The Late Ming: The Race to Rule the World

Farming + development + officialdom + conquest + industry. No golden finger, just steady progress, one step at a time.

What can a modern person do if he goes back to ancient times?

Wang Jing'an, a 21st-century engineering PhD, accidentally transmigrates to the final years of the Tianqi era and becomes the spoiled son of a Shanxi landowner.

Natural disasters and man-made calamities abound. Factions battle at court, foreign tribes invade, and the Ming Dynasty teeters on the brink of collapse.

Armed with modern knowledge, Wang Jing'an originally just wanted to keep himself safe in these chaotic times and enjoy a life of wealth and privilege.

But then he personally witnesses starving refugees driven from their homes and government troops behaving like wolves and tigers.

Foreign invaders are coming, and history’s tragedy is about to repeat itself.

In this turbulent, crumbling age, an individual’s fate is like a candle guttering in the wind.

At this historical crossroads, he resolves to use his abilities to change the course of Han history and end the dark era that would follow for centuries!

He starts farming, developing industry and the economy, and ultimately builds a mighty empire!