[Transmigration + Global Hegemony + Purely Pursuing Ambition + No Female Lead + Infrastructure + Ensemble Cast + Wish Fulfillment]
When Chu Shen wakes up, he finds himself the son of a general from a fallen kingdom, being escorted to Chen as a bargaining chip.
After giving it some thought, he decides it would be better to use other people as bargaining chips. His System awakens, and he summons Dian Wei to slaughter all the soldiers escorting him.
The Third Prince and Crown Princess scheme against him. He smiles and forgives them, then drives a dagger into both their hearts the next instant, because he doesn't hold grudges against the dead.
To evade his pursuers, he crosses the vast grasslands and recruits his first batch of soldiers.
The Second Prince cedes the entire Jiuquan Commandery to the Qiang-Huang tribes? No problem. He summons Jia Xu, fights his way to Lewan City, beheads the defending general, and the city changes its name to Chu's in a single night.
When faced with twenty thousand aggressive Qiang-Huang cavalry, he summons Huo Qubing. Eight hundred cavalrymen launch a surprise attack on the Qiang-Huang homeland, behead the Chanyu's uncle, capture the Chanyu's younger brother, and force the Qiang-Huang to negotiate. At last, he secures his first territory and summons Chancellor Zhuge to focus on developing it.
This is a dark, chaotic age even more turbulent than the era of the Five Barbarians' invasion. Rival powers struggle across a foreign land, surrounded by watchful barbarian tribes, and the world is a living hell.
With the help of history's greatest figures from China, he eventually unifies this chaotic age and establishes the Ming Dynasty in another world.
The sun, moon, mountains, and rivers shall endure. The Ming realm shall endure.
Then come military upgrades, a logistics system, an expanding intelligence network, a booming economy, and widespread infrastructure development.
Huo Qubing strikes across Eurasia. Han Xin leads a million armored soldiers to sweep across the island and peninsula. Yue Fei's cavalry rides to the Nile...
Of course, as the Ming grows stronger, history unfolds in tandem, and its enemies develop at a rapid pace too.
In the end, he plants the Ming flag on every inch of the world.
Playing the Spy, Taking the Imperial Exams, and Winning the Emperor's Favor
Ascend to Heaven Through the Nine Realms: Heroes of the Late Han
Taking the Imperial Exams at Eight: I'm Really Not Here to Challenge the Experts
My Pension Was Gone, So I Cried My Way to the Top Scholar's Title
I Couldn't Bear to See My Parents Taken Advantage Of, So I Became the Top Scholar
Not bad, the characters are quite distinct.