Jing Ji, a master brewer from the modern era, accidentally transmigrates to the first year of Qin Shi Huang's reign after drinking himself to death. He becomes a condemned prisoner, dying at the foot of the Great Wall. Drawing on the beer-brewing skills etched into his soul, he turns wild barley, dismissed by the Qin people as worthless weeds, into amber nectar. Caught in the whirlpool of fate, he meets Princess Ying Xinyue of Huarong, the most brilliant yet most constrained daughter of the First Emperor.
From presenting wine to the First Emperor to avert a crisis at court, to founding the Qin Beer workshop and sparking a revolution in barley farming; from perfecting the workshop's processes to surviving life-or-death trials on the battlefield, Jing Ji wields beer like a sword and stirs the empire to its depths. Ying Xinyue, a princess well versed in the schemes of the palace, gradually transforms from a curious onlooker into Jing Ji's indispensable ally in the struggle for power and a guiding star in the darkest night. Hops bloom among the palaces of Xianyang, the aroma of barley seeps into the empire's blood, and a bond that transcends class quietly takes root in an age of bloodshed and intrigue.
Jing Ji and Ying Xinyue, one breaking through deadlocks with wine, the other safeguarding him with her wit, together compose a spirited tale of taste changing history and grain giving rise to civilization. This is a wild fantasia of the palate, and an epic of two souls illuminating one another amid the torrents of their age.
