Modern physicist Shen Yanqiu accidentally traveled outside Bianliang City in the third year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty due to an experimental accident. From being at a loss at first to gradually taking root, he relied on his advanced scientific knowledge and insight into the times to open a gap in this era of numerous literati and fierce conflicts between the old and new parties.
Starting from a piece of high-density alloy, he improved agricultural tools and innovated the method of iron-making. From a rural craftsman in Wangjia Village, he gradually entered the center of power in Bianliang City. In his interactions with Su Song, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Su Shi, a literary giant, he not only witnessed the turbulence of the court, but also felt the feelings of the scholar-bureaucrats about their family and country; he not only had to deal with the difficulties of the radicals of the New Party such as Lu Jiawen, but also balanced the old Party's doubts about "strange and obscene skills".
From improving sickles and designing hydraulic devices to participating in military innovation and promoting the development of agriculture and mulberry trees, Shen Yanqiu is trying to use modern technology to illuminate ancient civilizations every step of the way. The iron tool in his hand is not only a tool to make a living, but also a fulcrum to move the times. In the prosperous and crisis-ridden Bianliang City, and in the shadow of the endless sails of the Bian River, his fate is quietly intertwined with the rise and fall of the dynasty. A collision that spans thousands of years is slowly unfolding with the turbulent times.
