After transmigrating to the eighth year of the Kangxi reign, Lin Zheng opens his eyes to a scene of corpses strewn across a Han village, massacred by the Eight Banners army.
An eight-year-old child has been whipped to death for stealing a discarded sweet potato from a Bannerman.
The fifteen-year-old daughter of the local apothecary was violated by a Bannerman noble and sent back dead, with a tael of silver tossed down as if it were charity.
The old man who took Lin Zheng in has been killed. With his dying breath, he says, “Young man, don’t waste your time on useless Han people like us.”
Looking at this world that devours people alive, Lin Zheng has only one thought:
I’m raising this rebellion, come hell or high water.
The Heaven and Earth Society, the Prince of Mu’s household, the Zheng family’s navy: anyone fighting the Qing is on my side.
Oboi, Wu Sangui, Kangxi: anyone who tramples the Han people is going to die.
Before transmigrating, he spent decades studying military engineering. Now he can put that knowledge to use, making matchlock guns, casting cannons, and training a new army.
From granulated black powder to three-rank volley fire with flintlocks, from field guns to ironclad warships:
In the face of firearms, the Manchu cavalry are nothing but targets lined up to be shot.
For the Ten Days of Yangzhou, blood will pay for blood.
When the queue order comes down, I’ll be the first to shave the Qing bald.
The emperor’s reach doesn’t extend to the counties?
Then I’ll fight my way from the county seat to the Forbidden City, drag Kangxi off his throne, and let him find out what it feels like to kneel and beg for mercy.
Eight hundred thousand innocent souls lost when Yangzhou fell, and three hundred years of debt: today, I’ll collect it all, principal and interest.
Drive out the barbarians and restore China:
That’s only the first step.
Next, I’ll plant China’s banners in every corner of the world.
Also known as:
Transmigrating into The Deer and the Cauldron: Kill Wei Xiaobao First
The Qing Owe Us a Debt, and Today They’ll Pay It Back
