At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the troubled times were beginning to end. The mountains and rivers were withered, the harsh government remained, the powerful were entrenched in the countryside, and the people at the bottom had no way to survive due to exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. In the remote Annan County, starvation was everywhere, and the people were in dire straits. Lin Yuan, a graduate student at the Agricultural University, accidentally traveled through time and became the new magistrate of this poor county. What he inherited was a mess that was suppressed by the powerful, ran out of food and money, and was on the verge of despair. The original owner was upright and insisted on protecting the people's fields. He was mistreated by the local powerful and eventually died of hunger and anger. But as soon as he crossed over, he faced the dilemma of life and death.
