Great Ming: The Heavenly Rankings Descend, and I Found an Industrial Empire

The Great Ming Dynasty, during the Hongwu era.

A golden ranking list descends from the heavens atop Mount Tai.

Whoever gathers the wealth of the realm will become ruler for ten thousand generations and build a legacy lasting a thousand years!

Emperor Hongwu flies into a rage and executes over a thousand members of wealthy families, but finds no one who can seek heaven's revelation.

One day, Emperor Hongwu pays a secret visit to the residence of Lin Feng, a transmigrator.

Zhu Yuanzhang: My dear subject, what is this instant noodles?

Lin Feng: It's the stuff our army eats. A packet costs only a few coins.

Zhu Yuanzhang: My dear subject, this is charity work! Give him a title!

Zhu Yuanzhang: My dear subject, what are these new outfits inspired by traditional Chinese style?

Lin Feng: Just some clothes. They cost twenty coins a piece. I'm losing so much money, I'll have to sell the pants off my own legs!

Zhu Yuanzhang: My dear subject, you truly have the best interests of my Great Ming at heart! Grant him a fief!

Steward of the Lin residence: Young master, more than a hundred billion taels of silver from the Rice Kingdom have arrived.

Zhu Yuanzhang: ??!!

Lin Feng smiles calmly: Your Majesty, don't get the wrong idea. This is just an industrial revolution...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.