Overnight, Shen An transmigrates into the body of a thirteen-year-old boy from Shenjia Village who was nearly sold off.
His father has died horribly, his mother and younger sister suffer constant abuse, and his older sister has been sold into servitude in a wealthy household. Faced with a dilapidated shack and the Shen family closing in on him, Shen An has neither earth-shattering martial prowess nor an inexhaustible golden finger. All he can rely on is modern knowledge and scientific thinking. He builds up the family business, then establishes workshops, improves tools, and develops farming... At first, all he wants is to earn enough to support his family, rescue his loved ones, and let them live in peace.
But the dynasty is on the verge of collapse, and the land is engulfed in war. Refugees, famine, local strongmen, and rebel armies come one after another. A small family business is nowhere near enough to protect those around him.
If the old order will not let ordinary people live, then he will use science to boost production, commerce to amass food and wealth, and institutions to unite the people. From one village to an entire prefecture, he will rise from obscurity in a time of chaos to the very pinnacle of power.
The introduction is good, but there are too few chapters, so I'll read it later.