Transmigrated with a Terminal Illness, I Became an Imperial Merchant with My Memories

[Author's note: This book is also titled The Imperial Merchant's Dream.] Shen Mo's company was on the verge of going public when he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. On the brink of death, he dreamed himself into the past. When he awoke, he had become an orphan collapsed by the roadside, nearly starved to death. He had a photographic memory, and all the books he'd read and business experience he'd gained in his previous life remained in his mind. But those memories weren't an all-conquering golden finger. They simply gave him eyes that could see through the ways of the world. Starting out as a beggar, cold and starving, he traded the bookkeeping skills he'd learned in his previous life for a bite to eat. In a world dominated by trade guilds and rigid class barriers, he struggled to survive in the narrow spaces between them. Exploitation and hardship lurked everywhere. He could see ways to break through, but lacked capital and powerful allies. Every step was perilous. At his side was Hong Mi, full of passionate conviction and ready to share life and death with him; and Wan Qing, gentle and clever, who stood by him through every storm. He fought desperately to escape his fate, setting his heart on the path to becoming an Imperial Merchant, admired by all. But why did his heart sometimes flutter for no reason, and what did the occasional strings of “beep, beep” sounds in his ear mean?