Lin Mu, a modern laboratory analyst, is obsessed with the history of the Song Dynasty but trapped in an ordinary life. An unexpected encounter on a snowy night allows him to travel back to Yuan Fu three years in the Northern Song Dynasty and become Lin Muzhi, a down-and-out scholar in Zhucheng, Mizhou.
Both of his parents died, and his family fell into decline. He was left with a bookshop that was on the verge of bankruptcy. He and his young sister Lin Wan'er were dependent on each other. They were also burdened with foreign debts and could not afford to eat three meals a day. Fortunately, he brought with him complete modern knowledge and thousands of years of historical memory, bound to the basic system, but without a golden finger, he could only rely on his own abilities to survive in desperate situations.
In order to protect his sister and support the family business, Lin Mu found a new way and rewrote the famous novel for later generations into "Water Margin". With the ups and downs of the plot and vivid characters, he became an instant hit in the market, earned his first pot of gold, and completely got rid of his troubled life.
As his reputation gradually grew, he was jealous and suppressed by local literati, and was even put in crisis because his writing violated taboos. At the same time, he also met noble people such as Shen Hui, a professor of state studies, and entered the circle of scholar-bureaucrats.
He relied on his advanced knowledge to improve his skills, run a bookstore, and expand his industry, gradually accumulating strength. In the turbulent times of the late Northern Song Dynasty, he dealt with the literary world, the market, and the officialdom. He not only dealt with difficulties from all sides, but also kept his bottom line to protect his sister's safety and the prosperity of his family.
There was no conspiracy against heaven, no struggle for world hegemony. As a scholar, in the fireworks and storms of the Northern Song Dynasty, Lin Mu relied on the wisdom of a thousand years to stand up step by step from a down-and-out scholar, live a unique style, and write a legend of counterattack in the market that spans thousands of years.
