Late Ming: Ten Years of Sign-In, Then I Found a Nation with Eight Hundred Elite Soldiers

[Battle-Hardened, Protective Max-Level Expert ⚔️ VS Greedy, Insatiable Corrupt Official]

[System + Hegemony + Ming Dynasty + Great Demon King + Defend Home and Country + Max-Level Expert]

In the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Grey River Fort north of Xuanfu was strewn with starving corpses.

After ten years as acting Hundred-Household Officer, Lu Xiao finally received the settlement System he had been accumulating for a decade!

[Rewards: the might of a Conqueror, 800 elite shock troops, and seven days' worth of army rations!]

Outside the gate, his superior's feed requisition officer raised his whip, ready to haul away the last twelve sacks of coarse grain.

"You can't take this cart! The storehouse is already empty. What will the people in the fort eat?" An old soldier was pinned beneath his foot.

"Thousand-Household Officer Chang ordered the grain moved. You dare stop me?" The feed requisition officer sneered.

Lu Xiao walked out of the gatehouse carrying an old spear. "Where is it being transferred? Who's receiving it? Leave the paperwork behind."

"You're just an acting Hundred-Household Officer, not even officially appointed. You think you can investigate a Thousand-Household Officer's business?"

Lu Xiao flicked the tip of his spear, pinning the scabbard firmly to the wooden cart. His voice was as cold as ice.

"You want to rob the people and their grain? Then you'll have to get past this spear first!"

Behind him, eight hundred grim soldiers in full armor drew their blades!

Looking at the corpses scattered across the ground and the hundred thousand tons of supplies, Lu Xiao slowly raised his head. What would it matter if the Great Ming changed hands...