On my first day as a little beggar in ancient times, the System gave me a broken bowl.
Just as I was about to toss it aside in disgust, the bowl suddenly spoke: "One tael of silver will be deposited automatically every day."
I promptly tucked the bowl away and started making a fortune under the radar, buying fields and land while pretending to be poor.
Then, with enemy forces at the gates and the court trembling as it begged for peace, I slowly revealed a line of tiny writing on the bottom of the bowl: "War mode unlocked. This bowl can summon a million troops."
As the entire court knelt in astonishment, the little broken bowl added timidly, "Um... I haven't even mentioned Gold Mode yet..."