Eastern Han: Don't Mess with Me, My Second Brother Is Unbeatable!

Transmigrating into the body of Liu Mang, son of Liu Dai, Governor of Yan Province, he opens his eyes to find himself at a broken engagement in the late Eastern Han? As a native of Jiangsu, Liu Mang slaps his thigh: “Who’d want to stay in this lousy Central Plains? I’m heading to Jiangdong to become a landlord!”

Bound to the [Famous General Snatching System], he locks onto the mountain god temple west of the city from the start. Dian Wei is chomping on raw chicken, and Zhao Yun is sheltering from the rain. With 800 retainers and ten cartloads of cash, Liu Mang comes right out with: “Brother, you’ve drifted half your life without meeting a worthy lord, right? Join me, and I’ll keep you supplied with food and drink!”

He recruits the simple-minded Dian Wei (“Big brother’s right!”) and lures Zhao Yun over (“If you’re bad, practice more!”). The three of them put a new spin on their oath at the mountain god temple: “May we grow rich on the same day, in the same month, and the same year!”

At an inn in Yingchuan, the sickly Guo Jia and wandering swordsman Xu Shu are staring at this boy in “sunglasses” throwing money around. Before they can react, he hits them with a “stand-up comedy recruitment pitch”: “Join our crew, and I’ll give you a bigger stage!”

With a bunch of eccentric brothers at his side, Liu Mang gets up to all sorts of mischief in Jiangdong. He claims the improved farming tools were “taught to him in a dream by an immortal” and boasts that his distilled liquor is called “Nine-Brew Spring.” His whole shtick is bringing modern ideas to life in the late Han dynasty.

This is a hilarious tale of a transmigrator bringing his comedy troupe to the late Eastern Han, where he snatches up talent with a laugh and quietly grows into a big shot.