Republican Era: I Watch the Foreign Powers with a Smile, Unaware of Any Worthy Opponent

Lu Zuo transmigrates to a parallel world's Republican-era China, where he becomes a township chief and awakens a Popular Support System.

The higher the popular support within his territory, the more outrageous the System's rewards become.

As warlords fight and the land falls into chaos, Lu Zuo begins developing a remote western township where clan rule reigns supreme.

During a famine, he takes in refugees and provides relief through work, increasing the population and bolstering the labor force;

he expands his territory, builds factories, establishes schools, and promotes agriculture, laying the groundwork for the future;

he develops military industries, making foreign powers come knocking to negotiate with their heads bowed...

When the special envoy from the Northwest Administrative Office stares in shock at the county town before him,

Lu Zuo knows he can no longer keep his power hidden.

"Put me in charge of the three surrounding counties for a few years, and I, Lu, guarantee I won't make things difficult for the new provincial commissioner..."

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