Novels like Super Brain: From Street Vendor to Island Lord
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Super Brain: From Street Vendor to Island Lord, best match first.
- 1 A Heaven-Sent Jade Fortune: A Gobi Boy Strikes It Rich Hunting for Jade 玉缘天降：戈壁少年寻玉暴富！ Chen Mu, a poor young man, knelt in a cornfield counting medical bills. His mother was almost out of blood pressure pills, and his little sister’s high school acceptance letter was still warming on the kang. He heard that Old Zhou from his village had made a hundred thousand yuan digging for jade out of town, so he gritted his teeth and joined a jade-hunting crew bound for the Gobi Desert. Who could have guessed that when he turned over the very first rock, pale blue words would suddenly appear 258Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 2 I Built Great Song in South America, and My Ancestor Was a Transmigrator 我在南美建大宋，祖上穿越者 Sorry, readers. I was away for a while to attend school, but I’m back now. Chapters 189–206 contain errors in the original outline. Readers can skip them if they wish. [War] [Modern Era] [Power Struggles] [Technology] Zhao Mingzheng wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated to another world. In this life, he learns that he isn’t the only one who has transmigrated into this world. Unfortunately, the previous transmigrator died hundreds of years ago. But that fellow left Zhao Mingzheng, who h 323Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 3 Restarting 1980: A Technological Prodigy 重启1980：科技奇才 Wang Wei, a genius scientist from 2025, unexpectedly transmigrated to 1980 and became a recent college graduate. After awakening the [King of Technology System], he received a beginner's gift package, bringing his intelligence and physical abilities to the human limit and extending his lifespan to 500 years. He also gained access to a wondrous pocket dimension that could manufacture, modify, dismantle, purify, and store objects. Using the System and his advanced knowledge, Wang Wei led China's t 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Our Huaxia Expeditionary Army: What's Wrong with Founding a Nation Overseas? 我华夏远征军，海外建国怎么了？ This is a military alternate-history novel set in a parallel world. The story is entirely fictional. Please do not draw parallels with real-world countries or history! Any resemblance to actual countries or historical events is purely coincidental! After a blocking mission in northern Shanguo, Tang Fan, chief of staff of the 8th Company, 2nd Regiment of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force, must choose between crossing the Savage Mountains or waging guerrilla warfare where he is. Knowing the Savage Mo 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn in 2009: Building a Smartphone 重生2009造手机 A programmer digs up a letter he buried in a corner when he was young. It was a joke he wrote to his future descendants, asking them to come pick him up in a time machine. To his surprise, the letter can really cross time and space, letting him correspond with his children twenty years in the future. Each time he changes the future, his children’s identities change: Li Xinyan, Su Xinghe, Su Lingxiao, Su Nianchen... They come from different timelines, but they all share the same goal: send future 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 A County Town on the Rise: China's Starlink Stuns the World 县城崛起：华夏星链震惊全球 Chen Mu, age twenty-five, with 347.2 yuan in his account. The moment his foot touched the red earth at the entrance to the village, a faint chime rang in his ear. The Starfarmer System had awakened. The System gave him no money and no shortcuts, only one thing: technology. How he used it was up to him. He started out in an abandoned factory, partnered with a retired senior engineer, and won a two-million-yuan contract in his first competitive bid. That was only the beginning. Microsatellite 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Conquering the Stars: Starting with a Foothold on This Tiny Planet 遨游星海，从小破球站稳脚跟开始 The “god” in the heavens falls to the mortal world, but this “god” seems... a little... less than “aloof.” The unexpected arrival of an extraterrestrial visitor gradually brings it closer to a certain “slacker” on Earth. From this moment on, S City will know no peace. The “Great Demon King” who will bring them a new beginning is about to arrive. This is a science fiction novel. The author cannot guarantee that the story is true, nor that the technological concepts in it are rigorou 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Now That I’m Reborn, Who Would Still Set Up a Street Stall? 都重生了谁还摆摊啊？ [Urban Rebirth + Multiple Heroines + Business + Campus Romance] Zheng Qian is reborn in 2009. He has no influential family, no extraordinary memory, and no essential golden finger. But with the first pot of gold he earned through a few schemes, he chooses the least impressive path of all: setting up a street stall. Even so, he finds himself with limitless possibilities. He starts a secondhand market on campus, then creates a campus group-buying service, moving from bicycles to electric bikes, an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Longmi Military Industries: This Will Be My Last Startup 龙米军工：这将是我最后一次创业 Qin Jun transmigrated to a parallel world and, single-handedly, brought Longmi Technology Group into the Fortune Global 500. Its products, including phones, TVs, and cars, all ranked among the world's bestsellers. Just as Qin Jun thought his life would come to a quiet, uneventful end, he was invited to attend the Linjiang Defense Industry Expo. Looking at those impressive machines, Qin Jun clenched his fists, feeling something inside him beginning to awaken... The next day, Longmi held a nationw 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Reborn at Eighteen: I Became the Heir to a Trillion-Dollar Mining Empire 重生十八岁，我成了万亿矿二代 [Business Warfare] [Industrial Rise] [Reborn and Turning the Tables] [Tycoon of the Era] At the start of the new millennium, Longguo joined the WTO. Heavy industry surged ahead, and the golden age of energy roared into being. Ye Yuhang, a business tycoon who had risen from nothing through a lifetime of hardship, unexpectedly returned to May 2002, the turning point of his fate. In this life, he would rewrite every regret! Mining technology from the Trisolarans arrived, enabling prospecting, purif 10kReads5.6Score84214d adds
- 11 From the Start, I Cashed Out a Trillion and Set the Tech Tree Ablaze 开局套现千亿，我反手点燃科技树 Chu Tiankuo was reborn in 2004 as the sole heir to a coal empire worth hundreds of billions. Faced with company veterans trying to seize the family fortune, he awakened a System and made a shocking decision: package up the entire coal-mining business, valued at hundreds of billions, cash out for a hundred billion, and walk away! The business world was in an uproar, and the whole internet mocked him as the stupidest wastrel ever. Chu Tiankuo didn't care. He used his immense fortune to establish a 76.1kReads—Score7.4k14d adds
- 12 Transmigrating to 1878: I Build a Nation in North America with My Death Squad 穿越1878：我靠死士北美建国 [Founding a nation in North America]+ [Multiple female leads]+ [Deadly soldiers System]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Conquering the world]+ [By any means necessary] Qin Huan transmigrates to 1878 and discovers that he and a group of Chinese laborers have been sent across the ocean to America. North America is a land of savagery, darkness, discrimination, and chaos, where capitalism is beginning to bare its fangs, and bloodshed and violence run rampant. The lives of Chinese laborers are worth less 659Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 13 Reborn in 2008: I Use Technology to Dominate the World 重生2008：我用科技制霸全球 [Rebirth + System + Technology + One Female Lead + The Stars and the Sea] The story of a 36-year-old middle-aged loser who is reborn in 2008 and fights against the current. 59Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn in 1990: A Tech Tycoon 重生90之科技大亨 After a car accident sent him back to 1998, a technology genius found himself turned into a street thug, and the kind who lived off women while acting like he was doing them a favor. The one bright spot was his sugar mama: his girlfriend was beautiful and gentle. What could he do? He’d have to start by patching the vulnerabilities in Windows 98 and getting his hands on three thousand dollars... 195Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Back to 1980: Building a Global Tech Giant 回到1980年打造全球科技巨头 (Reborn + Period Setting + Academic Prodigy + Technology + Rise of a Great Nation + The Richest Man) In 1980, Shen Xuewen picks up a secondhand CPU by the roadside and takes the future of all Chinese technology onto his shoulders. From that moment on, the history of global technology changes! [Synopsis] One joking remark is enough to keep the White House and the Department of Commerce up at night; One copy of V Language draws coders everywhere into his orbit. Graphics cards, Chinese-language 665Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 16 I Just Got into Military Academy, and Now My Old Man Is Making a Comeback at the Chinese Academy of Sciences 刚考上军校，让我老登逆袭中科院 [At thirty-eight, you have nothing to show for your life. After quitting your research institute job, your faith is shattered. Now you've returned to your alma mater, overwhelmed by emotion. You pick up the dream you once abandoned and decide to pursue research again, making a comeback at the Chinese Academy of Sciences!] [Mission: Pay close attention to an entire lecture!] [Reward: Particle Accelerator Cannon technology development plan x1] Shen Yu, newly admitted to military academy, is sittin 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Personal Technology 个人科技 At the age of twelve, Wang Long watched helplessly as his entire family was slaughtered. His parents were brutally killed by the Skeleton Mercenary Corps, leaving him with a blood feud etched into his very soul. He endured hardship and trained in secret for years. After enlisting, he rose to become a top special forces champion, only to be ambushed by the mercenary corps during a cross-border mission. His comrades fell on the battlefield, and he was shot dozens of times. Though he miraculously s 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Started by Making Phones and Became a Tech Overlord 从造手机开始成为科技霸主 [Reborn entrepreneur]+ [Slow burn]+ [Talent System]+ [Hard sci-fi]+ [Homegrown R&D]+ [Breaking the technology blockade] Lin Yan was reborn in 2006. It was an era on the eve of the mobile internet boom. Lin Yan inherited an obscure cell phone factory and awakened the Light of Technology System. The System gave him chief technology experts from tech giants as employees. It could also continuously bring in experienced core staff from major tech companies. So he started by developing an independent 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 1945: Reborn, I Build a Nation in Nanyang! 1945，重生之我在南洋建国！ No System Founding a nation overseas, with strategy, political intrigue, and a passionate struggle for dominance. In August 1945, on the eve of Japan's surrender, Wang Lin is reborn as the young master of a prominent family in the South Seas. He knows how history will unfold over the next century, but for now, the natives are in revolt, their blades closing in. To save his family, he rallies his old followers and seizes the Japanese army's abandoned weapons. Deep in Borneo's jungles, he builds a 506Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn, My AI Assistant Becomes My Golden Finger 重生后，我的AI助手成了金手指 Wang Qihan is reborn with an AI assistant. What’s the first thing he does? Of course, he buys a lottery ticket. Win first prize? No, no, the manager won’t allow that, so second prize is the best he can do. The story moves quickly from the start, and things will get going in fewer than a hundred chapters. The pace will slow down later. Then, through a stroke of luck, he forms an alliance, and the story mainly follows the protagonist as he expands his influence and puts his plans into action. 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Reborn in 1988: The Industrial Tycoon 重生88之实业大王 Reborn in the 1980s, he has decades of experience from the future and knows every opportunity to make a fortune, along with every way to get rich overnight. 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Reviving China: Starting by Punishing Crooked Graphics Card Dealers 振兴华夏，从惩戒矿卡奸商开始 Zhao Muxie transmigrated to a world parallel to Earth and obtained the god-tier popularity System Yingweida. By exchanging popularity points for cutting-edge technology, he broke through foreign giants’ monopoly on the high-tech industry and led the Dragon Kingdom to become the world’s leading power. Yingweida: Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could the Dragon Kingdom have graphics card technology that’s ahead of its time! am-d: Mr. Zhao, we’re all Chinese. Please leave us a way to survive 93Reads—Score614d adds
- 23 Myanmar: Sweeping Across Southeast Asia, Starting with a Scam Compound 缅北：从诈骗园区开始横扫东南亚 [System + troop-building + conquest by force] “Bosses, don't be nervous. We're a black-market operation, so the compound has stationed troops and tight security. That's perfectly reasonable, right?” “Of course, of course. That's how we've all done things before.” The bosses stared at the anti-aircraft guns and armored vehicles tucked away in the corners, as well as the long, straight airstrip. They were as scared as quails. What kind of compound was this? It was clearly a military base! “So, abo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 What Do You Mean, You Brought the Hengda Model to the Internet? 什么叫你把恒达模式搬到互联网？ My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 75Reads—Score43314d adds
- 25 A Commoner's Soul Transmigrates, and the System Traps Me into Rising to Power 草根魂穿之系统挖坑逼我崛起 A common man transmigrates into the passionate era, hoping only to keep his head down and make money, with no ambition to win fame among the lords. The System doesn’t look down on his humble origins, supporting him all the way while setting one trap after another. Conquering the world is easy, rivers of blood are nothing, and becoming a demon-slayer and a saint is just a modest goal. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Years in the Middle East 我在中东的那些年 Lin Ran becomes Iraq's new president. He leads the people in developing the country, pursuing new energy, and building a modern red socialist society, gradually transforming Iraq from an oil-producing nation into a new red socialist state. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I Sell Phones Like a Crooked Dealer, and Customers Beg Me Not to Shut Down 我卖手机当奸商，顾客跪求别倒闭 [System + satisfying power fantasy + brainless + no heroine + fast-paced] Bai Jingqing transmigrated to a parallel world and unlocked the Phone Scalper System. Every sale earned him profit points that could be used to unlock new devices. Phones in this era had only just moved on from feature phones, and mobile technology was still underdeveloped. The domestic Ideal Phone and America’s myPhone dominated the local market. Ideal Phone was smugly proud of itself: “We have our own domestically made I 47Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 28 Overlord of Nanyang: Starting as a Routed Soldier 南洋霸主：从溃兵开始 A military-industry elite awakens in a new body in the final years of the Republican Era. Amid the flames of a chaotic world, he fights to carve out a way to survive for himself and tens of millions of Chinese people! Lin Fan, a modern military-industry engineer, wakes up to find himself in the war-torn final years of the conflict, a regimental commander in a defeated Nationalist army. Ahead, the Communist forces advance like an unstoppable steel tide. Behind him, corrupt officials abandon him w 184Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn in 1946: The Indian Subcontinent 重生1946年，南亚次大陆 Reborn on Water Blue Star. The story is fictional. Reborn in 1946. From then on, he begins a military career trampling White Elephants underfoot... and punching little columnists into the ground. The protagonist is a young master, so there’s still hope for him... His father is an officer in the Jinling garrison. Ahhh... there’s still hope for him... In mid-August, he hears from his hospital bed that his father is heading to southeastern Shanxi... System, send me back. I like being a wage slave. 269Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 From the Start, I Gave Away a Million Cars and Made a Hundred Billion! 开局送百万辆汽车，狂赚千亿！ Chen Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and inherits Damai Technology from the start. As soon as he starts making cars, rival companies slash their prices to target him. “Gas costs more than electricity. The Glory Edition of the Xiaodi is only 78,900 yuan!” “The Wulin Xingguang is down 6,000 yuan, now just 99,800!” Faced with the price war, Chen Fan makes a decision that goes against his family’s teachings. “If you won’t let me play, then nobody gets to play.” “I’ll give away a million 76Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 31 Back to the 90s: I’ll Spoil My Own Children 重回90：我的儿女我自己疼 A rags-to-riches story that starts with gold prospecting in Altay. A slice-of-life novel, with no System and no golden finger. Zhou Ping'an and his wife work hard to raise their five children, but in the end, some die and some go mad. Not one of them meets a happy end. After being reborn, he sets out on a father’s journey to redeem his children. 23.8kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
- 32 They Say Sci-Fi Movies Are Hard to Make? I’ll Use the Real Thing 科幻电影不好拍？我直接上真家伙 From mechs to starships; from producing superconducting materials to controlled nuclear fusion in space; from the Moon to Mars, and on into deep space; when civilization declines, caught in the trap of eternal life, perhaps only those who stay true to their original purpose can go further; the story begins when Chen Yu acquires an Emotion Point Collection System. A science fiction story. I’m a new author, and this is my first novel. Please go easy on me if it isn’t well written. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Became a Warlord in a Small Country 我在小国当军阀 At eighteen, I met that person while trying to earn money. He dealt with the people who had insulted my younger sister. I thought he was my hope, but later I discovered that he had led me into an even deeper abyss. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Expeditionary Force: After Winning the War, You Want Me to Go Back to Farming? 远征军，抗战胜利你让我回去种地 His soul transmigrates into the Burmese battlefield in 1942, where he becomes Qin Shou, a useless regiment commander despised by his own men. No System! No golden finger! From the start, it’s hell mode. Everyone thinks the protagonist bought his commission and is a good-for-nothing, but in reality, he’s a modern-day engineer with a wickedly devious mind! The expeditionary force is routed right from the start. Watch him use physics to lay traps and turn the tables on the Japanese; watch him make 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Hardcore Tech: I'm a Chip Industry Expert 硬核科技：我是芯片领域大神 “Phones + photolithography + chip technology + automotive industry + military industry?” Watch as, armed with the experience and technical knowledge of his previous life, he leads Chinese technology in catching up and surpassing the rest of the world, step by step! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Heading South in 1945 to Found a Nation on the Peninsula 1945年南下，于半岛建国 1945. Fuso was defeated, and the Central Plains began to flourish anew. At this turbulent turning point, Bai Mengqiao led the last remnants of the Gui Clique south, maneuvering between the United States and France before founding an independent nation on the Indochinese Peninsula. To promote development and ensure his own security, Bai Mengqiao repeatedly shifted between the United States and Europe, carved up Indonesia, built a Chinese civilizational sphere, and helped ethnic Chinese rise to pr 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Great Qin Empire in Another World 异界之大秦帝国 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Ashes of the Apocalypse Storm 末日风暴余烬 Pure sci-fi disaster! Hello, I'm Ji Boda. My next disaster has arrived. I have no golden finger, only the will to survive and, at the very end, despair. If you have a strong stomach, come take a look at my pitiful life! (The sky is falling. Everything has changed.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Urban: The Road to Fortune Starts with Cars 都市：从汽车开始的发家之路 His small family business was on the verge of being forced to shut down when, out of nowhere, a System appeared! From the start, he had a futuristic mechanized arms factory. Only he knew that he was destined to become a global powerhouse! Sports cars, blistering speed, passion, and youth all await! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Jiangnan Leather Factory Went Bankrupt, So I Started a Business to Pay Off Its Debts 江南皮革厂倒闭了，我创业还债 The biggest leather goods factory, Jiangnan Leather Factory, has gone bankrupt! The boss, Huang He, ran off after owing 350 million! We have no choice, no choice at all. We just want our wages back! Huang Peng, get out here! A brother should pay his brother's debts! Huang Peng transmigrates to 2012 and becomes the younger brother of Huang He, the boss of Jiangnan Leather Factory. Clearance sale: contract-manufactured leather shoes from Jiangnan Leather Factory, 20 yuan a pair! He activates the S 141Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 41 From the Start, You're Bankrupt, and You Want to Build New Energy? 开局就破产，你要造新能源？ A violent collision with a dump truck sent Chen Hao transmigrating to Blue Star. Before transmigrating, Chen Hao had just graduated and found a job. He was a born wage slave! After transmigrating, Chen Hao became the chairman of a company saddled with debts of over a billion? His subordinates told him that Shuanglong Group was already at the end of its rope. They should just declare bankruptcy! Bankruptcy? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! If I can't make cars, can't I make those little mobilit 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 1919: Beginning with the Conquest of Australia 1919从征服澳洲开始 [Building a Nation Overseas]+ [System]+ [Technological Overmatch]+ [War of Resistance] Jiang Cheng was swept back by a freak accident to 1919. He became a laborer sold off to mine in Australia. World War I had just ended. The old powers were licking their wounds, while rising powers were on the march. Fortunately, he awakened the Empire’s Rise System. Rifles. Tanks. Aircraft. Warships. These were the worst of times, and the best of times. The blurb can’t do it justice, so read the story itself. 3.3kReads6.1Score11514d adds
- 43 The Legendary Taoist: Didi Bro 传世道士滴滴哥 I hope all you readers can take off just like the protagonist, Peng Jia! (The author has taken creative liberties based on personal circumstances. I hope I can become truly free, just like the male lead!) Didi driver Peng Jia unexpectedly acquires a System and begins a wonderful life. It's a heartwarming family story, and can also be read as a farming novel! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 With the Expeditionary Force: An Army of Millions 人在远征军，雄兵百万 [Expeditionary Force + Steel Torrent + All action, all thrills + Build an army with resources] In the Expeditionary Force, Yang Xinghua joins the 200th Division in fighting overseas against the Japanese. Destroy resources, and he can raise troops at a furious pace. From then on, his steel torrent becomes unstoppable. When the enemy cries out in despair, “Why do his troops keep growing the more we fight, with no end in sight? Why does he have every weapon we have? Who betrayed the Empire?” Yang X 2.2kReads6.1Score11014d adds
- 45 I Just Made a Phone, So Why Are All My Competitors Losing It? 我就造个手机，友商怎么全破防了 (The rating just came out, but it’ll rise later...) After waking up in 2007, Chen Yang knows the mobile phone industry is on the brink of a seismic transformation. While other transmigrators are busy going into business, breaking into showbiz, or chasing beautiful women, Chen Yang unlocks an exclusive Backstab System and makes a powerful entrance into the electronics market as the son of a factory owner! At the time, the industry is being upended by the iPhone, Android is championing its open ec 413Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 46 I Plant Trees in the Northwest With a Quantum Entanglement System 我在西北种树，手握量子纠缠系统 [Urban + Farming + System + Getting Rich + Face-Slapping] Chen Fei, adrift in a big city, returned to his hometown to deal with family matters after the death of a loved one. At the small supermarket his father had run before his passing, he happened to meet a little girl and obtained a mysterious black stone. From then on, he awakened a supernatural ability. Guided by the System and his dreams, he headed north, bound for a distant desert... In the Blackgold family's study. Butler Roy: “Young Ma 764Reads8.4Score10814d adds
- 47 Cutting-Edge Tech, Starting with Selling Off-Brand Phones 黑科技，从卖杂牌机开始 Also known as: Who Taught Him to Sell Phones Like This? 1999: Taking Down Big Rice; The Yellow Jacket’s Archrival A Pioneer of Domestic Graphics Cards; The Man Behind Apple’s Stock Price Crash He is the king of knockoff phones, a godsend to a million student tech enthusiasts, a beacon of digital technology in remote mountain villages, the newly crowned leader of the tech DIY beggars’ gang, a rising star in the graphics card world, the “Yes Guy” of the PC world, an improver of domestic photoresis 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Golden Eyes: The Master Appraiser 黄金瞳：鉴宝天师 Awakening, the Golden Eyes, and antiques appraisal: this is a novel about treasure hunting, exploration, and supernatural abilities. The protagonist gains wealth and power through his abilities, then embarks on an adventure in search of hidden treasures. It also follows his quest to find more treasures around the world. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 With Cutting-Edge Technology in Hand, I Lead the World 手握核心技术，我引领全球科技 A century passed in a dream! Lin Kun, a tech tycoon of his generation, returned to his youth! Armed with a wealth of knowledge and technology, and a vision of the future, Lin Kun decided to make his mark! Chips and semiconductors, display panels, smart AI, bioengineering, interstellar migration! Every one of them would bear Lin Kun’s name! 435Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 50 A Great Industrial Nation: Back in the 1990s as a Tycoon 大国实业：重回90当大佬 Back to the ’90s. The summer of that year was scorching. By a twist of fate, the accomplished Cao Changkong returns to the ’90s. Determined to make up for past regrets, he throws himself into making money. He had planned to achieve financial freedom and enjoy the rest of his life, but the times make the man, and the era’s tides are rising in a mighty surge. Like a roc, he rides the waves of his age, soaring ever higher and building an industrial powerhouse for his nation. 78Reads—Score—14d adds
