As a modern finance undergraduate, Shen Wan was reborn as a down-and-out scholar in Yangzhou in 1067 (the first year of Xining, the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty). At this time, Yangzhou was an important town on the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, the center of salt transportation and water transportation, and its business was extremely prosperous. At the same time, it was the beginning of Wang Anshi's reform, and it was a golden opportunity.
