The Yang family, which was originally a clothing store in the capital, was exterminated for offending the royal family. The executioner Qian Jiu once let the Yang family flee to the Northeast because of their kindness.
Yang Quanzhang, the grandfather of the family, died of illness on the way, and his concubine secretly followed other caravans back to her hometown in Shandong with her hidden money.
The eldest wife, Tong Lengjun, disguised herself as a man and took on the role of the head of the family, changing their names and settling in the Northeast to create Yangtanmu Village.
Lin Changzai first dyed cloth for the squire himself, then set up a dyeing workshop, then wholesaled homespun cloth, sold silk and had his own shop. The child studied with his aunt at home, and when he grew older, he joined his "father" in running the "Shang" brand.
Lin Changyuan, the second son of the Lin family, was wild and unrestrained by nature, and he made enemies and put his uncle Lin Changde in jail. Unfortunately, misfortunes never come singly. The Lin family shop, which had just started to improve, was arbitrarily robbed by mountain bandits, and was framed and plotted by fellow travelers.
Later, with the joint efforts of the whole family. The "Shang" brand opened in the three northeastern provinces and expanded to the capital and Shandong. The Lin family pays attention to the rules of association and respects the family tradition and ancestral precepts, builds a business reputation as a "Confucian businessman", cares about charity and public welfare, establishes philanthropic schools, and donates clothes and rice porridge.
The Lin family's "Shang" brand is famous throughout the country.
Park In 1900, the Boxers entered Beijing and the world was in chaos. The concubine who fled to Shandong accidentally knew that the current Lin family was the Yang family who had been stabbed to death, so she threatened to report her to the official to take a large share of the "business".
The family suffered another disaster, and the country suffered a catastrophe. Lin Changzai died of illness due to overwork. His second son, Lin Changyuan, and the whole family struggled to support the "Shang" brand and support the country's public resistance to foreign enemies.
Purpose: Confucian businessmen