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- 1 The County Magistrate 女县令 Wen Zhesang, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, has been well-read since childhood and has always looked up to the only female official of the previous dynasty. After making a three-year pact with the emperor, she transforms from a pampered young lady of the Minister’s household into a county magistrate responsible for everything from murder cases to the smallest everyday disputes. When an ambitious young female magistrate meets a bandit chief who wants to submit to the imperial c 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 They Say Beautiful Women Shouldn't Discuss Politics, But I Claim the Realm and Bring Peace 都说红颜不议政，我揽山河定太平 Position: Princess of Anning and chief construction contractor for Nanyang Commandery Subordinates: A bunch of oddballs with remarkable skills who are dirt poor Daily routine: Repair river dikes, refine iron, build bows and crossbows, fend off bandits, and take the occasional jab at old diehards who look down on women Biggest worry: Money! Money! Money! Infrastructure costs a fortune, and the estate troops are nearly so broke they have to catch fish in the river Achievements: Turned a flood-pron 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The County Magistrate Builds a Tourist Paradise, Leaving Foreigners Stunned 女县令打造旅游胜地，惊呆外国人 After dying a tragic death in the apocalypse, the heir to a medical family transmigrates to an alternate dynasty, where she becomes the female magistrate of its poorest county. Luckily, she has two Systems to back her up. The people have nothing to eat? Then she'll introduce high-quality crop seeds to solve the food shortage. The county yamen is so poor it can't pay salaries? Then she'll partner with merchants to open a papermaking workshop, producing household paper for the wealthy. She'll also 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 I Build Infrastructure and Fight Poverty in Ancient Times 我在古代搞基建扶贫 Building Infrastructure and Alleviating Poverty in Ancient Times 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 After Transmigrating, She Becomes County Magistrate and Helps the Villagers Get Rich 穿越后，当县令她照样带村民赚钱 A farming story with no System The heroine, Gu Niannian, is a village official in the modern world. Her consciousness transmigrates to ancient times, and through a twist of fate, she takes her brother's place as magistrate of Qingshan County. Drawing on her knowledge and experience, she reforms farming techniques, writes books, teaches, solves cases, and overcomes one challenge after another. She leads the local villagers to prosperity and meets like-minded people along the way, while encounteri 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 From the Start, I Impersonate a County Magistrate 开局从冒名顶替县令开始 Li Moyan transmigrated to an alternate ancient world. Through a twist of fate, he impersonated someone else and became the county magistrate of Anning County. Bandits wreaked havoc, leaving the people in dire straits. With no other choice, Li Moyan led the locals in a massive infrastructure boom, and all sorts of strange buildings sprang up in Anning County: Anning County Disneyland, Fantawild Adventure, the Bird's Nest Stadium... He led the entire county down an unconventional path to revitaliz 354Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 After I Transmigrated, I Farmed, Built Infrastructure, and Rose to the Top 穿越后，种田基建，登顶称霸 Farming + Infrastructure + Developing a Fief + System After transmigrating, Li Min, a chemical engineering master’s graduate, finds himself in ancient times. See how he works with the System to develop his fief, improve people’s lives through farming, build up industry to create a powerful nation, train troops and develop advanced weapons, expand the borders, train personnel and establish social institutions, grow the market economy, and conduct diplomacy with other countries... bringing new vit 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 While Others Fall in Love, I Build Infrastructure and Lead My Homeland to Prosperity 别人恋爱我基建，带领家园走繁荣 Strong female lead + No romance + Focused on infrastructure development Chu Feng transmigrates to the Longteng Dynasty and, through her own efforts, passes the scholar examination. By sheer luck, she ends up as the magistrate of Shitou Town. When she arrives, she discovers that Shitou Town lies on the border of the Longteng Dynasty, right next to the Xiongnu. The area is desperately poor, the population has dwindled, the people are struggling to survive, and the Xiongnu are watching hungrily. Th 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 After Transmigrating into a Princess, She Goes All Out Building Up Her Fiefdom 穿成公主后，她在封地疯狂搞基建 When she wakes up, Liu Yushi discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a princess of the Dali Dynasty. Before she can even celebrate, she learns that she has already been banished from the capital and sent to her fief. Her fief lies in the barren northwestern frontier. Its only two cities are occupied by the border army and guarded by court officials, respectively. When she arrives, she discovers that her princess’s residence doesn’t even exist. She earns her first fortune by turning 1Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 10 A County Magistrate's Poverty Alleviation Diary: From Poverty to Prosperity 县令扶贫日志，从贫困到小康 Lin Miao was an ordinary college student. After graduating, she got into an accident while delivering food and died. She was reborn in her mother's womb with memories of her past life. [Village development + infrastructure + improving people's lives + System + evading natural disasters] Jiangyuan County is so poor that the plaster is crumbling off the walls, and every villager wears a worried frown. Not enough food? No problem, I have high-yield rice. No county school? We'll build one. No money? 170Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 11 The Transmigrated County Magistrate Leads Her Nation to Prosperity 穿越女县令，带领家国走繁荣 [Strong female lead, infrastructure, satisfying read, no System, regular updates] Chu Ran transmigrates to the Longteng Dynasty and becomes a seventh-rank county magistrate who bought her position. Although Qingshan County is just an insignificant little town, its people still love their home dearly. When Gu, a local gentry magnate, learns that the newly appointed county magistrate of Qingshan is a useless woman who bought her position, he reacts with great hostility toward Chu Ran. And just as 199Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 12 Transmigrated to a Famine Year, I Feed the Whole World Through Farming 穿越荒年，我靠种田养活全世界 Wu Liu, a PhD in agricultural science specializing in soybean research, transmigrates into the body of a landowner's daughter. In this era, crop yields are pitifully low, linen and silk are rare luxuries, and both agriculture and industry have all but ground to a halt. Even a small landowning family like hers can barely get by. In winter, the whole family huddles together and still can't keep out the bitter cold. Ordinary people have it even worse, with barely any clothes on their backs or food 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Woman to Man: I Became the Ultimate Laborer in Ancient Times 女穿男：我在古代卷成人力天花板 [Strong female lead + no romance + infrastructure building and farming + team growth + adorable kids + light System + uplifting] A 32-year-old top executive recruiter wakes up in the body of a young man who runs a debt-ridden employment agency. The System demands that she sell orphans and other vulnerable people to stay alive. Instead, she takes in countless refugees! She transforms the agency, builds a labor system, takes on contracts, opens workshops, and gathers talented people from every wal 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Farmer Girl's Path to Reversal: Rising to King and Chancellor 农女的逆袭之路，一路封王拜相 [Farming + infrastructure + System + a female county magistrate rising through the ranks + no male lead + fictional setting] Jiang Tingyu, a science blogger from the 21st century, dies suddenly from overwork and transmigrates into the body of a peasant girl in a remote village in the Great Yu Kingdom. This is a dynasty with no record in history. The peasant girl shares Jiang Tingyu's name and, like her, has no parents. But she does have grandparents and an uncle's family. The Great Yu Kingdom wa 1.3kReads7.3Score138Shelves
- 15 The County Magistrate: I Have a Dream of Prosperity and Strength 第一县令：本官有个富强梦 [No System + farming and infrastructure building + no romance + slow-paced] Yongxin County has been poor for so long that no one ever imagined it could become wealthy one day. The local tycoons have been rich for ages, but when Magistrate Lu arrives, they find themselves facing a choice: become poorer or get even richer. Even a fool knows which to pick, but Magistrate Lu's scheme has a catch! The wealthy families of Longyou Prefecture tremble. Who on earth is making all the money? By the time th 1.2kReads8.7Score131Shelves
- 16 The Great Sheng Dynasty’s First Female Scholar 大盛第一女先生 Also known as: The Max-Level Expert Teaches and Inspires in Ancient Times [Transmigrated Expert + Multiple Couples + Ancient Romance with a Creative Twist + Strong Heroine] In the year 2222, special forces soldier Situ Ying transmigrates and becomes a teacher. She meets the dashing but tragic Prince Jing, and the two fall for each other at first sight and begin a sweet romance. Situ Ying starts with a spaceship and is bursting with good luck. If anyone messes with me, I'll take them down! She te 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 I Build a Nation, Fight Poverty, and Develop Infrastructure in Ancient Times 我在古代定国扶贫搞基建 Lou Yueling has just finished her studies and received a hundred houses. Before she can even start taking it easy, she wakes up as the poorest consort in the harem. With no other choice, she stays and binds herself to a Favorable Consort System. Then she discovers she's deeply in debt to the emperor, so she has no choice but to start working herself to the bone all over again. Taking it easy is out of the question. It's all for the sake of getting by! Unexpectedly, through a twist of fate, the e 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 A Mother’s Strength: Reforming Medicine in Ancient Times 为母则刚：我在古代搞医疗改革 #Transmigration #ImperialExaminations #Farming #NoRomance #MedicalReform #Protection Su Wanzhao, a modern agricultural sciences PhD, transmigrates into a fictional dynasty and becomes the third young lady of the Su household. Her father shows her no affection, and her vicious stepmother keeps her down. Her birth mother is gravely ill, medicine costs a fortune, and she has no money. On top of that, her stepmother plans to marry her off to a 62-year-old man. Driven into a desperate corner, she rev 95Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 19 How Thrilling! She Transmigrated into a Female County Magistrate and Put the Male Lead on Trial from the Start 刺激！她穿成女县令，开局审男主 Lian Sheng, the top salesperson at her company, dies unexpectedly and transmigrates into the body of a magistrate who is a woman disguised as a man. From the start, she's sitting in the courtroom of the local yamen. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees an absurdly handsome criminal and thinks, “Wow!! This guy is so handsome!” The criminal can actually hear her thoughts. He furrows his sword-like brows. “So unlucky? You think I'm unlucky to look at?” Lian Sheng covers her nose and slams the ga 9Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 20 Dressed as a Man in the Official World: The County Magistrate Is Trouble 女扮男装闯官场：县令大人不好惹 Zhu Qiqi not only transmigrates, but also has to take her brother Zhu Yiyang’s place as magistrate of Xiliang County. On her hurried journey to take up the post, bandits capture her and drag her to their mountain stronghold. After cleverly escaping, Zhu Qiqi returns to the Xiliang County government office and crosses swords with County Deputy Zhou, who is bent on killing her. In the end, she succeeds in bringing him down. With her hands now free, Zhu Qiqi uses knowledge from the future to transf 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Supporting Actress Who Transmigrated into a Book Just Wants to Build Infrastructure 穿书女配只想搞基建 Top student Li Yuhe transmigrated into a clichéd historical romance as the dim-witted supporting character, Princess Guangling. With her country destroyed and her family dead, her life was out of her hands, and she was destined to die in the palace. Li Yuhe’s response: No problem. She could play the villain just fine. With the Nation-Building System at her disposal, why enter the palace? Wouldn’t it be better to build a country and become its emperor? Later, while everyone else was caught up in 154Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 22 I’ve Made the Emperor Furious, So Why Hasn’t He Come to Kill Me? 都把皇帝气炸了，怎么还不来杀她 [Alternate setting + historical romance + infrastructure building + woman disguised as a man + career in government as the main focus + no couple] (Female lead A, extremely doting, fated bond) Jinnian, a PhD in biochemistry, transmigrates to ancient times after a car accident. Facing execution by the current emperor, she studies the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty and His Majesty’s temperament, then sets out to defy him. Every day, she recklessly teeters on the edge of death! Her death wish never 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Transmigrators? All Gather in My Business-Building Game 穿越者？齐聚我的经营建设游戏 No romance + strong female lead + invincible protagonist + business and development + golden finger + multiple transmigrators Lin Yue thought she was playing a business and development game where modern infrastructure could overwhelm the ancient world. She never expected that the so-called game was actually a real world in another timeline. Transmigrators had gathered there, and she wasn't the only one. Transmigrator Theater Jing Li: I'm a prince from the start, caught up in court intrigue. I kn 86Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 24 I Passed the Imperial Exams and Made the Honor Roll in Ancient Times 我在古代考科举金榜题名了 Zhao Qiaoyue, an ability-user from the apocalypse, transmigrates into a book as Zhao Qiaoyue, the ill-fated, illegitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the Great Rong Dynasty. She and her birth mother, Xia Niang, are banished by the Zhao family to a small village. Xia Niang loves her daughter and wants to secure her future, so she sends her to study for the imperial examinations. But when someone schemes against her, Zhao Qiaoyue fights back by giving them a taste of their own medicine! The Zha 140Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 25 I Served as a County Magistrate for Three Years and Shocked the Empress 我当县令三年，震惊了女帝 After transmigrating into the position of a seventh-rank county magistrate in the Great Kang Dynasty, Zhang Yuan endured countless hardships and finally turned Pingyang County into a paradise on earth. He had planned to live out his days as a local king, carefree and at ease. He never expected to end up kidnapping the Great Kang emperor and bringing him to Pingyang County. “Welcome to Pingyang County, Your Majesty! I’ve arranged everything for you, including the best entertainment under heaven a 444Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 26 Natural Disaster! A County Magistrate Uses a Simulator to Farm and Survive 天灾！女县令用模拟器种田求生 [Transmigration + System + farming + strong female lead + play the pig to eat the tiger + no romance] Jiang Ning, an urban planner, transmigrates overnight into the poorest county magistrate in history. From the start, she has an empty city, a crowd of starving refugees, and a predecessor who fled with the funds, leaving not a single coin in the accounts. Just as she despairs, the Disaster Simulator successfully binds to her! [Warning: A severe drought will strike in thirty days, leaving thousan 23Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 27 I Told You to Flee the Famine, Not to Rise Up and Become Empress! 叫你去逃荒，没叫你翻身做女皇！ [No Romance + Reborn + Empress System + Spatial Farming + Nation-Building] Amid the chaos of a troubled age, the country is beset by internal and external crises, and the people are living in misery. In her previous life, Lin Xinmiao gave her life to defend her country against foreign invaders and died on the battlefield, only to end up with her family destroyed and thousands condemning her. In this life, she refuses to remain beneath others. After binding herself to the Empress System, she star 99Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 28 A Native Heroine Goes from Harem Life to Nation-Building 土著女主从后宫到基建 [No Romance + Strong Female Lead + System + Infrastructure Building + Ensemble Cast] [Blurb One] Shen Qinghuan was sent into the palace through her stepmother’s scheming. She has no desire to compete with all these women for a man, so she can only find a way to escape this cage. [Blurb Two] Shen Qinghuan couldn’t understand why women could be bullied so cruelly: divorced, sold, drowned in a pond, and subjected to endless gossip and judgment. They were even blamed when they gave birth to girls. S 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Infrastructure Maniac: Making Another World Rich and Powerful 基建狂魔：要让异界民富国强 [Transmigration + city building + no romance + lighthearted + wish fulfillment + comedy] Lin Xin made one careless misstep and regretted it for the rest of her life. While climbing a mountain, Lin Xin did the splits in midair, then came crashing down with a thunderous boom. Lin Xin: “Which bastard poured oil on that rock? Even as a ghost, I’ll never let them get away with this!” Unfortunately, before she could become a ghost, she ended up in another world. She was still human, but now had an ext 114Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 30 I Became a Lord in Ancient Times 我在古代当领主 “System, everyone else’s System comes with a pocket dimension and a spirit spring. Why are you stuck with nothing but a ‘junk recycling’ feature?” “Host, stop complaining! That bag of leftover takeout malatang would be a lifesaving delicacy in your territory!” While other transmigrators were throwing money around in ancient times, Gu Mingyue was roaming the world, picking up “trash” with her dirt-poor System. An unfinished building that had sat untouched in a corner of the city for ten years? Sh 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Bottle King Rules the World: One Wave of My Chubby Paw, and We Charge! 奶瓶大王御天下，胖爪一挥跟朕冲 [Adorable kids + satisfying court intrigue + four-year-old princess ascends the throne and changes fate + a cute little army upends the court + System stockpiling and nation-building + imaginative history] Feng Chiling, the four-and-a-half-year-old empress of Great Jin, was exceptionally clever. Ever since birth, she had often suffered the same nightmare. She dreamed that her brainless elder brother from her previous life ascended the throne, that their father’s grave was desecrated, and that 51.5kReads8.8Score9.2kShelves
- 32 The Rough-Hewn Hunter’s Lucky Marriage 糙汉猎户的旺夫妻 The good news: The former owner of a farm has been reborn with max-level experience! The bad news: She starts with only ten eggs, and a snake has its eye on her. On the first day, she crouches by the stove, checking the eggs’ temperature. The villagers react: “Has she gone mad? She’s hatching eggs herself?” On the twenty-first day, eight chicks hatch. Her awful relatives react: “You’ll never keep them alive. Just wait and see!” By the third month, the hens are laying eggs like crazy. The local b 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Great Ming: SimCity, I Am the Mayor 大明：模拟城市，我是市长 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, the realm was in chaos. Li Chuan transmigrated and awakened a City-Building System. As long as he developed and built up his territory, he could keep earning rewards. So Li Chuan went all out, developing infrastructure, establishing factories, and building an army... He made sweeping progress in education, entertainment, light industry, heavy industry, finance, and every other sector. Modern factories sprang up across the Ming, creating jobs for its people 38Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 34 I Became the Founding Empress in Ancient Times with a System 带着系统在古代做开国女帝 Strong female lead + fictional setting + farming + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure + claiming kingship in a chaotic age (Contains many original worldbuilding details.) [The male lead is mostly in the background. I'm not very good at writing romance, so this story focuses almost entirely on the female lead's career.] Transmigrated as a county magistrate, she faces starving people in front of her and Japanese pirates lurking behind. With a dilapidated county office, an emperor who exploits t 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Built a New City in the Western Regions 退婚后，我在西域建新城 Shen Qingwu, a noblewoman of Liangzhou, is publicly jilted and exiled to the Western Regions to die. They laugh that I’ve lost my reputation, that my father’s clan has fallen, that I’m unarmed and doomed to be buried beneath the yellow sands. But they don’t know I have the Civilization VI System, and that I can turn everything I see into data. In this forgotten outpost of Dry Springs, I gather seven disillusioned people, each with a remarkable talent: a water-control fanatic, a lone-wolf general 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Group Transmigration: My Sisters and I Built an Unstoppable Great Xia 群穿：我和姐妹卷出了个超强大夏 [Modern-to-Ancient Transmigration + Group Transmigration + Infrastructure and Military Industry + Farming and Management + No Romance + Defending the Homeland] Five sisters and one armored vehicle unexpectedly transmigrated to the Great Xia Dynasty. From the start, they were in the middle of a desert, their GPS was down, fuel was running low, and the dynasty before them was entirely fictional! But these women, fierce as eagles, had nothing to fear! No money? They'll earn it themselves! No food? 186Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Woman Reborn as a Woman Leads Her Family and Country to Prosperity 女穿女，带领家国走繁荣 (Strong heroine, infrastructure, feel-good story, no System, steady updates) No CP. If you love stories with a powerful female lead, you’re in luck! Chu Ci, a science PhD from the 21st century, transmigrated to the Longteng Dynasty. Soon after arriving, she was caught up in a disaster that befell the Chu family. Framed by the Right Chancellor, she went from a noblewoman of the capital to a humble county magistrate, taking over her father’s post. Songyang County. Assistant county magistrate An Bi 763Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 38 The Straight-Talking Host Wants to Rebel, and the Villainous Cannon Fodder Are All Here to Help 耿直宿主要造反，反派炮灰齐帮忙 [Transmigrate into a Book + Feel-Good Story + Infrastructure and Farming + Rebel and Rise to Power + Ensemble of Cannon Fodder + No Romance, Just Getting Things Done] After years of hard work, she had saved up a tidy sum and was ready to return to her hometown and lie flat. Instead, she transmigrated into the world of a novel and lost her memory. By the time her modern memories returned, the novel had already ended. Her family had been exiled, and she was in a death cell, waiting to be beheaded —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Great Tang: The Poorest County Magistrate, Invited to Court by the Emperor 大唐：最穷县令，皇上请我入朝 In the third year of the Zhenguan era, the Tang Empire is drawn into war, and resources are scarce across the land. Yet Pingyao County alone… is full of singing and dancing, with food and clothing in abundance. It even bears more than a passing resemblance to a modern metropolis! As Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji investigate further, they discover that everything here is extraordinary… The common people are prosperous, and commerce is thriving… More astonishing still, the local magistrate, Liu Shao 4.4kReads7.2Score448Shelves
- 40 First-Rank County Magistrate: Starting Out Invincible 一品县令：开局从无敌开始 When Qin Feng woke up, he had become a lowly county magistrate… With the knowledge in his head and his invincible System, he could revel with beauties by night and wield the power of the realm by day! “Your Honor, the princess wants to make you her consort!” “Your Honor, the neighboring queen has fallen for you and wants to give you the whole world!” Qin Feng: “…” 1.3kReads7.7Score102Shelves
- 41 Everyone Knows I'm Destined to Become the Final Villain 所有人都知道，我未来是大反派 Cui Mingying thought she was just an ordinary girl who had transmigrated into a life where both her parents were dead from the start. That was until all sorts of strange people suddenly barged into her life, doing everything they could to interfere with and control it. Only after she easily crushed a cousin who wanted to inherit her family's estate, then expected her to be grateful, did she realize that these people had all been given reborn storylines, while in her previous life's story, she ha 44Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 42 The Stunning County Magistrate 极品女县令 I only wore men's Hanfu once, and I transmigrated to an ancient era in the midst of war. Then a great general, desperate for capable people, conscripted me and made me magistrate of a border town. Since I was already here, I threw myself into infrastructure projects, agricultural development, and spreading education with help from the System. A few years later, when the leader of the rebel army ascended the throne, that once-dilapidated little county had become far more prosperous than the imper 24Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 43 The Notorious County Magistrate 名扬天下俏县令 [Strong female lead + political intrigue + woman disguised as a man + no romance] Zhao Minglan transmigrates into a disgraced remnant of the previous dynasty, a woman who passed the imperial exams disguised as a man. All she wants is to settle down in Qingshui County and rule her little corner of the world in peace. But not only do the local powers refuse to show her any respect, several princes at court have turned this backwater into a battlefield. That won’t do! Armed with the secret to makin 136Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 44 A Carefree Heiress Transmigrates to Ancient Times for a Life of Leisure 佛系大小姐穿越古代悠闲生活 [A gentle, heartwarming little romance] [No inner-household scheming] [Modern woman transmigrates to the past] [Native male lead] [Fictional setting] [The historical backdrop draws on the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, with some elements from the Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties. The timeline is ancient and the front lines stretch far, all to make it easier for the author to make things up~~] [There is a System, but it appears late and doesn't play a major role.] A modern heiress wit 3kReads9.0Score257Shelves
- 45 Transmigrate into a Book: The Cannon-Fodder Farm Girl's Path to Prosperity 穿书农门：炮灰的种田发家之路 (A slow-burn story that unfolds at an easy pace, with no awful characters or household infighting.) Ye Miao was born into a novel, but she was neither the heroine nor a supporting character. She was merely the pitiful younger sister who died young, remembered by her cousin Ye Qi in fewer than three chapters. Ye Miao looked at her little arms and legs and decided she wasn’t ready to die so soon. There was still time to save herself. 1.1kReads8.8Score—Shelves
- 46 Amazing! The Poverty-Alleviation Expert Becomes a Farming Legend in Ancient Times 惊！扶贫大佬在古代靠种田封神了 [Infrastructure Building + Farming + System Space + Punishing the Scum + Feel-Good Story + No Romance + Career-Focused Heroine] Yang Liu, a poverty-alleviation secretary, died unexpectedly. When she woke again, she had become a widow. A single, unmarried young woman had turned into a widow with two children! Her home was bare, wind whistled through every wall, and there wasn't a single grain of rice in the house. Two little ones were crying to be fed. “Mom, I'm hungry...” Yang Liu opened the ric 58Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 47 The Lady Magistrate 女县令 Lu Xueyin's twin brother, Lu Chenyang, mysteriously disappeared after placing first in all six imperial examinations. Just then, the imperial edict appointing him county magistrate arrived at the Lu residence. To keep her brother's official position, Lu Xueyin disguised herself as a man and took his place as county magistrate. From then on, her official career took off without limit. The people loved her, she rallied the rebels and pacified the borderlands... Lu Xueyin was deeply worried. When w 66Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 48 Disguised as a Man, She Became a Powerful Minister and Made Her Entire Clan Dance on the Edge 女扮男装当权臣，九族头上蹦野迪 [Wish fulfillment + nation building + comedy + ruler trusts his ministers + transmigration + secret identity revealed + woman disguised as a man + female-led story + powerful minister] Good news: Meng Qiw is transmigrated. Bad news: She’s stuck playing a frail heir who disguises herself as a man and could get her entire clan wiped out at any moment. OMG, can I apply to transmigrate again~~ A father who died young, a mother who cries all the time, and a brokenhearted her... Wait, scratch that. He 26.9kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves
- 49 Great Ming: The Corrupt County Magistrate Who Shocked Old Zhu 大明：巨贪县令，震惊老朱 After transmigrating to the Great Ming as a county magistrate, Zhao Xing has suffered through poverty and knows what it means to go hungry. After three years of vigorous development, silver keeps pouring in. “If you don’t bribe me and I don’t take bribes, how can the Great Ming develop?” A memorial reads: “Your Majesty, the people of Fengyang have barely enough clothes to wear and not enough to eat. Bandits run rampant, and the people are fleeing...” Then one day, Zhu Yuanzhang personally arrive 315Reads7.2Score129Shelves
- 50 Beloved by the Whole Village: My Hybrid Rice Stuns the Imperial Court 农门团宠：我的杂交水稻震惊朝野 A food blogger with tens of millions of followers opens her eyes and finds herself transmigrated into the body of a tiny girl in an ancient farming household. When she sees the watery gruel her family eats, she’s furious! Chili peppers are houseplants? No one picks the mushrooms? Fried chicken and barbecue haven’t even been invented? How can she stand it?! Braised snacks, fried chicken, and Zibo-style skewers? The villagers ask, “Can this stuff really taste better than pickles?” Soon, the who 827Reads8.7Score100Shelves
