Zeng Wenda, a modern ancient martial arts master, was reborn as the only son of Lin Ruhai's younger brother who died young in the Dream of Red Mansions world. The orphaned Zeng Wenda was adopted by Lin Ruhai. Zeng Wenda rescued Jia Min and Lin Ruhai's young son as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou, and uncovered the cause of Zeng Min's poisoning. Then, with the support of Lin Ruhai, Zeng Wenda overcame obstacles on the road of scientific examination, and became a high school Jinshi at a young age. Then, through Jia Min, he joined the army with the help of the Jia family. During the suppression of the Hou Jin rebellion, Zeng Wenda was knighted for military merit and was named a marquis. Then he helped Lin Ruhai clean up the salt administration and changed the salt administration to a government-supervised commercial office. Then he supported the opening of the sea, wiped out the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River, and finally became the first Lord of the Great Zhou Empire. At the age of forty-five, he retreated from the rapids and focused on overseas colonization, ushering in the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Age of Navigation.