Drifting duckweed on the vast sea, the western wind blows; the realm often falls, yet the waters flow on.
Do not laugh when I lie drunk in the street; I point to the mountain flowers, red in a way all their own.
An underworld boss transmigrates to an ancient kingdom, only to find himself betrayed by his family, hunted by experts, and left penniless from the start. While fleeing for his life, he hides in a brothel, where he happens to meet the king traveling incognito. A huge gamble leaves him victorious at every turn, and the king nearly has him killed to keep him quiet, even taking his personal jade pendant.
Xu Ping'an sees through the king's identity but pretends not to know. He takes the pendant and begins flaunting it to con people. He sets up smuggling in the north of the city, runs a lottery in the west, gets into construction in the east, and sells general merchandise in the south. By the time the king catches on, he discovers that all the court officials have taken bribes and are tied to Xu Ping'an's web of interests. Pulling on one strand would affect everything, so the king starts playing dirty.
Sent to Northern Mang as cannon fodder? He turns the tide, crushes the Beishan Army, and charges straight at Northern Mang's royal court with just three thousand cavalry, forcing Northern Mang to cede territory and move north.
Sent south to relieve disaster victims, then framed for failing at his duties? He mobilizes supplies from across the land by himself, saves countless people from disaster, and even builds Jingnan, an ever-bustling city with roads leading in every direction.
At last, they find a chance to strip him of his office. But with a fiefdom barely the size of a palm, he gathers the wealth of the realm, controls the appointment and promotion of officials, and commands the allocation of resources throughout the land. Officials come and go from his residence every day, making it a small court of its own in Luoshui.
The king finally resolves to eliminate him and prevent future trouble. But then he finds an army of three hundred thousand surrounding his own doorstep, putting on a show for him. Only then does he wake up to the truth: in this vast realm, what right does he have to call the shots?!
It turns out the royal realm had long since been blown to pieces by Xu Ping'an's sugar-coated cannonballs!
Super exciting and attractive
It's pretty good. I hope it can end well.