When Lin Wei, a top financial analyst, opened her eyes and transformed into Su Wanning, the daughter of the richest man in Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty, she thought she was getting a script for a house fight, but found that she was in a dead end - the family was fighting within the family, and the accounts were full of holes; her fiancé's family was eyeing it with the intention of annexing it; and there was even a pair of masterminds behind the scenes who wanted to put the Su family to death.
The secret war between modern capital thinking and the business world of the Ming Dynasty begins here.
She checked false accounts, uncovered conspiracies, used "bonds" to break bank runs, used "letters of credit" to open up north-south trade routes, and even secretly arranged maritime transportation to challenge the hegemony of water transportation.
Every step we take steps on the pulse of the times and the blade of power.
The commander of the Jinyi Guards, Gu Tingyuan, has a cold face, but he has repeatedly helped him. Is he an enemy or a friend?
The mysterious Emerald Cicada is involved in a shocking unsolved case many years ago, and is actually connected to the secrets of the royal family.
And just when she thought she had finally gained a foothold, an edict from the capital pushed her into an even bigger whirlpool...
What she has to face is not only the opponent in the shopping mall, but also the conspirator beside the throne.
This is a huge gamble pitting an abacus against a sword. If you lose, you will be doomed; if you win, you may be able to create a new future for yourself and this era.
Can she use modern financial knowledge to carve her own way in the Ming Dynasty?
What is Gu Tingyuan's true identity and purpose?
How will the unsolved case behind Emerald Cicada affect her fate?
When she finally touches the core of power, will she become a chess piece or a chess player?
