Great Ming: The County Magistrate's Rebellion Is Exposed, and Old Zhu Is Shattered

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang goes incognito to investigate the widespread famine in Yangzhou, where people are reduced to eating their own children. To his surprise, he discovers a strange crop called the potato on the road!

This crop can yield nearly ten thousand catties per acre?!

I've never heard of such a divine grain!

And it comes from some unremarkable county?!

The county has even imposed a strict ban on letting its resources leave?!

When Zhu Yuanzhang reaches the county, he gazes up at its towering walls, nearly a hundred meters high, and asks Xu Da:

"If I gave you three hundred thousand elite troops, could you take this city?!"

"Not even five hundred thousand would give us half a chance!"

"Bolin, I can't make heads or tails of this mechanical elevator. Could you look into it for me later?"

"Its construction is far too ingenious! I'm afraid I'm not capable of figuring it out!"

"Shanchang, do you remember what you once said to me?"

"Build high walls... store up provisions... and bide your time before claiming the throne?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang panics... The walls are nearly a hundred meters high, and the city is overflowing with grain. Next... surely this county magistrate is going to declare himself king!!!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.