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  1. The Son of a Poor Family: From the Start of a Famine, I Led My Whole Village in Rebellion 寒门天子:开局灾年,我带着全村造反 History & Military2.3M WordsOngoing Great Qi, Year Three of the Jingyuan Era. Drought sweeps the land and locusts swarm. Misery is everywhere. Countless refugees are driven from their homes, and beneath Haozhou's walls, people resort to cannibalism. Zhao Mu transmigrates into this world and nearly gets eaten the moment he opens his eyes. To fill his stomach, Zhao Mu rises in rebellion. Are kings and nobles born to their station? The throne is occupied by wise rulers, and by foolish ones. Why shouldn't I sit on it? 1.5MClicks353Favorites2.4kRecs
  2. The Cannon Fodder Ex-Wife's Plan to Raise a Chief Minister 炮灰前妻的首辅养成计划 Ancient Romance494k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a Book] [Grand Secretary] [Farming] [Rising to the Top] [Wish Fulfillment] [Cherished and Spoiled] Lin Yue, an internationally renowned designer, suddenly transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting female character. She arrives just in time for her broken engagement. When she thinks of the miserable fate awaiting her after pushing away the male lead, her golden ticket to success...! "Even if I starve to death, die out there, or spend my whole life in poverty, I 289.7kClicks15Favorites0Recs
  3. My Poor Scholar Husband 我的寒门赘婿 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jade must be carved to become a treasure, and men must be beaten to amount to anything. On his very first day of school, the male lead gets thrashed! The four bullies led by rich young master Du Ziheng make life difficult for him at every turn. Though the female lead is a wealthy heiress whose parents have arranged her marriage to the second male lead, she is fiercely protective of the poor male lead. This only makes her fiance, Du Ziheng, even more jealous. The story begins at an elite school, 177.7kClicks1.9kFavorites25.1kRecs
  4. A Phoenix Rising from a Humble Household 寒门枭士 History & Military495k WordsCompleted [Alternate History + Rise from Humble Beginnings + Original Novel for a Short Drama] Yun Yi transmigrates for no apparent reason to the Great Zhou Dynasty, where he becomes a poor scholar with an empty house and barely enough to eat. He plans to use simple, traditional techniques to earn a little money and support his family, but instead draws the covetous attention of powerful figures at court. To protect himself, Yun Yi outwits the powerful. With the help of a close female confidante, he happe 147.5kClicks153Favorites1.2kRecs
  5. The Poor Tribe 寒门部落 Fantasy268k WordsOngoing The most passionate youth, the purest love, the most primal tribe. Drink the strongest liquor, brave the deepest dragon's lairs and tiger dens, and fight across the vastest world. Brotherhood, family bonds, friendship, and tribal loyalty. Can Han Ping climb step by step to the summit of the Southern Domain and take the stage on the Continent of Ten Thousand Domains? Can he revive his tribe? Can he fulfill his mission? Can he write a legendary life filled with passion... 71kClicks272Favorites3kRecs
  6. You Hunt Lions and Tigers, Slaughter Wolves and Bears, and Call Yourself an Ordinary Scholar? 猎狮虎,宰狼熊,你说是普通书生? History & Military1.5M WordsOngoing With both parents dead and his elder brother killed while hunting, Liu Qi transmigrates to ancient times as an impoverished scholar from a poor family. His home is bare, leaving only two newlywed women who have yet to share his bed: his wife and his sister-in-law, sisters who are both beauties. The sisters are deeply attached and cannot bear to part, but when the village chief demands one of them, Liu Qi boldly talks back. I'll marry them both! Taking up his hunting bow and strapping on his hunt 18kClicks14Favorites0Recs
  7. The Carefree Little Imperial Son-in-Law 逍遥小驸马 History & Military352k WordsCompleted A transmigrator, a royal son-in-law, a poor scholar, a treacherous minister, a formidable warlord... Qi Mo has many identities, but all he knows is that he must keep moving forward... 16.1kClicks87Favorites6Recs
  8. Wealth Beyond Compare, Starting from Humble Beginnings 富甲天下,从寒门开始 History & Military407k WordsCompleted When Zhou Peirong wakes up, he finds himself in the Great Yan Dynasty. “Uncle, open your mouth a little wider...” The moment he opens his eyes, he finds a woman leaning close to him. And that woman is his sister-in-law... 7.6kClicks5Favorites1Recs
  9. I Traded with a Human Trafficker, and My Wife Is the Empress? 交易人牙子,我的夫人是女帝? History & Military263k WordsOngoing I'm stunned: my wife is actually the Empress! Chen Qi transmigrates, hoping to live quietly as a young man who eats his fill and waits for death. He never expected the authorities to send him a wife, and not just anyone, but the Empress! Chen Qi is dumbfounded. The Empress is no easy woman to take care of. On top of all the day-to-day work, he has to help her reclaim her throne? Chen Qi grits his teeth. “Since you're my wife, what's the harm in helping you reclaim your throne!” 6kClicks3Favorites1Recs
  10. The Ultimate Odd-Job Servant: From the Start, I Won a Sweet Young Concubine 极品小杂役:开局收获小娇妾 History & Military269k WordsOngoing Chen Peng transmigrates into the body of a lowly male servant at a brothel. He plans to pass through a sea of beauties without leaving a single trace behind. But the little widow he tricked refuses to leave, and she's saddled with a huge debt. It was a disastrous start, but Chen Peng just smiles. "Let go of that widow... Mighty Dragon!" Well, that's how it plays out in his imagination. But today, I'm going to show you ancient people what it means when science reaches its ultimate destination: bo 5kClicks6Favorites0Recs
  11. The Great Chancellor from a Humble Background 寒门大相 History & Military20k WordsOngoing Who says that the children of poor families can't become great? Song Qingyue was born into poverty, but distinguished himself in the imperial examinations. He fought corrupt ministers and cowed the eunuch faction, shook the Eastern Wa in the southeast, and slew tribal chieftains and raiders on the northern frontier. Rising from general to chancellor, he secured five hundred years of peace for the realm! 731Clicks2Favorites0Recs
  12. One Book to Conquer the Ming Dynasty 一本书闯大明 History & Military24k WordsOngoing Reborn in the Hongzhi era of the Ming Dynasty with an encyclopedia in hand. People in later generations called me the Pacific War Machine, the Grandmaster of Science, the Father of Agriculture, and the Regent of the Great Ming! 649Clicks1Favorites0Recs
  13. The Pinnacle of the Poor 寒门之巅 History & Military464k WordsCompleted Han Yu: I transmigrated to ancient times, where I have neither enough to eat nor warm clothes. What should I do? Answer online, urgent! Since no one can solve this for him, he’ll just have to figure it out himself. First, he needs to solve the food problem. After all, you need a full stomach to have the strength to work! Then he’ll find a way to make money, lead the whole village to prosperity, and step by step reach the top... —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
  14. The Great Qian Strategist 大乾枭士 History & Military337k WordsCompleted Given another chance at life, he opens his eyes to find himself in the bed of his late classmate's widow. He may be nothing more than a penniless scholar from a poor family, but danger lurks all around him! Generational feuds, cutthroat imperial exams, and conflicts in the martial world! Zhao Yuanqing can only climb his way up, one step at a time! Provincial exam, metropolitan exam, palace exam: a poor scholar's name rings out at the Donghua Gate! He enters the court as an official, becomes the —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
  15. A Peerless Patriot: Rising from Humble Beginnings 国士无双之寒门崛起 History & Military360k WordsCompleted After accidentally transmigrating to another world as a penniless scholar, Ye Han finds himself in a chaotic age where human lives are as worthless as weeds. He only wants to stay alive, but after being oppressed time and again, he has no choice but to fight back, marry a beautiful wife, and seize supreme power. From a rundown shack from the start to founding an empire in the end... —Clicks0Favorites0Recs

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