Drafted for My Brother? I'll Hunt, Build an Empire, and Conquer Instead!

War-torn kingdom. Rotten court. A transmigrator forced to take his brother's place in a doomed conscription—but Lu Chen refuses. Trapped in a crumbling shack with his frail sister-in-law Liu Qingyao, mocked by the village, he's got nothing but the knowledge from his past life. So he hunts beasts in the mountains, raises fish, invents tools, and builds wealth from zero. Soon he's richer than nobles, surrounded by beauties, and secretly commanding bandits, merchant networks, and elite squads. When neighboring kingdoms bare their fangs and Qi teeters on collapse, Lu Chen draws his blade. He'll fo…