In 1927, the city of Changsha was in turmoil. In the aftermath of the warlords' melee, the Xiangjiang Wharf has become a battleground for three religions and nine factions - the "Hongsheng Ban" wharf gang that controls loading and unloading, the "Qinghe Society" that relies on the Hunan Opera troupe to cover smuggling, the "Fuxing Society" who colludes with the new warlords and covets the interests of the wharf, and the craftsmen's guilds (blacksmiths, porters, boatmen) hidden in the market. The food stalls in the Fire Palace in the city, the Taoist temples in Yuelu Mountain, and the old medicine shops on Chaozong Street are all distribution centers for Jianghu news, and they are also stages for secret wrestling between various forces.
