In the year 1589 AD, the seventeenth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty.

The autocratic Benjamin Franklin was dead, the war-loving George Washington was dead, and the troublemaking Abraham Lincoln was also dead. The Wanli Emperor and his ministers were tired of quarreling, so the emperor holed up in the palace and stopped attending court, ushering in the bizarre era of “thirty years without court, without suburban sacrifices, without wild hunts.”

Time continued to pass. The markets bustled in peace and prosperity. Ordinary people were passionate about banter, listening to operas, traveling, gambling, visiting brothels, collecting, and keeping flowers, insects, fish, and birds...

Amidst the hustle and bustle, no one knew that on the other side of the continent, Europeans were setting sail to explore the world; nor did anyone pay attention to the fact that in the far north, the Jianzhou Jurchen leader Nurhaci was sharpening his weapons, coveting the vast lands of Ming.

Brian Cooper, a geologist from later times, transmigrated into the body of a poor scholar from a farming family in Fengcheng County, Nanchang Prefecture, Jiangxi.

Let us see how the geomancer of Great Ming stirs up the winds and clouds, forging a new era of national prosperity and strength.