Chen Ping'an, a junior official at the Land Development Bureau, transmigrates to the Great Liang Dynasty. Faced with post-disaster reconstruction, he eagerly answers the court's call to launch poverty-relief programs. Starting by taking in over a hundred widows whom no one would claim, he exploits loopholes in court policy to secure subsidies, builds networks and trades resources, reforms the land, takes control of the docks, and creates socialist new villages.
From a "Widow Job Retraining Center" to a "Full-Industry-Chain Talent Pool," from "Household Registration Services for Displaced People" to "Controlling Population Mobility Data," from "Shared Farm-Tool Stations" to a "New Agricultural Equipment Usage Tax," from "A Cooperative's Private Bank" to "Achieving Primitive Capital Accumulation."
"Chen Ping'an, is this really poverty relief? You're holding the court hostage and robbing the treasury!"
Chen Ping'an: "Your Majesty, what we're doing is 'compliant robbery,' 'institutionalized shakedowns,' and 'legalized subsidy farming.' Whatever isn't expressly forbidden by the law is permitted. I haven't broken any laws. Land development is my specialty."
Just go with the name Chen Pingan, the collection reads