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Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery.
A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him.
He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself.
But how can such things not attract jealous eyes?
The naval superpower- Cantagena,
The unstoppable army of- Exolas, 
The superpower of the east- Adhania,
The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, 
The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, 
And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest,
All want something from each other.
In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all.

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Herald of Steel

The nobles' reluctance to pay the large land tax was of course something Alexander had anticipated.

No nobles wanted to pay taxes, including Alexander himself.

But since he was able to foresee that, Alexander was also able to have a great answer.

He reasoned with them, "The 4% total land tax that I ask you to pay is less than half what your Zanzan peers have to give!"

"Just ask them how much they pay?"

"9 percent! 1 percent to me and 8 percent to His Majesty Ptolomy as tithes. Do you want to be like that?"

"I don't get what you are complaining about!" Alexander sounded incredulous.

And this comparison between the two groups quickly made the Tibian nobles pipe down.

Tibian Noble Treaty (Part-2)