Starting on Death Row, I Let the Great Powers Defend the Country for Me

The city of Nanjin was destroyed, and Lin Jue, a prisoner on death row, was taken aboard an enemy armored ship. Facing the maritime overlords claiming compensation, the grassland empire moving south, and the court that only wanted to cede territory and seek peace, he used a valve core to obtain the enemy's order, and exchanged the enemy's credit for machines, capital, guns, and defense lines. When everyone believed that Tianshu was destined to be carved up, Lin Jue wanted to turn this weak country at the junction of sea and land into a world hub that trade, industry and war could not avoid. From a city to a railway, a fleet, and a new order; the great powers want to swallow Tianshu, but in the end they will find that they have already become a bargaining chip on Tianshu's chessboard.