Liu Chen transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty and becomes the King of Jiaodong, a remote prince so poor he can barely scrape by. The Yellow Turban Rebellion is about to erupt, and the warlords are watching hungrily. His title seems prestigious, but in these troubled times he’s little more than a lamb led to slaughter.
But he doesn’t panic. As a modern engineering nerd, he knows that knowledge is the greatest power!
Crops yielding a thousand catties per mu? Let’s grow them!
High-quality steel and plate armor? Let’s forge them!
Black powder, flintlock rifles, even giant steam-powered warships? I’ll unlock every last one!
He keeps a low profile, develops the land, takes in refugees, establishes an academy of natural sciences, and builds a modern army. While the warlords fight to the death in the Central Plains, Liu Chen quietly climbs the technology tree.
When Cao Cao takes the emperor hostage to command the warlords, confident that he’ll soon unite the realm, an army armed with bayoneted rifles and backed by the thunder of field artillery has already slipped out of Jiaodong.
Cao Cao: “My Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is invincible!”
Liu Chen: “Oh? Try facing a firing squad.”
Sun Quan: “My Jiangdong navy rules the Yangtze!”
Liu Chen: “Sorry, my ironclads run on steam.”
Sweeping aside the warlords and pacifying the realm is only the beginning. Liu Chen’s gaze has long since turned toward the world beyond the stars and the sea!
Watch as a prince from a distant branch of the imperial family uses steel and fire to sweep all before him, planting the Han dragon banner in every corner of the globe! Wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever rivers and streams flow, all shall be Han territory!
