Financial analyst Ma Yue transmigrates into the Three Kingdoms era and becomes the third son of Ma Teng, a warlord in Liangzhou. Using modern knowledge and his ability to predict historical events, he reforms the military and government, monopolizes the salt and iron trades, and introduces the imperial examination system. Rising from hostage to Grand Marshal with power over the court, he faces undercurrents in the imperial court and a backlash from the great clans. Cao Cao is still alive, Sun Quan watches like a tiger, and a mysterious “star iron” that corrodes metal stirs the troubled times...