Ruling the Realm: From Border Guard to Taizu of Daning

Zhao Chen, a modern master's graduate, becomes the son of a wrongfully executed man in the Northern Song. His mother is ill, his family is ruined, and creditors are at the door.

Swearing an oath in blood with the character “Ning,” he uses modern knowledge to turn the tide: he improves firearms to crush the Western Xia cavalry and takes control of the empire's treasury through his financial acumen. Holding eight offices at once and wielding power over the court, he eventually receives the abdication, founds the Great Ning Dynasty, and establishes the Zhen Tong era.

From then on, the Ning Wolf Cavalry rides west to conquer Europa, divine cannons bring Constantinople crashing down, and an ocean-going fleet crosses the four seas, bringing the whole world to heel.

This is an epic tale of a man who rises from humble beginnings to become sovereign of the world, a conquest in the name of “Ning.” He pacifies the four directions and rules the eight corners of the world.