In the Battle of Yashan, one hundred thousand soldiers and civilians threw themselves into the sea, and the world lamented that "there will be no China after Yashan." Wending traveled to Lin'an more than ten years before Yashan. He was penniless and could only do private salt business.
Purifying refined salt, making honeycomb briquettes, and making special soap, three skills that were not available in this era, are what he relies on to survive in troubled times. With government officials exploiting him at all levels and wealthy families secretly monitoring him, he just wants to live a stable life and avoid all disputes.
But the world of cannibalism forced him to enter the situation with his own body, punishing traitors internally and using business as a sword; externally driving the Tatars and locking Japan to death. Wending not only rewrote the tragic scene without China after Yashan, but also changed the entire surrounding pattern of the Southern Song Dynasty, winning opportunities for the development of later generations of China.
And this big chess game that changed the fate of the country fell on a commoner at the entrance of Lin'an Lane.
