During the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty, a piece of "all-things colored glaze" fell from the sky in Bianjing City - this object can turn people's "thoughts" into physical objects: a businessman's ambition to "transport goods to the world" can be condensed into a cross-sea merchant ship, and a craftsman's persistence to "keep improving" can be forged into a sharp blade that can cut iron like mud.
Wu Changdao, a shabby scholar, unexpectedly picked up fragments of colored glaze, and teamed up with Tang Xingwan, a descendant of the Mohist family. Using "thinking about creation" as the key, he started from a small shop selling "never-fading dye" and stirred up the business world of the Song Dynasty. They built an "automatic accounting abacus" that shocked the three divisions, built a "wooden kite ship that travels thousands of miles a day" to open up the maritime Silk Road, and used "wine to relieve homesickness" to earn gold and silver from countries in the Western Regions.
Behind the global business is the "thought arms race" with Xixia Yuanhao, and the "debate on business to save the world" with Fan Zhongyan, and also hides the ultimate secret of Liuli related to the balance of the three realms - when evil thoughts such as "greed" and "war" contaminate Liuli, and when the mysterious "Thought Eclipse" attempts to use the trade route to collect resentment and subvert the world, Wu Changdao and Tang Xingwan will eventually understand: the real imperial businessman is never about money, but about the stability of thoughts of the people of the world.
This is a business war legend written with fantasy creations. It is also an epic story in which a small person uses business as his blade and thought as his armor in the torrent of history to become rich and powerful.
