An Inkstone Merchant in the Late Qing Dynasty

A modern man finds himself transported into the late Qing Dynasty, in the body of a down-and-out descendant of Hu Xueyan.

The aftermath of the Sino-French War still lingers, foreign merchants are circling like hungry tigers, and money shops are tightening the screws.

Starting with a basket of angelica root, he keeps his word, expands trade routes, builds factories, and enters the world of officialdom. Using industrial civilization to crush backwardness, he becomes the most dashing national merchant in the turbulent final years of the Qing Dynasty.