Great Ming: I Came to the Capital to Find My Wife, Only to Learn My Father-in-Law Is Zhu Yuanzhang?

Bai Chen transmigrated to the end of the Yuan dynasty and the beginning of the Ming. When he was six, he casually recited a prophetic verse that showed Zhu Yuanzhang the path to becoming emperor. Old Zhu was overjoyed. He hurriedly gathered his brothers, including Xu Da, and clamored to take the little fellow as his son-in-law. Once the Ming dynasty was established, Bai Chen decided to visit his old acquaintances in the capital and bring up their promise of marriage from years ago. This left the founding emperor of the Ming and the ministers who had rendered great service to the dynasty feeling uneasy. Some thought they could settle the matter with money. Others were secretly relieved that they had no daughters to worry about. Still others simply pretended not to know him, afraid of getting involved. Bai Chen knew perfectly well that he was now merely a merchant, no longer in the same league as those powerful men. But to their utter regret, his next move would leave them wishing they could turn back time. Xu Da stamped his feet in a panic. “Daughter, hurry up and marry him! You have to get your hands on Bai Chen's blood transfusion method and the secret recipe for that miracle drug called penicillin!” Li Shanchang slapped his thigh and sighed. “Salt production, sugar production, and a few more highways: that's what would truly make the nation soar. What a pity I don't have a daughter!” Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up too. “That lad can reform the court without relying on force and abolish the chancellor's office. If my Ning'er could marry him, her future would be boundless!” And so Bai Chen became the man with the most romantic luck in all of the Ming dynasty.