In a Chaotic World, I Help My Family Rise to the Top!

(Fictional ancient setting, no romance, pocket dimension, family bonds, building a career)

From farm girl to empress

War rages across the land, and refugees are everywhere. On the road to safety, all anyone wants is to stay alive.

With a pocket dimension at her side, Li Nianxi leads her family through countless hardships before finally settling in Liangzhou.

A badly wounded man by the roadside? She takes him in.

An old man freezing at her door? She takes him in.

Bandits trying to steal her supplies? She subdues them and brings them into her service.

One arrives, she takes in one. Two arrive, she takes in both!

Gradually, she comes to understand: doing business in a chaotic age is ultimately like a rootless duckweed. Only by commanding an army can one secure a place in the world.

The little merchant caravan she once ran gradually becomes a powerful, well-equipped army with strict discipline, a formidable force that the warlords of the Central Plains dare not provoke lightly.

She uses trade to fund her army and the people's support to strengthen her foundations, bringing an end to the warring factions and the endless flight from conflict.

When peace finally comes to the four seas and the refugees return home, the poor girl who once fled for her life ascends to the imperial throne, becoming the founding empress of a new dynasty.