After Leaving the Imperial Exams, I Won a Marquisate Through Farming

Lin Liwen graduated from an agricultural university, then returned to his hometown to lease farmland and practice modern farming. One day, he opened his eyes and found himself in the body of the male lead's cousin, a contrast character in an imperial-examination novel. In the original story, the body’s former owner relied on being the eldest grandson of the main branch of the family, leeching off his relatives. Jealous of his talented younger cousin, he poisoned the cousin's food, finally making his family lose all hope in him. Later, the original owner was reborn. The first thing he did in his new life was secure himself an advantageous marriage. Lin Liwen: "..." Looking at his impoverished family, then at the poor harvest in the village... Sorry, is scheming against the male lead really more important than improving farming tools and increasing grain yields? Can't take the imperial examinations? No problem. He'll just farm! This was an era in which everything else was considered inferior, and only education was held in high esteem. But it was also an era in which the people suffered greatly, and commoners bent their backs for a handful of rice. Later: Cotton was widely cultivated even in places with climates so cold they were considered unsuitable for it. Regions full of low-lying fields, where rice had struggled to grow, began harvesting twice a year. Even drought-stricken lands short on water became fertile fields stretching for a thousand miles. Later still: The common people affectionately called Lin Liwen "Eldest Brother Lin" and treated him as fondly as their own son or nephew. His political rivals in court were won over and praised him as a peerless statesman. The emperor granted him the revenues of ten thousand households and a title among the princes and nobles. From then on, granaries brimmed with new grain, and the land enjoyed abundant harvests. Theme: May the land always enjoy abundant harvests, and may no one ever starve to death again.