Wang Yiyang, a king of the special forces, unexpectedly transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty and becomes a frail, dying scholar in Fengyang. When he opens his eyes, young Zhu Chongba has just “dug” him out of the dirt.
Seeing that these future founders of a dynasty are still begging for food with weapons in hand, Yiyang sighs and pulls the Barefoot Doctor’s Manual from his mind. “Come on, I’ll take you to fight wars and alleviate poverty at the same time.”
The grenades he casually makes leave Yuan soldiers reeling and catch the attention of Guo Zixing, a Red Turban Army bigwig. The farming tools he improves breathe new life into land strewn with starving corpses.
When Chen Youliang’s massive fleet blocks the Yangtze, the cannons he builds redefine the rules of war. While the Yuan court’s iron cavalry still struts about, the modernized army he trains has already launched a northern campaign to crush its enemies and sweep the land clean.
He doesn’t just wage war. He also builds infrastructure, promotes education, and opens maritime trade. From Huaixi to Yingtian, he turns an uprising army fighting for survival into an iron torrent that crushes everything its age has to offer.
In the first year of Hongwu, the Great Ming is founded. In the Golden Throne Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang points to a world map encompassing all lands and gazes brightly at the common-clad friend beside him.
“Big Brother Yiyang, that empire where the sun never sets you drew on the map... Could our Great Ming pull that off?”
