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Three Hundred Poems to Guard the Nation, But I Just Want to Be a Rich Merchant

share time: 2025-10-05 02:30:32

Lin Zhao, a modern Chinese literature graduate, travels back to the "Poetry and Martial Arts Dynasty," where poems can stir heavenly wonders and guard the nation. With hundreds of famous poems in his head, he has no desire to be the revered "Poetry Saint"—he just wants to run taverns, manage caravans, and make a fortune. However, the royal family sends a princess to force him into court, top poet Shen Qingqiu sabotages him out of jealousy, and even Su Wan, the merchant's daughter he admires, misunderstands him as "hiding talent to avoid the world." When alien tribes invade the border and the nation begs him to use poems to defend the city, Lin Zhao does something unexpected: he uses business to transport grain to the front line, exchanges poems for alien warhorses, turns "poetry" into the most profitable business, and makes "commerce" a weapon to protect the nation. But when Shen Qingqiu accuses him of "colluding with enemies," the princess pressures him with national duty, and Su Wan gets into danger because of him—Lin Zhao realizes that his "rich merchant dream" has long been tied to the "responsibility" he tried to avoid...

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