Jiang He transmigrates into the least favored NPC in the city-building game she used to play, The World in Contention: Princess Changning, who is about to leave for her fief to live there.
It is now the first year of the Linxi era.
When she arrives at her fief, she falls silent.
The climate is harsh, the soil infertile, and the people live in hardship. The city walls are crumbling, too, and the area is sparsely populated.
Fortunately, the Jiangnan management game she once downloaded has transmigrated with her.
[Congratulations, you have completed a side quest and received 10 mu of fertile land.]
[Congratulations, you have drawn 3 waterworks specialists. Assign them as soon as possible to begin constructing canals.]
[Congratulations, you have received 20 loquat trees.]
[Congratulations, you have received 100 crucian carp fry.]
From building canals and cultivating fields to promoting trade and building markets, from planting mulberry trees to weaving silk and raising silkworms, the withered wasteland gradually comes alive. Bridges span flowing streams, their shadows reflected in the moonlight, and the scenery of a Jiangnan water town quietly unfolds across this untamed land.
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The World in Contention is a highly customizable city-building game.
In the fifth year of the Linxi era, disaster strikes: floods inundate the land, locusts ravage the fields, and the people suffer terribly.
The people have nowhere to turn, and the court does nothing. In the aftermath, cries of grief ring out everywhere, and refugees are forced from their homes.
The times are turbulent, and rival factions battle for control across the land. Whoever can win the people's support and seize power can dominate a region.
Ambitious power-seekers vie for authority, expanding and annexing territories as war breaks out everywhere. Peace is hard to come by.
And you, would you like to establish your own territory?
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Five years later, Jiang He watches the players rushing toward her and smiles faintly:
[Sorry, everyone, you're a little late. I've already established my own territory, and even given it a complete makeover.]
[If you want to vie for supremacy, you'll have to ask me first.]
Reader's note:
The story combines two games, with plenty of original worldbuilding. Please don't overthink the details (heart~)
Thesis: Manage well and keep moving forward every day.
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