One female lead + infrastructure building
On the road to exile, everyone else waits to die. I farm.
The System gave me an empty city. I grow my own food, make my own weapons, and forge my own armor.
The disgraced princess asks me, "Are you planning a rebellion?"
I say, "This is called rural revitalization."
Everyone laughs at me. An exiled criminal with a group of old, weak, sick, and disabled followers thinks he can set himself up as king beyond Shanhai Pass?
In three years, I build six border forts.
In five, merchants in Liaodong only want my salt and iron.
In seven, the Northern Tribes knock at the pass, and the imperial court begs me to send troops.
On the day I set out, the princess pulls me into the tent.
"Are you really going to fight your way back to the capital?"
"Of course." I fasten my armor. "Build high walls, stockpile grain, and wait before claiming the throne..."
"The time has come to claim it."
How should I put it? Maybe it's because the last book gave me high expectations, so I thought this book was not good.