Double Eight Reforms: a Story of Global Expansion of the Ming Dynasty

Outside Haozhou City, the sky is filled with cold snow. Zhu Chongba, who was about to defect to the Red Scarf Army, huddled on the haystack of the ruined temple, hungry in his belly, and the road ahead was as blurry as fog. In a trance, he fell into a strange and bizarre dream—— When he opened his eyes again, he was already in the "21st century" hundreds of years later. He is no longer the orphan boy whose parents died and struggled to survive. Instead, he was born with a cry in a place called "Hospital" and was called "Li Ming". He learned to speak, learn to walk, and learned those novel subjects called "mathematics, physics, and chemistry." He worked to make a living and realized the practicality of "getting paid according to work"; he saw the "rule of law society" and pondered the principle that "law" is more important than the "king's law"; he looked at "infrastructure projects" and marveled at the bridges and tall buildings made of reinforced concrete, which were far stronger than the rammed earth city walls. From a young boy to a white-haired old man, he lived his whole life in modern times. Suddenly he woke up from the dream, and the ruined temple was still there. Zhou Dexing and Xu Da were sleeping soundly beside him, and the snow light shone on his face through the holes. Zhu Chongba sat up suddenly, his eyes no longer confused. He touched the half wooden sign on his chest, stood up and patted the grass clippings on his body. The road to Haozhou to join the army was still the same, but his mind had already contained hundreds of years of wind, rain and wisdom. This time, he has to take more than just one path of survival. He wants to take those "insights" from the future to fight through troubled times and build a world - a world where Zhu Chongba and others will no longer starve to death, where the people can truly be stable, and where China can go further.