On the tenth day after transmigrating to the Warring States period, Li Xi’s transmigration cheat finally came online—very late. Looking at the “Fourth Calamity System” that was painting rosy promises for her, a bold idea suddenly formed in Li Xi’s mind.
After Li Xi bargained back and forth with the system to get a batch of cotton and then wore down her own elder brother for quite some time, her brother Li Si finally agreed to help pull some strings. Using the excuse that Li Xi had discovered a special “treasure” she wished to present, he took her into the palace to meet Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng.
After entering the palace, just as expected, Zhao Ji was very pleased with this “treasure” called cotton and asked Li Xi, “What reward do you want? ”
Under such questioning, Li Xi—who had originally thought that simply getting to see Ying Zheng once would be enough—this die-hard fangirl of the First Emperor was dazzled by her idol’s looks. In a moment of hot-headed ambition, she declared, “I want to take part in governing the state.”
The still-young future emperor raised his eyelids slightly and, with neither joy nor sorrow apparent, said just one word: “You? ”
And then—
…Not long afterward, Li Xi really did take part in governing the state.
Three years after King of Qin Ying Zheng ascended the throne, a divine maiden descended from the heavens. With immortal means, she summoned celestial soldiers and generals and carried out reforms in one commandery under Qin rule.
Economically, the divine maiden introduced high-yield crops and efficient fertilizers, achieving three harvests a year. Cotton clothing and quilts were produced, and the people were well clothed and well fed.
Politically, the divine maiden proposed reforms, revising the overly harsh laws left behind by Shang Yang, establishing the Three Departments and Six Ministries, implementing the imperial examination system, and selecting the worthy and capable regardless of background, using talent alone as the standard.
Culturally, the divine maiden dispatched celestial soldiers and generals to set up factories and develop papermaking and printing, enabling the widespread availability of books so that commoners had the opportunity to become literate; schools were established to spread ideas and broaden the people’s horizons.
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Thereafter, Qin’s politics became clean and efficient, the people prosperous, and the state wealthy. People of other states all envied the abundant life in Qin and yearned for it.
Several years later, all the talented individuals under heaven gathered in Qin. The six other states had no one left to employ. King of Qin Ying Zheng swept across the Six Directions, unified the realm, established a great unified dynasty, and was known in history as the First Emperor.
A large-scale, full-dive holographic online game, “Great Qin,” burst onto the scene and released closed beta accounts. Amid waves of criticism—“Another trash marketing account hyping fake holographic tech”—players who joined with a mindset of wanting to see it fail, yet ended up loving it, kept appearing—
“Uh… this time it actually seems to be real holography…”
“ This looks-obsessed player is kneeling before the gorgeous character models of every important NPC—Mom, I’m going to help Brother Zheng build the Great Wall! “
“ Oh my god! I got selected today to help build the Zhengguo Canal! I can brag about this for the rest of my life! “
“Help, why am I shipping couples in an infrastructure game? But they’re really so real, wuu wuu.”
“ Report! Today the King of Han sent people to present maps and formally surrender! “
“ When is this trash game going to open beta?! When?! Wuu wuu—Game Daddy, I’m sorry; I shouldn’t have cursed you. Please, please give me an account. QAQ”
PS: This is an alternate history, very heavily altered. A sweet, power-fantasy novel. Please do not analyze it based on real history. Thank you for reading—sending hearts.
Content Tags: Time Travel, System, Feel-Good Novel, Infrastructure Development
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