Great Tang: I, Li Ke, Am So Poor All I Have Left Is Gold

After transmigrating into the Tang dynasty as Li Ke, the third prince, he finds himself with a princess from the previous dynasty for a mother, a crown prince above him, and a favored younger brother below him. Li Ke realizes he's nothing but a pure sacrificial pawn.

Luckily, from the start, he gets a sign-in reward of one hundred thousand taels of gold.

From then on, the Tang dynasty has a new wastrel who claims to be so "poor" he can barely hear his coins clinking, spends money like water, and says "I'm not interested in money" every day.

While Li Shimin is buried in memorials until his head aches, Li Ke opens a shop in the Western Market selling cola.

When Zhangsun Wuji impeaches him for colluding with foreign merchants, Li Ke turns around and sends soap to the imperial harem, where the consorts fight over it.

When Li Shimin wants to hit him, he drops to his knees faster than anyone else. "Imperial Father, your son only wanted to buy Mother a birthday present..."

When Li Shimin wants to praise him, he runs away even faster. "Imperial Father, your son isn't interested in being an official. I just want to lie flat."

He grows sweet potatoes, makes honeycomb coal, improves the curved plow, and invents cement. The people of the Tang dynasty grow prosperous, the treasury fills up, and Li Shimin is delighted.

Then he discovers that the richest person in the entire Tang dynasty is the wastrel who keeps asking him to borrow fifty taels.

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