The Gourmet Tycoon of the Steam Age

To catch the first batch of mushrooms this year, Song Xi boarded a flight to Yunnan Province. He had even prepared himself for accidentally getting mushroom poisoning and seeing little dancing people. But before he could try any mushrooms, the plane crashed... His only last words were that he hadn't tasted nearly enough delicious food in his life. What a shame. Perhaps it simply wasn't his time to die, because Song Xi opened his eyes again. He found himself in an age of clanging steel and steam. He had become Byron, a down-and-out young noble under the rule of the Sunan Empire. Fortunately, this was an era full of opportunity, with vast untapped markets waiting for him to make his mark. But Song Xi chose without hesitation to build his fortune through food, for one simple reason: The food in the Sunan Empire was just too awful! “What is the thinnest book in the world? The Sunan Empire's cookbook!” “The people of Sunan robbed the whole world, so why didn't they steal a few more cookbooks? Poor Sunan people. They became the world's hegemon and still have to eat slop!” This was the most widely circulated joke of the Steam Age. The people of Sunan thought they would spend their whole lives eating dry bread and canned beans. Then one day, one amazing dish after another appeared across the land of this empire, notorious for its culinary wasteland. Fish in sour broth, brown sugar ice jelly, spicy chicken, egg fried rice, sweet red bean glutinous rice balls... These dishes were delicious and incredibly cheap. Scorned by the elite as commoners' fare, they comforted the tongues and hearts of Sunan's people, worn down by assembly-line work. “I hope to offer people the most delicious food at the lowest possible prices. Good food can bring people happiness.” Mr. Byron Delacelle, a newly risen business magnate, said earnestly in an interview with the Imperial Daily. Few people took the business upstart at his word. They were long used to the lies merchants told. But as all kinds of new dishes found their way onto the tables of Sunan's commoners, and the poorest workers could buy a cheap, delicious, filling bowl of noodles with the smallest coin in circulation, people gradually began to realize that young Mr. Byron seemed to be making a sincere effort to keep his promise. A fictional world inspired by real history. A gentle, sunny, gentlemanly beauty of a top × a gloomy, lovesick, jealous male ghost of a bottom. Younger top. Byron Delacelle × Cezar Green/Augustus Both leads are career-driven, with the main plot focused on their work. Theme: The everyday warmth of life is what soothes the heart most.