In the tenth year of Chongzhen, a sales manager of a textile machinery company woke up on the dock of Songjiang Prefecture.
The Ming Dynasty is already a candle in the wind - the Qing army outside the Pass is watching eagerly, and the Central Plains bandits are everywhere. And he only had knowledge that should not belong to this era.
Starting from carrying goods at the dock, an improved spinning tool allowed him to leverage the entire cotton business in Songjiang Prefecture. What he wanted was never just a few workshops—steam engines, flintlock guns, and ocean-going fleets. He wanted to carve out a bloody path from the bottom, allowing the Ming Dynasty to leapfrog the Qing Dynasty and directly enter the industrial age.
When the roar of steam engines rings out from the ruins of the old era, is the world ready?
