How rich was Qiao Zhiyong's Qiao family? Was it rich in the world at that time?

During Qiao Zhiyong's time, Qiao's family was definitely one of the top richest people in the world at that time. As the fourth generation receiver of Qiao's compound, George Yong not only inherited the career accumulated by his brother Joe, but also promoted it to an unparalleled height.

In the heyday of Qiao Zhiyong, the cash flow of Qiao family alone reached100000, not counting the fixed assets such as shops. According to the cash flow accounting for 20% of the fixed assets, the total assets of the Qiao family reached 50 million taels of silver, while the income of the Qing government may be tens of millions of taels of silver a year, which is completely rich. At that time, Baotou City was almost the personal assets of the Qiao family. In Qiao Zhiyong's later years,

Not to mention that Zuo was fighting in Xinjiang at that time, and the military expenditure was supported by the Qiao family, which could support an industry with thousands of troops. Few rich people can do it now. As a representative of Shanxi merchants, Qiao Zhiyong never built a mansion in order to prevent the outflow of silver during the national disaster. In order to keep the silver in China and prevent it from being confiscated by the Qing government, he specially built an extremely magnificent Qiao Family Courtyard, which became a bright pearl in the architectural history of northern China and a rare treasure for future generations.

Being able to build a magnificent building complex that was second only to the Palace at that time was definitely the top richest man in the history at that time, so in the world ranking at that time, the Qiao Zhiyong family was definitely the richest man.