A graduate in modern logistics engineering transmigrates into the life of a lowly grain barge worker during the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty. Using technical innovations to break through adversity, he rises from a backbreaking laborer hauling grain to the manager of a grain depot. Caught in the triple squeeze of barge bosses monopolizing the trade, officials and merchants colluding, and political turmoil shaking the court, he applies modern industrial thinking to rebuild the efficiency of grain transport. In the end, he exposes corruption in the grain tribute system in this satisfying tale of a rise from the bottom.
