Reborn: From the Kitchen Yard to the Liquor King of the North

Yan Mancang is a peddler in Taoshan Village, Saibei. In his previous life, he was the famed "King of Saibei Liquor," yet his entire family died out, and he himself died alone on a cold kang. When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to twenty years earlier.

This time, Heaven has given him a golden tongue. He can tell where grain comes from by its smell and how old liquor is by its aroma. One sniff reveals whether it has been watered down or drugged.**

But Saibei is about more than grain and liquor. The Shen family holds the whole region in its grip. In public, they are local gentry; in secret, they are bandit chiefs. They extort protection money, seize grain and abduct people, and sell fake liquor diluted with water. In his previous life, he spent his whole life avoiding the Shen family, only to end up with his home destroyed and his family dead.**

This time, he won't run.**

Starting with a nugget of gold, he opens a distillery: brewing honest liquor, bringing down the Shen family, and protecting the person he failed to protect in his previous life.

He lost everything in his previous life.

This time, he'll win it all back, with interest.