Scalpel and Empire

A willow-leaf scalpel can heal the people of the world; a brilliant mind can claim a realm ten thousand miles wide. Lu Yunfan, a medical genius from the 28th century, transmigrates and finds himself on the sacrificial altar of the Xia Kingdom, about to be burned alive as a “demon.” Faced with a raging plague, an ignorant court, and aggressive foreign powers, he quietly pulls out his scalpel. The Chief Imperial Physician scolds him: “Ritual water is the orthodox treatment!” Lu Yunfan sets up a microscope in reply. “Come, Your Majesty, take a look at these ‘plague bugs’!” With enemy troops at the gates, the generals are at a loss. Lu Yunfan hands them a packet of powder. “Toss it into their water supply and give them diarrhea first.” The princess is on the brink of death, and the physicians kneel, waiting to die with her. He takes out his last vial of medicine. “Don’t panic. It’s not a big deal.” From launching a hygiene revolution that promotes washing hands before meals to building the first professional battlefield medical corps; from refining alcohol and inventing allicin to making telescopes standard equipment for generals, he uses modern medicine and technology to nurse an ancient, ailing empire into a war machine that conquers every direction. Emperor Xia Jing speaks to him from the heart: “Minister Lu, we’ll share this vast realm between us!” But all Lu Yunfan wants is to make a run for it. “Your Majesty, my medical university still needs land approved so construction can begin...” Watch as a medical doctor who only wants to save lives uses science, humor, and a compassionate heart in this otherworldly ancient era, healing not only people but the nation’s destiny, and personally building an unprecedented empire on which the sun never sets!