Late Song Dynasty: Porcelain Ding

In the second year of Baoyou's reign in the Southern Song Dynasty, Quanzhou Port was lined with thousands of sails, and the South China Sea trade routes were prosperous, and a crisis had arrived. Dali was destroyed, Mongolia gradually completed its strategic encirclement of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the shadow of Yashan already hung over the Southern Song Dynasty. The soul of modern entrepreneur Zhao Xia is a descendant of a down-and-out gentry in Quanzhou. With a modern vision, he fired blue and white flowers, experimented with colored glazes, explored soaps, and new smelting methods, opened up overseas trade with porcelain and glass, and amassed huge wealth. What Quanzhou did attracted the attention of the powerful Prime Minister Jia Sidao. Borrowing Jia Sidao's power in the court, the protagonist rose to prominence, married the princess of the Song Dynasty, and became a high official in the border areas. The war in Xiangfan swept across the north and south. Zhao Xia strengthened his troops and used new utensils and abundant logistics to turn the tide of the war in Xiangyang. The Southern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty faced off between the north and the south. Allies who share weal and woe are ultimately unable to withstand the conflict between power and ideals. Zhao Xia and Jia Sidao admire each other, use each other and fear each other, love and kill each other. The Southern Song Dynasty was plagued by long-standing maladies, and no one person could save them. After years of planning and keeping a low profile, Zhao Xia sent his troops to the Northern Expedition to wipe out the Northern Yuan Dynasty, break away from the framework of the old Song Dynasty, and establish a new dynasty.