Murad admitted that when he learned he had been transported to the Ottoman Empire in 1861 and was given the high-risk job of Crown Prince, he just wanted to escape the Ottoman Empire as soon as possible.

But as the titles bestowed upon him multiplied: Governor of Eastern Rumelia, Protector of the Circassians, Master of the Balkans, The Only Sun of Anatolia...

Murad turned his gaze toward the throne of the Sultan of the Empire.

Why can't I sit in the Sultan's position?

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Travel back in time to 19th-century Greece and witness his rise from a small Balkan nation. Lead Greece to its great ideals, restore the glory of Rome, and make the name of "Rome" known from Ireland to Khitan! And this is Constantine, the only sun of the Balkan Peninsula, the heir of Komnenos, the second Aristotle, the world's restorer, the Turkic butcher, and the loving father of the Roman people: Rome has only one chance to be revived. If you don't seize it, then let me do it!

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!"

He traveled back in time to early independent America, a time before skyscrapers and railways, a time of crisis.

Externally, it faces competition from powerful nations; internally, it faces the unruly behavior of local inhabitants.

This is the beginning of scientific and technological innovation...

Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, Augustus the Strong of Saxony, King Christian of Denmark, Frederick I, the "Soldier King" of Brandenburg... Across the European continent, countless enemies aimed to crush the hegemony of the Swedish Empire. In the face of powerful adversaries, the Swedish King Karl XII—who hails from a future era—tells his soldiers: "Victory or death."

Submit to royal authority? Or usher in the age of capitalism in France?

The 17th century was a time of rising capital. In the Netherlands, merchants said “no” to the king for the first time and rose in rebellion. In England, the king was defeated by merchants and sent to the guillotine.

Alphonse de Moller, a sailor from a later era, is fortunate enough to become a capitalist in France.

Now, faced with the ever-rising Sun King Louis XIV—what choice should he make?

Tomorrow, you will receive your pay at the parade grounds, but do not wear armor. This

time-honored saying forces Yun Tianyang,

who has time-traveled to the late Ming Dynasty, to flee with a handful of defeated soldiers. On the vast ocean, where will he go?

This world is in the latter half of the Age of Exploration, with vast swathes of the New World being explored, plundered, and colonized by Europeans, ultimately achieving European dominance.

Can Yun Tianyang catch this last train? And lead this ancient nation to once again the pinnacle of the world?