Also known as: “From the Imperial Exams to the Ministry of Works: From Hand-Cranked Crossbows to Dragon Ships” and “After Marrying Off My Dad, I Became the Dynasty’s Richest Man”
[Imperial Exams]+ [Live-in Son-in-Law]+ [No System]+ [Farming and Court Politics]+ [Comedy]+ [Enjoying Life]+ [Eyes on the World]
Qin Feng was a university student who loved crafts and mechanical design, but was considered useless. After transmigrating to an alternate ancient world, he became an ordinary farmer’s son. He repeatedly failed the imperial exams and was on the verge of going hungry.
To turn things around, he asked his handsome father with utmost sincerity: “Would you like to live off a rich wife?”
His father was a hundred percent against it, but reality proved that the “it’s actually pretty great” rule applied in every era.
Taking advantage of his handsome father’s marriage, Qin Feng helped him gain a foothold in the household through internal power struggles. At the same time, he led his clan to establish themselves in the capital, building a fortune from humble handicrafts. Soon, he was making everything from improved concrete houses to upgraded looms, and amassing wealth beyond measure.
Scene One: A blushing young lady visits him. “Young Master Qin, could you give me a loom?”
Qin Feng fans himself. “What will you trade for it?”
The young lady approaches shyly.
Qin Feng is speechless. “I meant, can you find me some sponsors?”
Scene Two: The aristocratic literati and court officials laugh at him. “All other pursuits are beneath us. No matter how much money you make off your father’s rich wife, you’ll still be second-rate.”
Qin Feng produces an imperial edict. He had already passed the imperial exams and entered the Ministry of Works, where he reorganized resources for the emperor and built a city of steel.
The following year, Great Yu’s merchant ships were fitted with steam engines and ruled the seas.
The year after that, when enemy forces invaded, he mounted cannons on the city walls and smashed them to pieces before they could even charge.
