Becoming an Industrial Godfather from the Beiyang Era

Wei Jinzhao travels back to the seventeenth year of the Guangxu reign and joins the Jiangnan Arsenal as its first Chinese instructor. Upon arrival, he discovers that late Qing industry is far more developed than he had ever imagined. Initially intending only to keep a low profile and earn a modest living, he soon finds that the turbulent currents of the era steadily propel him into the role of an industrial godfather.