A Million Taels a Day, but I Can Only Spend It on the Frontier?

[A people-centered historical perspective] + [Farming] + [Conquest] [Build up provisions first, claim the throne later]

At the end of the Great Wilderness Dynasty, Qin Hao had just transmigrated into the body of the Ninth Prince when he was caught up in the struggle for the throne. An imperial decree sent him to guard the northern frontier at Zhenbei Pass, forbidden to return to the capital without permission.

When he arrived at the border, he was given the ruined mansion of a merchant whose property had been confiscated. The one piece of good news was that his System had activated: one million taels of silver deposited like clockwork every day.

The bad news: he could only spend the money at the border.

The frontier was bitterly cold and sparsely populated. Even with money, there was nowhere to spend it. Then came the worst famine in a century. The local strongman Zhao family hoarded grain, sending prices soaring tenfold as people sold their children to survive.

Standing outside the ruined mansion and looking at the Zhao family's warehouse across the street, piled high with grain, Qin Hao smiled.

“Let me teach you what a financial war looks like.”

Every day, Qin Hao bought grain at high prices without limit, then sold it to the people at a fair price. When the Zhao family had staked all their wealth on hoarding grain, he suddenly stopped buying. Grain prices collapsed, and the Zhao family went bankrupt. Qin Hao snapped up their holdings at rock-bottom prices. In the end, he had made money, won the people's hearts, and stocked up enough provisions for three years.

The news reached the capital, shocking the emperor and putting the nobles on guard, but it also caught the attention of his betrothed...

Looking at the stretches of wasteland and the gaunt people on the frontier, Qin Hao made a decision:

If he couldn't return to the capital, then he would build a new city in this bitter land, where everyone could eat their fill and every child could go to school.

As for the people in the capital, just you wait.