Lin Feng, a history graduate student, suddenly transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and becomes Zhu Ming, the obscure ninth prince, at the end of the Hongwu era. The crown prince has just died, the imperial grandsons are still young, the princes are making moves in secret, and danger lurks everywhere. Fortunately, the [Prosperous Nation System] awakens. From then on, flintlock rifles, blast furnaces, hybrid rice seeds, and more become his means of establishing himself in a turbulent age.
He only wants to be a wealthy prince, living freely for the rest of his life. But the blade of the campaign to reduce the power of the princes hangs over his neck, and the flames of the Jingnan Rebellion suddenly erupt. Facing the ambitious Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, and the increasingly aggressive Jianwen court, Zhu Ming gives a cold smile.
You’re fighting over the throne in Jinling. What I want is for every land touched by the sun and moon to become Ming territory! As his dragon banner sweeps across the realm and ironclad warships cleave through thousands of miles of waves, an empire on which the sun never sets, built by his own hands with its technology tree fully developed and its borders spanning the globe, slowly begins to take shape...