[Three Kingdoms] My Lord Has a Serious Talent-Collecting Addiction

Ordinary young man Xun Lan is struck by a System and transmigrates to Yingchuan at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. He goes down the mountain to save a beauty, only to be hunted by Cao Pi and captured by someone else. After all sorts of twists and turns, he finally takes control of Yingchuan with help from Xun Yu and the System. Xun Lan promotes potatoes and hybrid rice, and opens up wasteland for cultivation. He brings in Hua Tuo and the Sage of Medicine, and establishes a large number of free clinics. He improves papermaking, prints books, and publishes newspapers. He establishes medical and political academies as well as a girls' school, appoints female officials, and introduces all kinds of innovations that send the politics, economy, and culture of the prefectures under his rule soaring. Xun Lan knows full well that as an ordinary person, he can only build a great empire by surrounding himself with talent. Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Fa Zheng, Zhuge Liang... He's collecting them all. A science student, Xun Lan recalls the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and tries to imitate the way Cao Cao and Liu Bei welcomed talented people. But he often overdoes it: "Fengxiao, with you by my side, I am truly fortunate!" "Zhou Yu, the moonlight is lovely. Will you play a beautiful tune?" His words are bold, his tone awkward. They go down in the history books as legendary moments of social death. [Warnings: Plot-driven, alternate universe. If you like a fast pace, read the first chapter, then skip ahead and start at chapter twenty. The love interest appears in the first few chapters.] My upcoming danmei story: (Qin) Lord Longyang Has Fled in the Middle of the Night. No-couple story: (Three Kingdoms) Diao Chan Is a Frail Male Ruler. My completed story, The Emperor Refuses to Abdicate, is about transmigrating as Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie. Pairing: Lü Bu. There's also an upcoming romance set in the same universe on my author page. Yan Sui is caught in a nuclear explosion and swept into a space-time rift. He falls straight from the sky into a bandit den. The bandits rejoice: "Get the biggest pot! We'll steam half of him and fry the other half. Everyone gets a piece of immortal meat!" After a loud boom, the bandits drop to their knees: "Y-your Majesty, spare us!" Yan Sui tosses a grenade in his hand. "Awesome!" The realm is in chaos, and warlords battle for supremacy. Other people's generals: "My lord, be careful! I'll take the arrow for you!" Yan Sui's generals: "I look around in confusion, sword in hand. Where's our lord?" Their lord has dragged back the enemy commander who coveted their territory, pinned him down, and beaten him up, then threatens him fiercely: "Will you surrender or not?" After robbing the robbers, he tosses the money bag to his accountant. "Wenruo, here's the military budget! Come on, smile for me!" Then he grabs a wine jar and goes to drink with his strategist. "Fengxiao, want to watch the stars tonight?" Guo Jia and Xun Yu, the hapless strategists kidnapped by Yan Sui: ... Second blurb What do you do when the strategists you've kidnapped ignore you and give you the cold shoulder? Yan Sui has a flash of inspiration: sleeping side by side is a fine Three Kingdoms tradition. But the lord is a terrible sleeper, and mishaps keep happening. Rumors that the lord has a penchant for men spread like wildfire. He's also a terrible drunk, and repeatedly lets things slip when he's tipsy: "When I become emperor, I'll make you my empress!" But when he sobers up, he forgets everything, leaving his ministers to desperately wonder if they've caught his penchant for men. Years later, the ministers exhaust themselves getting their lord onto the throne. Then, full of anticipation, they remind him: "My lord, it's time to choose an empress!" The throne suddenly feels a little too hot beneath him. "I'm a woman, for crying out loud!" Theme: Bring peace to the realm and prosperity to all