Traveling through the Qin Dynasty, what Chen Yuan, a doctor of archaeology, faces is not the glorious history of Qing Dynasty, but the numerous bones of the Lishan prison camp and the strict laws of the empire. With the help of modern knowledge, he rose from a young age and used his industrial skills to knock on the door of power.
From improving farm tools and creating new paper to establishing grassroots networks, he tried to use technology and systems to quietly change the trajectory of the times. However, the inertia of history is like an invisible shackle, and the hostility of the old nobles, the use of the supervisor Zhang Han, the suspicion of the court lieutenant Li Si, and even the spying of the eunuch Zhao Gao follow him like a shadow.
As the changes he brought deepened and the foundation of the empire was touched, what he faced was not only the open and secret arrows of the court, but also the turbulent undercurrent of the entire era and the ultimate secret related to fate and time and space behind the mysterious jade.
Should we follow the flow of history, or use our lives as a torch to light up a new path? In this Qin, where iron and blood intertwined with civilization, the storm he set off had just begun...
