This work takes Lin Wenzhou, the accountant of the Kaijiang Grain Store in Quanzhou, as the sole core perspective, and takes the life-and-death task of "transporting relief rice from southern Fujian across the sea to Lugang, Taiwan" as the main thread. Using bags of rice to cross the sea, it connects the Qing Dynasty's ban on crossing Taiwan, the separation of Taiwan from Shimonoseki, the Japanese colonial rule, and the isolation of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. , Open family visits, and contemporary folk integration. Six centuries of history, based on the livelihood pain points of the people at the bottom, reflect the inseparable historical inevitability of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait being separated by a narrow strip of water and sharing the same origin. It avoids the grand narrative of emperors and generals, and is rooted in fishermen, grain merchants, farmers, low-level officials, and ordinary veterans.
The single core image of the book "crossing the sea" runs through hundreds of years, and the whole process revolves around "transporting rice, guarding rice, searching for rice, and eating a bowl of rice together". It has a four-stage linear breakthrough structure. Each volume corresponds to a period of desperate times. Conflicts are intensive, short sentences are narrated, and the southern Fujian vernacular is popular and not obscure. It is fragmented and readable, suitable for public reading; there are no complex multi-family branches, and all supporting characters serve the main line of "the bond of flesh and blood between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait".
Purpose: The book lashes out at corrupt officials, colonial minions, profit-seeking businessmen, and politicians who manipulate rivalries throughout the ages, and praises the people of Fujian and Taiwan for their simple heart in overcoming the storms and adhering to the blood connection. It proves that both sides of the Taiwan Strait share the same origin and are inseparable. It brings profound inspiration to the current people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in understanding the history of nostalgia and promoting civil integration.