Modern man Chen Mo time-travels to the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, inherits the rundown tavern left by his father, unlocks the tavern reputation system, and possesses God-level culinary skills. He creates hot pot and distilled spirits, and the tavern business booms. Zhu Yuanzhang, who visits incognito under the pseudonym Zhu Ba, and Empress Ma often visit. Chen Mo interacts with the emperor as an ordinary person, boldly discusses state affairs, anticipates Hu Weiyong's rebellion, proposes the Kaizhong Law, and criticizes the ills of paper currency. He defuses Hu Weiyong's various difficulties and saves Empress Ma with folk remedies. During the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the rebellion is suppressed, and Chen Mo only then learns that Zhu Ba is the current emperor. From then on, the emperor still often comes to the tavern to eat hot pot.