Liu Chang, a leading modern weapons expert, unexpectedly transmigrated into the Great Jing dynasty and became a good-for-nothing prince, neglected by all and regarded as a thorn in his imperial brother's side. From the start, he faced a deadly assassination attempt. Gravely wounded and under the close surveillance and suppression of various factions, he relied on technological knowledge a thousand years ahead of its time to survive against all odds.
To break out of his predicament, he began by improving people's lives: upgrading plows and revolutionizing agricultural production; developing gunpowder to blast through the shackles of a decaying dynasty; and forging firearms to build a battle-hardened new army. Step by step, he rose from an abandoned pawn on the fringes of the court to the uncrowned ruler who held power over the entire court, eventually ascending the throne and ushering in a new era of technology. He also introduced steam power to Great Jing and personally built the one-of-a-kind steel behemoth of the age: the train. He hoped to use railway tracks to link the vast lands of the realm.
Yet just as he was touring his domain aboard the train he had invented and envisioning a grand future, the locomotive unexpectedly derailed and plunged into a bottomless abyss. But the story was not over…
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.