I’m Trying to Become the Number One Wage Slave in the Ming Dynasty

After waking from a nap, Zhu Xiaoyuan, a high schooler who hated studying and had given up on everything, found himself in the late Yuan dynasty as a young cowherd: Zhu Chongba.

His history books told him that this boy would become the Hongwu Emperor, starting with a single bowl and ending with an empire.

But right now, he had only half a bowl of sour porridge, an older brother behind him with hunger-bright eyes, and an endless age of chaos ahead.

Worse, a voice in his head was sounding a frantic warning: Historical Correction Program activated! Abnormal intruder "Zhu Xiaoyuan" detected. Elimination imminent! Countdown: 30 days! Want to stay alive? He had to follow the "historical script" to the letter and live out Zhu Chongba's miserable childhood: family destroyed, becoming a monk, begging for food... Not a single step could be wrong. Zhu Xiaoyuan was furious. Why should he?! He had memorized The Exploitation of the Works of Nature, remembered the world map, and knew who the future Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were! And so began an absurd game of "role-playing." Under the System's watch, he acted out the plot with tears in his eyes, while secretly exploiting loopholes with modern thinking: using math to help a beggars' gang balance its books...

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