In 245 BC, deep in Bashan, the eighteen-year-old widow [Qing'er] took off her mourning clothes and held the blood-stained bronze tiger charm.
Her husband was newly deceased, Aweng died suddenly, and the cinnabar mine was reduced to scorched earth. The clan was eager to seize her power to run the family. The county governor smiled sinisterly at the mute slave sent to monitor her. Even the bronze ruler handed over by the Mohist heir was engraved with the prophecy of "The Chicken Sis Chen".
But she insisted on tearing a way out of the world written by this man.
The mechanism cast by smelting the lost wax method, the Suzaku, soars into the sky, and the mercury rivers rush through the underground palace of Lishan Mountain; the improved jacquard machine weaves jade clothes with golden threads, and the coded rouge spreads the flames of war in the six countries. From the cinnabar veins to the salt and iron franchise, from the Shu brocade caravan to the mirage, she created the largest commercial empire in the pre-Qin Dynasty as a woman.
When the twelve golden figures stand majestically in front of Xianyang Palace, when the flames of burning books devour hundreds of classics, only her book cave guards the fire of civilization. Qin Shihuang bestowed upon her the honor of "becoming a king", but she threw the edict into the furnace: "What I want is an eternal legacy that cannot be engraved by the historian's sword or pen."
Purpose: The three main lines of business, technology, and palace battles show how Widow Qing builds a business empire in troubled times.