At the end of the Qing Dynasty of China, the political turbulence, the Jiangnan ancient town Nanxi has also been a strong impact, the town's richest man, Xiao Boxiong actively support the reform movement of 1898. After the failure of the reform, Liujunzi Caishikou beheaded, Shanghai to be forcibly disbanded, President CAI to evade capture and fled to Nanxi, used to Shaw home. Town another rich Niu Shiquan know that this is a golden opportunity, he obtained Xiao Jia of Kaiyuan silk spectrum, acted in collusion with the mayor Hu Bingwen and bowls to the informant, clear soldiers Xiao Jia men, both young and old, a total of sixteen people, been put to death by beheading, Xiao Boxiong's two sons, escaped, soldiers to arrest people at the critical moment, the mother will son into the tub, float away from the backyard River downstream, drift to the Taihu Lake reed marshes, picked up by six finger Lake bandits, to the old island in Taihu Lake, renamed Xiao Huang. The son of Xiao Boxiong smallpox, by wet nurse to the countryside to restore, the button Shiquan sent henchmen Ding family to kill, wrong to kill the wet nurse of the child, wet nurse also seriously injured, nurse with his escape on the way to die, the children were picked up by Al priest, to Shanghai, renamed zycher, ask to develop, and sent him to study in the UK for further study. After the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China was founded, zycher returning, holding his ideal of saving the nation by industry, to prepare for the China National Silk Industry to make a modest. Zycher in Shanghai railway station encountered the assassination of Song Jiaoren, they meet button Shiquan daughter Niu Fangli, two people fall in love at first sight, with her came to Naxi, button Shiquan very appreciate this talented young man, hired him as a big silk dispensers, which makes the button five Yang is very angry, and Yang five button is the button's only son of dandy fun, very disappointing, he in Shanghai like a red prostitute Lin Moqin, for she forget the silk mill, forgot his father, forget the family, by Taihu Lake acts bandits kidnapping, incredibly persistent, button Shiquan take baby son in the very headache.