The First-Rank Prime Minister

“All I ever wanted in this life was to spend my days in quiet idleness, with paper and pen, undisturbed, and tea and wine, free of worry and thought!”

“But fate’s hand led me, step by step, out of that place called Baihua Town, into the capital of the Great Chen, and all the way into the halls of power. So I ought to do something for this country and its people.”

“What I hope to do, while I still live, is help this country and this people forge a shared spirit!”

“Of course, the first thing to do is make sure they have enough to eat and wear.”

Xu Xiaoxian, a poverty-alleviation official, transmigrates to the storm-tossed Great Chen Dynasty with four potatoes and a single ear of corn. Years later, he looks out over the world, and finds that nowhere has scenery as fine as Great Chen’s.