1. Era background: In 1862 (the first year of Tongzhi), at the end of the Taiping Rebellion and the beginning of the Westernization Movement, great powers surrounded the country, and conflicts between the Manchu and Han Dynasties and class conflicts became acute.
2. Rebirth node: The protagonist Shen Yanqiu is reborn as the eldest son of the Shen family, a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. He was poisoned at the age of 18 because his family was involved in official struggles.
3. System name: "Chinese Innovation System"
◦Core functions: Publish tasks related to historical process, family survival, and national development, and reward technical drawings, talent summons, attribute points, and historical information database permissions.
◦Punishment mechanism: Lifespan/health will be deducted for mission failure. Failure of missions at key nodes may trigger "historical correction punishment" (such as a sudden disaster in the family, or the rebellion of important allies).
◦Special mechanism: The system mall can be exchanged for modern knowledge and basic industrial equipment blueprints, which require the consumption of "innovation points" (obtained by completing tasks and promoting social progress).
