Tianhua is not to do it hastily.

As for the later development, many readers can do whatever they want and give full play to their imagination.

Qingbo's new book "The Final Jin" is first released on the 17k novel platform. Interested readers are invited to go and watch it.

The historical background of this book is the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties periods.

For more than 300 years, it can be described as chaos of demons, frequent wars, devastation of life, dire straits for the people, dire straits, hellish Shura field, etc.

This is another "difficulty" that Qingbo encounters when he understands and reads history.

This was a dark period of more than 300 years in Chinese history. The famous "Five Chaos" occurred during this period. According to historical records, more than 30 countries were involved in chaos one after another.

Many of them are far from recorded in history books.

Especially north of the south of the Yangtze River, it has a really disastrous history of man-made disasters.

Qingbo's purpose in this book is to deduce this period of history and shape the protagonist Linghupo's counterattack and rise, strategic layout, and the rise of the Chinese nation in the forest of the world, not only to conquer the East, but also to conquer the West.

This book has always been written in a style of passion, counterattack, conspiracy, and struggle for hegemony. The war scenes are grander and more tragic. In the era of cold weapons, it can better demonstrate the image of bloody and sturdy heroes.

Qingbo is willing to join the vast number of readers to experience the addiction of being imaginative and doing whatever they want.

This book uses an imaginary approach and is not a historical fan fiction.

As a writer of historical novels, I have always believed that the author must have a sense of historical awe and a sense of historical mission!

We must respect historical figures, follow major historical facts, deduce inferences on this basis, and render them appropriately. However, we must spread positive energy and emphasize the feelings of family and country, so that readers can gain something while being entertained.

Okay, enough of the nagging, I hope the regrets in "The Rise, Beginning in 1900" can be compensated for in "The End of Jin".

One last thing needs to be explained. As a rule, there are extra chapters at the end of the book. For this book, Qingbo drafted several versions of extra chapters, but in the end he rejected them all.

Even if I don’t explain the reason, everyone should know it, and it is not appropriate to spread it.
Chapter completed!