If you accidentally transmigrate into the Eastern Han dynasty, should you find solace in nature, or prop up a collapsing empire?
He Fan, county deputy of Qu County, says: "Forget all that for now. First, figure out how to deal with what's right in front of you and do your best to stay alive."
In the sixth year of Guanghe, plague runs rampant. His superior flees overnight with the county's wealth, leaving He Fan to take the blame for a plague that could cost him his head.
At death's door, the Inheritance Supermarket System activates! Medicine, grain, and excellent crops from beyond the borders: it has everything.
He curbs the epidemic and takes in refugees; makes bricks and builds houses; constructs heated kang beds and seedling greenhouses to test new crops; and opens a school to teach children reading, writing, and arithmetic…
He Fan only wanted to hold on to a corner of the land and keep clear of the turmoil.
But refugees come from far and wide, and his granaries grow ever fuller.
The times push him forward. Though he never sought power or profit, before he knows it, he has shouldered great responsibility and risen to rule over a region.
