America 1859: Beginning with the Lord of the Plantation

Levi traveled to Virginia on the eve of the Civil War and became a young manor owner who had just gone bankrupt. In this era of fierce collision between freedom and slavery, he was an insignificant speck of dust in the torrent of history. Until the "American" system was bound, another path was revealed for him: there was no need to rely on the North, and no need to submit to the South. His goal is to establish his own third pole in this new continent full of opportunities and barbarism - an industrial empire based on steel, steam and rationality. Lincoln's personal letter arrived at about the same time as the visit from the Southern envoy, and both sides tried to draw him and his torrent of steel into their own camp. In the eyes of countless people seeking freedom and order, he is the only "Gray Baron" and a beacon that illuminates troubled times. This is the worst of times and the best of times. A time traveler will use gears and guns to reshape the destiny of the United States.