What do you do when you transmigrate into the useless A Dou? Liu Shan says: “Then I’ll live a different way.”
One day, a modern science and engineering graduate wakes up as the most miserable young lord in the Three Kingdoms.
His father has just died at Baidi City, the south is in revolt, the treasury is empty, and the court officials all look at him like he’s just a lucky mascot.
Luckily, he binds to the [Great Nation Infrastructure System].
Other people wage war with provisions. He wages war with cement. Other people govern by imperial decree. He governs with blast furnaces.
When Zhuge Liang presents his Memorial on the Northern Expedition, Liu Shan waves a hand: “Uncle Prime Minister, let’s hold off on the Northern Expedition for now. First, we’ll repair the roads, plant some potatoes, and smelt some steel...”
Three years later, when Sima Yi sees reconnaissance balloons slowly rise over the Shu army’s front lines, siege cannons roar outside the city walls, and Zhuge Liang calmly direct the battle from a four-wheeled carriage, he can barely believe his eyes...