Li Yan traveled through time and was demoted as a county magistrate at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The beginning was hell: the county government granary was so empty that horses could race, and the people were so hungry that their eyes glowed green.
He used his salary to create "work-for-relief", but was ridiculed by powerful officials: "Can a poor official produce food?"
When the news broke that the yield per acre of the experimental field had tripled, the whole county was in a state of excitement.
The imperial court urgently summoned him to the capital, and the old ministers in the Golden Palace angrily rebuked: "Exotic skills and obscene skills will bring disaster to the country and the people!"
Li Yan silently spread out the drawings: improved fire guns, new steelmaking, epidemic prevention manuals... "This is called science."
As the enemy troops approached the city, his new troops lined up with flintlock guns. Amidst the roar of artillery fire, the enemy commander knelt down and wailed: "This battle cannot be fought!"
At the new emperor's coronation ceremony, the sky was shattered by the petitions from the people: "Please ask the emperor to supervise the country!"
Li Yan turned around and walked towards the field, and helped the old farmer who was kneeling in front of him: "The foundation of the prosperous age is under the soil."
