该剧的时代背景为1900年到1905年,讲述义兵的故事。虽然一直以来有很多以日据时期(1910~1945年)为背景的韩剧,但很少有以日据时期之前为背景的故事。该剧将讲述辛未洋扰(1871年)时期,乘坐军舰来到美国的一位少年以美军身份回到抛弃他的祖国朝鲜,驻扎在当地后所发生的故事。这位少年也将在朝鲜邂逅朝鲜的精神支柱:两班家的“小姐”并坠入爱河。The drama is set in 1900 to 1905 and tells the story of a soldier in the righteous army falling in love with an aristocrat's daughter. It begins in 1871 when the hero boards an American military ship as a little boy during the Shinmiyangyo, a U.S. military expedition to Korea that resulted in a battle. He lands in the U.S. and then years later returns to Korea as an American soldier,to the country that abandoned him. While stationed in Korea, he'll meet and fall in love with a nobleman's daughter.