22Nd century researcher Chen Yan accidentally fell into the desperate situation of Guangxi in 1849 while carrying a historical data terminal. Witnessing the hell on earth, he vowed to "let the people live for themselves." With limited knowledge of the future, he led the refugees to open up wasteland to grow food, forge weapons, and establish the prototype of "Mutual Aid Forum", igniting a spark in troubled times.
From the deep mountains of northern Guangxi to the aspiration to conquer Beijing, Chen Yan and his partners used technology as a plow (improved farm tools, steel, and railways), systems as a basis (work-point system, public consultation office, constitutional republic), and blood as a shield (fighting the Qing army and foreign powers), and worked step by step. They refused to rely on power, insisted on "all people's affairs, all people's discussion", smashed the shackles of inequality in blood and fire, and finally built a new China in which "the people are the masters of the country" and won the respect of the world.
This is a majestic epic about saving the nation through technology, building a nation through institutions, awakening the people, and ultimately realizing national independence and dignity through traveling under the outer shell. See how a spark of fire can ignite into a prairie fire in a hundred years of wind and rain and lay a foundation for the ages.
