In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Lin You, a wealthy merchant in Ye City, died unexpectedly. When he opened his eyes again, his soul had somehow entered the body of his own young grandson. He discovered that he could “revive by possessing” his descendants in every generation. Each new life gave him another chance to take charge of the family from the start.
From grain and silk trading in the chaotic Three Kingdoms era to Silk Road caravans in Chang'an during the prosperous Tang Dynasty; from smuggling through private ports during the Ming and Qing maritime bans to the rise of industry on the Bund in the Republic of China, Lin You wagered his thousand-year-old soul on anchoring his family's fortunes amid the tides of history. He stockpiled grain and controlled prices during the Battle of Guandu, moved the family's assets south of the Yangtze during the An Lushan Rebellion, secretly worked with foreign trading houses during the Opium War, and monopolized supplies during the Shanghai business wars...
