Building an Empire from Scratch

Victor Style is an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a graduate of Special Specs Military Academy with a degree in civil engineering.
U.S. involvement in Pakistan comes to an end, Victor a high ranking engineer finds himself involved in a terrorist attack by the Al-Qaeda.

Which claims his life. However, he quickly finds out that death is not always final as he is reincarnated into the body of a young boy of a poor single mother who lives in a small village.

In an world of dragons, elves, dwarves, and many more species, Victor wants to institute reforms to this small village to build an giant empire. Will he be able to institute reforms to this small poor village into a modern day living condition? Or will he fall under the greedy corrupt church who seeks to rule the continent?