[I’ve got the working class covered]
When I take land from the rich, do I distribute it all to the people? You bet!
When I go into business and open factories, do I refuse to exploit my workers? You bet! (The early chapters focus on daily farming, land consolidation, and commercial expansion.)
[Knowing there are still so many powerful elites out there only gets me more excited. You bully the people? I’ll sell every last one of you to the Ganges region as toilet dogs! I’ll spare not a single one!]
Your son is dumber than a pig, and you dare make him a school principal? Sold!
You’re a low-level clerk who can’t be bothered to give the people the time of day? Sold!
You’re an enforcer who only recognizes the rich and powerful? Sold!
You outsource a project that could be done for five million for a hundred million? Sold! (Midway through, the times undergo a transformation, and Qi Zhaomin moves from business into government.)
[I’m the savior of the working class. I can’t bear to see ordinary people suffer!]
End professional discrimination and blind worship of certain occupations!
I have no choice but to become the one who calls the shots across the entire region. I have to do it! (In the later chapters, he resolves to seize power over the whole region.)
“Let the powerful run wild, those dung beetles wallowing in filth. The people’s tears become floodwaters that capsize their boats, sweeping them away in a raging tide. Zhaomin’s fury smashes through a thousand barriers, remaking heaven and earth and bringing peace to every corner of the land.”
