Five Dynasties: From the Start, I Have 100,000 Rebels, and I’m Industrializing

When he opens his eyes, Zhang Jingyuan has become the only son of Zhang Yuxian, a notorious rebel from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

His good-for-nothing father is drinking and preparing to lead a hundred thousand rabble north to Qianzhou.

Well versed in history, Zhang Jingyuan knows that within a year, the entire army will be wiped out, his father will die horribly, and he'll be next!

He pushes open the door to the command tent and cuts straight to the point: "Whoever leads the men north is sending them to their deaths!"

Fortunately, he awakens the [Modern Industrial Trade System].

He stays behind in Chaozhou and starts by reclaiming wasteland!

Short on food? He can exchange for high-yield potatoes. With three harvests a year in Lingnan, the granaries overflow!

Short on troops? Modern formation drills, compressed rations, and steel crossbows turn his men into elite soldiers straight out of hell!

The enemy attacks? Cement fortifications stand like solid rock, while homemade gunpowder lets the enemy experience what it means to be "sent to the next world by force"!

Southern Han: Weren't the people of Chaozhou just a bunch of bandits? Why are they all wearing plate armor made of refined steel?!

Southern Tang: We wanted to buy him off and make him a pawn. How did he end up swallowing our elite troops instead?

The states of the Central Plains: When did Lingnan become a beast that devours the world?

When chaos engulfs the land, Zhang Jingyuan commands an unstoppable steel army and looks down over the Central Plains. "It's time I set the rules for this world."