He transmigrates to the ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming dynasty, where Xu Miaoyun, Xu Da's daughter, shows up to break off their engagement.
Li Jinglong tears up the marriage contract in front of her, then turns around and enters the palace to teach Zhu Yuanzhang how to exploit people legally.
Li Jinglong calculates human nature to its limits and turns exploitation into an art, using a blunt knife to carve flesh from everyone under heaven.
Zhu Yuanzhang is stunned:
“I told you to act like a wastrel to avoid trouble, and you taught me how to devour people without leaving a trace?”
All the officials kneel and kowtow:
“Please, young duke, stop showing off your divine powers. You're going to bankrupt the Ming dynasty!”
From this day on, I, Li Jinglong, make the rules for the Ming dynasty.
