Lin Yan, a modern mechanical engineer, accidentally traveled to the war-torn Dajing Dynasty and became a down-and-out scholar who was bullied by evil slaves. Faced with the desperate situation of having no rice to cook and the increasing pressure of his clan, he did not wallow in frustration, but quickly used modern knowledge to solve the problem - using simple tools to build improved farm tools, shocking his neighbors with his cement-burning skills, and assembling hydraulic machinery to solve irrigation problems.
In troubled times, survival is the foundation and development is the key. Starting from the countryside, Lin Yan built workshops to accumulate wealth, and used technology that was far ahead of the times to attract talents, step by step breaking the stereotype that "scholars are useless". The party struggle in the court is fierce, and the feudal towns are divided into one side. He not only has to deal with the suppression of local powerful people, but also needs to avoid the disasters of war in troubled times, and he also needs to be wise in the whirlpool of power and conspiracy.
With technology as his blade and resourcefulness as his shield, Lin Yan made friends with heroes, gathered loyal men, built railways, built factories, and innovated armaments. From protecting his neighbors to separatizing the state capital, he finally embarked on a legendary path from the owner of a cloth workshop to the world's most powerful man in this magnificent era, letting the glimmer of modern civilization ignite a prairie fire on the ruins of the ancient dynasty.
