Three Kingdoms: Grain Yields Soar, and the Lie-Flat County Magistrate Is Beside Himself with Worry

Other people transmigrate to the Three Kingdoms era and start off facing near-certain death, forced to fight with everything they have just to survive between the warring powers. Han Cuo transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and starts off with his grain production skyrocketing, leaving him worried about where to store it all. While the other warlords fight over territory, troops, and provisions, Han Cuo shuts himself away and lies flat, building granaries, building granaries, and building granaries. In five years, he turns Chun’gu County in Danyang Commandery into the only utopia in a world torn by war. He only wanted to be an unambitious county magistrate, minding his own little life until old age. But having too much grain brings trouble! The commandant demands grain, the governor eyes his stores, and the warlords watch like hawks. Every lord in the realm has his granaries in their sights! If he retreats, his family will be destroyed. If he advances, he’ll have no choice but to fight for supremacy. Han Cuo has no choice but to get drawn into the game. In a contest between two commanderies, he turns others’ strength to his advantage and secures his position as a county magistrate appointed by the imperial court! With Yuan Shu growing powerful, he plays along while using Huainan’s resources to expand his own forces at breakneck speed! When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao clash, he takes advantage of the chaos, kills Yuan Shu, annexes commanderies and provinces, and establishes himself in Huainan! By the time the warlords realize what’s happening, Han Cuo has entrenched himself south of the Yangtze and is actually facing Cao Cao across the river! Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and the other warlords surround him from without, while Sun Wu keeps him in check from within. Looking at granaries stretching across the hills, Han Cuo sighs helplessly. “Gentlemen, how about we take a break for a few years? I’ve got enough grain here to feed every army in the realm for ten years. Why don’t we… eat our fill first, then talk?”