Transmigrating to the Great Song Dynasty: Starting as a Cook

A bolt of lightning hurls Lin Yuan into the second year of the Xuanhe era of the Northern Song. No System. No sign-in. No old master to guide him. Just a battered phone with 30% battery and a wrecked step-through motorcycle. Others transmigrate and become emperors or princes. He crashes through the storeroom of a tavern and nearly gets handed over to the authorities as a spy. The tavern’s landlady is a widow wearing a veiled hat, her eyes as cold as knives. The chef looks down on him, the staff shun him, and the street constables glare at him with hostility. But Lin Yuan smiles. Because he knows that in seven years, the Jingkang Incident will happen. The dazzling city of Bianliang will become a living hell. The emperor will be captured, the empress will be humiliated, and a million people will die like cattle and dogs. And in his pocket, he carries a mind full of modern knowledge. Purify salt and improve the food, first securing his place in the tavern. Buy land, build a fortified settlement, take in refugees, and amass the resources he needs to survive. Save Li Gang, save Zong Ze, save the loyal ministers and brilliant generals who would otherwise die in vain during the Jingkang Incident. So what if he has no System? So what if he has no golden finger? He has seven years. Seven years is enough to build a safe haven in this chaotic age that no one can tear down. Enough to save those who were meant to die. Enough to tell the world: I, Lin Yuan, will change the Jingkang Incident!