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- 1 One Man, Three Legendary Talents: Poet Immortal, Poet Sage, and Father of Industry 一身三绝：诗仙，诗圣，工业鼻祖 [Soul transmigration + no System + ancient imperial examinations + reborn] In his previous life, he was a PhD in engineering from a top university. He had arranged to climb Mount Tai when he encountered a rare celestial phenomenon that appears only once in a thousand years: Mars shining ominously. Then he vanished without a trace. In this life, carrying five thousand years of future knowledge, he was reborn as Lu Yang, an eight-year-old boy in Taiping Village on the northern frontier of the Grea 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 In a Famine Year, My Younger Cousin Passed the Provincial Exam and Kicked My Family Out 荒年堂弟中举，赶我一家出门 (Transmigrate + System + Pocket space + Jack of all trades + Ancient farming + Famine + Rebellion + War + Infrastructure building + ...) Zhang Shou transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the eldest son of a tenant-farming family, a good-for-nothing who never applies himself. His father is lame, his mother is frail, his younger siblings are still children, their fields are rented, and his younger brother, a fake heir, has just been sent back by the Duke’s family... The family can barely affor 3.1kReads8.5Score28414d adds
- 3 Reborn in a Year of Famine, a Compound Bow Is All I Need 魂穿灾年，一把复合弓足矣 An ancient farming story set in an alternate history, featuring natural disasters, flight from famine, mountain foraging, no female lead, no saintly protagonist, and no imperial exams. (The new book’s rating is low, but it’ll go up later. Six thousand words a day, plenty to keep you fed.) Chen Mo’s soul traveled here from the modern apocalypse. When he opened his eyes again, he wasn’t in a towering city filled with gunfire and zombies, but in a little village wrapped in summer heat. No need to p 1.6kReads7.1Score10914d adds
- 4 A Lawless Age: From Hunter to Emperor Through the Hunt 乱世荒年：打猎升级从猎户到皇帝 Protagonist: Lin Yuan Also known as: “Turbulent Times: You Wanted to Split Up the Family, Then Regretted It When I Became Emperor” and “A Country Rake Turns His Life Around: From Hunter to Emperor on Horseback” Hunter + quest-based leveling + farming + conquest + more children, more blessings [Current profession: Hunter] [Daily quest issued] [1. Collection Quest (Easy): There’s an unlucky wild rabbit in the forest. It ran into a tree after running too fast and is now unconscious. Find it before 162Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 5 Regretting My College Entrance Exam in My Past Life, I Fulfill My Wish in the Imperial Exams This Life 前世高考之憾，今世科举得愿 No System, no golden finger, and no womanizing. A soul disillusioned with modern life is reborn in a body in the Great Xia Dynasty. In his previous life, he made a living delivering food; in this one, he intends to give this decaying dynasty a chance at rebirth. The dynasty's institutions closely resemble those of the late Ming. Its deep-rooted ills are compounded by corrupt officials wreaking havoc within and powerful enemies circling beyond its borders. Chaos reigns, and the people suffer. Wit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Make a Living Off the Mountains: The Primeval Forest Is Full of Treasures 靠山吃山，原始森林都是宝 [Farming + System + Transmigration + Hunting Life] Lin Yu was just another office drone stuck in the 996 grind. Then he woke up one day and had transmigrated! He'd landed in the Great Xia Dynasty, a dynasty that never existed in history, as a hunter's son. His father had been bitten to death while hunting in the mountains, leaving behind a mountain of debt. Lin Yu has no choice but to take up his father's trade and hunt in the mountains. 57Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 7 The Great Qian Dynasty: As a Cultivator, I Provide for My Family by Hunting 大乾王朝：我一届修士靠打猎养家 Taking a wife + hunting + farming + cultivating an immortal clan + the origins of mythology (Qin Chuan transmigrates to the Great Qian Dynasty. Facing a dirt hut with nothing in it and a wife assigned to him by the authorities, with too little clothing and food and no money to pay the head tax, he resolutely heads into the mountains. Drawing on the cultivation memories from his previous life, he hunts tigers and leopards in this world of mortals... Given another life, while others practice marti 185Reads6.4Score10014d adds
- 8 The Premature Hunter’s Son: From Bow on His Back to an Official’s Scepter at Court 早产猎户子从背弓赶山到朝堂执笏 The Shen family of Shenjia’ao is famous for its hunters. The old men can still shoulder their rifles, the strong young men can chase down mountain deer, and even the little ones can snare wild rabbits. They’re like a pack of leopards settled in the mountains! Shen Yan, however, is the exception. Born premature and frail, he has to hide in his mother’s arms when the wind picks up. He’s panting after three steps, and standing between his older brothers and their wives, he looks like a soft-feather 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 After Failing to Ascend, the System Pinned Me Down and Made Me Take the Imperial Exams 飞升失败后被系统摁在地上考科举 [Imperial Exam History + Cultivation / Farmer's Son / System, No Cheats / Lighthearted and Funny] They say the end of the imperial exams is immortality... Lu An joins forces with his seventy-year-old "book boy," determined to make his way to the top! Lu An had a lifetime's worth of fame, yet he came to grief over the words "rise to the clouds in a single stride." After falling into a land without spiritual energy... since that's how things are, he might as well take a turn in the mortal cour 971Reads—Score13414d adds
- 10 Transmigrated into Lu Xiucai's Bride, Married to Bring Him Good Fortune 穿成陆秀才的冲喜娘子 Miao Huihui had just paid off her student loans and was getting ready to follow the orphanage director, whom she called Mom, back to the countryside to farm. At a traffic light, she saw an old woman trembling as she tried to cross the road. Unable to bear watching, she did a good deed for the first time and helped the woman across. But then a bus's brakes failed, and it hurtled straight toward them. Miao Huihui pushed the old woman out of the way and was crushed flat... She thought she was done 190Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 11 The Imperial Exams: From Three-Year-Old Farm Boy to Imperial Tutor 科举：从三岁农家子到一代帝师 Shen Hengzhi, a modern graduate student in history, died suddenly and was reborn as Shen Shitou, a farmer’s son. In this Great Qi, social rank was rigid, and it was difficult for those from humble backgrounds to rise above their station. The Shen family had barely enough to get by, surviving on three mu of poor farmland. They could not even afford paper and ink for practicing calligraphy. When he was three, Shen Shitou used a dry branch to write in the dirt beneath the old locust tree. He caught 69Reads—Score14814d adds
- 12 Reborn in Great Ming: With a Library at My Fingertips, the Imperial Exams Are Mine 重生大明：图书馆在手，科举我有 With a library in my head, how could I fail the imperial examinations? Lin Yan, a man from the 21st century, transmigrates and is reborn as a poor scholar during the Hongzhi era of the Ming dynasty. A modern library that appears in his mind becomes his greatest asset as he makes his way in the Ming Empire. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Poor Call Me Master, While the Righteous Condemn My Heresy 寒门尊我为师，清流怒斥邪说误人 [Transmigration + Imperial Exams + Business + Court Intrigue + Daily Life + Rise from Humble Beginnings] Transmigrating is hell from the start: my mother died young, my father ran off, our family property was seized, and my sick grandmother and I were driven into a shack by our wicked relatives. How could I put up with that?! From the start, I split from the family, found powerful allies, and offered business plans that made us a fortune. I used a modern perspective to interpret the classics, an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Poor Scholar 寒门文星 Chen Yan, a six-year-old farmer’s son, beats the powerful minister’s son in the county exam and takes first place. Overnight, he goes from a poor country boy to the literary prodigy everyone in town is talking about. But he knows that being first is a poisoned chalice. The Vice Minister of Personnel’s son hates him to the core, the county magistrate is plotting to ruin him, and even his uncle’s family is eager to take a bite out of him. In his previous life, he was a master of classical studies. 53Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 15 Building the Supreme Immortal Clan, Starting as a Lord 从成为领主开始打造无上仙族 Su Chen transmigrated, and not just once, but twice. The first time, he transmigrated to a world where everyone could become a lord, but died before he could awaken as one. The second time, he transmigrated to a cultivation world and became a member of a Qi Refining family. He was born into humble circumstances and had a trash ninth-grade spiritual root. Even Foundation Establishment was just a pipe dream. Then, on his eighteenth birthday, Su Chen awakened as a lord, and everything changed... 385Reads6.8Score11314d adds
- 16 A Warlord Era of Famine: I Feed a Hundred Thousand Soldiers with Critical Hits 乱世荒年：我靠爆击养活十万大军 System + Farming + Conquest + Wish Fulfillment [Collecting: Starved mouse] [Congratulations, Host! You triggered a hundredfold critical bonus and received 100 steamed white buns!] [Collecting: Wounded wolf] [Congratulations, Host! You received 50 portions of wolf meat, 1 intact wolf pelt, and a skill book: Basic Saber Techniques!] After transmigrating to a chaotic age of disasters and famine, where corpses littered the land, Chu Feng became a refugee on the verge of starvation. Just as he was ab —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Transmigrated to Ancient Times, Backed by a Hundred Thousand Mountains 穿越古代，背靠十万大山 [Transmigration + Spatial Powers + Farming + Hunting + Ancient Times] Ye Ming worked hard all his life, but had no children. He passed away on his eightieth birthday, and when he opened his eyes again, he was the newborn Luo Yanzhou, crying alongside the other babies. A strange thing happened the moment he was born: a pack of wolves showed up at the door carrying a deer as a “congratulatory gift.” The people of Luo Family Village were stunned. As Luo Yanzhou grew up, good times gradually came to 14Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 18 Xu Erlang's Road to the Imperial Exams 徐家二郎的科举之路 After an accident, Xu Xu, a modern university student majoring in traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrated to an ancient farming family. To give himself and his family a better life and keep them safe, he embarked on the long road of the imperial examinations. He passed and became a county magistrate in a remote region, eventually rising to the highest ranks of government. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Transported to Ancient Times with a Pocket Dimension, I Strike It Rich Digging Up a Thousand-Year-Old Ginseng 携空间穿古代，挖到千年人参暴富 Forty-year-old Zhang Fengchu returns to his hometown early for the New Year. To avoid the village entrance’s “gossip network,” he takes a mountain path home, but accidentally tumbles down a slope. By chance, he inherits a Medicine God jade pendant and its pocket dimension, then transmigrates into the home of a village beauty in ancient times. From then on, he starts trading goods between the two worlds and gains a huge advantage. With modern crop seeds in his left hand, he brings them to the anc 8.6kReads8.5Score1k14d adds
- 20 A Proper Exam Candidate, and You Want Me to Have More Children, More Blessings? 正经科举人，你让我多子多福？ Imperial exams + System + Brother Cao + Comedy + Court politics + Struggle for supremacy Gu Zhengchuan had it rough. He was a delivery driver who got hit while rushing to finish his orders, and transmigrated to ancient times. He soon discovered that this was a society that valued civil officials far more than military ones, and the imperial exams were the only way for an ordinary person to rise in the world. But how was a vocational-school graduate like him supposed to pass the imperial exams? T 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Imperial Exams: A Farmer’s Son Has His Day in the Sun 科举，农家子也有春天 One day, Fang Ping’an, a left-behind child, transmigrates to ancient times. He has no extraordinary opportunities and no influential benefactors. How can he turn his life around? The medicine shop has no one he knows. Who would buy the herbs you gather? He knows no one in the world of the imperial examinations. Who would teach you to read? He has no connections in officialdom. Who would help you get your foot in the door? This is the story of a farmer’s son who, in the midst of a confused and ai 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Imperial Exams: Daily Life of a Young Farmer in Ancient Times 科举：古代农家小子生活日常 [One Female Lead] + [No System] + [Farming] + [Everyday Life] + [Romance] + [Family Matters] The everyday life of a man from the bottom of society in ancient times. To avoid being bullied, wear silk, live in a big house, have a beautiful wife and concubines, own fine horses, and farm without paying taxes, he strives to pass the imperial examinations. And more… Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest. He had only just graduated, yet he threw himself into the imperial examinations. Though it was 1.1kReads6.2Score10914d adds
- 23 When the Clan Got a Cheat 当宗族开了外挂 In 1841, the twenty-two-year-old scholar Mo Wenhua of Ning Tan Town in Lingnan accidentally binds himself to the Doubao System. The Taiping Rebellion is already brewing in the shadows, and the small Mo clan is in grave danger. Tailored to the realities of mid-to-late Qing-era Lingnan, the System provides plans for agricultural improvements, resource management, military training, and anticipating crises. With its help, Mo Wenhua begins by resolving the clan’s struggle to survive, then gradually 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Farmer's Son's Road to the Imperial Exams in Ming Hongwu's Reign 农家子在大明洪武科举之路 [Imperial examinations + transmigration + no System + one heroine] An engineer unexpectedly transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, taking over the body of a farmer's son from the Jiang family in Qingshui Village, De'an County, Jiujiang Prefecture. Looking at his family's dilapidated thatched hut, bare of all furnishings, Jiang Xiangwen quietly considers his options. In an age when "all pursuits are inferior to studying," how can he change his fate through education and achieve the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Imperial Examination Path of a Lazybones in Ancient Times 咸鱼古代的科举路 In the modern world, Gu Qin spent every day exhausting himself over work, slaving away for his company until one day he suddenly died at his desk. But what he never expected was that he would be reincarnated. In his new life, his grandparents doted on him, his parents cherished him, and his older sister looked after him. Gu Qin only wanted to lie flat. Luckily, his family was well-off, so he figured he could just take it easy this time. Unfortunately, misfortune can strike at any moment. To avoi 127Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 26 Famine in a Chaotic Age: The System Lets Me Trade for Meat to Feed My Family 乱世荒年：系统兑换带全家吃肉 [Quest 1: On the southern slope of Mount Yanshan, a wild rabbit has frozen to death in the snow. Please find it a place to rest. Quest level: 1. Reward: 1 point.] [Quest 2: At the foot of the northern side of Mount Yanshan, wild boars often trouble the villagers. Drive this beast away and protect the peace of the area. Quest level: 2. Reward: 10 points.] [Quest 3: Thirty li north of Bianbian Village, bandits are running rampant and terrorizing the countryside. Wipe them out and restore peace to 181Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 27 Don't Look Down on a Middle-Aged Man! I Awaken a Family-Support System in Ancient Times 莫欺中年穷！穿古代觉醒养家系统 [Ancient Setting, Farming, System, Transmigration, Middle-Aged Comeback, Country Cooking, Building Wealth, Alternate History, Historical What-Ifs, Lighthearted Comedy, Rural Life] A realistic look at traditional village farming, with illustrations throughout. Discover traditional farm tools and follow crops through their different stages of growth and harvest. A heartwarming story of everyday life and a family working hard together. Chen Yimin transmigrates to an ancient farming village and bec 101Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Rising from Poverty: From the Imperial Exams to the Officialdom 寒门崛起，从科举入仕开始 (The rating just came out, so it's normal for it to be a little low. Don't worry, enjoy!) [Farming + Imperial Examinations + Alternate History + Ancient Setting] After an accident, Wang Bo, a farmer's son in ancient times, absorbed the memories of his previous life. The good news: His mind held thousands of books from the twenty-first century, and he had a photographic memory. The bad news: His family was so poor they lived on bran, and they still had to scrape together every last bit to fund hi 2kReads8.5Score18014d adds
- 29 Transmigration: From the Imperial Exams to Chief Grand Secretary 穿越：从科举开始的内阁首辅之路 An ordinary university student transmigrates into the son of a small landowner in ancient times. He takes the imperial exams and enters government service under the Great Feng dynasty, rising through the ranks step by step. Of all pursuits, study is supreme. “What? Young Master Wang has passed the county-level scholar exam!” “Young Master Wang really is impressive!” “Scholar Wang has passed the provincial exam and become a juren!” “I hear Wang, the top scholar in the provincial exam, passed the 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Taking My Father’s Place in the Imperial Exams, Starting at Six 替父科举！从六岁开始 No corvee labor, no land tax. Crossing the class divide feels amazing! No wonder my father was willing to do anything to pass the imperial exams! The exams broke the aristocratic clans' monopoly on official careers under the Nine-Rank System, which had been in place since the Wei and Jin dynasties. With examinations at their core, they gave ordinary scholars a way to rise above their station. The appeal of the exams went straight to the heart of people's everyday concerns. Once scholars passed t 700Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 31 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Take the Imperial Exams in a Farming Novel 穿越古代在种田文里考科举 [Rags-to-Riches Reversal + Political Intrigue + No System] He wakes up to find himself the son of a dirt-poor farming family. His parents are counting on him to change their fate through study, while the whole village waits to see him make a fool of himself! Wen You'an says, “What’s there to panic about? A top student is a top student anywhere! A scientific approach to exam prep? Coming right up! Targeted poverty alleviation to improve the family’s lot? Absolutely!” From the county exam to the p 414Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 32 Just Transmigrated, I Traded Two Acres of Poor Land for a Wife 刚穿越，两亩薄田换老婆 [Feel-good power fantasy + farming and hunting + multiple heroines + vying for supremacy] Jiang Ye transmigrates to ancient times during a famine and becomes a lazy good-for-nothing despised by everyone. He has to marry to awaken his powers! But his family has nothing. Where is he supposed to find a wife? Just then, a slave trader comes to the village, and the villagers scramble to grab the stout, strong women. Jiang Ye, however, trades his two meager acres, the only land that can keep him al 554Reads7.2Score19214d adds
- 33 Enlightening Spirit Beasts: From Fisherman to Cultivator Clan Founder 点化妖兽，从渔民开始成为修仙世家 Natural disasters ravage the land, leaving the people destitute. The dynasty’s tyranny and its corrupt officials’ harsh rule have the people gasping for breath. Of the three thousand Great Paths, there is always a glimmer of hope. Su Baichuan arrives in this world with a family cultivation System, Beast Taming Edition. From then on, he begins a fearsome path of cultivation by enlightening the demon race and practicing immortal arts. He enlightens the birds that have been with him for years, send 437Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 34 After My Engagement Was Broken, I Turned to the Imperial Exams and Became the Top Scholar 被退婚后，我转头科举当状元 [Transmigration + no System + imperial examinations + feel-good power fantasy] Ma Chengji, a top scorer in the national college entrance exam with a photographic memory, transmigrated into the body of an eight-year-old poor boy in the Great Qian Kingdom. He started off in dire straits: his family had nothing, they lived on bran and wild greens, and the villagers mocked and ridiculed him. Su Jiuyuan, the daughter of a powerful minister, came with her mother to break off their engagement. “People —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Farm Boy’s Journey to the Imperial Exams 农家娃的科举生涯 Li Shan is born into ancient times with memories from before, but he has amnesia. Even so, the belief that he must study, despite growing up poor, is etched into his bones. In the end, this impoverished family, mocked by everyone, really does produce an official. He brings prosperity to the community and grows into a great figure renowned throughout the history books... A heads-up: The author came up with many of the settings, systems, and so on on the spur of the moment. Readers who care about 228Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 36 The Road to the Imperial Examinations Begins as a Student 科举之路从童生开始 Lin Ying transmigrates. He had been researching the history of the imperial examination system at a research institute, but one careless moment sends him to ancient times, where he becomes the son of a farming family on his way to sit the exams. What else can he do? For the sake of a better life, he can only give it everything he’s got! On the long road to success in the imperial examinations, Lin Ying sets himself a small goal: first, pass the entry-level exam and become a student! 457Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 37 Automatic Reloading Every Day: I Become a Hunting King in Ancient Times 每日自动填装：我在古代当猎王 [Transmigration + farming + face-slapping + the whole family rises to success] He opens his eyes to find himself a tyrannical drunkard in an ancient mountain village. His family has nothing, his younger siblings are thin as sticks, and his three-year-old daughter is so hungry she’s chewing tree bark. After binding to the Chosen Hunter System, Lu Liusheng shoulders a double-barreled hunting rifle. A boar king? One shot to the head! Greedy relatives scheming against him? They’ll get a taste of his 579Reads7.5Score10314d adds
- 38 The Exam-System Bargain Hunter Accidentally Wins the Whole Empire 科举捡漏王，一不小心捡了个天下 [Imperial Exam Fiction] [Alternate History] [One Heroine] [No Golden Finger] Xie Qi thought he had died, but one day he woke up to discover that he had transmigrated into the son of a poor farming family in an alternate dynasty. The only way to change his fate was to take the imperial exams! After finally passing the exams and becoming the top scholar, Xie Qi was badly set up by the emperor. He was sent straight to the most remote prefectural city. Since he was here, he might as well make the be 66Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 39 The Imperial Exam: A Transmigrator's Road to Reversal 科举，穿越人的逆袭之路 [Everyday Farm Life | Exam-System Comeback | Court Intrigue | No System] After a car accident, a modern soul is reborn as Sun Dingyun, a two-year-old boy in an ordinary farming family in ancient times. The only grandson in the family, he is cherished by his parents and protected by his elders. His family is well-off, and there are no nasty relatives stirring up trouble. He has no System, no photographic memory, and no golden finger. He is just an ordinary person. With his whole family backing 3.5kReads7.8Score22514d adds
- 40 They Called Me Sickly, So I Turned Around and Made a Name for Myself in the Imperial Exams 说我病殃子，我转身科举争光 [Farming + Alternate Ancient Setting, Imperial Exams, but Not a Conventional Exam Novel, Romance] My new book, [Reborn with the Appearance of an Eighteen-Year-Old, While My Children Are Already Twelve], is now updating. Please give it your support. Wang Erxiao was in the prime of his life when he transmigrated, born into the body of a farm boy named Wang Erxiao in the Great Liang dynasty. The Wang family now has three generations living under one roof. Counting his biological and cousin sisters, 24.6kReads7.2Score2.3k14d adds
- 41 The Imperial Examination: I’m from a Humble Family 科举：我是寒门子弟 After an earthquake, modern college student Chen Xiao transmigrates to the fictional Great Zhou dynasty, becoming the son of a poor farming family. He has a widowed mother, a virtuous wife, and a child who is four months away from being born. Looking at his family’s utter poverty, Chen Xiao decides to take up the original owner’s ambition of passing the imperial examinations and lead the whole family toward a bright future... 1kReads7.7Score10514d adds
- 42 Reborn: From Stripped Scholar to High-Ranking Court Official 重生：从除名秀才到位列公卿 [Reborn + imperial examinations + solving cases + farming + daily life + rekindled romance] [An imaginary dynasty] In his previous life, Qin Yunhe angrily divorced his childhood sweetheart and wife. After that, his life took a sharp turn for the worse: his wife and children were gone, his mother died, and his brother passed away. He never recovered. Years later, he finally began to pull himself together with encouragement from an old friend, only to hear that his childhood sweetheart and former 1.6kReads8.8Score17414d adds
- 43 The Works of Heaven and Earth: Raising My Wife and Children in Ancient Times 天工开物，我在古代养妻儿 Li Ming, a modern man, wakes up after his soul travels through time and finds himself in ancient Ning, reborn as Zhang Dashan, a forty-year-old dirt-poor farmer in Qingshi Village on the frontier! He faces a home with bare walls and eight hungry children, a wife worn out by hard work and helpless with worry, and parents so hopelessly biased they see him as a burden. His younger brother and sister-in-law are lazy, greedy, sharp-tongued parasites, too! And to make matters worse, he's forced to spl 1.7kReads7.7Score14414d adds
- 44 Awakening the Learning System at Three: Study, Take the Imperial Exams, and Become an Official 三岁觉醒学习系统，读书科举做官 [Imperial exams + study System + farm boy + one heroine] (The ratings have only just come in, and the book is still growing. Don’t let them fool you! It’s good, really good, really, really good.) Wang Yuan had just passed the entrance exam for a master’s program at a top university, but before he could bask in the admiration of his whole village, an accident sent him into the womb of a peasant family in ancient times. Fortunately, an earlier transmigrator had established a new dynasty and encour 4.4kReads7.5Score32714d adds
- 45 Life in Ancient Times, Starting as a Cowherd 从放牛娃开始的古代生活 After transmigrating to ancient times, Zhao Xiaoshan doesn’t become a prince or a royal lord. Instead, he ends up a village boy tending cattle. He stares at the sky in dismay. Fine, if he can’t go back, he might as well roll up his sleeves and get to work. So what if they’re poor? He has his wits about him! See how he leads his whole family to earn money and make a fortune in ancient times! [Farming + business + lighthearted + everyday family life] No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finge 3.7kReads7.9Score25214d adds
- 46 The Imperial Examinations: Rising to the First Rank of Officialdom 科举之官居一品 Synopsis: A scholar in the morning, admitted to the imperial court by night. The protagonist begins as a young scholar from a farming family and rises step by step through the imperial examination system. In the end, he earns a place on the honors list, becomes a jinshi, and enters the ranks of officials. After becoming an official, he works his way up through the bureaucracy until he reaches the highest rank and governs the realm as chief minister, guiding Chinese civilization to become the mos 1.9kReads7.6Score10114d adds
- 47 Transmigrate to Ancient Times and Raise My Children by Selling Pig's Head Meat 穿越古代，靠卖猪头肉养活儿女 [Transmigration] + [Alternate History] + [No System] Zhao Heng, a mid-career executive at a technology company, was laid off and switched to food delivery, only to drop dead one day. His soul transmigrated to the final years of the Great Yu dynasty, where he became a farmer with an empty house and a family torn apart. With two hungry children to feed, he relied on the survival skills he had learned in his previous life, catching bamboo worms and making braised meat to scrape by in a world torn b 25.3kReads8.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 48 In the Year of Famine, I Came to Save a Girl Starving to Death 饥荒年，我来拯救快饿死的少女 [The animated series and live-action series are both now available] During a famine, the population plummets, so the Great Qian dynasty starts assigning wives to encourage people to have children. Xu Lang awakens a Wife Affection System! He showers his wife with love, and her affection skyrockets... System, there are too many rewards! My storage space is full!! 22.9kReads7.7Score2.5k14d adds
- 49 Fishing Village in a Year of Famine: Starting with a Daily Fortune Compass 荒年渔村：从每日机缘罗盘开始 Fisherman + farming + cultivation + face-slapping Overworked office drone Su Qi, known as 009, accidentally dies after pulling an all-nighter at work. He is reborn as the spendthrift younger son of a fisherman's family in ancient times and gains a Daily Compass Fortune Guidance System. [Name: Su Qi] [Identity: Mortal] [Guidance One: The younger daughter of a wealthy family is having an affair with a local thug and is already two months pregnant. She urgently needs to recruit a live-in son-in-law 1.8kReads6.7Score10214d adds
- 50 I, San Mao, Will Take the Imperial Exams 我，三毛，要科举 [Alternate world + farming + imperial examinations + everyday family life] One brick was all it took to turn Chen Ping'an into a poor farmer’s son. Farm the land? The taxes are too high. He shakes his head and gives up. Go into business? He’d still be stuck with corvee labor. No, that won’t work either. That leaves only one path. Fortunately, as he pursues his studies, he has the support of a teacher and several like-minded friends by his side. Along the way, Chen Sanmao overcomes one challenge 1.1kReads7.4Score10014d adds
