During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, banditry was rampant along the coast of Jiangzhou and the people were in dire straits. Li Wenwen, the county magistrate who superficially governs the local area, is actually a poisonous scorpion. He not only ignores the suffering of the people, but also secretly colludes with foreign barbarians and sells innocent people into slavery to make money crazily, causing chaos in the local area.
Later, because playboy Li Shaode raped the civilian girl Su Xiangxiang, she was rescued by Long Yingjie, a righteous man who returned to his hometown to recognize his relatives. Using this as a trigger, a series of thrilling storylines unfolded.
It describes a group of unarmed Chinese sons and daughters who were sold by the government to a foreign ship, where they battled wits and courage with heavily armed foreign pirates on a three-masted sailing ship on the vast sea, experienced a near-death experience, and finally returned.