Zhang Guangshan is reborn into the chaos of Northeast China. He leads the Zhang family from Shandong across the Shanhaiguan Pass to take root in the black soil. They build factories, lay railways, and establish schools. Through thirty years of hard work, they turn the small city of An into an industrial fortress. When the Japanese invaders cast covetous eyes on the region, three hundred thousand bayonets rise to uphold the nation’s dignity, and a blazing family legend is written between the White Mountains and the Black Waters.
