Chen Afu transmigrates into the body of a destitute farmer. His family has three mu of poor farmland, and his parents are seriously ill with no money for treatment.
Technology has stagnated in this other world. Goods are transported by camel caravans, farming is done by hand, and survival is a struggle.
After buyers try to force him to sell his grain at a low price, he angrily sets out to reclaim wasteland and accidentally triggers the secret of his ancestral land: labor can be exchanged for upgraded machinery.
After three days of hoeing, his thatched hut becomes a brick house. After thirty days of plowing, a waterwheel appears on its own.
He uses technology to turn his fortunes around, going from repairing farm tools to building cold-storage facilities, laying railway tracks, and constructing steamships.
Villagers gather around in amazement, merchants compete to work with him, and even the prefectural government sends officials to investigate.
He finds a way to overcome every obstacle, whether it’s enemies’ schemes, officials’ harassment, or bandit raids.
A blacksmith lends a hand, the village chief’s daughter secretly offers support, hooligans become artisans, and a widow becomes a businesswoman.
A small-time nobody rewrites his fate with his own hands and sparks a dual agricultural and industrial revolution through sheer hard work.
