Don’t Look Down on Goblins

(Western fantasy + lord + farming + System + Industrial Revolution + power struggles + clever protagonist + slow burn)

Good news: Lin Qi has been reborn. Bad news: he's a goblin.

Good news: he was reborn as the Goblin King. Bad news: he's weaker than the wild wolves outside.

Good news: there are elves, catgirls, and lovely older sister nuns out there. Bad news: goblins can't reproduce with them.

Good news: the reproductive incompatibility problem is solved! Bad news: damn it, I was living a perfectly good goblin life, so why is everyone trying to pick a fight with me? I won't stand for this. I'll kill, kill, kill, kill!!

Several years later...

Bad news: a bunch of demon brats from hell seem to be coming to wipe us out. Good news: the demon brats wiped out the humans first.

Bad news: according to prophecy, only an extinct race of goblins can drive the demon brats back home. Good news: I may look a lot like a human, but I really am a goblin. If you don't like me, I can turn back into the non-extinct kind.

Bad news: damn it, the demon brats are here! Good news...

Goblin warriors clad in the most badass exoskeleton armor, wielding 30mm explosive rifles, fight their way from the human empire to the continent's western coast, charge through a portal, and mow down the demon brats, kill, kill, kill, kill!!

Sorry, I'm Lin Qi, and I'm a goblin. I just woke up.

Anyway...

Let's start with farming.

(PS: A goblin farming story set in a high-magic world, with a slightly realistic tone and a System. The protagonist is smart and puts profit first. The early story focuses on development and growing stronger, with some political scheming. Comments are welcome!)