Yang Ling, a scholar from a poor family in the Ming Dynasty, started out in hell mode: his family was in ruins, he was seriously ill, and his fiancée's family forcefully broke off the engagement, trampling on his last dignity.
In a desperate situation, Yang Ling held on to the rusty key left by his great-grandfather and held on to the only hope of turning around.
With insights beyond his time, he turned stones into gold:
A handful of raw sugar turned into "Jade Frost Candy" worth gold in his hands, so sweet that it penetrated the south of the Yangtze River;
A handful of bitter brine, after being tempered by him, turned into snow-white and delicate "snowflake salt", which shocked both the government and the public.
From the county school to the court, business wars and political intrigues are intertwined.
He used economic leverage to lift the stubborn stones of the old era and used scientific thinking to build the cornerstone of the new era.
Those who once broke off the engagement regretted it, and those who once despised fell on their knees.
However, when the wealth he accumulated was enough to shake the country, the real crisis came quietly——
The government and business interest groups that have been entrenched for hundreds of years, the covetous relatives of nobles, and even the emperor on the throne all regard him as a target that must be controlled or eliminated.
Yang Ling stands at the forefront of the times and faces the final choice:
Do you want to be a tame God of Wealth who is extremely wealthy?
Or... Use these billions of wealth to redefine the rules of this sluggish empire and create an era that belongs to him?
Highlights of this book
Hard-core time travel: There is no system, no supernatural powers, only modern knowledge and wisdom to survive step by step in the Ming Dynasty, with both realism and excitement.
Business wars and intrigues: From the county government to the Forbidden City, business expansion and power games are intertwined, and the battle of wits is exciting.
Industry saves the country: making sugar, refining snow salt, promoting sea trade, building a new army... See how the protagonist uses industry to leverage history and recreate the glory of China.
