Late Qing, 1856: Britain and France Strike First, I Follow Behind

(No System + Not Mindless Power Fantasy + Parallel-Timeline Late Qing)

In 1856, before the Second Opium War, Guo Liang fell from 2026 into this turbulent, precarious era.

His family was destroyed, and the authorities hunted him down. Rescued in his darkest hour by a missionary, he already knew the fate awaiting the corrupt Qing court.

No mindless steamrolling, no daydreams of rising to the top overnight. He would simply follow the course of history, making the most precise adjustments at every step.

Would the Qing court grovel? He would kneel even faster, using the momentum of the Second Opium War to step quietly onto the stage of history.

Would the Qing court develop Western-style industry and military technology? He would do more than build an industrial supply chain: he would tear open the sky screen of ignorance and awaken the minds of the people.

The humility and restraint of today were never surrender.

As a descendant of the Dragon, I will never let others bully us!

In this life, he will use the flapping of a butterfly’s wings to stir a hurricane that sweeps across the world. One day, he will trample every foreign power beneath his feet and lead Huaxia back to the top of the world!