Name: Northern Wei: Starting by Stealing Rich Women for Gao Huan
Author: Middle-Aged Man Grinding Ink

Synopsis

A strategist-kingdom-building story + slow burn + a later rise to dominance. I don't treat readers like fools, so haters, please move along.

At the start, two bolts of silk buy a life.

In the third year of Yanchang, at Huaishuo in Northern Wei, history professor Song Yan opens his eyes and finds himself a well-known idiot in the Song family. He's serving in his family's place beneath the northern wall of Pingcheng, and the overseer's whip has just finished lashing him.

His stepmother has done the math: hiring someone to serve in his place costs one and a half bolts of silk, while sending the fool to his death costs only two. Song Yan nearly applauds her.

Only after transmigrating does he realize transmigrators aren't all that amazing.

No System, no martial arts, and he can't even carry a basket of dirt. He can recite the Book of Northern Qi backwards, but it only records the outcome, not who will try to stab him today.

Then he'd better find someone powerful to cling to.

The poor man next door, with his toes poking through his shoes and a face like a donkey's, is He Liuhun, who will one day become Gao Huan, Emperor Shenwu of Northern Qi. The young lady from the Lou family in the ox cart below the city is about to say, "This is truly my husband."

A rich woman offers money, but big brother is too embarrassed to accept? No problem, the fool will snatch it.

In public, he drools and cries, "Buns! Buy buns!"

In private, he settles accounts with the overseer, smooths things over for his big brother, and points his rivals toward a way out. He gives gifts that hit the mark, and even when he turns against someone, he leaves them room to retreat.

The history books say that the Six Garrisons will eventually rebel, and blood will flow at Heyin.

But the history books don't mention that an idiot appeared atop the city wall. When this butterfly flaps its wings, the flames of war may come sooner, and the road may grow wilder.

Transmigration is an art.

Clinging to powerful people isn't shameful. Losing your life is.

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