A Miser in Troubled Times: A Landlord’s Gold Hoarding Diary

A modern office worker transmigrates to a small village in the late Qing dynasty, opening his eyes to a chaotic era ravaged by plague and banditry. See how the poor Wang Fusheng clutches his abacus and rises from a refugee fleeing famine to a miserly landlord: he cuts his grain with wheat bran, keeps accounts down to the last fraction, and hides his silver even deeper than a bandit’s den. While others fight for power, he only cares about hoarding gold, land, and people’s loyalty. Through warlord conflicts and the Japanese invasion of China, he uses a single cowhide ledger to protect his vast fortune, becoming a legendary miser who “pinched” his way to survival in an age of chaos.