Li Lin's soul travels into Great Wei, where he finds himself in a strange new dynasty.
This isn't the Three Kingdoms, but its legacy is everywhere. The Sima clan never seized the throne, yet mysteries lurk around every corner.
A nobody from the start? No problem. I've got modern knowledge in my head!
Pay to buy a seventh-rank county magistrate post? Sure. I like this remote little county. I'll quietly rule here like an emperor in my own domain.
He builds irrigation works, develops better seeds, improves ironmaking, and opens gold mines. He turns a small county into a paradise, where the people live in peace and merchants gather from far and wide.
Court officials: “How did Magistrate Li turn this backwater into a place even richer than the capital?”
With war heating up on the border, Li Lin's secretly trained “local militia” finally shows its blades. Armed with fine weapons and fighting with unorthodox tactics, they are unstoppable!
The emperor: “I command you to come to the capital and accept a promotion!”
Li Lin scratches his head. “Your Majesty, I really only want to be a small county magistrate, farming, drinking tea, and admiring beautiful women... As for ruling the realm, whoever wants it can have it!”
But when the technologically advanced cavalry he built has swept across the land, his subjects have grown richer than kings, and the realm's finest talents flock to his banner...
Li Lin realizes that somehow, this county magistrate may have become the ruler of the whole realm.
“I only meant to play the fool. Who knew this pig could root up cabbages and conquer the whole realm too!”
[Playing the fool while secretly being formidable + Political intrigue and conquest. See how a small-town magistrate defies fate!]
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