He transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar who has just passed the imperial exams, only to be demoted to Lingnan after exposing corruption in the examination system.
On the journey into exile, Jiang Yanzhou binds himself to the Civilization Revival System and gets his hands on half a lost copy of The Secret Manual of Artificers. From then on, he ignites a wildfire of technological progress amid the chaos.
In a remote Lingnan village shrouded in miasma, he wins over the starving villagers with sweet potatoes yielding a thousand jin per mu, and forges weapons with primitive steelmaking techniques;
Surrounded by powerful clans, he improves the loom and sparks an industrial revolution, blasts through mountains, digs canals, and lays railway tracks;
When enemy cavalry threatens the border, he sets up repeating crossbows and shouts, “Have you ever seen Zhuge Liang’s arrows explode?!”
But the brighter the System’s missions shine, the closer the danger draws...
Enemy spies lurk at his side. A county magistrate burns her marriage contract and severs ties with her clan to protect him. Poor scholars bring down a thousand-year-old examination system with their math papers.
As steam locomotives crush the old dynasty’s dragon veins, he stands beneath the red flag and asks the System one final question:
“The civilization I want: is it a place in the history books for emperors and generals, or a light for the common people?”
[Hardcore farming] From curved plows to steam engines, science delivers face-slapping victories against the clans’ monopoly
[Power struggles and thrilling battles] Poor families vs. aristocratic clans, female spy vs. female magistrate: a deadly game of strategy full of twists
[High-octane tech warfare] Explosives take on superstition, mathematics shatters imperial authority, and materialism topples feudal altars
The label is wrong, you should add fantasy
Personally, I feel like farming + innovation is pretty good 🤭