Shuihu means “by the water,” and this novel tells the story of Li Youcai, who graduated from university in 2325 and was looking for a job when he accidentally transmigrated to the Northern Song Dynasty during Emperor Huizong’s reign, a time when the people were impoverished, chaos was everywhere, and rebel armies rose across the land.
Deeply moved by the people’s suffering, Li Youcai set out to save them from misery and satisfy his own ambition. With the support and help of his brothers, including Wu Dalang, Wu Song, Wang Ximeng, and Zheng Yu, he began at Liangshan Marsh and made it his base of operations. After enduring countless hardships, he built a modernized army, reclaimed the lost territories of Youzhou and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and fought ceaselessly against neighboring powers such as the Song Dynasty, the Liao, the Jin, and Western Xia.
He established a thousand-mile realm like a pastoral paradise, yet was still not satisfied. He fought against Heaven and Earth alike, finding endless joy in the struggle.
In the end, he discovered that everything…!
