I Was Shorting the World in Ancient Times

My name is Lu Yan. Before time travel, I was the feared "King of Short Sellers" on Wall Street. A set of algorithms can make a century-old enterprise evaporate overnight; a single judgment can cause the exchange rate system of a small country to collapse. When I opened my eyes again, I became a poor son-in-law with a poor family and much looked down upon in the Great Sheng Dynasty. Here, the market is the original fertile ground, and rules are the toys of the powerful. Rice merchants were so hoarded that I devised the first grain futures contract in ancient times, causing a century-old grain store to collapse during the autumn harvest. Banks printed money excessively, and I worked with merchants to issue private bills of exchange anchored in physical objects, shaking the foundation of the old financial system. The feudal lord thought that he could sit back and relax by controlling the salt and iron, so I launched a cross-state short-selling campaign and leveraged capital to leverage his entire business empire. They laughed at me for being crazy and scolded me for corrupting society, until I used gold and silver to reshape the rules of this world. And that ridiculous marriage contract with a son-in-law, and those legendary women who came to me for profit or sincerity—— The legitimate daughter of a businessman who is good at calculations, the courtesan who controls the dark web, the queen of craftsmen who are ingenious, and even the royal princess who looks down on the world... They are not only my beauties, but also my most important strategic partners in this unprecedented financial war. When the capital I control finally becomes so large that I need to be responsible for the rise and fall of an empire, His Majesty on the Dragon Throne gave me a final warning and an invitation: "Lu Yan, do you want to be a wealthy businessman or... A rule maker?"