The Back Door Opens Onto the Great Ming, and I Scared Old Zhu to Tears

“Execute!”

Chu Yuan, with a million in savings and overdue on his mortgage, had just pushed open the back door of his rundown corner shop to look for scrap to sell when he stepped into thin air and landed right in the middle of an execution ground in Nanjing.

In an instant, over a hundred Jinyiwei embroidered spring sabers surrounded him. On the execution platform, Zhu Yuanzhang, disguised while traveling incognito, was hot on the heels of this oddly dressed “demon.”

At the brink of disaster, Chu Yuan was utterly unfazed, because he discovered that his corner shop was an absolutely invincible safe zone in this timeline!

So he silently pulled a copy of a nine-year compulsory education history textbook from his pocket, flipped to the page about Crown Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao dying young, and threw it straight at Old Zhu.

Old Zhu took a look and broke down in tears on the spot. The entire court fell to its knees.

And so, the Ming dynasty’s whole vibe changed overnight.

Zhu Yuanzhang: “Mr. Chu, can this amoxicillin really save my wife? I’ll trade you the Imperial Jade Seal!”

Zhu Di: “Uncle Chu, lend me that tractor. I’ll plow all of Mobei tomorrow!”

Meanwhile, in the modern world, Chu Yuan stared at the tens of billions in “historical spotlight” assets that had suddenly appeared in his bank account and fell into deep thought…