In 1912, Lu Dingchuan spent all his money and bought a letter of appointment as "Governor of Qingyuan County" in the provincial capital.
On the first day he took office, he was blocked by bandits outside the county gate - the flag of the Majiagang was planted at the top of the city, and the bones of the former governor were not yet cold.
The accompanying old servant was so frightened that his legs weakened: "Master, let's go back."
Lu Dingchuan didn't leave. Because there is one more thing in his mind - the military-industrial deduction system.
Others buy an official position to make money, but he buys an official position to start from scratch. The system gave him drawings that were ahead of the times, but he had to grab the raw materials, recruit the workers, and conquer the territory by himself.
There is no magic weapon that comes from heaven, and there is no overnight success. He started from an abandoned coal mine, recruited Meng Lie, the leader of the defeated army who was dying of hunger, transformed the railway tracks into the first batch of weapons, and captured the first stronghold with a night attack.
Then, he spent three years to silence the warlords who once mocked him as a "nerd who bought an official position".
This is not a story about "the chosen one taking over the world."
This is the story of an ordinary person who, in a chaotic world of cannibalism, relied on his brains, courage and a pair of hands covered with motor oil to carve out a niche for himself.
From Qingyuan County to the entire Fengtian, from being chased and beaten to having others walk around——
Lu Dingchuan spent ten years.
The starting point of all this was an official seal purchased for 380 yuan in the winter of 1912.
