Daily Settlements: From Stealing the County Magistrate's Post to Becoming Emperor

In the final years of the Great Yu dynasty, a severe drought grips Guandong, and locusts blot out the sun. A failed scholar gathers a million refugees and marches on Chang’an. A regional military governor carves out a domain and declares it a kingdom. A Daoist gives out grain to save lives, turns his following into a sect, and vies for supremacy in the Central Plains. Hanzhou, Jiannan Circuit. Lu Chen takes to the hills of Funiu Mountain and becomes an outlaw. Later, he kills a newly appointed jinshi scholar, takes his place, and becomes the head of a county. He only wanted to find a place to call home in a world torn by chaos, but the tide of the times sweeps him along. His new wife arrives from Liangzhou with three thousand armored soldiers. The governor of Jinzhou commands his own army and covets Shu, seeking to carve out a domain for himself. With no way to retreat, Lu Chen decides to prepare for war. “If Li Yu can rule the Central Plains for three hundred years, then I can rule its rise and fall for a hundred.”