He transmigrated into a beggar, with a ruined temple from the start.
Others rely on a System or a wise old mentor. Zhang An relies on his brains: making coke, brewing strong liquor, building generators, and crafting electromagnetic cannons.
When bandits attack, one blast tears through them. When powerful clans exploit the people, he crushes them with technology. When thirty thousand Northern Xiongnu troops surround the city, Zhang An stands atop the wall and says just two words: “Open fire.”
A beggar’s beginning, an industrial empire. It all starts in a ruined temple.