本书以四川清末历史文化为背景，以袍哥设计之恩怨情仇为情节，描写刻画了四川一隅——新津大码头曾经的辉煌与悲壮，再现了一个小世界在水运年代的繁华与寥落。Under the background of Sichuan historical culture in the late of Qing Dynasty, and the plot revolves around the love and hatred among members of Paoge—a reactionary gang in southwest China before liberation, the book describes the glory and tragedy of Xinjin Grand Pier, re-presenting the prosperity and decline of this small world in the time of water transportation.