I Just Transmigrated as the Third Prince, and My Father Chongzhen Has Already Hanged Himself

[Transmigration + System + Historical Conquest + Industrial Revolution + Passion]

When Zhu Cilang opens his eyes, he has become the Chongzhen Emperor's crown prince, fleeing for his life.

His father has hanged himself, the capital has fallen, and he is waiting to die aboard a leaky, battered boat.

As a water bandit's blade comes down, the old eunuch Wang Defu throws himself forward and grabs the enemy's leg.

The blade pierces his back. Before collapsing, he looks back at Zhu Cilang, with no stirring words of sacrifice, only utter resignation: this useless crown prince won't survive.

That look burns hotter than the blood splashed across Zhu Cilang's face.

System activated: [Current survival rate: 1.6%]

Zhu Cilang grips his broken blade and fights his way out from a 1.6% chance of survival.

He recruits the Jinyiwei, tricks the powerful, and scrapes together his first army from nothing.

Ten thousand Qing troops surround Yangzhou. With no firearms, he makes them; with no arsenal, he builds one, bringing the Industrial Revolution crashing into this brutal age.

Later, someone asks him how he made it from a broken boat to the Forbidden City.

He says nothing.

He simply touches his cheek without thinking.

That spot was splashed with someone's blood sixty years ago.

Tags: Transmigration Through Time, System, Historical Conquest, Industrial Revolution, Grit and Passion, Love of Country and Family, Power Fantasy