The Great Yao Dynasty is beset by separatist warlords within and barbarian tribes on its borders. The court is rotten, and the people live in misery. Xiao Ce, a modern man with a background in history and engineering, opens his eyes to find himself transmigrated into the least-favored Third Prince, Xiao Ce. He is cast into the Cold Palace as soon as he arrives, covered in whip marks and denied even a single filling meal. Memories surface of the original Xiao Ce, who was bullied all his life and died miserably in the Cold Palace. But this time, armed with modern knowledge, he refuses to accept his fate!
No food? He improves farming tools, clears land, and doubles crop yields. The Great Yao, once strewn with starving corpses, is soon filled with granaries. No military equipment? He smelts iron and steel, forges powerful bows and crossbows, and builds an iron-blooded army that sweeps across the land. No salt or iron? He invents a secret method of sun-drying salt and gathers master craftsmen under his command, using ingenious technology to enrich the nation and strengthen its military. From an abandoned prince in the Cold Palace to a powerful lord who controls salt and iron, commands the army, wins the people's hearts, and stabilizes the court.
In the struggle for power, he proceeds with caution, purging treacherous ministers, curbing the feudal lords, and securing the court. On the battlefield, he turns engineering into a weapon, crushing every enemy with technology far ahead of its time. While the world still believes in the Mandate of Heaven, Xiao Ce has already forged a path through engineering and built a nation on technology. As war engulfs the land, watch me reshape the Great Yao with the craft of heaven and earth, and seize the power to rule the world!
Very beautiful, worth recommending