1. When Lin Yan, a science and engineering student, opened his eyes, he found himself as Chamberlain at 10 Downing Street in 1939—a declaration of war against Germany lay on the table, and outside the window, the countdown to the collapse of British hegemony was underway. But clutching his Zippo (his only token of the future), he was determined to overturn the script and personally rebuild British glory at 10 Downing Street.

In 1807, Jérôme, with the support of his brother Napoleon, became King of Westphalia. In 1808, the King displayed his military talent in Spain. In 1809, His Majesty the King captured Vienna, and the Austrian Empire groveled at his feet. … A decade later, the German people cheered loudly to welcome their Emperor. The aged Napoleon exclaimed sincerely, “Making Jérôme King was my wisest choice; look, he is now the Emperor of Germany!”

Traveling through the world of rebirth film and television In 1945, Anyi started from a small gangster and built an empire of its own.

He is a well-known underground king who created the Las Vegas casino with one hand.

To create a private prison industry, no criminal dare to provoke him, because one day you will fall into his hands, and he can send you to heaven or hell.

The Hardy Mercenary Corps has a combat power comparable to a country, and comfortably uses it to protect industries all over the world.

No one knows how much wealth he has, because the most profitable industry in the world has the Hardy Group.

Note: There is no heroine in this book, only women.

Ancient Babylonian civilization, the defiant Tower of Babel, the mysterious Hanging Gardens—Iraq, your history is so glorious! But why are you shrouded in war today? Why has your wealth been plundered? Why are your people struggling amidst explosions and death? Who can save them?

God says: O you who believe, I will send down angels to help you!

If I were Qusay Hussein, if I had ever been in power, if I had gone back to Iraq in the 1980s, then—what would happen?

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The tyrant of iron and blood, the bulwark of Eastern Europe, the savior of the Soviet Union, the master of Constantinople, the liberator of the Third Rome, the new tsar of the north, the nightmare of Chechnya, the meat grinder of the free world, and the leader of the red regime, General Secretary Gennady Ivanovich Yanaev.

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In the cold winter of 1854, the small workshop in Genoa was on the verge of bankruptcy.

A mechanical engineer disguised himself as a fatherless military cadet, faced with a mountain of burlap, predatory loan sharks, and a mother with swollen eyes.

He grabbed a piece of war news from The Times and gambled his family's lives:

"I'll make the Brits' winter clothes!"

► 【The sewing machine is my Gatling gun! 】

★ Improved cotton fluffing machine? The Widow's Assembly Line boosts productivity!

Bribing Russian POWs? Confessions from Black Sea corpses become a deadly bargaining chip!

★ Gambling against the British Consul? The Ladder Agreement contains a sinister clause!

When the first pot of gold came into his pocket, he blatantly tore off his merchant coat——

► [From Bronze Ledger to Iron Throne]

❗ Newspaper predicts war: signed article ignites Turin, Cavour personally recruits!

❗ Private army surprise attack on the fortress: Nitroglycerin shatters the Bourbon dynasty, and thousands of black shirts are crowned knights on a bloody journey!

❗ Monopoly of sulfur hegemony: "One ton of sulfur for ten tons of grain", harvesting Sicily during famine!

In the turbulent times of roaring steam engines, he grasped the magic of bonds with his left hand and manipulated the struggle for supremacy among the great powers with his right hand:

Prussian-Austrian battlefield pits Austrian ships: sulfur-mixed coal explodes boiler, and Veneto is taken!

The Pope's Treasury moves gold: 50-year bonds to redeem the Holy City, and the Vatican is furious!

Suez secretly seizes shares: bottom-fishing at the window of France's defeat and strangling the throat of Europe and Asia!

When the Italian crown was crowned, he looked out over the Mediterranean:

"The so-called Caesar is nothing more than making the world believe—

The shadow that sits upon the Iron Throne is a god!"

As the Hun's horses' hooves shattered the ice of the Rhine, the 16-year-old Roman farmer Marcus knew only two things: run, and revenge.

On the day his village burned to the ground, his parents' blood soaked his sandals, his sister's cries were swallowed by the barbarians' wild laughter. From a slave in the army to a blood-soaked centurion, he grasped the old centurion's sword and tore his way through the corrupt legions: officers fed the barbarians with rations, the emperor watched the flames of Rome drunkenly, and even the swords of Gothic mercenaries were sharper than Roman standards.

When the Vandals sacked the Eternal City, he dragged his dying sister out of the pile of corpses, but his only response was "Don't let Rome rot completely."

In 476, the last Western Roman emperor stepped down from the throne. Marcus stood among the broken pillars, the rust on his sword redder than the setting sun. The empire was dead, but the smoke from cooking stoves crushed by iron hooves, the sighs of dying veterans, the faded word "Rome" on the pages of books—he wanted to let them breathe a little longer in the setting sun.

This is not an epic about saving the world, but a story about a small person who uses his life to protect a spark of light in an era of collapse.

This is a time of great powers: The vast Persia, Sparta that was founded by force, Athens with its trade and business, Thebes the rising star, The ambitious Macedonia, The twin heroes of the Western Mediterranean, The rising Rome and so on.

This is an era of brilliant stars: Agesilaus II – the last king of Sparta, Epaminondas – the Rising General of Thebes, Philip II – the founder of Macedonian’s hegemon, Dionysius – the tyrant of Syracuse, Camillus – the Roman dictator and savior…

This is an era of contention among a hundred schools of thought: Plato – the great philosopher, Antisthenes – founder of cynicism, Pythagoras – school of number, Democritus – the encyclopedia scholar, Hippocrates – the father of western medicine, Aristophanes – the great dramatist…

What will the hero bring to the world when he comes to this age as a humble mercenary through rebirth?

In 1922, military historian Contini returned to Italy...

Traveling through a tall, rich and handsome man, marrying a beautiful woman, and reaching the pinnacle of life, let's see how he led Italy to rise!

Feng Ming unexpectedly transmigrates into France during the Hundred Years’ War, becoming a down-on-his-luck French noble, Edmond de d’Albert. In the following decades, watch how he uses wisdom and cunning to give his family a chance to turn their fortunes around, reclaim their fiefdom, ascend to the throne of France, and propel the French Empire to surpass the once-unassailable Roman Empire!

Decades later, with his achievements complete and fame secured, Edmond stands on the balcony of the Europa Palace wearing his imperial robes—blue with golden fleur-de-lis and cockerel motifs—waving to the thunderous applause of Parisians.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I haven’t done anything remarkable, I merely defeated our arch-enemy England, crushed the Holy Roman Empire, advanced the French Empire into the age of maritime colonization ahead of schedule, and pioneered the Industrial Revolution! If you insist on calling me the greatest emperor in European history, then yes, I concede: conquering the Ottoman Empire and the Arab Empire was never my intention. Thank you all!”

Edward III: You made the English speak French!

The Pope: You even abolished the tithe!

Sigismund: Oh… arrogant and proud Frenchman!

Murad I: I swear, I will never pray in a church!

Khoja Bair: Me neither!

Abbas II: Me neither!