After three years of Tianbao, the prosperous Tang Dynasty was about to collapse, and the undercurrent was turbulent.
Hu Lu Shenzhou, a carpenter from Xishi City, bears the hatred of his father's injustice and possesses the lost "Secret Records of Lu Ban". He steps into the power strangulation situation with his unparalleled mortise and tenon machine skills.
In the West City Workers' Competition, he used the Linglong Tower mechanism to crush the cronies of the East Palace and became famous in one battle; the dignitaries forced the workshop, and he locked the beams and pillars with mortise and tenon joints to strengthen the power; he set up fake secret recording traps, played tricks on the sycophants, destroyed the foundation of the Villa, and forced the East Palace to bow its head and sue for peace.
There are treacherous plots in the palace, and murderous intentions are everywhere in the market. He met the shady seventh prince Li Xuance, the iron-faced censor Pei Yuanlang, and the beautiful spice merchant Su Ningzhi. The four of them formed an alliance in troubled times to solve conspiracies, investigate unjust cases, and protect the common people.
From the humble square in the West Market to the palace of the Ming Dynasty, from the skill of the machine to the ambition of defending the city, Lu Chenzhou overturned the chess game in the court with the hands of a craftsman. He uncovered the truth that framed his father's case, uncovered the traitors who colluded with the rebels, used Mohist city defense techniques to protect the people of Chang'an, and relied on infrastructure skills to build a paradise in troubled times.
Gao Chong's sinister schemes, Li Linfu's secretive talk, and Wei Chengye's military power were all suppressed by him, but they were all crushed by his skills and plotted against him, and their reputations were ruined.
The An-Shi Rebellion broke out, and the war broke out in Chang'an. Lu Chenzhou led the craftsman alliance to defend the territory, break out of the siege, and rebuild. He built mountains and rivers with his ingenuity and reversed the world with his skills.
When the time came for the country to regain its glory, he refused the generous salary from high-ranking officials, reopened the West Market Workshop, and wrote the "Chang'an Craftsman's Classic" which has been handed down to the world.
In this world where imperial power changes, only ingenuity remains. Watch the grassroots craftsmen use their skills to fight back against the troubled times and protect our Chang'an fireworks!
