Accidental time travel: Programmer Zhang Yuan accidentally time traveled to the Water Margin world during the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, and found himself an ordinary villager in a village near Liangshanbo. With his understanding of the Water Margin, he confirmed that he was in the period of Song Jiang's uprising. First meeting Song Jiang*: Zhang Yuan witnessed "Timely Rain" Song Jiang's righteousness and wealth-spending behavior in Yuncheng County. Changing fate: When Song Jiang was threatened by Yan Poxi to report him for having an affair with Liangshan, Zhang Yuan intervened decisively and used modern fighting skills to subdue Yan Poxi, preventing Song Jiang from committing murder and changing the fate of Song Jiang who was forced to go to Liangshan in the original work. Conflict of ideas: Zhang Yuan confessed his identity from the future to Song Jiang, demonstrated modern knowledge, pointed out the tragic ending of Liangshan's acceptance of recruitment, and proposed radical ideas to establish a new type of army and overthrow the corrupt court, which created a fierce conflict with Song Jiang's idea of loyalty to the emperor. Parting ways: Song Jiang insisted on accepting the traditional path of recruitment, while Zhang Yuan decided to start a new one. The two parted ways at the crossroads. Zhang Yuan, with his prediction of the future and modern knowledge, was determined to find a new path for Water Margin that was different from the original work.
