Ming Dynasty's Zhu Laosi: Hey, Old Man, Want a Chicken Cutlet?

After transmigrating as Zhu Di’s fourth son, Zhu Gaoxi felt like the sky had fallen. He had nothing like Zhu Gaochi’s far-reaching network of supporters, nor Zhu Gaoxu’s prestige in the army. Fortunately, he awakened the Technology-Powered Nation System and went to Qiongzhou to establish his own fief.

He planned to show future generations whether Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, born a thousand years before him, would fear him, or whether the two kings would simply never meet!

In ten years, Zhu Gaoxi built an industrial empire. But just as he was preparing to land in the Americas, colonize the western continent, and become ruler of the Earth,

a sky screen suddenly appeared over the Ming capital, exposing everything about him.

[The one standing before you now is the strongest carbon-based life-form of all time, the rightful heir to the Great Ming throne, an emperor for the ages, ruler of the Earth: Zhu Gaoxi!]

I, Zhu Di, the second emperor to succeed to the throne in the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu!

One day, my father, Zhu Yuanzhang, suddenly appeared in my mind as a spirit.

I was overjoyed, thinking I’d finally have a chance in this life to get Father to acknowledge that I was the rightful successor!

Suddenly, a sky screen appeared, introducing an emperor for the ages to the world.

An emperor for the ages, born in the Great Ming, fourth in his family, and illegitimate in his claim to the throne!

At that moment, Zhu Di stopped pretending and confronted his father, Zhu Yuanzhang.

“Address me as Your Majesty, the Emperor!”

Zhu Yuanzhang: “Your humble subject Zhu Chongba, accompanied by his wife, Lady Ma, and eldest son, Zhu Biao, pays his respects to the Yongle Emperor!”

Zhu Di was so delighted he couldn’t sleep. But as it turned out, this emperor for the ages was actually my fourth son, the one I’d exiled to Qiongzhou?

Furious, Zhu Di rushed to Qiongzhou to seize Zhu Gaoxi.

But after setting foot on the island, he saw the steam trains, ironclad warships, and flying monsters in the sky...

Zhu Di was dumbfounded: