【A modern top student’s soul takes over the body of a poor common-born son in the Zhenguan era. See how he uses knowledge to force open the gates to a golden age!】
In the second year of Zhenguan, outside Chang’an, the Li family’s illegitimate son, Li Mingyuan, opens his eyes after nearly drowning. Deep within his soul is now a history graduate student from a thousand years in the future. Faced with a cruel stepmother, a dilapidated home, and the prospect of being thrown out onto the streets, he grips the “golden finger” in his mind: basic chemistry lets him make soap and earn money, business savvy helps him take over the Western Market, and even Records of Zhenguan becomes a script that lets him see the future!
From improving a roujiamo stall to building the Mingyuan commercial empire, he upgrades the curved plow and lays the groundwork for movable type printing. He uses modern marketing to face-slap old-fashioned merchants and wins the attention of Wei Zheng and Li Shimin with his far-sighted vision. As his wealth seeps into the imperial court and his technology transforms people’s lives, the once-despised son of a concubine becomes the hidden hand stirring up the Zhenguan era.
“This golden age shouldn’t exist only in the history books.” Standing atop the walls of Chang’an, he looks out at the trade routes and workshops he built through his own ingenuity. Behind him are the wariness of the powerful, the scrutiny of the emperor, and the future of a Tang Dynasty quietly transformed. A sweeping tale of defying fate, beginning with a low-born son, is about to unfold!
