Novels like The Farm Tycoon of the City
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- 1 Return from the Sea of Stars: Who Says Farming Isn't Science? 星海归来：谁说种田不科学 [Black Technology + Cultivation + Transmigration + Decisive and Ruthless + One Female Lead] After spending fifty thousand years away and picking up a trove of advanced technologies and products in another universe, Wang Chenxu returned to Blue Star, only to discover that just five minutes had passed there. To give his family a better life, he took up farming. To make the Dragon Kingdom stronger, he set out to build the nation through science and technology. Wang Chenxu began advancing the Dragon 345Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 2 Peach Spring Village 桃源乡村 Tired of the hustle and bustle of the big city, Chen Bai returns to his childhood home in a mountain village and starts a livestream. He plans to plant a few acres, walk his dog, and catch some fish. He'll brew a pot of spring-water tea and enjoy a quiet life in the countryside. Unfortunately, his abilities won't let him keep things simple! “My God, look! The crayfish are dancing to Little Apple!” “Wait! That mountain ginseng is thicker than a radish. Did you pump it full of growth hormones?” “D 4.3kReads7.9Score28614d adds
- 3 Farming: The Super Farm of a Stay-at-Home Dad 种田：奶爸的神级农场 “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully integrated the Super Chip Shennong, capable of running 200 quintillion operations per second.” “Ding! C-grade rice seedlings detected. With divine cultivation methods, they can be raised into divine S-grade rice!” “Ding! A wild pheasant detected. With divine breeding methods, it can lay divine S-grade eggs!” “Ding! Divine S-grade rice and divine S-grade eggs detected. One secret recipe for divine S-grade egg fried rice unlocked!” In short, this 1kReads8.2Score10714d adds
- 4 The Cannon Fodder Wins by Doing Nothing Thanks to a Vending Machine 炮灰靠自动贩卖机躺赢了 [System + Farming + Infrastructure + Interdimensional Trading] Qin Shiyue, a native of an ancient world, is bound to a System and discovers that she is an early-death cannon-fodder character in a harem novel. Is her fist not hard enough, or is making money and leveling up not just too good to pass up? She sets up vending machines that bring in huge profits, and the Myriad Worlds go wild for them. Qin Shiyue gradually lets loose, too. Apocalypse world: Qin Shiyue: Water from the well in my backya 298Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 5 National Fate: From the Start, I Randomly Draw Shennong 国运：开局随机神农氏 The end of the world arrives on Blue Star, and the National Destiny Game descends! Two hundred countries around the world randomly select citizens to enter the National Destiny Game, fight for their countries, and defend their borders! Jiang Yan is selected as one of the players and awakens the [Divine Hint System], which lets him see hidden information! His starting profession is chosen at random, and he becomes the only player with the hidden profession of Shennong! A little thorny vine he pla 1.3kReads8.5Score10814d adds
- 6 A Peaceful Mountain Village 悠然山村 Life is about more than just getting by in the here and now. There are also... a daughter and fields. After leaving the bustling city and returning to his hometown, he unexpectedly acquires a mountain god’s realm. He plants crops and vegetables, picks fruit in the fields, climbs trees to raid bird nests. It’s all easy and relaxing. He raises chickens and walks the dog, goes into the mountains to look for herbs, and catches shrimp and crabs in the river. There’s no shortage of fun in the wild. Da 4.8kReads8.8Score37814d adds
- 7 The Immortal Village of Peach Blossom Spring 桃源仙村 To pay off his student loans, Qin Ye worked himself to the bone after graduation, taking endless overtime shifts until heart failure forced him to quit and return to his hometown. While fishing for shrimp, he discovered a damaged pocket space belonging to the Land God. To restore its dried-up spiritual spring, Qin Ye searches the mountains for rare treasures to transplant into the space. He uses the spring water to grow crops and raise fish, takes geese for a stroll and teases monkeys, rides a f 3.1kReads8.8Score20914d adds
- 8 It Started at a Stinky Tofu Stall, and Now the Owner's Acting Strange 从臭豆腐摊开始，这老板变奇怪了 [Urban rebirth + one heroine + sweet romance + career success and wealth + food] Top-notch stinky tofu, unbeatable river-snail rice noodles, super fresh fertilized duck eggs, secret-recipe braised intestines… On the street behind the university sits a little food shop famous for its stink. The owner loves flaunting his romance, and everything he sells reeks to high heaven. Yet somehow, it still sells out every day. Ning Yao: “You’re sweating buckets. Take a break first!” Ye Fei: “No need. Give m 574Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 9 Bound for the Open Sea: Starting Out as a Deckhand 目标远海：从远海打工者开始 Orphan Yu Chao joins a fishing boat as a deckhand to earn tuition money, only to unexpectedly gain golden eyes that can see through the seabed. From then on, he sets out to bring in haul after haul from the sea. Oh, how vast the ocean is. Oh, how expensive seafood is. A golden finger (not too overpowered) + one heroine (the male lead has a partner) + the everyday life of working hard (some prices are exaggerated compared to reality) 9.1kReads8.7Score59914d adds
- 10 A Whole World at My Fingertips 随身带着个世界 Chen Wu, a young man who has lost both his job and his relationship, accidentally obtains a pocket world. Plants grow twice as fast inside, and animals become more intelligent. When he's bored, he sells vegetables, raises fish, grows ginseng, and walks his dog. With money in his pocket, he can live freely in the city. 169Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 11 Immortal Venerable in the Womb: Activate the Chaos Cultivation System from the Start 胎中仙尊：开局激活混沌修炼系统 Immortal Venerable in the Womb: Activate the Chaos Cultivation System from the start 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Livestream: A Father's Peaceful Life in the Mountain Village 直播：奶爸山村悠闲生活 Just livestreaming, fishing, and farming. Life is pleasant and easygoing. I love blue skies, green mountains, clear waters, and the vast, surging sea most of all. Walk the dog, play with the cat, and raise some rare and exotic creatures. I have it all here. His unexpected daughter, little Nuannuan, came into Su Jie's life. To treat his illness and take better care of her, Su Jie put his studies and city life on hold for the time being and returned to his hometown, Qingshan Village. Su Jie never 5.3kReads9.0Score36414d adds
- 13 Feint East, Strike West: A Chain of Schemes 声东击西连环计 A chain of feints and surprise attacks 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Hidden Dragon in Troubled Times, Watching the Flames from Across the River 乱世卧龙，隔岸观火 A hidden dragon in troubled times, watching the fire from across the river —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 I Meditated in Seclusion on Kunlun for Three Hundred Years 我在昆仑闭关三百年 One year in the mortal world is a hundred years in Kunlun. Li Wenchan guarded Kunlun for three hundred years, while only three years passed in the mortal world. The moment he left Kunlun, The living legend of this age returned! 4.4kReads8.5Score67914d adds
- 16 A Supplier Between Two Worlds: I Build a Transcendent Empire with My Own Hands 两界供应商，我一手打造超凡帝国 Su Yi inexplicably gained the ability to travel between two worlds. From then on, he became a trader between them! Lollipops for ginseng, instant noodles for tiger bones, glass for gold and silver, lingerie for martial arts manuals, perfume for spirit herbs and medicines, and much more. Before he knew it, Su Yi had built an insanely powerful transcendent empire... 11kReads8.9Score98414d adds
- 17 The Mountain God Returns 山神归来 [A popular, uplifting farming story that takes you straight back to the countryside and lets you experience a pastoral life amid mountains and rivers] Raise chickens and ducks, play with the yellow dog, chase wild boars when there's nothing else to do, and raid birds' nests. The cliffside honey tastes delicious, and catching fish and shrimp in the mountain streams is great fun. Head into the mountains to hunt with a slingshot, and make even the wild bears laugh as you thrash them. A green eagle 22.4kReads8.8Score2.2k14d adds
- 18 It All Started with a Chili Pepper Trade 从辣椒交易开始 On modern-day Blue Star, in a coastal village in the southwest of Huaguo, the countryside was poor and remote but rich in produce. Chen An, 22, had graduated from high school and spent several years working away from home, but couldn’t make ends meet. He returned to his hometown to help his parents grow chili peppers. That year, they had a bumper crop, but buyers drove the price down to just a few cents per jin, and nobody wanted to buy them. Just as he sat worrying on the ridge between the fiel 3.2kReads6.2Score19614d adds
- 19 Nine Refinements of the Soul, Reaching the Summit of the Immortal Path 神魂九炼，问鼎仙途 Nine Refinements of the Spirit, Ascend to the Immortal Path 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Carefree Little Landlord 逍遥小地主 He was lucky enough to transmigrate, and even into the family of a wealthy landlord. He'd never have to worry about food or clothes, but he had no intention of wasting his life doing nothing. So Fu Xiaoguan casually set a few things in motion, never expecting the impact to be so enormous. The emperor wants to make him a first-rank official, the princess wants him as her husband, the daughter of the Minister's household refuses to marry anyone else, the barbarians want his head, the Yi Kingdom wa 37.7kReads8.9Score4.4k14d adds
- 21 I Love You, Ice-Cold CEO, Like a Mouse Loves Rice 冰山女总裁我爱你就像老鼠爱大米 I Love You, Ice-Cold CEO, Like a Mouse Loves Rice 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 After Losing My Job, I Bound Myself to a Freelance System 失业后，我绑定自由职业系统 [Family life, a slow-paced story, not a traditional rich-heir novel] At 33, Chen Yuan was suddenly laid off, completely caught off guard. He wanted to find a new job, but was rejected again and again because he was already “old” at 33. He had elderly parents to support, children to raise, and a wife who stayed home as a homemaker. Raising the kids, paying rent and car installments, and covering everyday expenses... all of it took money. What was he supposed to do?! He'd worked more than ten hour 32.4kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 23 Qingyun Sect Recruits Disciples: I Can See Through Talent Traits 青云宗收徒：我能看破天赋词条 Qingyun Sect Takes Disciples: I Can See Through Talent Tags 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Ocean Hunter 海洋猎人 Poor young Lu Xiaolv makes a living catching eels, until an accident gives him a remote-controlled metal crayfish. Find schools of fish and haul up treasures. From then on, Lu Xiaolv is on top of the world. “Ocean, here I come.” 9.3kReads9.1Score84114d adds
- 25 Billionaire: I Really Wasn't Trying to Make Money 首富：我真没想赚钱啊 [A trope-subverting story with a light, everyday feel.] Also known as [I Only Wanted to Lose Money, but I Ended Up with a Bunch of Sneaky Employees] and [I Only Wanted to Lose Money: Somehow, I Became the Industry’s Best Boss] After graduating, Chen Mo obtained a money-losing System. The more money he lost, the more personal wealth he would receive. Lose money? That was ridiculously easy. Chen Mo thought confidently, then promptly bought a clothing factory that was already losing money. What he 20.3kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
- 26 The Era of Ghost Money: Even Hauntings Must Follow the Rules 冥币时代：诡异杀人也要讲规则 [Weird Invasion + Rules-Based Horror + Post-Apocalyptic Survival + Ghost Money] The weird beings have arrived. They feed on humans, but can’t kill them at will. They have to trick humans into triggering a death rule before they can devour them. Xia Tianqiong returns, reborn, and makes billions in ghost money himself. Using memories from his past life, he turns the rules against the weird beings and forces them into contracts. The weird beings in this world either work for him or are destroyed by 28kReads9.0Score3.1k14d adds
- 27 The Fist Beneath the Mountain 山下的拳 Fists Beneath the Mountain 16Reads—Score314d adds
- 28 The Esports Team’s Beloved: The Goddess of Glory Is Absolutely Badass 电竞团宠，荣耀女神A炸了 [One-on-One Romance, Esports, Glory, Team Favorite, Sweet and Satisfying, Strong Male Lead and Adorably Soft Female Lead, Livestreaming] Offstage, the heroine is shy and sweet; onstage, she's bold and fierce. Onstage, the hero is a cold, handsome heartthrob; offstage, he's a slightly wicked tyrant of the team. From the day Jun Jun joins the team, the whole internet predicts AIG's doom. The haters even ask the question on everyone's mind: Can a woman really compete professionally? Coach Xu snorts 7.1kReads9.3Score90814d adds
- 29 Nine Refinements of the Divine Soul: The Immortal Realm Arc 神魂九炼，仙域篇 Nine Refinements of the Divine Soul: Immortal Realm Arc 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Reborn as an Executive at a Major Corporation 重生之我在大厂当高管 [Sound logic] [Clear-eyed realism] [One female lead] [The heroine is not Su Ran; she disappears after chapter 60] [Please bear with it] [Merciful readers, spare me] Reborn, Chen Mo once again stood at the crossroads of his life in 2014. Watch as he turns the country's top tech companies upside down, rises to the top, and dominates the business world. 55.5kReads9.0Score2.9k14d adds
- 31 The Beggar God Emerges 丐神出世 The Beggar God Emerges 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Rural Livestream: 100,000 Acres from the Start 乡村直播：开局10万亩地 Bound to the Manor Owner System, he receives 100,000 mu of land from the start! He decisively chooses to become a great manor owner, farming, raising livestock, fishing, making use of the lush mountains and clear waters, and earning a fortune. Faced with all the wondrous items in the System Shop, An Ge also starts livestreaming. Who would have thought he’d gain tens of millions of fans? Fine food, fine wine, beautiful women, stunning scenery, luxury cars, villas, airplanes, skiing, mountain clim 14.5kReads8.9Score97014d adds
- 33 Slave Lord: Who’s the Goblin Now? 奴隶领主：谁才是哥布林？ [Lord System] Pinujin: having the surname Pi is not weird at all! Just a little unusual! The bard Pinujin obtains a broken territory core, the [Slaver Core], and changes class to Slaver. By squeezing his subjects for labor, he earns [Exploitation Points] to use for prize draws, skill exchanges, and building upgrades. Goblins! Get out there and grow potatoes and cotton! Succubi! Stop fooling around and go make soy milk! Elves! Take off your shoes and stomp grapes. Lord Pi wants to make wine! 15.2kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 34 I Saved the Whole Village, but Couldn’t Protect My Brother 我救了全村，却没有保护好兄弟 I Saved the Whole Village, but Failed to Protect My Brother 105Reads—Score114d adds
- 35 Cutting-Edge Tech: Who Let Him Make Phones Like This? 黑科技：谁让他这么造手机的 Please welcome the pioneer of full-screen phones, the creator of ultra-fast charging, the gravedigger of Fruit phones, the leader in domestic chips, and the boss of Hongxing Group, the world's largest phone manufacturer: Chen Chen! Chen Chen was reborn in 2011 and took over a phone company. He took on Big Rice, stabbed Apple in the back, and stayed completely calm in the face of US sanctions, retaliating by sanctioning the United States instead. He drove China's technological progress forward th 45.1kReads8.9Score2.8k14d adds
- 36 As a Genius, How Am I the Weakest in My Family? 身为天才，我居然是家里最弱的？ Chen Zhi'an transmigrates into the Great Wilderness, becoming a spoiled young marquis of a different world's Great Tang. From the start, he lands in jail for flirting with a princess! Even worse, he discovers that his bookish eldest brother, who spends all day cooped up at home, may be a reclusive powerhouse! His second brother, whose engagement was broken off, is the chosen one of destiny, an unrivaled swordsman who stands alone atop the martial world! His little sister is the reincarnation of 30.3kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
- 37 After Returning from the Immortal Realm, I Made a Fortune Through Farming 从仙界穿回来后我靠种田发家致富 [No spatial dimension, no System, a slight golden finger, spirit-spring farming, reclaiming the hills behind the house, cozy food and everyday life. There is a couple, but the male lead doesn't get much screen time. Big shots gradually enter the story later.] A spirit jade brought back from the immortal realm changed Xu Xia's life as an overworked office drone. When the jade dew flows, gold and silver follow. She'd finally been reborn. Who would be a workhorse now? Only a fool! Xu Xia immedi 32.3kReads9.2Score2.8k14d adds
- 38 Cross-Time Trading: I Trade a Bottle of Water for Nuclear Fusion 超时空交易：我一瓶水换核聚变 [Cross-Time Trading + Tycoon + Technology + Incredibly Satisfying] "The Super-Time Trading Platform is recruiting Blue Star agents. Base salary starts at 100,000." Su Yu had just lost his job when he happened upon this recruitment ad. He clicked on it just for a laugh. Then he became a Blue Star agent for the Super-Time Trading Platform, able to trade goods with people across different eras and worlds. A ton of rice could get him 50 kilograms of gold from a trading partner in a wasteland world? 29.2kReads8.7Score2.5k14d adds
- 39 The Immortal Path Without Dao 无道仙路 [No female lead + ordinary mortal protagonist + brutal cultivation; From the Start: A Broken Piece of Jade Reveals the Secrets of Immortality, The Terrifying Road to Immortality, Mystery, Immortal Paths, and the Angler, The Strange Path to Immortality are updated simultaneously] There was no road in the world to begin with. A road appears when enough people walk it. Wudao found a mysterious piece of fine wood glowing with purple light and arrived in the world of cultivation. It was a brutal plac 18.4kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 40 The Immortal Emperor's Retirement Life 仙帝的退休生活 Invincible, reborn, no secrets from the family + overpowered hero + one heroine + sweet romance + goofy humor + laid-back daily life The eldest grandson of the Liu family of the old capital was persecuted... No, that’s not right. Let’s start over! As an idle Immortal Emperor, I just want to retire, feed the birds, walk the dog, and spend time with my wife and kid. A thousand-year-old ghost? My brother-in-law is a city inspector in the underworld. Look into it. A hidden sect? My great-grandfather 18.4kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 41 The Wealth Immortal Has Arrived 财仙到 “You can't be bent by force, but you can be corrupted by wealth.” “Bowing for five bushels of rice is the bearing of an immortal.” “Nothing matters more than silver. And if something does...” “Then it must be even more silver...” What is cultivation like for everyone else? Qingshan doesn't care. He cultivates by making money from people, immortals, and even Heaven itself. The more silver he earns, the stronger he becomes! Why become so strong? Naturally, to earn even more silver... The Way of th 17.8kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 42 Disciple, Go Ascend to Immortality 徒儿，你飞升去吧 A six-year-old comes home from school to find that his parents have been murdered. He cries bitterly, then passes out. When he wakes, he finds himself in a strange place, where the first person he sees is an old man dressed in white, with white hair… 256Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Amusement Park: People Fly Ahead, Their Souls Chase Behind 游乐园：人在前面飞，魂在后面追 Urban + System + Comedy + Scheming Countless couples are enjoying each other’s company on the Ferris wheel. Zhang Bei hums a tune and presses the red button. The Ferris wheel, suspended a hundred meters in the air, suddenly stops. Then it tilts sideways. Countless couples sitting in the cars are flung into the air, held only by a single rope. A few seconds later, the entire Ferris wheel spins like a rapidly whirling disc. The couples dangling in midair start playing a warm and wholesome game. On 4.6kReads9.4Score48614d adds
- 44 The Genius Livestreamer: This Streamer Is the Real Deal, He'll Show Up When There's Trouble 直播鬼才：这主播能处，有事真上 [Livestream + No heroine + Comedy + Lighthearted + Rebel] A flop streamer + the ultimate troublemaking System, leaving netizens stunned! Bai Ye transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the [Never Back Down] System. Onlookers: “Streamer, don’t! You can’t win against those matchmaking aunties. They’re way too powerful!” A passerby: “Holy crap, he actually went straight at them! Holy crap, he made the aunties cry!” A fan of a certain brand: “If you’re saying our stuff is bad, go make 19.1kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 45 After Eight Years of War, the Dragon King Returns 征战八年龙王回归 The battlefield is cruel, but it is a soldier’s duty to defend home and country. The Dragon King returns to protect his family, his friends, and his homeland... Because of what happened eight years ago, the Dragon King now has a child of his own... 486Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 [Hilarious and Heartwarming + Food + Farming + A Touch of Modern Cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, and her innate talents were cooking and growing vegetables. She became the leader of a sect, but living in poverty was the norm. From the start, all she had was a ramshackle building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. A leader with no great ambitions and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cul 23.2kReads9.5Score3.3k14d adds
- 47 Post-00s Dad Livestreams Parenting: Dad, Why Are You Crying Louder Than the Baby? 零零后直播带娃：爹咋哭的比娃响 As people pay more and more attention to their children's education, a live reality show called Fatherly Love Is a Mountain gets underway. The production team randomly selects one dad born in the 1980s, one born in the 1990s, and one born in the 2000s. The dad born in the 1980s is an all-rounder when it comes to childcare, looking after his daughter with meticulous care and tenderness. Viewers: “A father's love is like a mountain! This dad really shields his daughter from every storm!” The dad b 18.7kReads9.5Score1.8k14d adds
- 48 You're the Richest Man Alive, So Why Are You Opening the Car Door for Customers Yourself? 你一个首富，亲自给顾客开车门？ Standing before you is Yicheng City's top scorer in the college entrance exam, a millionaire entrepreneur by his freshman year, founder of Dami Tech after dropping out in his sophomore year, the man who made Dami Tech the country's number-one company by age 26, worth hundreds of billions by 28, founder of Dami Motors at 29, and the richest person in the country at 30. His bank account holds billions in cold, hard cash. He's the head of Dami Tech Group, founder of the Dami Standards Alliance, the 40.9kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 49 The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆 [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build 1.3kReads—Score10414d adds
- 50 One Sentence from Me, and a Death Row Inmate Walks Free 我一句话，死刑犯在法庭无罪释放 [System + lawyer + livestreaming + Madman Zhang San + no heroine + no romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + face-slapping + no logic. Short dramas have been released in multiple versions in China and overseas.] Xue Shen, an intern lawyer earning 2,000 yuan a month, unlocks the Ultimate Lawyer System from the start and takes the legal world by storm, shocking the globe! With his cheat ability Suspect A: “I killed someone.” Xue Shen: “You’re innocent.” Later, the truth comes out: the suspect rea 6.3kReads9.2Score75814d adds
