Before you stands: the reincarnation of the Laughing Storm, the legendary Dragoon, the supreme Pyromancer, the super-powerful Hydra Mage, the charismatic Wild Deer, the Shatterer of Chains, the Destroyer of the Long Night, the collector of Dragonwolf Flowers, the only sun on both sides of the Narrow Sea, the Emperor of the Valyrian Empire. What? Too many titles to remember! This is Gendry, the blacksmith's rise to power!

An art student travels back in time to the reigning prince of the House of Orleans, coinciding with the American Civil War of 1861. How will he capitalize on the Civil War to secure his first fortune and launch his grand enterprise? How will he navigate the oceans to signal his return during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870? How will Britain, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Russia fight their way out of Western Europe's monstrous chamber? Can the Mediterranean become his inland sea? See how the protagonist becomes a global hegemon and spreads his influence across the globe!

While European merchant ships were still searching for new trade routes across the world's oceans in the 17th century, in the distant region of Australia, the sound of roaring industrial machines could be heard.

Truckloads of coal are being shipped to factories, and countless industrial products are flowing to overseas markets.

When we come to trade with you with our goods, please do not let the cloth drop from our hands and hold the muskets behind our backs.

When the line infantry marched toward the earth in neat steps, when the cold cannons fired scorching shells.

Jiang Zirui stood at the harbor, watching the ironclad ships and merchant ships raise their red dragon flags, and pointed his finger into the distance.

"Let's go! Free trade!"