I, a Ninth-Rank County Magistrate, Scared the Empress to Tears from the Start!

The realm is in turmoil. Ritual and order have crumbled, and the people are starving... Lu Yuan transmigrates to become the magistrate of a poor district in the Great Zhou. He can grow stronger through sign-ins. Knowing how dangerous the outside world is, Lu Yuan quietly builds up his strength, stockpiles grain, trains soldiers, recruits powerful people from all walks of life, and takes in peerlessly beautiful women... Before he knows it, his power is unfathomable, his side is crowded with experts, and he commands a million elite troops... The outside world is in turmoil, with suffering everywhere. But in Lu Yuan's domain, everyone has plenty to eat and wear and lives in peace and prosperity, as if in a paradise beyond the world. That year, the Great Zhou emperor died. A new emperor ascended the throne, corrupt officials seized power, and the lords rose up in revolt. The dynasty fell, the realm was lost, and the empire fractured. The young empress fled for her life and accidentally stumbled into Lu Yuan's territory. Seeing how different it was from the outside world, and the million well-trained soldiers, with powerful men and beautiful women all bowing before him, she burst into tears in fright...