Great Ming: Zhu Di’s Younger Brother, Thrown into Yunnan from the Start

He transmigrates as Zhu Yuanzhang's least remarkable son and is sent off to Yunnan right from the start. The entire court says, “That desolate backwater? He won't last three years.” Zhu Tang thinks he's done for, too. Then he sees the land for himself. Salt mines? Yes. Iron mines? Yes. Medicinal herbs everywhere? Yes. Four years at an agricultural university in the modern era weren't for nothing. He makes refined salt, smelts quality iron, builds official roads, and opens up wasteland for farming. The local chieftains refuse to submit? He'll beat them until they do. The garrisons are owed back pay? Trade salt for it. The people have no food? Work with me, and you'll eat your fill. Three years later, Zhu Di studies Yunnan's tax reports and falls silent for a long time. Zhu Yuanzhang reads the reports from Yunnan and can't speak for a long while. “That useless eldest son of mine... turned a barren wilderness into a treasure trove?” Also known as: “Sent to Yunnan, I Became a Farming God”