The bandits in western Hunan looked at Zhang Yunqing, and the bandits in Yunnan and Sichuan looked at Jiang Yingzhou.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the world was in chaos and local order was gone. Eight-year-old Jiang Yingzhou was orphaned and moved to Pu'erdu, a fortress on the Guanhe River. He relied on begging to survive. He was repeatedly bullied by local gentry and harassed by bandits in troubled times. He silently swallowed all the pain, restrained his sharpness and lived a life of forbearance, looking at the world around him with a cold eye, and developed a decisive and ruthless character in the difficult days at the bottom.
From a wandering beggar with nothing to a borderland emperor who occupied a dangerous pass and controlled the trade routes between the two provinces, Jiang Yingzhou circled between the government, the green forest, the gentry and various armed forces. He accepted recruitment several times and waited for opportunities to rebel. He repeatedly played games between the various forces and occupied the Yunnan-Sichuan border for forty years, stirring up the situation in the two places.
This is a green forest past that spans decades, recording the true past of collusion between officials and gangsters, and the rise and fall of power. It tells the life trajectory of a reckless man who struggled from the bottom and became a fierce and stubborn hero step by step in troubled times.
