After transmigrating to southern Shandong in 1926, history graduate student Lin Qingyun becomes the only son of a declining landlord family. His family owns three hundred mu of poor farmland, and he binds to the "Lord of the Land" System: for every mu of land he acquires, he can exchange it for modern agricultural and military technology, or even knowledge from the future.
From the start, he walks into a dramatic scene: Ning Xiuxiu has been kidnapped, and a father and daughter have fallen out. He improves the soil, doubling the first harvest; builds a brick kiln and sets up a cooperative, swallowing up a thousand mu of land in a year and forcing the old landlords to bow their heads and sue for peace.
As chaos descends, defeated troops roam the countryside. He raises an armed force and builds firearms, fighting his way from militia captain to the "King of Southern Shandong." Fertilizer triples grain production, penicillin saves half the revolutionary base, and radio intercepts Japanese military transmissions. With high-tech inventions, he thrives amid the struggles between competing forces.
When the smoke of war finally clears, the once-barren land has become fertile fields. He transforms from a transmigrator into a son of the land. This is an epic tale of a man, his era, his beloved women, and the land that gives birth to all things.
Come on, come on, come on, work hard, work hard.