Great Ming: Crossing the Ocean, I Conquered the Americas from the Start

He transmigrated to the twenty-fifth year of the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty and was reborn as Zhu Yunhuan, a grandson of the emperor. Zhu Biao had just died, and Zhu Yuanzhang was fretting over who to name as heir. So he summoned Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunhuan before him.

But Zhu Yunhuan's words made his expression change dramatically:

"Grandfather, your civil service exams based on the Eight-Legged Essay will bring disaster for generations to come."

"Grandfather, your maritime bans will shut the country off from the rest of the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to fly into a rage, but Zhu Yunhuan's next words left him even more dumbfounded!

"The powder in my hand is nitroglycerin! Use it to make firearms, and we can sweep the Oirats aside!"

"The firearm in my hand is an Type 81 assault rifle! Give me a hundred of them, and I can flatten Japan!"

"At the far end of the Eastern Sea lies a continent called the Americas! It has vast fields of corn and sweet potatoes. If we conquer it, the people of the Ming will never have to worry about famine again!"

Troop transport by rail? Making Japan a province? Zhu Yuanzhang could barely keep up with the many outrageous innovations!

And so, the Ming dynasty ushered in the Age of Discovery a hundred years early, forging a mighty industrial empire!

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