King of Nanyang: Starting in Siam, 1945

In 1945, the smoke of World War II had barely cleared when an upheaval unseen in a century swept through Nanyang.

Japan had fallen, Britain and France were returning, and the old colonial order was on the verge of collapse. Yet in Siam, millions of Chinese still had neither guns nor power, struggling to survive under the iron heels of foreigners and the oppression of the old aristocracy.

Zheng Musheng, a modern soldier from the future, suddenly finds himself in the turmoil of Siam in 1945.

He has no mysterious power to change the course of history, only military expertise tempered by war, strategic vision far beyond his time, and a clear understanding of how the world’s future would unfold.

When French warships sail up the Mekong once more, and the British once again declare from on high that this land still belongs to them, Zheng Musheng finally understands: the weak have no dignity. If the Chinese want to stand tall, they must have a blade of their own.

Rising from the bloodshed in Chinatown, he unites the Chinese community, builds an iron-blooded army, takes control of the economic lifelines, and drives industrial development.

Facing the encirclement of the great powers, the counterattacks of the old order, and the tide of history, he reclaims dignity with guns and forges a foundation of steel.

From a forgotten young Chinese man to the power broker who controls Siam’s fate.

Witness Zheng Musheng rise from Siam in 1945, step by step amid the turmoil of Nanyang, to become the man who reshapes a century of history: the King of Nanyang!