One-Line Synopsis: Build a powerful nation through technology and crush rivals with a higher dimension of power
After transmigrating into the body of Zhang Juzheng, the Ming dynasty's Grand Secretary, he is told by the imperial physician that he has only three days to live!
His political enemies are sharpening their knives, while the young Wanli Emperor can't wait for him to die so he can rule on his own.
At this desperate moment, the [Great Nation Infrastructure System] awakens!
“Ding! Build a cement road in the capital. Reward: one year of life!”
“Ding! Open an official silver mine. Reward: ten years of life and the technology to smelt steel in a blast furnace!”
“Ding! Build the Ming dynasty's first fleet. Reward: a hundred years of life and blueprints for steam-powered ironclad ships!”
From then on, by day I'm Zhang Juzheng, the Grand Tutor who worries for the nation and its people. By night, I'm an infrastructure maniac leading craftsmen in secret research and development.
Officials: “The Grand Secretary has gone mad! He wants to empty the treasury to build some blasted railway?”
Not long after, they watched a million sacks of army provisions arrive aboard the iron dragon, and changed their tune.
Wanli: “Teacher, when will I be able to rule on my own?”
Zhang Juzheng ran a hand over the steam engine without looking back. “When you've learned calculus.”
The nomads come and go like the wind? I'll show you how fast a train can be!
Spain and Portugal have their Invincible Armadas? They clearly don't know that my Ming dynasty has the most advanced powered fleet.
The Western nations were terrified. Who exactly was this Zhang Juzheng of the Ming dynasty?
Years later, as the Ming ironclad fleet ruled the seas and the entire world lay under the shadow of massive warships and cannons, they finally understood: the Ming dynasty's rise began when the Grand Secretary, who should have died of illness, drew the first cement road on the ground.
