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[Blurb 1]
In the chaotic final years of the Liang dynasty, Yan Zeling opens her eyes for the third time after being reborn, only to discover that her founding-a-dynasty campaign has turned into Hell Mode
Beginner's quests: Build high walls, stockpile grain, recruit strategists.
The actual plot: Her father sneaks in at midnight, holding a red wedding dress. "A Que, the Liu family of Luzhou wants you to marry into their family in exchange for grain!"
Her advisor gives an evil grin. "Man, you've successfully caught my attention."
Her cold-blooded elder brother attracts admirers with his Mary Sue aura. Her gentle mother turns into a scheming palace-intrigue villainess. Her borderland girlboss of a younger sister cries over love until the city walls crumble...
Yan Zeling whips out the Handbook for Reforming Rebellious Minds:
"The farmers, grab your hoes and reclaim the wasteland. The embroiderers, improve the looms. Anyone who's in love gets sent off to build irrigation canals!"
Later
The canals are filled with steam-powered merchant ships, the beacon towers have become weather stations, and the Golden Throne Hall displays a KPI performance ranking.
The history books lament: "The founding heroes of the Yong dynasty are all model reform-through-labor workers. The six ministers work 24/7, and even the imperial kitchen is researching fertilizer formulas!"
On the day the regent retires after achieving her goals, Liu Yunsheng appears with an abacus in hand.
"Your Highness, the Liu family's three hundred shi of millet has accrued interest on interest. It's now worth a hundred li of railway in the Northern Di lands. Construction starts tonight."
Behind him, Princess Yincheng hefts a hoe and sharpens her blade, ready to take on her brother. "It's finally our turn to kidnap Brother Que and make him do research!"
[Secret History of the Great Yong]
Question: Why does Xie Shenxing, the founding emperor of the Yong dynasty, tremble whenever he sees an abacus?
Answer: Once, when her father tried to push her into marriage, the regent smiled and said, "If you have time on your hands, Father, you can use Mother's embroidery to pay the Liu family's interest."
Question: Why is there gunpowder embedded in Liu Xiu's abacus?
Answer: "Your Highness said that if I don't finish checking the Northern Desert budget by midnight, she'll let me try out the newly developed blasting method for mining." (Diary of the Yong Dynasty's Most Laid-Back Official, Avoiding the Pitfalls)
Question: Why does Princess Yincheng always stare at sweet potatoes with a silly grin?
Answer: "Brother Que said that if I grow a thousand extra jin of sweet potatoes, I can name a new weapon. But I really just want to retire and tinker with mechanical dolls!" (A Borderland Girlboss's Desperate Confession)
[Blurb 2]
The story of the regent's past life.
Though this past life is a little different.
Big brother's plot: The Phoenix Fate of the Concubine: The Entire Court Loves Me
Father's plot: I Heard the Emperor of This World Is Selling Himself for His Country
Younger sister's plot: The Heartbroken Fool Who Ran Away with a Child After a Breakup
Mother's plot: When You're the Wicked Stepmother Fated to Be Cannon Fodder in a Household-Intrigue Novel
Advisor's plot: The Disfigured Advisor Is a Hidden Big Shot
Theme: Don't give up or lose heart in the face of hardship, because good fortune always comes to those who are prepared.
