The Daily Farming Life of Emperor Wu of Han's Elder Sister

Updates daily without fail, so feel free to dive in! Also, please add my ongoing story next door, The Regent Empress Dowager's Laid-Back Daily Life, to your collection. Just visit my author page. I also have a completed book, Transmigrate into a Book as the Emperor's Aunt, if you're interested. Blurb One: Jin Su transmigrates to the Western Han Dynasty and finds herself the daughter of a carpenter. Food is scarce, and the only dish is raw fish? How can she put up with that? Lotus-leaf pancakes, teppanyaki, Bazhou noodles, Shujun skewers, and mapo tofu. Doesn't that sound delicious? I'm a whiz at running a household, busy farming and making a fortune. Until one day, Emperor Wu of Han suddenly appears outside her home... Emperor Wu of Han: "Elder Sister, you've suffered so much all these years..." Empress Dowager Wang: "Your mother wronged you..." Wei Qing: "Elder Sister, I think your husband has a lot of potential. Why not come with me to fight the Xiongnu?" Jin Su: "Give me a moment to process this!" So, it's not that I need to level up from bronze. I was a king-tier player all along? Blurb Two: I transmigrated to the Han Dynasty, with two major troubles by my side. First, there's little variety in food. Vegetables boiled in plain water, no oil in sight. Steamed vegetables leave your mouth bitter, and the Han people don't know how to stir-fry. Second, there are few doctors and little medicine. A common cold can send you straight to the underworld. Luckily, I have a golden finger: I can exchange for medicine and grain in the shop! It's like having a pillow brought to you when you're sleepy, or a bowl of mung bean soup when you're thirsty! "The shop has quality goods at low prices. You can't lose, and you won't be cheated! Potato sprouts, twenty-five silver coins; cold medicine, only twenty taels..." I look down, feeling miserable. All I have is a single gleaming copper coin. Black-hearted shop, you'll go bankrupt one day! A single coin can stump even the greatest hero. Jin Su, I'm determined to take you on! Malt candy, osmanthus wine, I'll open a little shop and get busy making money. Villains want to steal my money-making ideas, but I have Han Yuan by my side to protect me. We get our hands on potatoes and corn, and from then on the people will never go hungry again. Remembering how hard it was to be short on money and unable to get good seeds, one handful of rice seeds costs five hundred taels. That black-hearted shop is outrageous! Luckily, I'm Emperor Wu's sister, and my little brother sends me silver to help. I open trade routes first, then persuade them to reduce taxes and fees. The people praise me, and everyone calls me the kind Earth Goddess who saves the suffering! Jin Su's inner thoughts: No, let's skip the Earth Goddess part... Bonus Scene: Jin Su always thought her fiance was a poor little thing who needed her protection. "Were you bullying A Yuan just now?" Jin Su demanded of a group of little ruffians. "We weren't..." The big, burly kids suddenly looked a little scared. "If you dare bully him, I'll teach you a lesson!" After Jin Su scared them off, Han Yuan immediately came forward and thanked her. "Thank you for saving me, Su Su." But after Jin Su turned and left, Han Yuan went back to the ruffians who had blocked his path. He smiled at them, and then their screams rang out without end... Reader's Guide: 1. The leads only have eyes for each other. 2. This is a farming story. 3. For ease of reading, some expressions and forms of address have been simplified. Please add my ongoing historical transmigration story, The Regent Empress Dowager's Laid-Back Daily Life, to your collection! Also known as The Former Emperor Comes Back to Life, and She Just Wants to Lie Flat. A career-focused, nation-building power fantasy with a female lead. Blurb When Su Jin transmigrates, she starts out in the palace as empress. Her ideal is to make a small contribution and have her name recorded in the history books. But her husband suddenly dies, and in the rush of it all, she has no choice but to help her young son ascend the throne and stabilize the court. The court is rife with factional strife, disasters keep striking, vassal kings rebel in the southeast, and invaders attack from the northwest. Su Jin's easygoing attitude from when she first transmigrated is nowhere to be found. After eight years as regent, she finally subdues the vassal kings, secures the northern frontier, and balances the civil officials and military generals through political alliances, until at last she holds all power in her hands. But those eight years leave Su Jin exhausted, her mind and body worn out. One day, someone suddenly comes to report: "Your Majesty, the emperor... No, the former emperor is still alive, and he's about to enter the palace!" Su Jin asks calmly, "Is that true?" The eunuch replies in a trembling voice, "I wouldn't dare deceive Your Majesty." When the former emperor's return is announced, the officials are in an uproar. Some even wonder whether the empress dowager will refuse to surrender her regency and challenge the former emperor for power. They never imagine that Su Jin, upon hearing the news, suddenly bursts into laughter. "Ha ha! What wonderful news! I can finally set down every last burden!" Qi Zhen, who has survived on a deserted island for eight years and has finally returned, hoping to surprise her: "???" She puts on her ceremonial robes and fine silks, leaves the court behind, and takes her child and friends sightseeing. What could be better? Su Jin thinks the life of an immortal could hardly be any better. Lying flat feels amazing! The former emperor, left in the palace to handle state affairs, Qi Zhen, feels deeply aggrieved. "A Jin, do you remember that your husband is still alive?" Who could have guessed that Su Jin, who only wants to lie flat, would come up with brilliant ideas wherever she goes? A restaurant on the verge of closing becomes the capital's number-one establishment after a few words of advice from her, drawing countless high-ranking officials and nobles. A young woman she happens to save during her travels becomes a master of cotton weaving, restoring prosperity to an entire province. While sightseeing in the mountains, she encounters an official who is about to take his own life because he can't collect enough taxes. She tells him to open a port and promote trade. In no time, Quangang, once a fishing village, becomes a city where goods from every nation converge. After that, countless rumors spread: the empress dowager is a lucky star reincarnated. Anyone she meets and advises will enjoy a smooth career if they've been struggling in office, or prosper financially if they're in hardship... The former emperor has been away for years and is naturally out of practice at governing. Compared with how effortlessly Su Jin handled the regency, he struggles. No one dares say "A woman without talent is a woman of virtue" or mock her for usurping the emperor's role anymore. Instead, officials sometimes send urgent letters asking the empress dowager to come back and help stabilize the court. Su Jin, sightseeing beyond the frontier: Please don't bother me. If you need something, ask the former emperor. Qi Zhen, buried under memorials: But I remember you saying you wanted to be a virtuous empress and have your name recorded in the history books... Su Jin, coldly: I worked myself to the bone for eight years. I'm sure that's enough to earn a line in the history books. Now I just want to lie flat. I believe you can handle it, Your Majesty! From commoners to noble families, everyone hopes to "bump into" the empress dowager while she's traveling and ask her for a bit of advice. Su Jin just wants to lie flat, but people keep coming to find her. Why is it so hard to enjoy a quiet trip? When Su Jin first transmigrated, she was full of ambition and wanted her name recorded in the history books, but that proved hard to achieve. Now that she has finally managed to lie flat, she's not merely left a modest mark in the history books. Her name will be remembered for generations. Bonus Scene: After returning from the deserted island, Qi Zhen: You must have been thinking about me all this time! Su Jin: Who are you? I just want to go out and have fun! Reader's Guide: 1. The hero loves only the heroine. 2. The hero falls first, and he's completely smitten. 3. The story focuses more on the heroine's career. The romance is just the icing on the cake. Theme: Bringing delicious food to the Han Dynasty and helping the land of China prosper