I Witnessed the Second Industrial Revolution in Ancient China

When Li Xuanwei was four, he recalled the memories of his previous life. Looking at the world around him anew, he couldn't help comparing it to the world in his memories. The social customs, clothing and appearance, architecture, and so on were all remarkably similar to the Sui and Tang eras of his past life, yet there were bicycles, trains, steamships, trams, electric lights...

"Mother, why are we taking a carriage instead of a car?"

"What's a car? I've never even heard of one."

We've got electricity, but still no cars?!

This is an era in the midst of the Second Industrial Revolution!

The First Industrial Revolution began over a hundred years before the start of this story's timeline, sparked by another woman who had transmigrated. This world developed for a hundred years, and only by the time of this story did it finally begin its Second Industrial Revolution.

Every country in the world outside of Huaxia still has a level of technological development comparable to the sixth or seventh century AD.

Every person you meet and everything you experience in your life shape who you are today.

Theme: Starting a Second Industrial Revolution in an alternate ancient world