World Conqueror: Rising from a Traveling Merchant

[Conquest] [Lighthearted, No Angst] [Golden Finger] [Farming] [Multiple Heroines]

The protagonist transmigrates to a war-torn world resembling the Middle Ages. Starting out as a traveling merchant, he accumulates money and talent while steadily recruiting troops and gathering capable people.

After becoming a noble, he rises rapidly through the ranks by earning military merit and develops his domain with the help of a golden finger that lets him search the internet.

Science and industry blossom across his territory, and the protagonist ultimately unifies the war-torn lands and becomes an emperor.

The pace is relaxed in the early stages and picks up in the middle and later stages.

Swordsman → Squad Leader (levy soldier) → Traveling Merchant → Landed Noble → ...

(The beginning is a bit of a slow burn. If that’s not for you, you can skip straight to Chapter 47, “Marriage.” The synopsis doesn’t do it justice, so please give the story itself a try.)