After Being Taken by the General

[Volume One goes on preorder at 7:30 p.m. on July 27. The print title is With the Army]

Yuan Li is an excellent battlefield logistics officer.

One day, he transmigrates into the son of a minor official in ancient times. His tearful parents send him to the Prince of Chu’s estate to bring good fortune to the prince’s eldest son, who is on the verge of death.

That very day, Chu Hechao, the second son of the Prince of Chu, returns from the battlefield overnight, still dusty from the road. Without even taking off his armor, he stands in for his brother at the wedding and exchanges three bows with Yuan Li.

Smelling blood and dust on him, Yuan Li knows at once that this man is dangerous.

That night, Chu Hechao wants to take his brother’s place again and drink the wedding wine with him.

Yuan Li smiles warmly. “Please, General.”

His fingers are slender and jade-white around the cup, his long lashes lowered over his handsome face.

Chu Hechao watches him for a moment with an unreadable smile, then raises the cup and drains it.

Before long, the Prince of Chu’s eldest son dies, and Chu Hechao carries Yuan Li off on horseback and heads straight for the border.

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Yuan Li continues to put his skills to use on the ancient battlefield.

He grows crops, raises cattle and sheep, clears roads, and sets up medical care.

Busy from dawn to dusk, Yuan Li keeps thousands of soldiers well fed and fighting fit, and tends to the wounded with impeccable care. The camp grows better by the day, and whenever the generals see him, it is like seeing the people who put food on their tables.

Only the man who abducted him spends his days glowering and struggling to hold back his anger. “I’m the one you married. I’m the one who drank the wedding wine with you, and I’m the one who shared your wedding chamber.”

“You ought to look at me.”

Decisive, brave, born leader bottom × War-god general, cold on the outside and lecherous within, top

① A satisfying infrastructure-building story, not a court-intrigue novel. Fictional setting, with both the modern and ancient backgrounds invented. There is a System, but it plays a minor role.

② Please don’t send unsolicited writing advice.

③ A power couple. Enjoy!

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Coming soon: Someone Keeps Trying to Stop Me from Taking Over the Court:

After the death of business magnate Shang Junluo, he transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a poor child in the middle of being trafficked.

The original owner is actually the sole heir to the Duke of An’s estate. After losing him, the family adopts an heir. Before long, they will find the original owner again. Unfortunately, he is mediocre, and the adopted heir secretly bullies him until he dies of depression, leaving the duke and his wife deeply disappointed.

Shang Junluo gives a cold laugh. Before the Duke of An’s family can find him, he runs away and arranges for a passing official and his wife to adopt him.

What you can’t have is always the most precious. As long as their own son remains lost, the duke and his wife will only miss him more and find fault with their adopted son at every turn.

Shang Junluo hides all his scheming beneath a serene, unworldly exterior. In the end, he rises step by step through the imperial examinations and takes first place in the palace exam.

On the day the new scholars parade through the streets, the Duchess of An, haggard from longing for her son, sees the young top scholar, graceful as a jade tree and seemingly immortal. She jumps to her feet in shock, tears spilling from her eyes.

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Everyone who meets Shang Junluo is dazzled by him. They say, “One glimpse of Shang Junluo can set the whole city of Luoyang abuzz.”

It seems that only the word perfect can describe him.

But the all-powerful Regent disagrees.

From the moment he lays eyes on Shang Junluo, he knows the man is just like him: ruthless and obsessed with power.

People like them hate their own kind. He is happy to be the only one willing to do anything for power. If there are more, the court will descend into chaos.

The Regent idly spins the ring on his finger and says coolly, “Get rid of him.”

Theme: Use what you know and keep striving, so everyone can live a better life