Lin Yuan, a modern engineer, traveled through time and became a demoted county magistrate. He was in a borderland and barren county, where hungry people were everywhere and officials were corrupt.
The granaries are empty, the wealthy gentry are colluding, foreigners are looking at you, and the court is abandoned like worn shoes.
He killed bandits to establish his authority, forced donations to raise food, set up workshops, built city walls, trained militiamen, and built an isolated city with iron walls.
There is no golden finger, it all relies on resourcefulness and bloodiness to build a strong city in a desperate situation.
The court was furious and sent out imperial envoys, and the people petitioned for upright officials. No one could shake the people's will!