Shen Youwei, the concubine of a merchant in Suzhou, was sold by her aunt Wang at the age of sixteen to the 63-year-old wealthy man Zhao Decai as the ninth aunt. A piece of paper selling her body for three thousand taels of silver pushed her life into a desperate situation. But she is not a lamb to be slaughtered. In her previous life, she was the owner of a trading company with an annual revenue of over 100 million. The business had been ups and downs for ten years. What troubles had she not seen? In this life, she still doesn't believe in fate. Within three months, she bought time from her aunt, reached a cooperation agreement with Hangzhou silk merchant Qian Dafu, and won the exclusive right to supply Suzhou. Returning to Suzhou, she pried open the market with low-priced high-quality silk, confronted Zhao Decai, and overthrew Zhao Decai, who had monopolized Suzhou silk for more than ten years. However, this is just the beginning. Shen Ji started from a small silk and satin shop, and in just a few years it opened all over the south of the Yangtze River. She sailed to Europe and sold Shen Ji silk to European palaces. She conquered pirates, befriended nobles, established a Eurasian intelligence network, and gradually built Shen Ji into a business empire spanning the East and the West. The emperor personally conferred the title of "Female Merchant Saint" and bestowed upon her a thousand taels of gold. She went from being a sold concubine to the richest woman in the world.
But Shen Youwei never stopped there. She established charity schools, charity halls, and women's business schools. Her last words were only four words: she had a clear conscience.
This is a business war epic of a woman's counterattack. Here there are the wisdom of time travellers, interlocking business games, and the exhilarating joy of fighting a bloody path out of a dead end. Shen Youwei spent her life proving that the value of a woman never lies in getting married, but in being independent. As long as you work hard, your destiny is in your own hands.
——Dedicated to all women who strive for self-improvement.
