The Exiled Doctor's Tropical Paradise

A PhD in Agricultural Biology transmigrates into an exiled criminal official, leading his clan into the deadly Ghost Pass of the Lingnan Region, feared for miasma and malaria. He uses herbs to cure diseases, builds houses, fires lime, discovers wild sugarcane, and produces rare white sugar. He subdues mountain bandits to open trade routes, building a stable home in the wild land, turning his situation around.