In the tenth year of the Republic of China, Lu Zhongheng, the Sichuan and River shipping king, was framed and his family business was completely destroyed. The seventeen-year-old daughter Lu Zhiheng cut off her long hair and took the pseudonym "Lu Zhen", starting from the humblest tracker.
Slimming against the current and fighting for her life on the reef, she used the hydrology knowledge she learned from her father and her extraordinary courage to fight her way through the men's world. From a dilapidated small steamer to a fleet of eight ships, she gradually regained the shipping territory belonging to the Lu family from the bottom of the pier.
But her cabin holds more than just cargo—it also holds the power to change an era. Under the guidance of underground traffic officer Lu Jinglan, she discovered the secret that her father had guarded during his lifetime: a life route that held the fire of revolution.
This is a legend about revenge, growth and choice. When personal grudges encounter the survival of her family and country, a woman uses her backbone to hold up not only the banner of her family, but also the dignity of the Chinese people on the Yangtze River.
The river flows eastward, but those who go against the current survive.
