Tan Ye, a modern young man obsessed with the art of guqin, accidentally traveled to the war-torn Warring States period and became the lord of a run-down fiefdom called "Anpingyi" on the border of Zhao State. His predecessor was a bastard who had been abandoned by his family. Traveling with it, there is also an infrastructure system called "Civilization Fire". The system quantifies abstract concepts such as popular support, productivity, and cultural value into "civilization points", which can be used to exchange for a series of technical blueprints that transcend the times, including the "Essential Art of Elevating the People" agricultural book, the blast furnace ironmaking method, and the Zhuge Liannu drawings. It can even consume a huge amount of points to "summon heroes" to obtain assistance from famous ministers and generals in history.
However, the Anping city in front of him only had hundreds of emaciated residents, a saline-alkali wasteland, and crumbling earth walls. His **destiny chip** is: if he fails to build Anping to the "city-state" level within three years specified by the system's **countdown threat**, the system will leave him, he will lose the only capital to survive in this troubled world, and the people who trust him will fall into hell again. **Environmental hostility** is everywhere, spring famine is coming, bandits are watching, and the cavalry of neighboring countries may trample this undefended land at any time.
**Villain Agent** soon appears. The old local forces, headed by the powerful local "salt lord" Xu Ba, monopolized salt and iron, oppressed the people, and regarded the protagonists who tried to implement new laws and touch their interests as a thorn in their side. They constantly caused troubles, disrupted spring farming, and colluded with bandits. At the same time, in the Zhao court, dignitaries who were hostile to the protagonist's family also secretly tried to deduct the meager supplies that should have been distributed.
The inner yearning for tranquility in music, chess, calligraphy and painting
