Can a Delivery Rider’s Mindset Fix the Chaos of Ancient Times?
Ouyang Hong, a food delivery rider, runs a red light to save a child. After a car accident, he wakes up in ancient times as a starving man in a ruined temple! Facing death by starvation from the start, he uses half a price list to find his way to the western market. There, he brings the delivery rider’s queue-number system to a street vendor selling oil cakes, and sets up a “mobile accounting office” using order receipts to balance the books. He narrowly escapes extortion by local thugs and harassment by officials, gradually establishing himself in the bustling streets.
Once he enters government service, he makes even bigger waves. He uses delivery dispatch methods to resolve a grain shortage, cash-flow thinking to weather a run on the money shops, and data analysis to expose corruption in grain transport. He takes on Prince Jing and brings down the county magistrate, rising from a minor fifth-rank official to a third-rank vice minister. Even after reaching the pinnacle as a first-rank chancellor, he does not stop. He measures farmland and equalizes taxes so farmers have land to cultivate, establishes schools for girls so they can study, and improves looms to protect women workers’ rights. Using the most down-to-earth delivery rider’s mindset, he takes on entrenched powers and safeguards people’s livelihoods.
From a starving man in a ruined temple to a powerful court official, from struggling to survive to protecting the homes of countless families, Ouyang Hong and his companions, including Lin Xiaowan, use modern workplace wisdom to change the fate of the Great Kang. Every chapter delivers the thrill of “small-time people turning the whole game upside down,” along with the warmth of everyday life and the people’s livelihood!
