Chapter 31 About Updates and Follow-up Reading

Let me briefly talk about a few points below.

1. Let’s talk about the updates that everyone is most concerned about:
In the past two days, smart push has brought in some traffic, and many readers have said that I update too little and urged me to update more.

It's like this, when a new book first comes out, there are usually two chapters, each chapter is two thousand.

Although I only update once, it is two chapters in one, and each chapter is about 4500 words.

Why can't there be more updates?

Because I want to climb the list.

If the word count exceeds a certain number, it will be removed from the new book list.

Moreover, this book is now in the third round of recommendations and will have to go through another round. Although Sanjiang doesn’t have much chance, the editor asked me to wait and see if there is an opportunity to promote it through the cover.

Therefore, if the time is extended, the update cannot have too many words.

Otherwise, it would take more than 200,000 words to be put on the shelves.

But having said that, this period of time is a good opportunity for me to save some drafts, and I will update more after they are put on the shelves.

That’s all. Thanks.

2. About Settings

Recently, many readers who love history have come.

Correspondingly, there are more and more opinions.

The most important point is that I hope everyone will not over-examine, otherwise this book may easily bring you fatal disaster.

Secondly, some book friends mentioned the setting problem. They were tired of Zhu Yijun and the Ming Dynasty. Why not write about someone? Why not write about a certain dynasty?

I am helpless now. My book has been opened. Since you left this message, I have no choice but to write it. I will write a free custom article for you right away.

Also, there are some friends who are very familiar with Ming history, and I learned a lot from their suggestions.

Thank you for your comments, and we welcome friendly exchanges.

Beyond that, there are some readers who are… hard for me to describe.

I just wonder, how does the author know these people’s personalities?

How could Feng Bao be so bad, how could the hero's mother not have a desire for power, how could Gao Gong be so radical. For comments like this, I'll be frank: I'm a novelist and I want to tell a good story.

As long as they do not deviate from the big framework of history, I just set the character they are. Although I cannot say that I am right, I am not wrong either.

It is because history leaves blank space that there is room for me to set my own ideas, right?

Therefore, I hope that those friends who are completely unable to relate to the novel can find their favorite novels.

3. Historical Figures

Everyone has their favorite historical figures, whether it is Gao or Zhang, or even Feng Bao and Li.

Maybe some of my friends don’t like the character I designed.

This is not forced.

But I won’t change it. After all, I have already written so much. I can’t just stop updating just because you scold me (spreading hands).

4. About the plot

Once the male protagonist is able to control political affairs, he will begin to undertake reforms.

The time will jump in stages, and the content is quite diverse, including the civil service system, tax system, ideology (which will not be ahead of its time), science, public opinion, opening up the sea, military preparations... There are too many to list one by one.

But the pace is coming step by step, so don't rush it.

There was a comment yesterday that suggested that Empress Dowager Li should be sidelined right now and the male protagonist should take power immediately.

Something like Zhang Juzheng must be removed from the line immediately today.

Regarding this... I can only say that I am powerless.

Just be a little patient.

4. About follow-up reading.

It’s understandable that everyone is nurturing new books, but... can you please give them some time to read next Monday or Tuesday? A week should be enough, right?

Thank you!

(End of this chapter)