Chen Yu, a master of chemical engineering, accidentally traveled through the Song Dynasty and became the son of a kitchen household at the bottom of the Huainan salt field. The family is surrounded by poverty, oppressed by the government, and the fate of being a slave for generations is like an iron chain. Unwilling to sink, he decided to use his thousands of years of scientific and technological knowledge to carve out a way out.
From improving the "salting method" to innovating iron smelting, from manufacturing machinery to secretly organizing caravans, Chen Yu used science and technology as his sword and strategy as his shield. He set off silent thunder in the cracks between greedy salt officials, fierce pirates and the corrupt system. He formed alliances with moral businessmen and aspiring craftsmen, and quietly built an invisible empire that could shake the times while advancing along the three fronts of salt, iron, and commerce.
However, when strength accumulates, a choice ensues: should you settle for a corner of wealth and be the best in the world, or should you use this spark to start a prairie fire to create a new world for all people in the world? This is a majestic epic in which little people use hard-core technology and business wisdom to forge a new world from the bottom up.
