The past events of Shanxi merchants in history

Li Tang started his army in Taiyuan. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Taiyuan was designated as the northern capital. Since then, the business along the Fenhe River has been very active. But most of them are semi-agricultural and semi-commercial. Compared with merchants in other provinces, it is not prominent.

The Ming Dynasty grassland tribes harassed the Central Plains, and the imperial court sent troops, which was a long way. With the expedition list, let go of the official salt, someone can transport the grain and grass to the border, and the court will exchange it for salt. With salt, you can sell salt. Shanxi people have the right time, the right place and the right people, and work together to dominate the Huai salt business. From then on, Shanxi merchants rose, and for a time, the capital Jia counted Shanxi people.

When the Qing army entered the customs, it knew that Shandong was the way of grain transportation, Shanxi was the way of commerce, and the two provinces were owned by the world, which was attractive to Shanxi businessmen.

During the reign of Kangxi, the rebellion in Gerdan in the northwest was put down, Shanxi merchants were invited to transport the trench with the army, and trade along the route was authorized, which was designated as "imperial merchants".

The wealth of Shanxi merchants has surged, and they have become the top business leaders in China, with talented people and coquettish for 500 years.

General Grant of the United States traveled around the world after leaving the presidency. Someone asked him: You have traveled all over the world, what impressed you the most?

General Grant said: The most admirable thing is that when Jews expanded their business all over the world, they were robbed of a large market by small businessmen in clothes and pigtails in China.

Small businessmen in China, wearing Hu clothes and braids, were Shanxi merchants at that time.

In the local hinterland of Shanxi, a handful of loess is difficult to support the people of Sanjin, and most of them run away from business. Then I went west and east. Xikou refers to the killing tiger mouth, which leads to Baotou and Guihua (now Hohhot). The mouth of the cave says Zhangjiakou

Zhangjiakou, once a famous commercial center, borders North China Plain in the south, Mongolia Plateau in the north and Loess Plateau in the west.

It is said that during the Kangxi period, Chang Wei, a farmer from Yuci, Shanxi Province, saw his fellow villagers become rich in business, but he was as poor as a church mouse. He heard that Zhangjiakou was prosperous and easy to do business, so he wanted to make a living.

Chang Wei's house is surrounded by walls and penniless. Fortunately, he has a good knowledge of compass, and he can be regarded as Liu Ren. Find a white wax pole, stir up a small flag and write: fortune telling. Holding several nests, he went out.

Chang Wei slept in the wind and rushed to Zhangjiakou. When you are thirsty, ask the farmers for a bowl of water. Don't forget to ask them if they are fortune tellers.

"Aunt, do you want to tell your fortune?"

"Not really, poor life."

Business is bleak.

Fortunately, there are also people who have difficulties at home and have no idea at the moment, leaving him to ask God's will. Barely make ends meet, eat bran and swallow vegetables and come to Zhangjiakou.

During the day, he set up a stall to tell fortune, and at night he jumped into the haystack to sleep. To say that Zhangjiakou is indeed commercially developed, people's spiritual needs are also strong. After a year's life, Chang Wei also saved some money.

Wandering in the street, Chang Wei is always looking for a good deal to make. Really let him find business opportunities. Chang Wei saw that the cloth sold in Zhangjiakou street was not as durable as the linen in Yuci, his hometown, and the price of the cloth was still very high. He thought that if Yuci cloth was trafficked to Zhangjiakou, there would be a market.

Chang Wei returned to his hometown, raised a lot of money, and pulled a car full of Yuci cloth to Zhangjiakou. He really saw it right, and the listing of Dabu was an instant hit, and the supply was in short supply.

Common broken, hurry back to Yuci to pick up the goods. It was in this coming and going that he made a lot of money. A few years later, Chang Wei also opened his own shop-"Chang Bupu". For a time, long cloth became synonymous with Yuci hemp in Zhangjiakou.

Chang Wei, who is rooted in Zhangjiakou, is married and has children, and his business is booming.

In the sixth year of Yongzheng, Chang Wei and Chang Wanwen, the eldest son, changed Changbudian into a "Dadeyu" firm, and they still specialize in cloth, which has become quite famous and large in the local area.

In the Qianlong period, Chang Wei was old. He took money from "Dadeyu" and went back to Shanxi to establish a new font name "Dadechang". "Dadechang" was given to Chang Wansui, the eldest son, and "Dadeyu" in Zhangjiakou was given to Chang Wanda, the second son. After the separation, he went back to his hometown in Yuci to buy land to repair the house and began to support the elderly.

After Chang Wanda inherited Dadeyu from Zhangjiakou, he was ready to make great achievements and carry forward his career, but he didn't know where to start. Speaking of cloth business, Changjia is already the largest merchant in Zhangjiakou. If you want to expand your business, you must open a new one, but it's really hard to decide what to do.

One day, Li Jia, a buddy in prison, asked him to hand in his resignation. Chang Wanda is very strange. This Li Jia is the best agent in the store. Why did you leave?

Angel lee has been in Dadeyu for ten years. 10 years ago, my father Chang Wei expanded the pavement and recruited a group of apprentices from his hometown in Shanxi, including Li Jia. At that time, he 14 years old, worked as an apprentice in Changjia for three years, and then worked as a walk-on to attract customers to do business. He is very clever, always attracts big buyers and is very popular with the elderly.

Chang Wanda asked him, "Is it because of the loss of your family or something happened at home that you have to hand in this resignation today?"

Li Jia replied: "Report to the boss, I have worked in Dadeyu for ten years. When I was an apprentice, there was a drought in Shanxi and my parents died. I am an only child, so there is nothing at home. Chang Jia is very kind to me, and her salary has never been less. I resigned today because I have no future in Dadeyu, so I want to vote for another one. "

Chang Wanda was puzzled and asked him, "Tell me, why does Dadeyu have no future?"

Li Jia said frankly, "Dong Jia, forgive me. This great Deyu is really unparalleled in the fabric industry and Zhangjiakou. But in recent years, new enterprises are also sharing the thick soup of cloth business, and it will only become more and more difficult in the future. I've been here for a long time, and I want to be a shopkeeper again. Dadeyu can't open a new pavement, I'm afraid there's no chance. "

This is exactly what Chang Wanda has been thinking recently, and it makes sense. He asked, "What are your plans to resign?"

Li Jia replied: "A gentleman should stand in the world and be inclusive. It's a lie to say it's another home. I want to stand on my own feet. "

Chang Wanda said, "What do you mean?"

Li Jiahui: "I have been a broker in this Zhangjiakou market for many years, and I know all the merchants in the past like the back of my hand. In the past two years, businessmen have always told me that Yong Zhengdi and the Russians signed the Treaty of Chaktu before, but now Sino-Russian business can only be done in Chaktu. But the road to Chaktu is very dangerous, so there are still very few people doing business there now. "

Chang Wanda thinks what he said is true. In the early years, my father and eldest brother also went to Chaktu and heard of it. But he wants to know, "What does this have to do with you?"

"Boss, you want to. If you stay in Zhangjiakou to do business, everyone will eat this pot of rice. When doing business in Chaktu, you may eat a pot of rice alone. Since ancient times, trade routes have been dangerous, and others dare not go. If I go, how can I not make money?

Therefore, I am determined to resign, and I can't let this good thing fall by the wayside. "

Chang Wanda secretly rejoiced at this. I didn't expect such an insightful guy in my shop. What a great blessing. Chang Wanda hid her smile and asked, "In your opinion, what business do you want to do in Chaktu?"

"To tell you the truth, I want to do tea business."

"oh? Why not do cloth business and make tea? "

"I also heard from vendors passing by that it was freezing in Chaktu, where Russians and Mongolians wore more fur and less cloth. But tea is different. I heard that people there eat more meat and have more oil and water. They all like drinking tea to get rid of greasy food. But tea is not produced there, so it is rare. Only dignitaries can drink it. The poor man can easily learn from the rich. Look at the cloisonne in this room, and then play tricks in the street, all from the imperial court. The tea that the dignitaries drink today may be what everyone wants. So I think it is a good opportunity, and this tea business is definitely done. "

Chang Wanda grabbed angel lee's hand and was very excited. "You don't quit. Work with me. "

"Boss, who are you?"

"Old club home pension, give me this piece of jade, I want to find a new business to do. Your words awakened the dreamer and really touched my heart. I'm afraid I can't leave without gold and silver in Chaktu. Well, why don't you work with me and be the shopkeeper for me, and I'll give you a share? "

Angel lee is very happy, "I am empty calculation, no money. I really want it. "

Chang Wanda caught angel lee. "Go for a walk and have a drink. We talked while eating. "

A few months later, several Shanxi businessmen came to Wuyishan, Fujian. They went from Dongshan to Xishan, not to buy tea, but to look around and ask where the tea is good. The villagers were surprised to see more.

On this day, they found a farmer. He looked at the tea first and finished the product. After that, they took the lead in asking, "How much should we buy your tea mountain, old farmer?"

Tea farmers are puzzled, and no one has ever asked such a question. He carefully looked at the appearance of the person, and there was nothing unusual except that he was heard to be from Shanxi. In his mind, these people must have ulterior motives. It is better to quote a sky-high price and not talk to them.

"Don't sell. If you want, give 9000 two. "

"Deal!"

Ah! The tea farmers were very surprised. What happened? He offered more than twice the price, and they actually wanted to buy it.

"To tell you the truth, we are Shanxi businessmen and want to sell the tea here to the north. I heard that the tea you grow here is the best in the neighborhood. We want to grow our own tea and fry it ourselves. So, I want to buy your tea mountain today, and I want you to stay here and grow tea. The salary we give will definitely satisfy you. "

Hearing this, the tea farmer readily agreed.

These Shanxi people are Li Jia, Chang Wanda and their dragon entourage.

It turned out that Chang Wanda and Li Jia found through investigation that Shanxi people used to come to the south to sell tea, but they only harvested tea and earned the difference between buying and selling. This is simple, but the quality of tea is unstable, and all I earn is hard money for transportation.

They decided to start with planting tea, picking tea, making green, frying green and fermenting, and then making tea bricks, packaging, transporting and selling. From beginning to end, do it yourself, so that you can clearly control the product quality and supply quantity and do big business. In addition, it has made a lot of profits, which is a bold breakthrough among Shanxi tea merchants.

The news of buying Chashan at a high price spread like wildfire in Wuyishan District. Tea farmers came to see this strange thing, and many tea farmers also wanted to sell their tea mountains to this rich Shanxi guy. Chang Wanda and Li Jia took the opportunity to name Dadeyu in Wuyishan District. Subsequently, the factory was successfully recruited, and a few months later, the first batch of tea bricks with the brand of Dadeyu were made. Tea is packed in batches and ready for shipment at any time.

Chang Wanda and Li Jia bid farewell to the faint Jiuqu River in Xiamei Village, and the 40-horse-drawn motorcade set off all the way to the northwest.

To Jiangxi, to Hekou. Hire a sailboat, go by water, cross Poyang, enter the Yangtze River and reach Hankou. Go to Hanshui, cross Xiangfan and transfer to Tanghe. Take Shexian County, Henan Province, and then go north. There is no boat road. So I unloaded the goods, repackaged them and replaced them with caravans. Crossing Luoyang, crossing the Yellow River, turning into Taihang, entering Shanxi, following Jincheng and Changzhi, all the way to Jinzhong. In March, I finally returned to my hometown in Yuci.

Chang Wei, the old club, hosted a banquet at home, which was the first time in Shanxi's commercial history that such a large team of tea merchants.

After several months of hard work, Chang Wanda decided to have a rest at home before going north.

One day, when the family was chatting, Chang Wanda praised Li Jia as a rare talent. Grandma Dong asked Li Jia if she was married. Knowing that she had never been married, she volunteered to help Li Jia.

"There happened to be a girl named Qiaoying in the village," said Grandmother. I am familiar with Chang's family. This is a small family. The Zhang family man died early, leaving only Qiao Ying and his mother. "

Chang Wanda thinks it's no problem. Since we know each other, it's easy to handle this marriage.

I asked angel lee the next day, and angel lee was happy to answer. Go home and prepare the bride price, and let grandma be the matchmaker to give the bride price.

In the early years, it was an old custom that the matchmaker acted as the matchmaker and the parents made the decision. Before the couple entered the bridal chamber, there were many people they had never met before.

Li Jia reached marriageable age and her parents died. It's very kind of her grandmother to give it to the matchmaker. Come back and say that there is a bride price, and you can get married another day. I'm so happy. I have to clean up the old house, set up a banquet and prepare for the wedding.

On the second day of the second month, angel lee tied a red knot and led a team to see relatives. Knocking gongs to clear the way in front, drums and music ringing behind, four people enjoying the sedan chair behind, and Li Jia riding across the horse and heading straight for the Zhang family. Marry Qiaoying girl, pat the sedan chair door, cross the brazier, worship heaven and earth to thank relatives, and the husband and wife kowtow. Sprinkle a handful of peanuts and red dates and call your son early. The bride sat on the bed in a shawl and waited for Mr. Lang. Angel lee was elated. When the guests dispersed, they hurried into the bridal chamber, picked up the red stick hook and took off the red hijab.

Zhang Qiaoying's eyebrows are gratifying, and Li Jia is handsome. Both of them are very satisfied. It's really a good marriage.

Just three days after the wedding, someone told angel lee to get ready, set out in two days and go north with her boss.

Newly married, husband and wife separated, especially sad.

This farewell is not in March or May. Shanxi merchants have always had strict rules. Generally, they are only allowed to take a vacation once every three years, and they are never allowed to bring their families on business trips. If you happen to pass Yuci again, the husband and wife can still meet, otherwise they will meet for three years. Everyone only knows that Shanxi merchants have money, but they don't know the bitterness. It's just that the lovesickness of this couple is beyond the average person's endurance. This is also the helplessness of various font sizes. They are doing business in all directions. Hong merchants can't give up halfway and shops can't be left unattended. The traffic is inconvenient, and I often go back and forth alone in March and April, so I treat everyone equally and take a vacation every three years.

Zhang Qiaoying prepares angel lee to go out and soften up. Angel lee confessed that she would go back to her family and stay until he came back. Qiaoying agreed and sent me with tears in her eyes. It's embarrassing that this daughter-in-law has just been away from home for five days.

"Let's go ~ ~" Chang Wanda rang a tune and set off with 40 horses.

The procession passed through Taiyuan City and went south along the official road.

The road is getting narrower and narrower, and there are fewer and fewer people on the road. On this day, I went to Shanyin County and passed a village called Huanghualiang. The driver drove the horse over the beam and looked at the front from a distance. There was a big fork in the road ahead. The cold wind swept the ground, blowing up the soil and flying sand and stones. Angel lee saw a man standing on the sand beam, took off his shoes, turned his back on the road and threw them in the direction of the fork in the road. Out of curiosity, he went over and asked.

"Hometown, what are you doing?"

"The front is the road to disambiguation. West to west, east to east. I don't know where to go, throw a shoehorn and point to which way to go. "

Angel lee listened strangely and looked at the man. Wearing a melon seed hat, a small jacket and a coarse cloth wallet, he is also like a businessman. He asked again, "Are you going to do business?"

"yes. I used to sell things in Taiyuan. I heard that the grassland is good for making money and I want to see it. "

Angel lee also knows that this is about to run on the grass. He didn't ask any more questions and continued to follow the motorcade.

Behind him, I heard the man sing loudly: "I have tears in my eyes on a bunch of yellow flowers." First think of my mother-in-law, then think of my mother ... "There are tears in the song.

Chang Wanda's team takes the east exit. Go to Dadeyu General Company in Zhangjiakou, hire a camel team, take the 2,800-mile Zhangku Avenue, cross the Hunshandake Desert, go to Kulun (now Ulaanbaatar), and then go north to Chaktu.

This is a way of life and death. I haven't seen anyone for a few days, but it's hard to meet a well in a hundred miles. Even if there is water, it is sour and bitter. There is also a vast sea of sand that stretches for hundreds of miles. There are often sandstorms during the day and it is as cold as an ice cave at night.

People die for money, birds die for food. Except the soldiers who attacked Xiongnu in the north, no one set foot in the bitter and cold place beyond the Great Wall. Now they are all businessmen seeking money.

A group of people climbed onto the ice and lay in the snow, rushed out of the desert and finally walked to Chaktu.

Chaktu is known as the "city of buying and selling". The streets are noisy, deep and quiet, with rows of buildings and busy streets. Mongolian, Russian and Han nationalities live in mixed cities. Who would have thought that there would be such a prosperous city in the depths of this vast sea?

Tea is a hot commodity in Chaktu. Usually, tea merchants take the goods to more than ten peaks, and the camels are very big. There are nearly 100 camels in Changwangda, which is very spectacular. As soon as the news spread, buyers poured in.

Chang Wanda rejoiced and called Li Jia. "I want to build a village and open a pavement in this city of Chaktu, and you will be the shopkeeper."

Li Jia replied: "I will not disgrace my mission."

The two men hurried to find the pavement, and soon the plaque of Dadeyu Tea House was hung up.

Chang Wanda left a few guys to Li Jia and led the team back to Shanhaiguan. Chang Wanda went back to take care of mainland business. He has an appointment with Li Jia to deliver the goods next year. Li Jia trains shop assistants and runs shops.

In this way, Li Jia did his job and concentrated on selling Chaktu.

Cold and summer are easy to celebrate, autumn goes to winter, three years. With the efforts of angel lee, the business of the Chang family is not what it used to be. In addition to Dadeyu in Qiatu, in Chita, Novosibirsk, Dohms and as far away as Moscow, angel lee helped Changwanda to open five new store numbers, including Dashengyuan, Daquanyu and Dalingyu, with more than a dozen semicolons. The Chang family became the first family to trade with Russia, and the scenery was infinite.

Li Jia is already the general manager of Changjia Mobei. Chang Wanda doesn't know how to thank this great hero. He wants to take Li Jia with him when he goes to Fujian to load the goods. By the way, he can go back to Shanxi and make an exception to allow him to take his family to Chaktu. When he met angel lee, he told the idea to angel lee. Angel lee was overjoyed and packed up to go back to the mainland with Chang Wanda.

Tea is delivered all the way, 13 thousand Li, once round trip, more than a year. Li Jiaxiang followed Chang Wanda back to Wuyi, thinking that he could return to Shaanxi early and meet his aunt who had dreamed for more than three years.

The tea team started from Xiamei and marched along the old road.

On this day, I went to baimashan, Jiangxi Province, and went over the mountains to Hekou Town, ready to turn to the waterway.

The hills in the south are far better than those in the north, with dense forests and steep peaks. On the way, the motorcade stopped at the roadside, ready to go all out to the estuary.

Suddenly I heard a whistle in the valley, and a group of people came out of the Woods, each with a machete. "Not good, bandit!" Chang Wanda shouted, "protect the dart, protect the dart." A escort hired by the team, drawing a knife and carrying a gun, rushed out to stop the bandits, and the team immediately became a mess. "Run, Dong Jia." Li Jia shouted at Chang Wanda. Chang Wanda jumped on the horse and galloped all the way. The grooms waved their whip desperately behind.

Li Jia and several young men, all armed with knives and axes, struggled with bandits and couldn't get away. Both sides were jealous, and there were more than a dozen bodies lying on the ground. When Li Jia turned back, the horses and chariots had already turned the path and disappeared.

There are many bandits in the mountains and they have the upper hand. There are five escorts and three guys left, and they are gradually surrounded. Li Jia saw that she had to die here today. "Come down and fight again, I'm afraid you'll die," he whispered to everyone on the edge. When they saw the present situation, they were also unwilling to fight. They dropped their guys on the spot and knelt down with their hands in the air.

"Tie them all up," shouted a big black man.

Li Jia's men were searched clean, put a cloth bag on their heads, tied their hands into pig's trotters and pushed to the mountain.

After going out for half an hour, I took the lead in shouting and tied the escort to a tree. Five darts players were tied together with a big tree on their backs. Li Jia muttered, presumably the bandits didn't want to make trouble with the escort agency and wanted to let it go.

The remaining three Li Jia were carried on horseback. After walking for another hour, I heard someone shouting, "Open the stockade door, the big shopkeeper is back."

Angel lee and others were taken to a hall, kicked their knees and took off their hoods. After some questioning, Li Jia lied that she and two others were followers of the team. Black big a grin, "mama of, tied a few smelly men. Which one of you can read. "

Li Jia replied, "I can write."

"Well, write to Lao Tzu and tell your boss to take 3.2 thousand pieces of silver to redeem his head."

Angel lee thought, the robber couldn't write this letter, and his heart was black enough. But there is nothing I can do, so I have to write.

Then the three men were put into the dungeon, and without knowing the news outside, they swallowed rotten prison food and waited for redemption.

But a few days later, I heard bandits talking, but I didn't hear a motorcade coming to Hekou, and the letter didn't arrive. A few people feel desperate.

It was Chang Wanda, and the caravan chased him all the way. A group of people were in shock until they saw a small town and the goods were generally intact. When I entered the town, I found myself going the wrong way when I asked, and ran to Ehu Town, east of the estuary where the county government is located. He settled the motorcade and went straight to the yamen to report to the officials.

Unexpectedly, the county government gave a message. These bandits are new here, so it is not easy to wipe them out in the mountains. It has been reported to the state capital and has not yet sent troops. Hearing this, Chang Wanda left angrily. Go back to the inn to discuss with you, and prepare to wait a few days before making a decision.

After waiting for a few days, there was no news from the government, but I ran into the tied escort. Several escorts told Chang Wanda about their separation. After being tied to a tree, I escaped, went to the estuary to find a motorcade, disappeared for 3 days, and tried my luck in this town of Ehu. Angel lee and others don't know where they were taken captive, and their life and death are unknown.

Chang Wanda waited in the town for several days, but the county government seemed to have nothing to do and ignored it. Although worried, the group could not stay long, so they had to go to Hekou and rent a boat to leave.

Chang Wanda rushed back to Shanxi day and night, feeling very sorry, and sent someone with money to send a message to the family members of the young man who had not returned yet. When it comes to each family, there are less than a dozen men in charge in the village. Yuci Village, where Chang's family is located, screams every day.

Zhang Qiaoying was in tears when she heard the news. Since we got married, my mother died two years later. I think men are promising, so I always ask people to bring some money back. Endure temporary separation and live together in the future. How can I live as a woman in such a disaster? The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became, and the more she cried, the more sad she became. She took to the village road, at a loss and had nowhere to go. Walking to the bridge near the village, watching the clear river and the sparkling sunshine below stung my eyes. She fell headlong and died.

The old man working in the fields by the river saw the woman wandering back and forth. Seeing jumping into the river, she rushed over, jumped into the river and dragged her ashore. I can't beg for death. Qiaoying was soaked to the skin and came home again. The river woke her up. She wants to leave and doesn't want to stay here anymore. Chewang village has no relatives. Go to Taigu, yes, there is an uncle there.

She packed her things without telling anyone. After the night, the chicken just went out and went to Taigu, a neighboring county.

Angel lee became a copywriter in the bandits' den. Without ransom, Li Jia wanted to be killed, but these gangsters didn't do it. They locked him up, had a ransom written during the day and put him in a dungeon at night. A dungeon is actually a cellar. A row of thick wooden stakes made the door, which was empty and only covered with some straw. The walls are damp and unbearably hot. A buddy got malaria and no one treated him. Soon he swallowed his breath and was pulled out and buried. The other person is thin and hungry. If he hangs down, he will die. When the bandit leader saw that Li Jia could read, he asked him to write and give more food.

Angel lee endured humiliation and waited for the chance to escape from the gate of hell. This stay is one year. That guy escaped from the cottage in the middle of the night a few months ago, and he couldn't run any further. He was directly arrested and cut. Angel lee dare not make a move again, and can't escape until she is completely sure.

It's getting late, and the bandit cave has relaxed its supervision on him and allowed him to enter and leave the village. On this day, I suddenly heard a cannon, and someone shouted: The officers and men have all come in. Li Jia rushed out of the door, only to see the gangsters scurrying about, and the direction of the village entrance was ablaze. He knows that the government is here to punish bandits. He ran to the back of the village, quickly opened the back door and ran towards the road. After staying in the stockade for a long time, he dressed as a bandit and the officers and men ran into him. It is impossible to tell whether these people are robbers or not. He must be killed. Angel lee also don't back, flash shuttle down from the mountain, non-stop. He jumped onto the path, and he was already very weak. Running all the way made his qi and blood swell, and suddenly his limbs went limp and he was unconscious.

In the twilight, he felt that he had been carried into the rickety carriage. Is it an officer? Bandits? Dead or not, he was so tired that he fell asleep again.

Angel lee opened his eyes and saw himself lying in bed, looking around like an inn. He propped himself up and wanted to look around. Through the door came an old man with a white beard and a crane's hair. Seeing him get up, he stepped forward and helped him sit at the square table. The old man went out and asked Xiao Er to get something to eat. After sitting down, I chatted with angel lee. Angel lee quickly asked, who are you and where are you?

The old man's name is Jin Yi, from Anhui. Buy medicinal materials in this area of Jiangxi and Anhui and transport them to Beijing and Tianjin. Just passing by, I saw a young man lying on the road, dying, so I rescued him and came to the inn. Angel lee has been lying here for three days. Jin Yi saw that his whole body was covered with ulcers and had scrubbed his medicine.

Li Jia knelt down and thanked him a thousand times. The old man pulled him up and expressed deep sympathy for his suffering. "I have no children. If you don't dislike me, how about I take you as my adopted son? " "You have always saved my life, and there is nothing to repay." Li Jia knelt down and kowtowed three times and recognized his adoptive father.

Li Jia was grateful and followed Jin Yi around to serve. Jin Yi's family settled in Tianjin. After purchasing medicinal materials in Jiangxi, they arrived in Tianjin by boat along the canal.

Li Jia helps Jin Yi look after the business, and his adoptive father is there. He just wants to repay the kindness of the old man and no longer wants to go back to Shanxi. My mother-in-law hasn't seen her for five years, and I don't remember what she looks like. Jinyi had the heart to send someone to Yuci to find someone to reunite them. The trustee went to Cherim village and didn't bring it back. He replied that Qiaoying's mother died young. The villagers said that Li Jia had been captured and Zhang Qiaoying had committed suicide by jumping into the river. She was saved at that time, but her whereabouts were unknown. Whether she is alive or dead is unknown.

Angel lee is very sad to hear that. She must have been told by her family that she had been kidnapped. Thinking she was dead, she jumped into the river. What an amazing woman. This is a pair of mandarin ducks, but God wants to play tricks on people.

The next year, Li Jia sent someone back to Shanxi to ask, but there was still no news. It's just, it's just, I'm afraid she's dead.

Li Jia and Jin Yi lived in Tianjin for three years. Li Jia has recognized Jin Yi as his father, so he changed his surname to Jin. Tianjin neighbors don't know his name is Li Jia. Jin Yi thinks the child is only in his early 30s. Although unfortunately in trouble, he is still young and should occupy another room. He asked angel lee to make a decision to renew his wife.

After years of wandering, Michele Monique Reis was tired, so I agreed to marry another mother-in-law. Jin Yi asked her family to inquire about it and see if there was a suitable family.

I learned that there is a Feng family on the street who is engaged in transporting grain. The girl's name is Feng, and she says she is also from Shaanxi. She wants to find a businessman in Shanxi and have a good chance to return to China in the future. At that time, among Shanxi people, the status of buyers and sellers was the highest. If you don't save people, you are all talking about scholars, agriculture, industry and commerce. Only Shanxi people think that commerce is the best, and others are inferior.

Angel lee feels fine. They are all from Shanxi, with the same customs and habits. Jin Yi enthusiastically helped Li Jia to arrange the dowry and choose the wedding date.

Jin Yi also has some bigwigs in Tianjin. The bride was sent to the bridal chamber, and angel lee helped to take care of it outside. In the evening, she went into the new house to meet the bride.

Pick up the red yarn and look at it. The bride is beautiful, but angel lee doesn't feel familiar at all. This bride is somewhat like her daughter-in-law Zhang Qiaoying eight years ago. He thought to himself, I'm afraid I've missed Qiao Ying for many years, so I look alike. The bride is also embarrassed to see him. Li Jia thought, don't think much, this room is the daughter-in-law. He blew out the candle and went to bed.

At the moment of spring night, the two embraced and whispered together.

Feng said, "Now that I have entered the door, I still have something to say, so as not to shirk my responsibility in the future. When I was a matchmaker, my family was hiding something. My parents are not my biological parents, but my uncle and aunt. My parents are dead. I am really afraid of jokes, saying that there is no mother's house, and I lied that it is my parents'. "

Li Jia became suspicious and asked, "Isn't that young lady surnamed Feng?"

"yes. Feng is my maiden name and my real name is Zhang Qiaoying. "

Angel lee cried and jumped up. He got out of bed and lit a lamp. "Then look who I am?"

Qiao-ying zhang stare big eyes looking at angel lee, "just look at" xianggong "familiar, dare not Joseph. You are like my dead ex-husband. "

"It's really you. I'm Li Jia, your Han. I didn't expect you to be so shameless that you had to marry behind my back. This really annoys me. " With that, he handfuls of clever cherries under the bed. "Tell me the truth, why do you want to remarry?"

Zhang Qiaoying burst into tears.

There was a noise in the room, which scared the Jin Yi couple in the hospital. They eavesdropped through the door

Zhang Qiaoying sobbed, "I only married you for five days, and then you left home. The Chang family said that you were taken away by robbers. I want to die and be saved. I went to Taigu to find my uncle, and followed him to run the grain transportation and north-south trade on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. I haven't settled down at the age of 20 and have lived until now. Whenever I meet someone from my hometown in Shanxi, I ask for your news, but I haven't heard from you. My uncle thought you were dead, so he advised me to remarry. Who knows this ... "

Angel lee anger needless, "why don't you carry out the death, I this is not alive and well? This is infidelity. "

Jin Yi heard it outside the door and shouted through the window: "You are remarried today. What evidence is there to prove that your daughter-in-law is dead? Anything could happen. People have been waiting for you for eight years, and it is a last resort to remarry today. "

Li Jia was speechless when he heard this. Now that I think about it, things have changed in eight years, and my adoptive father was right. So I Xiang Qiao English apologized and Qiaoying smiled through tears. "This is god's arrangement. I have to marry you again. "

Two people, the second time, made up. Speaking of which, if the husband remarries, he will still marry the original match; Since ancient times, it is unheard of for a woman to remarry without losing her virginity. It's a perfect couple.

Shanxi merchants are rich in the world, but their families are surrounded by walls. The 500-year history of Shanxi merchants has witnessed countless human tragedies and comedies. Shanxi people have built three monuments in China's business circles, with camel gangs coming from south to north, boating gangs unifying waterways, and ticket numbers connecting the world. This is the result of Shanxi merchants following the instructions of their ancestors and passing them down from generation to generation. Shanxi merchants went north to Russia, south to Fujian and Guangdong, east to Fusang and west to Britain. Shanxi businessmen who left their hometown painted a splendid historical picture of China.