The Intertemporal Trade Route: From 2026 to the Empire's Richest Man

Synopsis

A laboratory accident sends Quan Nanzhu transmigrating to a mysterious era. When fragments of quantum technology crash into the turbulent world of commerce under a feudal dynasty, a rift in time and space quietly tears open. He unexpectedly discovers that the shadows of court intrigue conceal countless connections to the modern laboratory accident: Prince Ning's astronomical mechanisms, the Blackwater Alliance's steam weapons, and the quantum resonance of a dragon-patterned jade pendant. Each mystery points toward a truth that upends everything he knows: what is called the ancient past may actually be a carefully constructed game of time and space, orchestrated by forces from the future.

Armed with modern business acumen, Quan Nanzhu carves out a place for himself in the ancient commercial world, unaware that he has long since become a key pawn in the struggle over time and space. A confrontation with the corrupted Su Mingyuan over the jade pendant causes time periods to overlap. During the blockade of the Maritime Silk Road, he dismantles a device interfering with the flow of time. As Quan Nanzhu navigates the whirlpool of commerce and politics, he edges ever closer to the truth. The double identity of Su Yao's brother, Su Mingyuan, and Prince Ning's secret role as an “observer” of time and space make this cross-temporal contest all the more baffling.

When an ancient astronomical instrument triggers upheaval across the dynasty, Quan Nanzhu uses modern commercial contracts to reshape the feudal economic system. The moment a passage through time opens, he chooses to stay in the ancient world. Yet in the modern Forbidden City, a pocket watch engraved with the emblem of an ancient merchant alliance appears. The mystery of two-way travel, the quantum-entangled jade pendant, and twin consciousnesses existing in parallel all suggest that this commercial journey through time may be only the beginning of a far greater mystery...