Better to Claim Land Than Flee for Survival

[This novel will be going behind a paywall. I'll try to keep updating it from time to time afterward and do my best to finish it. Thank you for your support.] In the third month of famine in the north, bandits invaded a village, looting, killing, and burning. Taojia Village was set ablaze, and that night was like falling into hell. Jiang Si charged into the bandits through the flames. With a spear, a stun baton, and an incredibly sharp steel knife, she cut them down as easily as chopping vegetables. That night, covered in blood and radiating murderous intent, she descended like a god of death. But the villagers hailed her as a goddess sent from heaven to save them. From that night on, the course of the world changed completely! Content notes: 1. The female lead has a golden finger: all of modern civilization, plus a super artificial intelligence System. 2. The female lead grows stronger in the early part of the story, then slaughters her way through the world in the latter part, eventually becoming empress. There is no male lead, but there are male supporting characters. 3. The story contains many author-invented details, so please don't overthink them. The characters' values do not represent the author's. Coming soon: My Husband Is Someone I Picked Up, and He's So Good and Obedient After her father passed away, Ji Qing followed his instructions and built a wall overnight, completely separating her courtyard from her grandmother's family. Ji Qing became infamous in Jiangzhou City as an unfilial girl. When she came of age, no one dared arrange a marriage for her. The matchmakers in town all said that Ji Qing was stupid and clumsy, an unfilial and unkind girl with enough strength to knock out an ox. Who would dare marry her? When Ji Qing heard this, she went straight to the matchmakers' homes and kicked down their courtyard walls one by one. It felt good to get even, but business at her general store only got worse. Ji Qing was so troubled that she even started eating half a bowl less each day. Then one day, on her way home, she found a man. He had a feminine beauty and was as lovely as a flower. Ji Qing had an idea. She wrapped him in a straw mat, hoisted him onto her shoulder, and carried him home. Ji Qing had brought him home so he could stand outside her shop and attract customers. But he was so handsome, so good and obedient, and so full of sweet talk. Just as Ji Qing was getting completely enchanted, she thought: He can cook and do laundry. Maybe he doesn't need to attract customers at the shop after all. * Xiao Ci, heir to the Marquis of Fuyuan, was blessed with a handsome face but cursed with frail health. He was considered unfit for anything important, and people in the capital could only sigh whenever his name came up. In reality, Xiao Ci was the Emperor's sharpest blade. Gloomy and volatile, he was ruthless to the core. Just hearing the name he used while moving through the world was enough to strike fear into the entire court. But who could have imagined that one day he would fall into a young woman's hands, where he would use his beauty to charm her and do her laundry and cooking? A tremendously strong, somewhat dim but clever girl × the gloomy, ruthless heir to the marquis's estate Theme: Face every hardship with courage and keep moving forward