Shen Ze, a PhD in civil engineering, opens his eyes to find he has transmigrated into the body of a cast-off son from an ancient clan.
From the start, they’re about to hand him over to a band of rogue soldiers as a scapegoat. He has no food, no money, and no brothers to rely on.
No problem. His mind holds the blueprints for state-level engineering projects, and the Treatise on Architectural Methods tucked against his chest conceals techniques lost for a thousand years.
While others burn limestone, he makes lime-soil concrete. While others rely on manpower, he builds a water-powered trip hammer. While others repair muddy roads, he lays highways built to last a century.
Starting with a half-collapsed lime kiln, a hundred acres of wasteland, and five desperadoes, he plans to build his own empire, brick by brick, in this thoroughly rotten world.
The Zhao family tries to choke him with protection fees? He turns around and gets official approval.
Sun Wanshan tries to monopolize the iron mines? He flips the whole table and smelts the iron himself.
Cement, blast furnaces, railways, steel bridges... Just when everyone thinks he only wants to be a contractor, Shen Ze reveals his real trump card:
“I’m not here to patch things up. I’m going to rebuild the whole world.”
This is a true engineering-focused power fantasy, full of knowledge, passion, and tenderness.
Watch as a modern PhD rises from a common-born son to an emperor of infrastructure, bringing the Industrial Revolution to the ancient world!
