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Shanghai Storm: from Zhabei to Shiliupu
In 1919, Du Qing, a 16-year-old wharf coolie, witnessed a gang fight in the Zhabei slums. He stepped into the world because he blocked a knife for a seriously injured young gang leader. From Ma Zai, who ran errands and delivered letters, to "Mr. Du" who took charge of his own business, he worked his way around the opium dens in the French Concession, the casinos in the British Concession, and the docks in the Chinese Concession, paving a bloody path of ascent with courage, intrigue, and betrayal
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Xuetao, a Salt Merchant in the Qing Dynasty
In the thirty-third year of Qianlong's reign, Yangzhou. Shen Shaotang was the only son of the Shen family, a large salt merchant in Yangzhou. When he first entered the business world, he was faced with a shocking storm in the Lianghuai Salt Administration that had not been seen in a century - corruption cases among successive salt administration officials, the salt administration system was on the verge of collapse, and the entire salt industry was undercurrent. This is a family history of salt
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