The Ming Dynasty's Number One Innovator

Li Mo, an overworked office drone, wakes up to find he has transmigrated to a parallel world resembling the ancient Ming dynasty. He’s now a frail boy fleeing famine, with a destitute household and relatives on the brink of death.

Faced with starving refugees as far as the eye can see and corrupt officials, Li Mo, weak as a kitten, nearly dies all over again.

Then he discovers that he brought more than himself along when he transmigrated: the vast knowledge stored on a terabyte hard drive in his phone. The phone’s out of power, but all that knowledge is etched into his mind!

From this day on, everything changes!

“A thousand pounds per acre? That’s just the beginning!”

“Coarse salt tastes bitter? Watch me make snow-white salt!”

“The northern cavalry are fearsome? Give me time and I’ll build a Maxim gun!”

“You think glass is a rare treasure from the Western Regions? Sorry, my house has glass in every window!”

He only wanted to farm a little and tinker with a few inventions to give his family a better life, but before he knew it, he had changed the course of an entire era.

From country bumpkin to the richest man in the land, then Imperial Tutor and Duke...

The emperor: “Minister Li, how about I let you share half my empire?”

Li Mo: “Your Majesty, don’t joke around. I still haven’t finished tuning the steam engine back home.”

[A lighthearted (show-off) story about an engineer who builds infrastructure, advances technology, and strengthens the nation in ancient times.]