Reborn as a Beast of Burden in Another World

He secretly loved someone for ten years, and when they finally found out, he was already dead.

In this dazed state, Xu Mo was tricked by the little prince of the Underworld’s Ten Halls into a world on the brink of collapse.

Looking at the yellow earth beneath his feet, the worm-eaten wooden walls, and the thatched roof, then at the empty royal treasury before him and the young king who barely reached his thigh, Xu Mo found himself regretting his decision for once.

Xu Mo looked at the Great Yan left behind by the original owner’s elder brother. Tens of millions of elderly people, children, the sick, and the disabled; almost all the able-bodied men had died in battle; taxes so high they were frightening; land left uncultivated; and ministers each harboring their own schemes. Cattle and sheep roamed everywhere, and the royal capital was covered in droppings. His naturally upturned mouth never curled into a smile again.

In the end, he learned that if he couldn’t secure three hundred years of stability for Great Yan, the passage to the Underworld would collapse, the spirit of the world would perish, and the world itself would ultimately meet the same fate. If he succeeded, he would have the chance to return to his own world. From then on, Xu Mo’s life as a workhorse spiraled out of control. He built heated brick beds, made charcoal, endured the snowy season, fought the ministers and the neighbors. He taught the king, established laws and founded schools. He built an army and boosted commerce, and, in the interest of increasing the population, even arranged forced marriages nationwide.

In the end, he became a teacher to the realm and left his name in the history books.

Along the way, he also found love, friendship, and family.

Not brainless, not brainless. ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^