It was a year of famine, with drought after drought and starving corpses everywhere.
Lu Changfeng, a dual-trained agricultural and mechanical engineer, transmigrated into the borderlands of the Great Yuan dynasty and became a frail scholar on the verge of starving to death.
To stay alive, he gritted his teeth and married into a fallen family of hunting generals, becoming the village's much-ridiculed "kept son-in-law."
Fortunately, he awakened the [Heaven Rewards Diligence: Family Business System]. As long as he worked hard and took care of his family, he could earn rewards!
"Ding! Helped his cool and aloof wife light a fire. Reward: one jin of coarse salt!"
"Ding! Made a simple trap and caught a hare. Reward: blueprints for a repeating crossbow!"
"Ding! Passed the provincial exam as the top candidate. Reward: one ton of high-yield, drought-resistant potato seeds!"
So while the whole village fled the famine, chewed tree bark, and ate clay, Lu Changfeng and his lovely wife enjoyed roast meat and hotpot on their heated bed.
At first, Lu Changfeng only wanted to slowly level up with the System, earn an official title to protect his million-tael fortune, and live in comfort as a local ruler on the frontier.
Until one day, foreign tribes swept south, their cavalry thundered against the border pass, and the Great Yuan court fled without putting up a fight.
Looking at the ravaged land and the home about to be engulfed in war, Lu Changfeng sighed and pushed open the hidden door to the steel armory in his backyard.
"Wife, put my armor on me. I'm off to conquer the world, and then I'll be right back!"
