Three Kingdoms: Father, This Steam Engine Really Can March North!

I transmigrate into Liu Shan, and a System activates.

"Father Prime Minister, look at this kettle. When the water boils, it pushes the lid up. It seems like it could move a force of ten thousand jun..."

Zhuge Liang considers this. "I understand the principle, but without materials science, we can't build a steam engine."

"What if I have it?"

Three months later, the first steam engine roars to life in Chengdu, astonishing the entire court.

Li Yan denounces it. "Frivolous inventions! A waste of labor and money!"

Liu Shan simply shows him the figures: military equipment costs have plummeted, and food is being transported faster.

Zhuge Liang silently swallows a life-extending pill, and his chronic cough begins to improve.

From then on, Shu Han undergoes a dramatic transformation:

At the Battle of Jieting, telegraph machines click and buzz as orders are relayed in an instant.

Outside Chencang, steam-powered catapults run day and night, making the city walls tremble.

Sima Yi tries his hardest to copy them, but he is always one step behind.

"That's because I gave him the tech tree he picked," Liu Shan tells Zhuge Liang with a smile. "Father Prime Minister, Chang'an is only the beginning. I want to show you what the heavens will look like a thousand years from now."

When Ah Dou stops lying flat and the Prime Minister gains eternal life, this Three Kingdoms will be ground to dust beneath the wheels of industry.

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