The Ming Dynasty's Top Farm Owner, with Zhu Yuanzhang as His Employee

Gu Yan accidentally transmigrated to the eleventh year of the Hongwu era and became the least favored illegitimate son in the Count of Xuanping’s household. What chilled him to the bone was that the Count of Xuanping was one of the “Hu Party’s” most loyal supporters. By Old Zhu’s nature, when the Hu Weiyong case broke out, no one in the Count’s household would survive unscathed! After calming down, Gu Yan decided to save himself. There was still a year before the case broke out, so there was plenty he could do!

One day, when the potatoes that had transmigrated along with Gu Yan yielded their first harvest, a middle-aged man in blue robes came to see him. He looked like a refugee, but his face was resolute.

The man looked at him expectantly. “I couldn’t pass the exams back then, so I had no choice but to become a refugee. Young Master Gu, could you spare me a bite to eat? I’d be happy just to work as a tenant farmer!”

Gu Yan stepped closer and studied him carefully. “That Fengyang accent... And that way of saying ‘I’... Who are you, really?”