Three Kingdoms: A Fief with a Mine at Nine Years Old

Liu Neng woke up one morning to find himself in the body of a nine-year-old boy, and had even landed himself the title of Marquis of Qingshan for free! But before he could celebrate, he discovered that... The marquis was so poor he could barely scrape by. His fief consisted of three desolate mountains where not even birds would shit, and dozens of people in the manor depended on him for their livelihood. Worse still, his old servant had given his life to secure Liu Neng's identity. If his secret came out, the whole household would lose their heads! Just as he thought he was going to starve to death in the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty, his golden finger awakened: a map with a god's-eye view! "Wait, what's that dark patch underground... a coal mine?!" "And that dark area halfway up the mountain... an iron mine?!" "There's even saltpeter at the foot of the mountain?!" In an age when even iron tools were scarce, Liu Neng grinned as he surveyed the mineral veins in his hands. Liu Bei was still selling straw sandals, and Cao Cao was still a street tough? Sorry, this nine-year-old marquis is starting a mining business first! Smelting iron, making salt, manufacturing gunpowder... When chaos descended and everyone else was worrying about food, Liu Neng had already quietly built his own industrial empire! "The Yellow Turban Army? Let them come. It'll be a perfect chance to test my new weapons!" "The warlords are at each other's throats? Sorry, my army of miners specializes in making the unyielding submit!" From a down-on-his-luck marquis to the richest man in the Three Kingdoms, I'll carve a road to the heavens through this chaotic age with the power of my mines!