Researcher Lin Yu accidentally returned to war-torn times during an experiment. He was penniless and fell into a survival dilemma of hunger and threats of violence. He sticks to his moral bottom line, uses modern brewing technology and business strategies to counterattack, fights against the powerful to save his "wife" Axiang, forms an armed force, gets involved in court intrigues, rises from the bottom in troubled times, uncovers secrets such as spies and life experience, and eventually grows into a strong man who affects the times.
