The spring in Bianliang is deep and the begonias are like clouds. Seven-year-old Lin Jinxi held her account book and stubbornly argued in a low voice to the sneers in the room. From then on, she was destined to live a life different from that of an ordinary girl in a boudoir.
Being despised since childhood, she learned to handle accounts and learn to play games in the face of doubts and cold eyes. Her father died of illness, clan members fought for power, and merchants set up traps. She was pushed to the edge time and time again, but she held up the Shen family business with her young shoulders again and again.
Wang Anshi's reform, the old and new parties clashed, water transportation, salt and iron, and tea horses all became bargaining chips in the court game. She was originally just the daughter of a merchant, but because of her intelligence and courage, she was forced to get involved in a turbulent situation. Some people sneered that "the benefits of merchants are just playthings in the hands of the emperor", but she showed her lonesome courage and made everyone understand that women can also stir up the world.
Her bonds include her stern and complicated father, the down-and-out counselor in blue, and her secretly cherished political rivals; her choice is whether to keep the family business or join the court, whether to achieve success alone, or to work together hand in hand.
The business world rises and falls, and the storms are like chess.
And she will eventually stand in the wind and rain like a crabapple, the flowers never falling.
