Great Tang: Building a Business from Saving Li Huan'er

Qin Changqing transmigrates to the fourth year of the Zhenguan era and saves Li Huan'er after she falls into the water, then marries her. Li Huan'er is skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She doesn't seem like an ordinary person at all, yet she never mentions her family.

As July approaches, Qin Changqing suddenly sells off his property and frantically stockpiles grain. Everyone on the estate thinks he's gone mad. Worried, Li Huan'er secretly sends a message back to her “family.” Li Shimin opens the letter: the Princess of Huainan, missing for two years, has been found, and she's already married.

Even more absurdly, Qin Changqing predicts that a once-in-a-century flood will hit in three days. Li Chunfeng studies the stars and declares that the weather will be clear and dry. As soon as he finishes speaking, torrential rain pours down, and the old charlatan is publicly humiliated on the spot. Li Shimin visits in disguise, and Qin Changqing immediately calls him “Old Li” and “Father-in-law.” After a few rounds of drinks, Qin Changqing casually offers pointers on a surprise attack against the Turks, and Li Shimin reshuffles his troops overnight.

While the Five Surnames and Seven Great Houses are still waiting to laugh at him, two hundred thousand dan of grain have already filled the granaries. By the time Li Jing's army is at the Turks' doorstep, Qin Changqing has already started making soap. Once the floodwaters recede and grain prices double, Li Shimin realizes that his son-in-law is more useful than all the ministers at court.

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