Also known as Technology and Government in the Qin Dynasty
A modern bridge engineer transmigrates to the Qin Dynasty. Using the ingenuity of reinforced concrete, he builds his path to power amid flashing blades and clashing swords.
Zhao Ming, thirty-one, a bridge engineer at China Railway Group and a PhD from Tongji University.
After working overtime until three in the morning, he falls asleep on his blueprints.
When he opens his eyes again, he has become a conscript named Heifu at the foot of Mount Li in Qin. He is injured, has malaria, and has the sword of Qin law hanging over his head. In this era, commoners are treated like weeds, and human life is worthless. The only thing that can keep him alive is the knowledge in his head: engineering from two thousand years in the future.
Coal mines, iron smelting, imperial roads, stone arch bridges, construction methods...
Step by step, he goes from a conscript on the brink of death to an assistant director in the office of construction, and then to the technical official Qin Shi Huang trusts most.
He builds roads, and the roads link the empire. He builds bridges, and the bridges span its rivers. He builds cities, and the cities fortify the land.
But the sun of the Qin Dynasty must eventually set.
The order to burn the books is issued, and his Essential Techniques of Qin Engineering faces destruction in the flames. Qin Shi Huang dies, the empire descends into chaos, and his engineering projects are used to suppress the rebellions.
In the final twenty years of the Qin Dynasty, what will an engineer from two thousand years in the future do?
Will he become the force that changes history, or a silent witness?
This is a story about knowledge, power, and choices.
