White Salt Red

During the Qianlong period, young Wang Letian started his business by carrying salt at the docks of Yangzhou. With courage, agility and a cold heart, he fought his way through the salt industry. He made benevolent businessmen, overthrew his enemies, and annexed industries. From Baiding to the "richest man" who controlled the salt industry in Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers, from the great historian of the Salt Department to the governor of Yancao, he built a business empire that spanned salt, Cao, sea, and gold. He sat on the "Wang Garden" that ranked second in the south of the Yangtze River, and was extremely powerful. However, below the peak, there are dangers everywhere. In the midst of the strife in the officialdom, he spent half his life dealing with powerful ministers Ertai, Heshen and others, and fought with his lifelong enemy Fukang'an to a bloody state. Within the family, moths breed and family ties are indifferent. The blind expansion of the bank laid a huge thunder, and the former confidants betrayed with fatal account books. Once the situation changed, his family was confiscated, dismissed from his position, and exiled one after another. He fell from the clouds of power into a dirty prison, and then narrowly escaped death on the road to exile. Finally, he hid in a ruined temple and begged for a living. This is an epic of merchants, which describes the game of wealth in the shadow of the canal, the calculation of power under the official robes, the love struggle in the depths of the wealthy family, and how a person spends his whole life pursuing, possessing, and ultimately losing all precious things in the ups and downs of desire. When the prosperity dissipates and only the salt dust remains, the big dream will wake up.