From Untouchable to the Richest Businessman in the Tang Dynasty

In 624 AD, Pei Mingli was gleaning wheat in the wasteland. The landlord's son called him a pariah and a little bastard. The following year, Pei Mingli put away the rags in Chang'an City. In 627 AD, Pei Mingli saved some money, started some small businesses, and became a pawn in the countryside. In 634 AD, Pei Mingli bought a piece of wasteland outside the Jinguang Gate of Chang'an City and raised sheep. After two years, he sold the sheep and planted fruit trees. In 640 AD, he replaced the fruit trees with hollyhocks and worked as both a gardener and a medicinal herb dealer. Then he raised bees on the ground and started a circular economy. In 642 AD, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty summoned Ming into the palace and said to him: "Xiao Pei, do you want to enter Lingyan Pavilion?" Pei Mingli smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, but I am just a businessman. It is not worthwhile for fame or fortune." Li Shimin laughed loudly, "You are just too low-key." Pei Mingli smiled and said nothing. He remembered the first time he saw Li Shimin in Huoshan...