How the Great Powers Were Forged

Lu Hao transmigrated and was reborn in the Southern Song, a dynasty that prized civil officials over military ones, where the realm was shattered and the emperor was inept! To survive, he built a commercial empire. To protect himself, he developed firearms, using the strength of one army to repel a coalition of foreign powers. At the hour of his people's mortal peril, he declared himself king and launched an all-out counterattack! He razed Japan, destroyed India, crushed Russia, and cast his line into the waters of Vladivostok. Then, looking back in astonishment, he realized: “I sat bolt upright in my deathbed, and the foreign powers turned out to be me!”