In the troubled times when the dynasty collapsed, no wealthy family had a happy ending. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Shen family in the south of the Yangtze River controlled the water transport bank and was connected to the officialdom. It was rich, powerful and powerful and was the most prosperous in the south of the Yangtze River.
The legitimate son Shen Yanci was originally a gentle young master who was raised in a heap of splendid flowers and did not know the dangers of the world. However, the changes of 1898, the Gengzi National Disaster, and the Revolution of 1911 struck one after another. The old dynasty was overthrown, and the foundation of the family was shattered.
Once the clouds fall, there are tribesmen seizing power and internal strife, and externally there are strife between officials and businessmen, and exploitation by warlords.
The former dandy lost his innocence and took on the burden of supporting his family in the cracks between the old and the new. He gave up his old career and started an industrial one. He stayed true to his heart and protected his family business in the ups and downs of troubled times, and finally became a generation of Confucian businessmen who established themselves in troubled times.
