Song Dynasty County Magistrate: First, I Talk Wu Song into Becoming My Bodyguard

[Water Margin + political intrigue + cunning protagonist + farming + no System]

Lu Liuyun transmigrates to the late Northern Song and becomes the magistrate of Yanggu County. With troubled times looming, he knows that power comes from the barrel of a gun.

No System? No problem. I've read The Thick Black Theory.

He doesn't start by showering Wu Song with high rank and riches. Instead, he uses the slow-boiling-frog approach: first binding him with gratitude, then winning him over with ideals, and finally locking him in with shared interests.

When Ximen Qing arrives with gold and silver, Lu Liuyun accepts it with a smile, then turns to Wu Song and says, “Second Brother, this is one of the tyrannical gentry we need to bring down. But we're taking this money for the people.”

In this life, Wu Song is no longer a rough-and-tumble hero, but the Great Song's foremost divine general. Pan Jinlian is no longer a wanton woman, but a “lady boss” Lu Liuyun has planted in the business world.

Lu Liuyun says, “Second Brother, don't rush to kill him. The real blow is to destroy him from within. I want Ximen Qing's fortune, and I want him utterly disgraced.”