After transmigrating to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, Chen Yi was just an ordinary man.
He had no System, no cheats, and no golden finger. All he had was his knowledge of history and the most basic instinct of a modern man: to survive.
Starting with a trench in Haixi Village, he gathered refugees, reclaimed wasteland, and established a local militia. He relied not on technology from a more advanced age, but on the ingenuity and resilience an ordinary person could summon when cornered.
He defended cities, fought battles, and navigated the rival warlords' competing interests. He was used by others, and he used others in turn. Step by step, he rose from refugee to county deputy, then governor, and finally ascended the throne amid the ruins of a world in chaos.
This is the story of an ordinary man who transmigrated into a time of turmoil and, through his own wits and hard work, rose from nothing to become an emperor and found a nation.
