Great Ming: I, Zhu Zhanji, Will Build an Empire Where the Sun Never Sets

The moment Zhu Zhanji opens his eyes, he is reborn in the Ming dynasty as the imperial grandson in the tenth year of the Yongle era. Facing Emperor Zhu Di, the mounted emperor who forged the Yongle golden age and led five campaigns north of the desert, he pulls out a recipe for granular gunpowder: “Grandfather, what’s Mahamu to us? I’ll take you to flatten the northern tribes’ royal camp with explosives!” When an improved crouching tiger cannon sets off a sea of flames a thousand meters wide across the grasslands, Zhu Di laughs wildly, holding up the smoking barrel. “Issue an edict! All the saltpeter from the Six Ministries is to be placed under the Crown Prince’s grandson’s control!” Then Zhu Zhanji turns and sees his father, the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, getting fat just from drinking water. He roars, “Father! Starting today, cut out the sugar, watch your meat, and do fifty squats every day!” Spotting his second uncle Zhu Gaoxu grinning slyly, he quietly hands him a map of Japan’s silver mines. “Second Uncle, I hear you’re short on money. Empty out the Iwami Silver Mine, and you’ll have all the gold nuggets you want!” Seeing his third uncle Zhu Gaosui lost in thoughts of beautiful women, Zhu Zhanji waves a hand. “Send His Highness the Prince of Zhao twelve Persian warhorses... no, twelve golden-haired foreign beauties!” From then on, Zhu Gaoxu collapses three silver mines in Japan! Zhu Gaosui sets sail and discovers the American continent. The Ming dynasty launches the Age of Discovery and becomes the first superpower to unite the entire world.