Lin Yuan, a bank clerk, transmigrates to the Northern Song and becomes an apprentice at a small money shop on the verge of bankruptcy.
Faced with loan sharks demanding repayment, unscrupulous merchants forcing a run on the shop, and officials demanding bribes, he smiles.
“You call this a money shop? Let me show you what finance really means.”
Interest-bearing deposits, negotiable bills, credit ratings, currency wars…
Three years later, his financial houses span all eighteen circuits of the Song Empire.
Five years later, even merchants from the Liao and Western Xia have to do business on his terms.
Someone asks, “Manager Lin, does this mean you've taken control of the Song Empire's economic lifeline?”
Lin Yuan takes a sip of tea. “Don't exaggerate. I'm just an ordinary money merchant.”
