After three years of severe drought, the land lay barren for thousands of miles. Su Chen arrived in this world to find that the original owner had just been beaten to death by a tyrant's thugs. All he had been left with was a dying younger sister and hired goons outside the door, machetes in hand, ready to drag him away.
In this desperate situation, the [Apocalypse Granary System] activated.
While others ate their own children to survive, Su Chen used super-potato seeds from the System to carve out a way to live from the cracked wasteland. While the various warlords were so hungry they slaughtered horses for food, his army of farmers had already built concrete fortresses, and their warhorses were eating specially supplied feed.
With grain in hand, your blade can strike faster.
Starting with a few acres of poor farmland, he made curved plows and built steel furnaces, then assembled a battle-hardened army that howled at the scent of meat. A few years later, while the warlords of the old dynasty fought tooth and nail over a few hundred shi of coarse rice, Su Chen was already standing atop the highest tower in the city.
Looking at the million routed troops below, too starved to lift their weapons, he waved a hand.
"Open the granaries. Today, we'll smash their city gates with rice."
A very good book with an engaging storyline, insightful and educational content, including many farming skills. The male protagonist, Su Chen, is domineering and powerful. He reclaims wasteland and cultivates the land during a famine, daring to fight and kill, expanding his territory and dominating a region. It's very exciting.