I was born as Zhu Yuanzhang’s fifth son, awakened an infrastructure-building System, and vowed to spark the Industrial Revolution five hundred years early!
Waterwheels and mills made a fortune every day. One blast from a cannon had the Northern Yuan wetting themselves. Once the steamships hit the water, they swept across the East China Sea. Who dared say the Great Ming couldn’t make it?
Too bad the road to invention was full of mishaps. The steam engine blew up a palace wall, and Zhu Yuanzhang dealt with me using the sole of his shoe. The loom snapped its threads, and Empress Ma laughed at my clumsy hands. Zhu Di even taunted me: “Fifth Brother, can you actually do it?”
Could I do it? I cured Mother, saved Big Brother, and led the whole family to prosperity. I proved with technology that even getting beaten up wouldn’t stop me from grinding!
I, Zhu Su, refuse to go down without a fight.
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