The White Camel Couple

During the Southern Song era, beneath the Kunlun Mountains in the Gobi Desert, on the borderlands between Khwarezm in the Western Regions and Western Liao, lay a fertile oasis. It was an essential stop for the caravans traveling the Silk Road, and people of many different ethnicities and faiths lived there. For generations, White Camel Manor had ruled the land with cruelty. Then one day, an unknown couple became the new masters of White Camel Manor. They brought new techniques in farming, water management, weaving, medicine, architecture, and handicrafts, and established strange new rules with the locals. To everyone's surprise, the land grew more peaceful and prosperous, becoming a veritable paradise. Just as everyone was rejoicing, the Mongol army on its western campaign entered this happy land...