Starting at Wang Gong Factory: I Build an Industrial Revolution for the Ming Dynasty

Time Travel | Ming Dynasty | Rejuvenating the Nation through Science and Technology | Firearms | Steam Age | Military Training | Struggle for World Hegemony | Sea Power | Industrial Revolution | Hot Blood In the first year of Tianqi, the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil. After the defeat of Liaodong, the treasury was empty and party disputes continued. The once huge empire was already standing on the edge of the cliff. As soon as Li Su opened his eyes, he changed from a doctor of mechanical engineering in the 21st century to the most inconspicuous hereditary craftsman in Wang Gong's factory. There is no system, no magical method. All he has is a bit of modern industrial knowledge. Starting from a lighter, to stamping press, steam engine, crucible steel, flintlock gun... While others were still arguing about the immutability of the ancestral laws, Li Su had already lit the blast furnace in Shijingshan. Short of money? Then make something to sell. Short of troops? Then train a real new army. Are the Eight Banners cavalry invincible? Then let them try the steel torrent composed of flintlocks and artillery! Honorable nobles block the road, wealthy merchants monopolize, the court constrains, and the Western fleet peeks into the waters of the Ming Dynasty... Li Su only believes in one truth—— Since the old rules cannot save Ming Dynasty, then change a set of rules. Starting from Wang Gongchang's hammer blow, steam roared, molten steel rushed, railways spread in all directions, and giant ships sailed into the sea. When the whole world looks to the east again, what they see is no longer the decaying and declining Ming Dynasty. Rather, it is an industrial Ming Dynasty recast by steel and steam!