Lin Chong woke up as a starving refugee in Shaanxi in the fifth year of the Chongzhen reign. He thought he had drawn the short straw from the start, but it turned out his father had become a big shot in the underworld and could send him supplies! Food, steel blades, grenades, even drones and blast furnace equipment: one word from Dad, and it was all taken care of.
While other transmigrators were still fighting for their next meal, Lin Chong was already starting an Industrial Revolution in northern Shaanxi.
He built blast furnaces to smelt high-grade steel, stockpiled cement to build fortresses, promoted high-yield potatoes, and opened a tavern while secretly building an intelligence network. Three hundred bandits attack the county seat? Drone reconnaissance, then grenades to wipe them out. Cold weapons against modern firepower: the bandits were blown so badly they began questioning their lives. Landlords and local bullies collude with the authorities? Settle the accounts, redistribute the land, and hold public trials to rid the people of their tormentors!
Starting with a few dozen starving refugees in Shigou Village, Lin Chong gradually built his own power until he commanded the military and civil affairs of Yanchang County.
But the chaos of the late Ming was gathering force. Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were about to cross the river, while the Jurchens beyond the pass watched like tigers on the prowl.
And his trump card was his father in the underworld, who could send him a fresh load of gear at any moment.
"Dad, can you take apart a lathe and send it over?"
"Son, are you trying to start an Industrial Revolution in the Ming Dynasty?"
"With you around, anything is possible!"
I'll burn an atomic bomb for you 🍉. That's it. It's over.