The original old owner of Xianghe was also a rich family with a long history. Xiangguan is separated from Guangdong Province by a sea. The legend of the Thirteenth Line of Guangdong Province has been circulated, "The foreign ships are fought over by officials and merchants, and the cross gate opens to

Two oceans, five and eight silk silks of wide satin are good, and there are thirteen rows of money piled up."

She had heard about it from her old boss at that time, and knew that the customs duties paid by the Thirteenth Bank of Guangdong Province to the Qing court accounted for 40% of the national tax revenue at that time.

According to records, in 1822, a fire broke out on Sanxing Street. The fire was fierce and spread for several days. A large amount of property and 40 million taels of cash stored inside were destroyed. After the fire, a strange thing appeared.

According to the phenomenon, in the street where Thirteen Banks is located, "foreign silver melted into the ditch and grew to a mile or two."

She also knew that the Thirteen Banks at that time was just a general term, not thirteen companies. Sometimes there were dozens of companies, and sometimes there were only four companies. Among them, a number of wealthy people emerged, such as Pan Zhencheng, Pan Youdu, Lu Wenjin, and Wu Bingjian.

, Ye Shanglin et al.

What Xianghe didn't know was that Wu Bingjian was the richest man in the world at that time.

In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that Wu Bingjian was the richest man in the world at that time. In 1834, the Wu family calculated their wealth and it actually reached 26 million silver dollars. At that time, the assets of the richest man in the Qing Dynasty were only 8 million silver dollars.

Less than one-third of Wu Bingjian’s.
Chapter completed!