[Gourmet System + Infrastructure and Farming + Power Struggles in a Time of Chaos + Industrial Revolution + Epic of Civilization]
Shen Qingya, a modern-day gourmet, transmigrates into an ancient famine-stricken era where corpses litter the land. She becomes an orphaned girl about to be sold into a brothel.
Fortunately, she's bound to the Supreme Flavor Gourmet System, complete with a spring of life-saving water.
While others flee famine by eating dirt, she uses the spring water to grow top-quality ingredients, and the aroma of a bowl of wild vegetable and fish soup travels ten li.
While others eat their children to survive, she opens the Forget Worries Restaurant, where a dish called Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Robe Soup has nobles and lords falling over themselves to get a taste.
When the iron hooves of a time of chaos trample the land, she builds cement fortresses and sets up "thunderclap cannons," striking fear into the hearts of invading enemies.
From orphan of a barren village to leader of the northern territories, from a border-town workshop to workshops across the land.
She gathers people's hearts with food, lays a foundation with technology, and creates a golden age with new systems of governance.
When the roar of the steam engine rings across the earth and railways crisscross like the skeleton of a giant dragon, she stands at the pinnacle of civilization and murmurs:
"The finest taste in this world isn't some rare delicacy. It's a brand-new era in which everyone can make a living and find a place to call home."
The writing is very good, but it's too formal and not very easy to read. I've only read a few chapters; it should get better after I read more. Looking forward to the rest! [Add to bookshelf][Add to bookshelf]