[Time-travel trader + System + wild historical premise + over-the-top wish fulfillment]
My name is Qin Ming. I found a broken mirror on Zhongnan Mountain, and somehow became a trader across time!
I transmigrate to the Kaiyuan era of the Tang dynasty with nothing but a bowl, surrounded by enemies ready to hack me down.
I only wanted to sell MSG and mirrors for a little pocket money, but the System forced me to level up. If my trading total wasn’t high enough, I couldn’t get back to the modern era?
Fine, then let’s go big!
“Immortal nectar” takes Chang’an by storm, and “shimmering treasure mirrors” drive the princesses wild.
Li Bai becomes my drinking buddy, Du Fu drops by for meals every day, and Wang Wei begs me to sell him “poetry-inspired fabric.”
Powerful nobles get jealous and try to kill me? I whip out pepper spray and ask them: Can Tang dynasty martial arts hold up against modern chemistry?
But just as my business reaches the frontier, things suddenly take a turn.
Guo Ziyi: “Brother Qin, I’ll take another ten thousand of these blades that can cut through iron like mud!”
An Lushan: “That mirror, those blades, and those flying, exploding ‘wooden birds’: I want them all!”
I grin. “You want them? Sure. Pay with your life.”
So, on the battlefield where the fate of the empire is decided, the court officials and hundreds of thousands of rebel troops watch in disbelief as I stand on a “flying sword” and grab a walkie-talkie. “All units, attention. ‘Space-based weapons’ ready. Send An Lushan into the sky!”
I’m Qin Ming, an utterly ordinary trader across time.
My main job: save the Tang dynasty. My side gig: play immortal.
