Zhou Yushu awakened memories of her past life, and only then learned that she was Passerby A in a story commissioned by a reader.
This is a story about founding a nation amid chaos. It follows a male lead who rises to power and unites the land after losing his family and home.
It opens in the thirty-third year of the Jianning era, when the people of Tuxi County rebel. Emperor Jianning lets the river embankment at Hekou break, disaster victims rise up everywhere, chaos spreads, and a troubled age begins.
As luck would have it, Zhou Yushu lives in Shuilong Town, Tuxi County.
And as luck would have it, this is the thirty-third year of the Jianning era.
Even more fortuitously, her childhood sweetheart, a successful candidate in the imperial exams, is breaking off their engagement so he can marry the county magistrate's daughter. The magistrate is the very person whose actions sparked the rebellion.
And she, by virtue of being one of the people of Tuxi County, can at best be called Passerby A.
Now that Passerby A has awakened her memories, she has no interest in a childhood sweetheart who merely passed the scholar exams. She immediately starts figuring out how to stay alive.
Her father is a blacksmith. Great, upgrade his ironmaking techniques and give everyone a knife to protect themselves.
Her great-aunt's husband is a traveling doctor. Great, stock up on medicinal herbs and give everyone a set of life-saving pills.
Her uncle is a butcher. Not bad, stock up on meat and give everyone a gift pack of jerky and meat floss.
As for herself, well, along with her memories, she also got a golden finger.
It may not be a particularly powerful golden finger, but she can order another set of the treasures she bought online in her previous life. She can also read the materials she browsed in her previous life as many times as she likes.
Great, a complete makeup gift set is the first to volunteer.
Then soap, shampoo, essential oils, body lotion, full-length mirrors, glass cups, and more join the fray.
And potatoes, sugar beets, corn, and sweet potatoes too. Let's see if they can be grown here.
Following those materials, she makes soap, produces organic fertilizer, and comes up with cement. Before she knows it, she has become the male lead's moneybags and chief logistics officer.
On the way to join the male lead's faction,
she finds her badly wounded benefactor. Great, it's the male lead's younger brother.
She rescues a helpless young woman being forced into something. Great, it's the male lead's younger sister.
She feeds a poor orphan. Great, it's the male lead's mighty general, the General of Weiyuan.
By the time she reaches the male lead's territory, his original crew has all conveniently gathered there.
Li Yunsheng: For the sake of his moneybags, Li Yunsheng offers up his younger brother.
Rival Emperor Jianyuan: Bah, selling out your brother is shameful. For the sake of those moneybags, I can offer her the position of consort.
Rival Prince Huai'an: Bah, there's not even a hint of a match yet. For the sake of those moneybags, I can offer her the empress's throne.
Another rival shouts: I can offer her the throne, too!
Li Yunmou: ?????
The dynasty is fictional, so don't compare it to real history.
Theme: First get rich, then help others get rich, so everyone can live a comfortable life.