Tang Dynasty, Build a Steam Engine: I Want the Technology, Not a System That Hands Out Finished Products 大唐，造蒸汽机，只要技术，不要系统直接给产品

1. 51 大 Great Tang: I, Li Shimin, Am a Hooligan 大唐：我李世民是流氓 Huang Xiaozhao0黄小招0Historical619k WordsCompleted Also known as: (Tang Dynasty: As I, Li Shimin, Leave the Stage, Wu Zetian Takes the Spotlight) and (Soul Swap: Ruling the Tang Empire). Liu Lang, a twenty-first-century thug, died when a woman he was harassing kicked him in the crotch and crushed his balls. To his surprise, when he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into the body of Li Shimin, the greatest emperor of the ages. Thus began his life as a rogue emperor... 313Reads8.1Score—Shelves
2. 52 大 The Great Song’s Industrial Liangshan 大宋之工业梁山 Zhe Yuan喆元Historical230k WordsCompleted A collection of trope-defying scenes: Wu Song doesn’t fight a tiger; he’s a righteous man from Hangzhou in the historical records. Ximen Qing isn’t some domineering CEO, but a shy top student devoted to medical research. And there’s more: Hu Sanniang isn’t a bold heroine of the martial world, but an artsy young woman. What about Pan Jinlian? As it turns out, she’s the little maid who follows Sanniang around... Wang Yifan transmigrates to a different Liangshan. Watch as he stirs up a storm of blo 71Reads—Score—Shelves

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   To create an alternative, grand era with a steampunk style.

3. 53 明 Late Ming Qinhuai: New Songs from the Flower Boat Shake the Realm 明末秦淮：花船新曲震山河 Zhe Yuan喆元Ancient Romance438k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Deadly Predicament + Cheat Space + Strong Female Lead Building a Business] The moment I opened my eyes, I’d crushed the son of a Ming official, and a knife was already at my throat! Luckily, a scar on my wrist concealed a modern laboratory. A stun gun took down the brute, and I even had a bar management manual! Other people transmigrate and get caught up in palace intrigue. I went to the Qinhuai River and brought a run-down pleasure boat back to life. The girls from the lowe 98Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 54 舌 The Taste of Zhenguan 舌尖上的贞观 The Adventures of Er Gouzi二狗子历险记Historical576k WordsCompleted One day, five-star chef Lin Tian transmigrates into the Tang Dynasty, during the Zhenguan era, only to become a hapless apprentice on the brink of death at a restaurant in the western market? Faced with sour porridge, rotten vegetables, a bullying creditor, and a ramshackle kitchen without even a wok, Lin Tian weighs the dull cleaver in his hand. It’s time to show the people of the Tang Dynasty what a “dimensionality-reducing strike” looks like! From a bowl of “Five-Flavored Stew” whose aroma fi 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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5. 55 穿 Transmigrating to the Peaceful Years: Qian Jiulang Uses Technology to Unite the Five Dynasties 穿越太平年间钱九郎科技一统五代 Failed Exam, Young General落榜少将Historical235k WordsCompleted [Transmigrating to the Five Dynasties + historical what-if + advanced technology + no System + no romance] He kills someone from the start. The male protagonist is an arms expert from the year 2100 who transmigrates to the deadly era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, becoming the young Qian Hongchu, also known as Qian Jiulang. Using the scientific knowledge in his head and an AI quantum chip implanted in his brain, he establishes a secret weapons development center and builds an iron army 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Late Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, hand-made steam engines, AKs, wooden tanks...

6. 56 工 Industrial Tang: From Xuanwu Gate to Ruler of the Universe 工业大唐：从玄武门到寰宇之主 User25098104用户25098104Historical82k WordsCompleted I transmigrated as Li Shimin, with the entire modern industrial system in my head. A Turkic envoy boasts in the palace: “In three months, our khagan will water his horses in the Wei River!” I smile. “Perfect. You can be the test subjects for my new weapons.” As a steam locomotive hauling a hundred cannons rolls across the grasslands. As a telegram carries an imperial decree in an instant to the Persian battlefield ten thousand miles away. As ironclad warships crush the last of the Roman navy's p —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There's no systematic approach; it all comes down to the knowledge in my head.

7. 57 明 Late Ming: Reshaping China's Future 明末：重塑华夏未来 Teapot Dumplings茶壶饺子Historical1.6M WordsOngoing The Ming dynasty was an era that left people sighing with regret. If someone possessed vision and power beyond their time, could they turn the tide when all seemed lost? Chen Shenghua, a modern young man, is reborn as the son of a landlord in South Zhili at the end of the Ming dynasty. Faced with a catastrophe that seems inevitable, he chooses the hardest path: starting from nothing and laying the foundations of a new world with his own hands. He opens a school at ten, takes in refugees at thirt 120Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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   Traveling back to the late Ming Dynasty, I developed agriculture, industry, technology, and the military, manufacturing my own cannons, guns, warships, and steam engines. The Industrial Revolution...

8. 58 穿 Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty: Building Wealth and Prosperity 穿越大唐之发家致富 Clear Breeze over Water拂水清风Historical648k WordsCompleted Li Yi’an, a graduate of a top-tier university, had just landed an excellent job when he died in an unexpected car accident on his way home from work. To his surprise, his soul transmigrated into the body of a farmer’s son during the Zhenguan era. The original owner had also been falsely accused of stealing and expelled from the academy. Li Yi’an wasn’t about to accept his fate. Relying on the original owner’s memories and his own hard work, he cleared his name. Just as he was wondering how to ma 7Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   The system is just a backup; you live by your brain.

9. 59 大 Great Tang: I'm Li Ke, and I Win by Collecting People's Last Words 大唐：我，李恪，靠收遗言躺赢 Kong Qingluan空青鸾Historical1.5M WordsOngoing After 36 straight hours of overtime, Li Ke, a burned-out 996 office worker, dies suddenly. When he opens his eyes, he has become the most ill-fated prince of the Tang dynasty: Li Ke, Prince of Shu! He carries the bloodlines of both the Sui and Tang imperial houses, and history marks him as a high-risk figure who was wrongfully executed. It’s hell mode from the start! Fortunately, his golden finger, the “Kind Words App,” comes online. It senses regret within five zhang, and collecting it earns re 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   They're here, they're here!

10. 60 误 Lost in the Prosperous Tang Dynasty, Drunk on a Floating Life 误入盛唐醉浮生 Looking at the Missing Moon望缺Historical1.2M WordsCompleted One day, I accidentally stumbled into the prosperous Great Tang and became a nobody in Chang’an. The brightly lit, bustling streets of Suzaku Avenue, the poets and scholars who drank and caroused, the borderlands filled with the clamor of warhorses and weapons This was the best of times, and the most treacherous of worlds. Carrying memories that didn’t belong to this era, I hid my talents amid the lively bustle of the taverns. But when locusts swept across Guanzhong, Turkic cavalry came knockin 68Reads5.7Score138Shelves

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    If you can't find a good Tang Dynasty time-travel novel, don't wander around aimlessly! "The Misty Rain of the Tang Dynasty" is a truly conscientious and excellent novel. It doesn't feature overpowered protagonists or mindless cheat codes. The main characters are fleshed out and down-to-earth. The novel combines court intrigue in the Zhenguan era with business in the marketplace. The plot is concise and engaging, with every chapter full of suspense. You won't regret reading it!

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