During the Longchang period of the Zhou Dynasty, the world seemed peaceful, but in fact there was an undercurrent. The imperial court implemented the new policy of "returning female households to the clan", which stipulated that if there were adult men in the family, women were not allowed to set up a household independently, do business, or serve as officials. Countless women who relied on their talents to create a world were forced to hand over their property to their fathers, brothers and husbands, and became bargaining chips in family marriages.
The Su family, a well-known weaving family in the south of the Yangtze River, is a typical example under the implementation of the New Deal - Mr. Su has no children and only has three daughters. As soon as the New Deal came out, under pressure from the clan, he recalled his eldest daughter Su Mingjin from an overseas merchant ship and asked her to "return" the ocean-going trade route she had established to her cousin Su Minghui, a branch of the Su family. Otherwise, the Su family will be deprived of their weaving qualifications and the family business of three generations will be ruined.
That day, 21-year-old Su Mingjin stood on the Suzhou pier, her cloak blown by the sea breeze. Behind her is a fleet of seventeen ocean-going ships, and in front of her is moral kidnapping in the name of "family justice."
She smiled and said to her father: "Since the court says that women cannot do business, then I will not be a businessman anymore. I will be a creditor."
