After he transmigrates to the Great Sheng Dynasty, Tang Muzhi starts out on hell difficulty.
His father has been wrongfully convicted and exiled. Branded the son of a criminal, Tang himself is sent to Anxi Fort, the poorest fief on the western frontier. He has twenty-seven households of elderly and refugees, barren fields drained of spiritual energy, and a court that could forget him at any moment.
While others who transmigrate rely on their dantians to cultivate, he relies on GDP. In this world, there's something called a "fate mandate": the better he governs his territory, the stronger he becomes. A bountiful harvest? Spiritual energy levels rise. A thriving business? His fate mandate breaks through. Double the GDP? His cultivation skyrockets on the spot.
While noble clans are still hoarding spirit stone lodes, he's already built a trade network spanning multiple provinces. While sects still monopolize cultivation secrets, the ordinary spiritual rice he's cultivated lets cultivators from humble backgrounds flourish everywhere. From a poor member of the imperial clan, looked down on by everyone, to the "Prince of Anxi," courted by powers from every direction, it takes him just six years.
Yet the dragon veins are declining beyond recovery. Within thirty years, every cultivator across the Nine Provinces will lose their cultivation. The noble clans want to cash out and flee, the sects want to start over elsewhere, and the emperor wants to stake everything on one last gamble.
Tang Muzhi has only one answer: No one gets to run. You're all buying in. He'll be the one running this deal to restart the dragon veins.
With the territory's destiny, one person can revitalize the entire Kyushu Dragon Vein
Time travel + farming infrastructure + fantasy hegemony, the setting is fresh and non-contradictory, a must-read for those who like business flow.
Aristocratic families, sects, and imperial powers compete with each other, and the Dragon Vein Crisis in the later period raises the stakes. It is natural to combine business and country governance with fantasy cultivation.
There is no mindless trampling of people. The protagonist relies on policies and trade to accumulate strength, treats the refugees well and develops the fiefdom. The three views are very comfortable.