Conquering the World, Starting from Italy in 1848

[Industrial Revolution + dark comedy + overwhelming technological superiority + underdog's rise + System-powered armies + surprising power fantasy + passionate nation-building + strategic conquest + pure exhilaration]

In 1848, Italy was still a patchwork of scattered states.

The land was divided among countless powers, surrounded by enemies, with nobles living in luxury and commoners treated like grass.

Qin Shengtian, whose soul inhabited the body of an Oriental coolie, opened his eyes in a Palermo prison. Fortunately, he could still recruit people to fight and die for him!

He standardized weights and measures. The nobles protested, “This is an insult to tradition.”

He built assembly lines. The craftspeople panicked: “This will put us out of work.”

He introduced compulsory education. The clergy cursed, “This is the Devil's temptation.”

Before long, the whole world realized that the Oriental wasn't waging war.

He was holding a funeral for the old world.