The Peaceful Years: I Became the Greatest Emperor of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

He transmigrated as Qian Hongchu, King of Wuyue, and from the start the difficulty was hellish.

The power-hungry minister Hu Jinsi held a knife to my throat. “If you don't kill your elder brother within three days, I'll kill you!”

Every official in court was his informant, and history recorded that I would eventually “submit my territory to the Song Dynasty”…

But in this life, the script had changed.

[Doubao System] successfully loaded.

“Notice: Hu Jinsi will die suddenly from a carbuncle on his back in three days. Countdown: 71:59:59…”

While everyone expected me to weep and beg for mercy,

I quietly took out A Handbook on Building Song Dynasty Sea Dikes, An Introductory Gunpowder Formula, and The Thirty-Six Stratagems of Economic Warfare…

First, send the minister to his grave. Then marry a princess of Southern Tang, open maritime trade, build impregnable cities, and train a new army.

Zhao Kuangyin: “Brother Qian, how is your Wuyue Kingdom… more prosperous than my Bianjing?”

I smiled faintly. “Don't rush, Brother Zhao. Let's talk after I build a railway to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.”

Until…

My sea dikes ended flooding in Jiangnan for good;

My rice seeds filled granaries to the brim;

My merchant caravans took their trade all the way to the Persian Gulf;

Zhao Kuangyin arrived at the city walls with an army of a hundred thousand, only to see hundreds of “no-good-cannon” guns mounted atop them.

Seated aboard the newly inaugurated Qian-Hang Railway express, I handed him a Merger Agreement.

“Old Zhao, sign it.”

“From now on, you can call me… Chief Administrator of East China.”