Overnight, Xiao Chen, an illegitimate son of the Qinghe Xiao clan, goes from a scion of a great family to a cast-off, disowned son.
His stepmother, Lady Li, frames him. His family looks on coldly, and he is hunted down, barely escaping with his life.
Looking around, he sees war raging everywhere. The troubled age is a furnace, and human lives are worth no more than grass.
In this desperate situation, a fragment of a mysterious military treatise and a cold System called [Civilization Building] become his only chance at survival.
No food? Clear fields, cultivate crops, improve the soil, and harvest a thousand catties per mu!
No people? Gather refugees, provide relief through labor, and earn their trust with clear rules!
No power? Build high walls, stockpile grain, and bide your time before claiming the throne!
Starting with a shallow, nearly dry well in Savage Valley,
Xiao Chen fells trees and mines ore, builds irrigation works and makes farm tools, and trains a militia...
With knowledge beyond his time and help from the System,
on this barren land soaked in blood,
he carves out a place that leaves everyone dumbfounded:
a paradise beyond the world? No, the foundation for conquering the realm!
Besieged by powerful clans? Raided by bandits? Ordered to submit by the authorities?
See how a discarded illegitimate son wields a construction System,
gathering popular support from humble beginnings and establishing a new order amid the ruins,
forging lofty ambition and cold strategy into the firmest of bricks,
and laying, step by step, the foundations of an eternal dynasty of his own!
This is a story of betrayal, survival, development, and conquest.
From having nothing to having the whole world!
The main story line is exciting, the characters are vivid, the plot is compact and fascinating, and it is highly readable.