Chen Ping transmigrates to the late Ming Dynasty and becomes the bookkeeper at a bandit hideout.
Looking at the gang of men before him, none of whom can even do basic arithmetic, he sighs. "These bandits are beyond saving."
Then One-Eyed Dragon presses a knife to his throat. "Get me five hundred taels in three days, or I'll use you to raise the flag!"
Chen Ping quietly pulls out the Outline for the Development of the Industrial Revolution.
Three months later, Mongol cavalry arrives at the stronghold's gates.
One-Eyed Dragon asks nervously, "Mr. Chen, should we run?"
Chen Ping points to the twenty dark cannon barrels on the walls. "Run? They're the ones who should be running."
Half a year later, the Chongzhen Emperor studies a report from Liaodong, lost in thought.
"This assembly line, standardization, performance management... Bandits really came up with all this?"
Chen Ping sneezes at Shanhai Pass, then says to the Dutch envoy who has come to negotiate, "Steam engine blueprints? We can talk. First, get on your knees and call me Daddy."
This is the story of a modern CEO who builds an industrial empire in the late Ming Dynasty.
