Late Qing: A Prince Guards the Empire’s Birthplace? He Builds an Aircraft Carrier by Hand

[Can even a golden finger be sabotaged by clueless teammates?]

Good news: I’ve activated a high-tech machine tool that can manufacture things.

Bad news: Its energy is only at 5.2% from the start. I can barely even make a toilet.

[System Log]

When I try to pull out steam engine blueprints to impress everyone:

An Dehai (trembling): “Your Highness, can this iron frog really pull a cart?” (secretly stuffing steamed buns into the boiler)

When the craftsmen use the converter to make steel:

“Your Highness! The molten iron’s leaking again!” (kneeling and holding up a half-finished spatula) “Is… is this the divine artifact you mentioned?”

When I try to mine coal to generate electricity:

The General of Shengjing (in anguish): “The earth dragon is stirring! His Highness must have disturbed the dragon veins and the feng shui!” (arriving with a hoe to fill in the mine shaft)

Even the System is giving up:

[Warning! The Host is using the steam engine to cook hotpot. Energy efficiency has dropped by 99%.]

Then one day, Empress Dowager Cixi sends someone to inspect the place

“Your Majesty, Prince Gong is raising chickens and growing vegetables in Shengjing. He poses no threat!”

Cut to the real scene:

A gunpowder production line is hidden in the chicken coop, and an arms factory lies beneath the vegetable patch.

Me (chewing on a sweet potato roasted in the boiler): “This prince is protecting the birthplace of the dynasty~” (a mecha legion slowly rises behind me)