The Fortunes and Feuds of the Thirteen Hongs

Name: The Fortunes and Feuds of the Thirteen Hongs
Author: Zhou Jun, Who Loves Red Beauties

十三行商道风云

by Zhou Jun, Who Loves Red Beauties (喜欢红美人的周俊)

Status: Completed
Length: 334k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 6mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

He was the richest man in the Qing Empire, yet his countrymen denounced him as a “traitor.” His wealth rivaled that of nations, but all his life he was trapped between imperial power and foreign guns. Drawing on historical records about Wu Bingjian, this book recreates the forgotten mercantile legend of the Canton Thirteen Factories and shows how China’s first generation of business magnates sustained half the world’s trade in the twilight of an empire...

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