How to Cultivate a Ten-Thousand-Mile Empire for the Young Emperor Qin?

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Zhu Xiang, a professor of agriculture, found himself transported to the chaotic era of the Warring States in the Zhao Country. After much hardship, his life began to improve. His elder sister, who had run away with a wealthy merchant, left her nephew in his care, explaining that she had formed a relationship with another wealthy merchant and couldn’t take care of the child.

An indignant Zhu Xiang initially considered giving the child to someone else, but then he learned that the child’s name was Zheng, and his father was none other than Sun Yi, a noble from the Qin state. Zhu Xiang was bewildered. “My nephew is Ying Zheng? But my sister’s name isn’t Zhao Ji; it’s Chunhua!”

Determined not to let the future First Emperor disappear from history, Zhu Xiang decided to grit his teeth and tighten his belt to raise the young Emperor Qin. With a “ding,” the cultivation system came online, and he could exchange goodwill with historical figures for superior crops. Tears filled Zhu Xiang’s eyes as he kissed the young Emperor Qin on the forehead. “Truly worthy of being the Future First Emperor! You’re amazing! Just watch, your uncle will cultivate a vast empire for you!”

Many years later, Emperor Qin Shi Huang would still recall his childhood memories. His uncle held his small hand and walked through endless fields, pointing to the vast golden fields that stretched to the horizon. “Zheng, my nephew, your uncle has a dream – to plant superior crops across all the lands bathed in the sun and moonlight, so that everyone in the kingdom can have enough to eat.”

“Uncle, Zheng can conquer all the lands under the sun and moon and give them to you for farming, how does that sound?”

“Ah? Hahaha, that sounds great!” His uncle let out a hearty laugh, lifting him onto his shoulders. “Wherever Zheng’s kingdom expands, your uncle’s fields will follow.”

A large hands firmly holding onto the smaller one. “It’s a promise.”

—Attention—

1. This text has a casual style with modern vocabulary, and the characters use contemporary language and dialogue, not following ancient customs (e.g., using ‘you and me’ instead of ‘thou and I’). It’s a heartwarming story about raising a young emperor and daily life in a relaxed farming setting.

2. Characters and major events have been adjusted for the sake of the plot. There are many fictional characters and events, with references to historical records. Please don’t expect historical accuracy.

3. All readers are equal in this genuine reading community. Please don’t criticize or belittle other readers who enjoy this text just because it doesn’t suit your taste. I’m just a humble writer; I’m not worthy of such treatment.

4. I kindly request that you refrain from recommending this text on other stories or criticizing other stories here. Let’s all be respectful and considerate. (m(-_-)m)

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kainee
New kainee rated it
June 14, 2025
Status: --
I read the raws so my review is based on the original Chinese since I never read the translations.

I really loved this story because of how moral the MC is. This is my personal preference since I dislike MCs or worlds that are unnecessarily grim dark or evil just because it's "cool." I also dislike the logic that being good or having ethics is automatically being "s*upid." The MC awakens his memories as a modern day man after a near-death experience in his current life. However, the ancient China he... more>> awakens his memories in is such a miserable time period where there were no human rights that just having modern sensibilities about how to treat fellow human beings makes the MC a saint. At the same time, the MC realizes how powerless he is so most of his plans are rather humble while at the same time audacious because he is aiming to use his agricultural knowledge and skills to try to save as many people as possible.

This would already be a compelling concept if it weren't for the wrinkle that he is actually the maternal uncle of the first Emperor of the first Qin Empire that had been previously unknown to history because he should have died in that near death experience that caused him to awaken his past life memories. So, this twist adds an interesting hook in that he now has knowledge that could be used as a kingmaker if he wanted to. However, this doesn't automatically change the tragic futility of how cheap human life is during this time in history. I really liked how the author handled the different historical characters and their relationships with the MC. The few cheats that were added in terms of the system did not actually deter from the story but helped explain how the MC could continue to struggle with the odds so stacked against him. <<less
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Gumamela
Gumamela rated it
October 17, 2023
Status: Completed
Read this via MTL. But bookmarked it to read again once the translation is complete.

This novel is filled with heart warming, family oriented story mixed with the intricacies of the court.

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The MC is Zhu Xiang who is a professor in Agriculture. He got transmigrated to the warring period before the land is united as one with one supreme emperor. The MC became the uncle of the supreme emperor and raised him like a son and taught him about not only agriculture but on how to govern his land. Together with his wife, Xue Ji, they raised the ML to be a good emperor and at the same time, developed the land for the people. He has a system that doesn't give him much power except providing seeds. Because of these seeds, they managed to prevent famine and support the common people. Because he is the uncle, he had to settle a lot of troubles involving the court and nobles. He managed to come out as a benevolent, kind man that speaks for the people. In the story, he will have to choose options for the greater good. Though it involves killing people, he must decide and takes ownership of his decision. It has a funny element because of how MC interacts with everyone. He made a diary of raising the emperor that contains most of his dark history like the time he wet the bed. It's funny too when he learned he was actually conspired to by his best friend, Xia Tong who turned out to be a prince. Xia Tong is the prince of Qin who was placed in Zhao as a bargaining chip. He disguised himself as a relative of a fallen noble and worked under Zhu Xiang as an accountant. He liked Zhu Xiang and wanted to strengthen his bond to him so when he learned that his sister was one of the women introduced to him as a concubine, he agreed. XT got ZX's sister pregnant and buala... we have the ML.

PS. The sister is evil. She got what she deserved.

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It's quite a long story and I cried on the first half of it. I wondered what would happen if I was in his shoes. I haven't read something like this in a while and I find it well written. Is it cliche? Well, it's a period novel. You have all the elements of a period novel that is written to focus on uniting/conquering the land rather than focusing on romance. So yes, not much romance here. Even when the ML married, no romance at all. He just did it out of duty. <<less
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Sonu
Sonu rated it
October 31, 2024
Status: Completed
Most of things have been said by @Gumamela. MC is sometimes very funny especially when he kept a diary for his dearest nephew. He is very sober when needed be and when the times he got serious about some things, it was really heartbreaking to see his mental struggles with his preset and his Mideast of modern times. But he has family and friends who accompany him in his life which is a plus point to see in this novel.
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