In the last years of Hongwu, the imperial power collapsed, and Luojing Camp was an isolated island abandoned by the dynasty.
Chen Ajiu woke up from the ruins of the apocalypse with a sophisticated self-interest and a pair of calculating eyes. He chose the baggage camp as a place to stay, thinking that it was just the fattest ship in troubled times. He didn't know that there was a line of small words hidden under the recruitment sign - "Those who are registered in the camp are not allowed to leave the camp without permission."
One step into it is the abyss.
Until he met Xiao Yusheng.
The captain of the cavalry in the forward camp has a slight limp in his left leg and a red rope tied to his wrist. A man who sticks to the rules in the mud. He blocked Chen Ajiu in the corridor of the granary and used a bag of moldy rice to pry open the first crack in the actuarial fortress.
Later, he was repaid with his life in exchange for a bowl of hot porridge in a refugee shantytown. It was the burning pain of having the abacus bead stuck in your throat and unable to swallow when you were watching innocent people being dragged away on the Broken Soul Bridge. It was the evening when thousands of people by the Huangshui River chanted his name in unison.
He went from only counting himself to not understanding anymore.
And the moment he finally stopped counting gains and losses - the world was in his hands.
Where mountains and rivers have collapsed, there are still people standing on bones.
This is the story of a man who only believed in calculations and was dethroned by a group of people who had no calculations.
The accounting room is the starting point, and ascending to the throne is the end point, but the road in the middle is paved with moldy rice, hot porridge, red ropes, knife wounds, and countless pairs of knees that refuse to kneel.
His abacus made thousands of miles, but when he dialed the last bead, what he heard was not the sound of the abacus——
It is the heartbeat of the human world.
Purpose: It is not the heroes who make history, but the people who choose their leaders