The Protagonist Builds a County from the Start, Then an Emperor From Ancient History Comes to Pay a Visit 开局主角打造了个一个县城，古代历史的皇帝去拜仿
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Assisting the Empress as County Magistrate, I Rule for All Eternity 女帝辅佐当县令，老子称霸千秋
In an age of war and chaos, Zhao Kang transmigrates as a low-ranking county magistrate in the Qian kingdom. He has no grand ambitions and no desire to conquer the realm. All he wants is to live off the land, do as he pleases, and be a petty king in his own corner. Before long, Yuanjiang County is full of all sorts of bizarre establishments: Lao Ba's Bathhouse, Ergou's Emotional Support Center, Zhang San's Health and Wellness Shop... Then one day, the empress herself visits Yuanjiang County in di
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- 52 County Magistrate from the Start, I Teach the Empress to Be a Corrupt Official 县令开局，我教女帝做贪官 In the first year of Zhou Wu, the newly enthroned Empress Wu Hongyan toured the land, disguising herself as she traveled to Nanyang County. There, she was surprised to find that Nanyang's people lived in peace and prosperity. There were also roads, coal mines, brickworks, and other astonishing inventions she'd never heard of. Wu Hongyan was delighted. She believed that the county magistrate, Fu Yu, was a gifted administrator sent by Heaven as an auspicious blessing for Zhou. But the next scene l 241Reads5.4Score101Shelves
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Humanity Fakes Ascension, but I’m Live-Streaming My True Immortal Cultivation 全人类假飞升，真修仙的我被直播
The world's major conglomerates funded a livestream show. Months in advance, the production team meticulously recreated the city where Lin Yu lived, then designed the show around the small city to trick him into believing that all of humanity had ascended to immortality. Viewers tuned in to watch a contestant named Lin Yu, eager to see what he would do. When Lin Yu woke up, he activated the cultivation System. The System improved the cultivation manual provided by the production team: the Daoist
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With the System in Hand, I Handle All the Ancient World's Infrastructure 系统在手，古代基建我全包
[Alternate history + transmigration + System + lighthearted] Lu Yuan, a construction worker from 21st-century Earth, is accidentally transported to the Great Yin Dynasty after being electrocuted. There, he binds to the “Infrastructure Maniac System” and sparks a construction boom across the ancient world! From renovating latrines and building glassworks to hydroelectric power and a new energy revolution, Lu Yuan uses modern engineering knowledge to turn Linchuan County into an ancient-world show
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Transmigration: Building a Beautiful Home in the Tang Dynasty 穿越：我在大唐建设美丽家园
[Transmigration, System, infrastructure, daily life: Readers who prefer something else, beware!] Su Ming, a low-tier novelist, unexpectedly dies from overwork while writing and transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, where he obtains a System. In a Tang Dynasty full of dangers, all he wants is to be a carefree county magistrate and build a paradise of his own. And so all sorts of strange things spring up in his Honghe County: beautiful homes, the curved-plough, hot pot restaurants
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The Useless Prince: Once I Got My Fief, I Stopped Playing It Safe 废物皇子：到了封地就不苟了
[No dragging things out, no padding, quickly takes up his fief, thrilling and hilarious] He transmigrated here two and a half years ago. Now that his power has grown immensely, he can no longer keep a low profile, and he can’t stay in the capital either. His only choice is to move to his fief and build his power there. His fief, Jiuzhou, is a province that has been carved up again and again, abandoned by the imperial court. Yet he arrives without hesitation. From that day on, Jiuzhou rises to pr
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- 57 A Million Soldiers at My Command, and the Empress Comes Knocking with Her Child 屯兵百万，女帝带娃找上门 Lu Yuan transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty as a minor county magistrate. After five years of work, he turned a remote backwater into a modern city. He had planned to live like an independent, carefree little emperor. Then the empress showed up at his door with an adorable child, looking for a relative. Empress: “Lu Yuan, what should you do if someone bullies your daughter?” “Wipe them out!” The empress asked again, “Lu Yuan, what should you do if someone bullies your wife?” “Kill their en 634Reads7.7Score185Shelves
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The Whole County Pays Up, and the Magistrate Loves His People Like His Own Children! 全县给钱，县令大人爱民如子！
[Get paid for population + modern ideas + alternate setting + rebellion + world domination] Transmigrate to ancient times and become a county magistrate. Every person in the county gives me 10 coins a day. The bigger the population, the higher the income! Introduce an eight-hour workday in ancient times, and give everyone welfare benefits! Offer childbirth subsidies: have a baby, get paid! Make education universal and raise the population’s literacy! Unlock technology centuries ahead of its time
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Building a Scenic Attraction, My NPCs Are from Ancient Times! 打造景区，我的NPC来自古代！
[The short drama adaptation is now available] Qin Yao had just arrived in a parallel world when he inherited a tourist attraction! But to his surprise, it was on the verge of bankruptcy. There weren’t any attractions to speak of, and he couldn’t even afford to hire NPCs. He was about to sell the place, since the land alone was worth a fortune. But Qin Yao never expected to bind himself to an NPC System! The System had only one function: it could bring people from the pages of history to work as
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Dual Transmigration: Trading Meat Buns for a Pair of Sisters 双穿：肉包子换姐妹花
“Hello, sir. How many grams of gold would you like to exchange?” Li Wei: “A hundred pounds.” Li Wei transmigrated to the famine-stricken Great Luo Kingdom, where the meat buns he carried with him unexpectedly earned him a pair of sisters. For people who had never seen the world, instant noodles and rice could be traded for gold! The profit margin ran into the thousands of percent. Able to travel freely between two places, Li Wei went on a wild spree of trading supplies. From the start, he built
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The Strongest County Magistrate 最强县令
A satisfying plot with no romance, and major infrastructure projects from beginning to end! Lin Feng transmigrates and becomes the most hopeless county magistrate in the Great Qing Kingdom, a post everyone else avoids. The county under his rule has barren land, scattered refugees, and rampant bandits. It ranks last in the annual evaluations and is a laughingstock at court. No one knows he has brought with him all the knowledge of the modern world! He launches a full-scale infrastructure drive: b
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The Iron-Blooded Great Qi 铁血大齐
Wang Hao accidentally discovers a spatial rift in his hometown’s cellar that lets him transmigrate to ancient times. He uses modern food to make money in the past, exchanges it for gold, then cashes it in back in the present. He steadily builds his power, eventually overwhelming ancient cold weapons with modern firearms and conquering the ancient world. After unifying the ancient Earth, he discovers that it also has spatial rifts leading to a fantastical world of cultivation. Why are there spati
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A Healer’s Compassion: I Transmigrate to Save the World 《医者仁心，穿越救世》
A Healer’s Compassion: Transmigrate to Save the World
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My Wife Is Actually a Female Demon Lord 娘子竟是女魔头
After transmigrating, Wang You found himself married on the spot. Not only did he become a county magistrate, he also got to marry a beautiful bride... But on their wedding night, he was poisoned and carried away. His wife's family are a band of local tyrants, every one of them a peerless martial artist. In a tiny county yamen, there are more than ten people scheming against one another. The maid who is always smiling can take down more than a dozen burly men. His wife practices martial arts eve
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The Empire’s Great Bandit 帝国大反贼
(This is a traditional alternate-history novel.) That year, more than a dozen prefectures suffered a severe drought, and the harvest failed completely. That year, five powerful military governors carved up the land, and their princes rebelled. That year, Zhang Yunchuan became an outlaw and one of the great bandits of Jiufeng Mountain.
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I’m So Rich, the Emperor Won’t Even Pay My Salary 因为我太有钱陛下就不给发俸禄
Yang Jingyun was born into the Great Qian dynasty. He never expected to find himself in a family packed with brothers, where every day was a struggle of schemes and calculations. Hoping to build a better life for himself, Yang Jingyun began setting up workshops to make sugar, brew liquor, and produce candles and soap, leading his clan to prosperity. Unexpectedly, he caught the emperor’s attention and earned the emperor’s favor. Not only was he granted noble status, but his whole family was ennob
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Seven Years on the Frontier, and I Build a Modern City 边关七年，我打造现代城市
[Historical setting + transmigration + lighthearted comedy.] Luo Cheng transmigrates into the Prince of Ning, a borderland ruler in the State of Chu, and plans to lie flat for the rest of his life. But the old emperor dies without an heir, and the throne passes to a ten-year-old girl. The court is locked in a struggle for power, and the female emperor is reduced to a figurehead. To protect himself, Luo Chen spends seven years turning a remote, impoverished backwater into a modern city. He thinks
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- 68 Transmigrating to Ancient Times to Build a Peach Blossom Haven 穿到古代建桃源 In his previous life, he was born into a farming family, and his greatest wish was to have a small courtyard, grow a few acres of vegetables and melons, plant a few fruit trees, own a few acres of good farmland, and raise a flock of chickens and ducks. He dreamed of planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, enjoying the shade beneath the fruit trees in summer, and warming plum wine in winter, living out his days in comfort. But in this world, people were swept along by the current, rushing ab 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 I Build a Nation, Fight Poverty, and Develop Infrastructure in Ancient Times 我在古代定国扶贫搞基建 Lou Yueling has just finished her studies and received a hundred houses. Before she can even start taking it easy, she wakes up as the poorest consort in the harem. With no other choice, she stays and binds herself to a Favorable Consort System. Then she discovers she's deeply in debt to the emperor, so she has no choice but to start working herself to the bone all over again. Taking it easy is out of the question. It's all for the sake of getting by! Unexpectedly, through a twist of fate, the e 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 I Became a Mountain Chief in Ancient Times 我在古代当山长 In ancient times, the protagonist creates schools, builds an army, and joins like-minded people in carrying out policies that benefit the people, changing the lives of the citizens of the Great Yan Dynasty. Along the way, he realizes his life's purpose and finds love. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 The Prince’s Little Male Consort, God of Wealth 王爷家的财神小男妃 Two male leads, System, infrastructure building, farming, comedy I’m a veterinarian, and I transmigrated into the body of a male consort who was going to be buried alive in three days. You read that right. I’m a man, and I’m currently on my way to the prince’s manor. Other people start with ridiculously powerful golden fingers, while all I got from the start was a useless beginner’s guide to renovations. Other people have money and power, but I have only 108 ways to die as a burial sacrifice. 154Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 72 Transmigrating to Build an Ancient Paradise for the Elderly 穿越后打造古代养老圣地 [Farming + Everyday Life + Easygoing + Building Wealth + Infrastructure + No Male Lead] At long last, she’s retired, and her granddaughter has started elementary school. She’s ready to enjoy her golden years, but then she gets caught in a shipwreck during a senior group tour and transmigrates to an ancient rural village with absolutely nothing. Looking at her hungry grandchildren and her gaunt son and daughter-in-law, she can’t help wondering: Why is it so hard to just enjoy a peaceful retiremen 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Farming and Building Infrastructure in Ancient Times 在古代种田搞基建 A historical romance, two male leads, farming and infrastructure-building, and a story about making a living, set in an imaginary ancient world. Zuo Meng is the bottom, while Yuan Minze is the top, also known as Qin Zhuo. Through a twist of fate, Zuo Meng transmigrates into the body of a starving little beggar in another ancient world. A beggar’s staff, a dilapidated temple, and a chipped bowl: a hellish start. At last, he manages to survive by relying on memories of his past life to find medic 59Reads—Score—Shelves
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Changan Bets on the Spring Breeze 长安赌春风
Chang'an Bets on the Spring Breeze
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The Song Dynasty Textile Worker 大宋纺织工
This story takes place in an era very much like the historical Northern Song dynasty. Its physical world is also very similar to Earth as readers know it, composed of the elements on the periodic table. There is no spiritual energy and no ghosts. The only invisible thing is electricity. The protagonist’s golden finger is the ability to gain knowledge, though he needs some kind of medium to obtain it. This is a story with multiple female characters. It explores feelings, but not romance. There is
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Transmigrated as Su Zhe, I’m Getting Rich and Rising in Rank Just to Rescue My Brother 穿越成苏辙，升官发财只为捞亲哥
[Su Shi speaks his mind and makes enemies; Su Zhe gets promoted, gets rich, and bails his brother out. Semi-alternate history, with respect for historical events and figures.] The ultimate ensemble cast makes its entrance in turn: Bao Zheng, Shen Kuo, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong, Sima Guang, Emperor Renzong of Song, Emperor Yingzong of Song, Emperor Shenzong of Song, Emperor Zhezong of Song, Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Huaimin, Cai Jing, Li Qingzhao, and Yue Fei. A l
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- 77 I Transmigrated and the Government Gave Me a Wife. Refusing Is Illegal! 穿越遇官府发老婆，不领违法！ Just after the down-and-out corporate drone Tang Tian'ao transmigrates to the Great Xia Empire, he finds the authorities handing out wives. Anyone who dares to go home without one will be dealt with according to the law! In this impoverished country, where women outnumber men by dozens to one, Tang Tian'ao uses his twenty-first-century savvy to make a spectacular success of himself in the Great Xia Empire... 101Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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Territory Survival: A Mechanical Factory from the Start 领地求生，开局一座机械工厂
[Mechanical disaster] [Mass-produced troops] [Rivalry among the myriad races] [Lord] Billions of people are forcibly brought into a survival game, made Lords of their own territories and forced to take part in a contest among the myriad races. At the beginning, each city lord randomly receives a building and a troop type. However, Su Ming gets mechanical troops. Scrap metal? Junk? A pile of junkyard trash? You clearly have no idea what mechanical troops are capable of. Early game: I can fe
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- 79 I Became a County Magistrate and Built a Top-Ranked County 穿成女县令，打造百强县 Farming + food + infrastructure + strong female lead No System, no cheat abilities No angst, no romance. Just a heartwarming record of Su Wan's gradual growth. Su Wan, the only daughter of a Duke of the State's household in the capital, lost her father in battle, and her mother died of grief. After being framed herself, she was exiled to a poor county, but she faced it all with composure. With her modern memories, she clears land and farms, launches major infrastructure projects, improves people 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 First Thing After Being Reborn: Build a Power Base 重生第一件事，建个势力 [Schemer + slow development + growth + System + everyday life] Zhang Nanjin is an ordinary college student. From the start, he spends four years quietly developing his strength. Just wait for my triumphant return as a king. But the one who returns isn't his younger self. He's a cold-blooded king. Determined to find his former self again, he meets several women who become the most important people in his life. They have minds of their own, and memories shaped by all they've endured. Hand in hand 607Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 After I Started Lying Flat in a Small County Town 我在小县城躺平后 After five years of struggling in a big city, 28-year-old Wei Qinqin had made no progress at work. Worse, she had fallen into debt because she kept missing her performance targets. With her thirtieth birthday fast approaching, she was still a drifter in Beijing with no house, no car, and no savings. She gritted her teeth, made up her mind, quit her job, and went home to prepare for the civil service exams. 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Building a Modern Village in Ancient Times 我在古代打造现代化村落 [History + passionate adventure + farming] Overthrow the landlords and divide the land. Invent new things and build villages. He only wanted to live as a wealthy man, but there were too many bad people. He only wanted a peaceful life, but too many people came looking for trouble. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Transmigrating to Ancient Times: Starting from Scratch to Build a Happy Earth Village 穿越古代从零开始打造幸福地球村
Zhao Baihui’s life motto is: Zhang Bairen became the Jade Emperor, so how could I, Zhao Baihui, with the same “Bai” in my name, amount to any less? Thanks to a brother from his generation, he unexpectedly ends up... who knows where. Whatever. With the System on my side, all I have to do is take things one step at a time! The System activates, and every member receives a daily allowance of 10 yuan. The fanatical rabble save up, buy, buy, buy, build, build, build. No need to think, just enjoy the
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- 84 From Villager to Emperor 从村民开始当皇帝 [Updated regularly, completely free to read] Displaced refugees fled to the frontier because of war, but when the dynasty was unified, they were brought back under the imperial court’s rule. The protagonist only wants to roam the world, yet reality keeps pushing him toward the throne. Is this the collapse of morality, or the distortion of human nature? The protagonist says: “I really don’t want to be emperor.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 I Turned My Hometown into a Paradise on Earth! 我把家乡打造成人间仙境! Leaving behind the clamor of the city, he returns to a peaceful, beautiful mountain village to live as a carefree little farmer... He cultivates immortality, tends his fields, and makes money... The mountains are full of rustic delights, and there are plenty of adorable pets, too! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Run-Down Scenic Area: Ancient Employees, Modern Boss 烂尾景区之古代员工现代老板
[Business] [Counter-transmigration] [No System] [Tourist attraction] [Parody] [Light satire] The male lead has sticky fingers and wins a rundown, unfinished ancient city tourist attraction at auction for one yuan. This sets off a mission from the Heavenly Court and the Underworld's offices in the mortal realm, sending him down a path of no return. Ancient princes and generals, as well as people from all walks of life, arrive in droves to run this bizarre attraction together. But the male lead ab
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Western Han: The Prince Who Loved to Complain About Being Poor 西汉：王爷哭穷精
History + transmigration + expanding the borders + a commercial empire + fighting the Xiongnu I transmigrated into Liu Zhu, King of Chu and cousin of Emperor Wu of Han. Give me a kingdom, and I’ll make it strong. Emperor Wu, take me along. I’ll bring the money, and together we’ll fight the Xiongnu. By the way, my tomb is known as the Pyramid of the East: the Guishan Han Tomb in Xuzhou. Come visit, folks!
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I Inherited the Underworld from the Start 开局继承一座地府
In this world, the tide of spiritual energy has risen, and the path of the supernatural flourishes. Demons and monsters roam in swarms. There are occultists who cultivate the Way of Fortune, immortals who draw on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to defy fate and seize its blessings, and scholars who wield words as weapons. Gods shepherd all living things and harvest their worship, while mighty beings manipulate reincarnation and reverse life and death. By a stroke of fate, the protagonis
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Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊
[Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho
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Saving the Realm: The Great Song’s Prince Who Stood Shoulder to Shoulder with the Emperor 拯救山河之大宋并肩王
[Late Song transmigration | Rise from humble beginnings | Infrastructure and farming | Raising an army to contend for supremacy] A modern engineering prodigy transmigrates into the second year of Xuanhe and becomes He Ku, an orphan from Jiezhou. He begs for a living with his eight-year-old sister, He Qiong. Crushing taxes burden the people, officials run rampant, and commoners wander homeless and starve to death by the roadside. The Zhao court cares only for pleasure, letting the Liao and Jin st
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- 91 The Red Wedding Veil of Court Intrigue 权谋红盖 The Red Veil of Court Intrigue 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 The Comeback Wife: No More Doormat, I'm the Queen 逆袭媳妇：不做包子，做女王 The Wife's Comeback: No Longer a Doormat, Now a Queen 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Graduation Ceremony Lie 毕业典礼的谎言 The Lie at Graduation 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 笑柄千金 The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? 沉默证据：谁在操控谎言 Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Roaring Across the Land 怒吼山河 A Roar Across the Land 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 清河县令的逆鳞 The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Yunjin's Revenge 云锦复仇 Yunjin's Revenge 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Shocking Secrets: The Price of Revenge 惊天秘密：复仇的筹码 A Shocking Secret: The Price of Revenge 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Who Says a Country Girl Can't Make It? 谁说村姑不行 Who Says a Country Girl Can’t Make It? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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