This is a world plagued by a great drought, where people eat one another, and savagery coexists with the hypocritical civilization of a low-level society.
Shi Yi, a modern master craftsman specializing in handmade ornaments, somehow transmigrates into the body of a useless country bumpkin.
From the start, he trades a pound of rice for an unparalleled beauty. He plans to lie low in a mountain village, farm and hunt with her, have a few children, and earn a little silver for a leisurely life.
But things don't go as planned. The pressure of survival forces him to draw on his modern knowledge, opening trade routes, developing ironworking, training troops, and building cities...
Years later, standing atop a mountain with a banner in hand, he gazes toward the capital and roars:
