[History + Survival + Farming + Making a Fortune] In the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty, Shen Cheng, a young man from a Jiankang farm family, took a book "Essentials for Elevating the People" as his teacher. He led his neighbors to improve farming, build water conservancy, and form associations to protect themselves amidst natural and man-made disasters. He defended a piece of water and soil in Jiangzhouwei on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and the roots of "farming, reading heirlooms, and helping each other" were deeply rooted in the ups and downs of the great era.
