Rising from Poverty: The Lin Family's Road to Prosperity

At the end of his rope in a poor family, engineer Lin Mo tempers salt with furnace ash and makes paper that can shape a nation. From a workshop in a dilapidated courtyard to the turbulent world of commerce, the fire of technology eventually gives him a hand in shaping the fate of a feudal dynasty.

How can someone born poor rise to power? Technology as the backbone, human nature as the blade. In a dynasty rife with collusion between officials and merchants and rigid social classes, watch a grain of salt stir up the world, and a roll of paper write the legend of a wealthy nation. The sun and moon shine bright, but the realm's fate is yet undecided. Who says an ant can't take charge of the land?