Great Ming: A Hundred Thousand Taels from the Start, Then I Buy the World

[Historical what-if + System + Great Ming + tycoon-style infrastructure + overwhelming technological superiority]

He transmigrates to the third year of the Chongzhen reign, only to find himself a condemned prisoner framed for someone else’s crime?

Fortunately, he binds himself to the [God-Tier Lord System], which deposits one hundred thousand taels of silver and ten thousand shi of army provisions every day!

But the System has one restriction: the money and provisions can only be used for soldiers’ pay and infrastructure, not personal indulgence?

Lu Zheng scoffs. How hard can that be?

A hundred-household commander wants to sacrifice my life to raise the battle flag? I’ll knock out the jailers with silver bricks, then lead a raid on his estate!

The Ming army’s arsenal doesn’t have so much as an embroidery needle? The System equips everyone from the start with cold-forged, bright armor!

Refugees are everywhere and the Great Ming is doomed? The Xishan Industrial Park rises from the ground, with a guaranteed daily wage of two taels of silver. The people across the land recognize only Lord Lu, the incorruptible!

As rebel armies close in and the Jurchens watch like hungry tigers, Lu Zheng directly simulates a modern technology tree. Rows of gleaming six-pounder field guns roll out onto the city walls…

A corrupt prefect: “Please, Lord Lu, show mercy! The entire Ming bureaucracy owes you money now!”

The Chongzhen Emperor breaks down: “How did he buy up the entire Great Ming with silver?!”