The story is based on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and fictionalizes the "Post-Salt" dynasty. It tells how Ji Dan, the son of a salt lord, rose from a merchant's son who was regarded as a "crazy boy". With his strange prophetic ability, the family's overwhelming wealth, his control over the lifeline of salt and iron, and a series of operations that seemed absurd but were far-sighted, he rose up in troubled times, eventually ascended to the throne, and established a short-lived and crazy empire. The core of the story is to explore the manifestations of power, destiny and human nature in extreme chaos. The style is humorous, absurd, inspirational and profound.
