During the Qingli period, the Yellow River burst its banks, displacing millions of victims! A commoner was accidentally involved in the whirlpool of disaster relief. He saved people all over the city with his advanced knowledge of water conservancy, but he uncovered a shocking shady story of collusion between government and businessmen - was this flood caused by man?
In order to protect the people, he was forced to enter the officialdom: reforming the river water transport, toughening the monopoly interest groups, and allowing grain ships to arrive in the capital in ten days; presiding over the construction of Daming Mansion, building a strong city in the cracks of party struggles; guarding the Hebei border defense, using ingenious strategies to repel the Liao cavalry, and protecting the border stability for ten years.
But he did not expect that the truth about the Yellow River bursting its banks would be closely tied to the Qingli New Deal that shocked both the government and the public. Faced with the strife of the court forces and the counterattack of the masterminds behind the scenes, with the classics on water control and secret strategies for border defense in hand, can he find out the real culprit in troubled times, achieve the closure of the entire Yellow River, and return the world to a clear river?
