My Entire Family Was Sentenced to Death from the Start, Yet I Still Defy Fate

[Transmigration + no System + no plagiarism of modern works + war + political schemes and strategy + ancient-era business + rival heroes vying for supremacy + stockpiling supplies + invention and innovation + ...]

Li Chengnian, the youngest history professor of his time, transmigrates to ancient times and is sentenced to death from the start. To survive, he must be like an awl, letting his sharp edge show...

The Quan Di cavalry rides roughshod over the world? No, no. I have strategies to counter them.

The weather is bitterly cold and supplies are scarce. Should we sell our children to eat? I won't allow it. I will speed up production.

The court is riven by constant strife, and they want to win me over? Heh, sorry, I don't think that small.

A group of aunts and sisters-in-law are about to be sold to the imperial brothel and abused? No way. They're all part of the Li family, precious legacies left to me by my uncles and older brothers. How could I let anyone defile them?