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Iron Dynasty

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5 | 41% (9 votes) |
4 | 9% (2 votes) |
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2 | 14% (3 votes) |
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3 Volumes / 1187 Chapters (Completed)
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All Time Rank: #13784
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.A top-secret experimental explosion transports Xiao Ming to a parallel world resembling ancient times.
In this hostile land, he is the most unfavored prince, given the most barren fiefdom.
Fortunately, however, a mysterious item from the experiment—the Technology Crystal—comes with him, granting him the ability to upgrade a technology tree.
Thus, he begins a leisurely life in his fief, farming and developing industry.
In the face of his unfriendly brothers and sisters, he has always followed the motto- friends come and get wine, jackals come and get shotguns.
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One entry per line鋼鐵皇朝
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- The main character is not immediately proactive as his circumstances do not suit it; he governs an impoverished fief bordering a hostile and immensely powerful nation, while his own nation is extremely fractured and corrupt, moments from bursting with each of its remaining princes vying for supremacy---and he, as a son of the emperor, no matter how unfavored, is an obstacle to the throne. More importantly, he has 300 years of future knowledge and would be a fool to take any rash actions without first making the most of his means.
- I am unsure what that other review is complaining about "tropes" for. Tropes exist for a reason, and this story is literally historical in nature, even if an alternate history. I would in fact just say that these are not tropes at all, and calling them tropes is like calling using swords in medieval warfare tropes.
- As a story spanning an entire nation, empire, region, and later, presumably the entire world, there is an enormous cast of characters and nowhere near enough time to develop all of them; the main character and his close advisors and military commanders receive lots of attention and a decent amount of development, but may leave those that prefer more character driven stories. The main character is also quite an enigma in this world, not to mention, literal royalty; that is to say, it is difficult for other characters to actually become close with him, as they are either his subordinates or obstacles.
- Readers need to understand that s*avery is required in this story. The economies and societies of the entire world depend greatly on s*ave trade, and s*avery is still deeply entrenched into society. Even if the main character wanted to, he could not repeal s*avery. Yes, s*avery is bad. Yes, the main character is supporting s*avery, which is a bad thing, but as it turns out, the ruler of any nation in this time period does exactly the same, and must do exactly the same. It is simply not viable to abolish it; doing so would simply slow down his fief's progress, allowing enemies to catch up.
- I did get a slight racist undertone from the story, though not nearly as bad as the other reviewer suggested. Maybe I did not read clearly enough, but what I saw was only enough for me to harbor some suspicions regarding the author's actual worldview. It is very important to mention that racism and nationalism are obviously, in story, unavoidable features and even good tools for rulers to wield against their foes. Regardless of what the main character truly believes, if he decides not to engage in the African s*ave trade or does but humanizes the s*aves, it will only slow his progress.
- I would also like for the main character to suffer more real setbacks. He is often dealt a bad hand or let down by those meant to aid him, but none of his loyal men have died in war, he has not lost any valuable resources or battles for that matter, and his failed experiments at worst end in injuries, not deaths or disfiguration. The loss of some of his generals, troops, weapons, ships, facilities, cities, or really just anything strategic would do well to ground the story and raise stakes.
- However, the pressure is real and mounting on the main character. Stakes are not low, and I am still very engaged with the story at present. It is my hope that the main character will actually suffer some large losses in the near future, and given a recent conflict from a few chapters ago, I think that may just happen.
I would highly recommend this story to anyone that enjoys kingdom building and does not mind a main character that is initially rather passive or a cast that is not well developed. The story is fairly grounded and (despite the sheer amount of death involved---it is dynastic China, after all)... more>>