From Army Porter to Emperor

Coming of Age + Ensemble Cast + Alternate History + Military

No System and no overpowered protagonist. If that bothers you, this story may not be for you. Slow burn.

In the second year of Daqing, land annexation grew even more rampant. Then a severe drought struck, crops failed completely, and the people were left in misery. On top of that, the Emperor of Da Qian had a son in his old age, then died before the boy was old enough to rule! The warlords rose up, and fighting raged everywhere. The northern nomads, the Da Jiang, were already raising their sabers over the tottering Da Qian...

Li Jiu was a dockworker at a wharf in Tianhe Prefecture. When rebel forces invaded the city, he unexpectedly joined the army. Through perseverance and ingenuity, he repeatedly earned military merit and gathered a group of like-minded friends around him. Eventually, he ascended the throne and, looking back on the ten years of turmoil...