The Chinese People of Nanyang

A loser of a middle-aged man from mainland China in the 21st century, with nothing going for him, accidentally transmigrates to the Nanyang kingdom of Lanfang in 1830. The kingdom is beset by internal strife and external threats, and is on the verge of collapse... How can he rise from adversity, step by step, and establish a powerful kingdom surrounded by Western powers through a series of just wars, military and political reforms, and technological advances? How can he lay a solid foundation so that the Chinese people will not be slaughtered by the great powers over the next hundred years? He quietly devotes his whole life to the cause, until his days come to an end!

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