Great Ming: I Went to Help the Poor in the Mountains, and You Say This Is the Great Ming!

Ye Bei is a low-ranking civil servant sent to support a mountain village after losing out in a contest of family connections.

He thinks he's following the usual script: help a poor village develop and grow prosperous, lead everyone to a moderately well-off life, then use his achievements to climb the ranks and get his revenge.

Who could have guessed?

“Why is this village so backward that everyone makes a fuss over a lighter?”

“The daughter of the richest family in town is drooling over twice-cooked pork? And her dad, who puts on airs all the time, is such a ham!”

“This is just an improved potato seedling. Why are you all kneeling to me?”

The poverty in this mountain region is beyond anything Ye Bei could have imagined. All he can do is lead the entire village in one effort after another, until he gradually realizes something is wrong.

“Old Zhu, you...”

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