Top Ten Businessmen of Xuanfu

In the eighth year of Wanli, Xuanfu Town, a border town. Silver is like a tide, and business war is like a fire. The triennial chamber of commerce chief election is about to take place. Fan Yongchang, the leader of Shanxi merchants, faces a joint challenge from Hui Yunniang, a widow from Huizhou merchants, Huihuituo Bangma Chengyun, and salt lord Zhao Yantai. The three hurdles of the election—financial resources, trade routes, and connections—are behind the mountains of silver, the camel caravans circling the city, and the fight for gold and hairpins. The top ten businessmen each have their own unique skills, the top ten celebrities have spun a secret network of intelligence, and the top ten officials secretly wield power. Before the banquet is over, mysterious cases of robbery, wordless secret letters, and Western caravans have arrived one after another. There are no swords and swords here, only the game of life and death in the sound of abacus; there is no battlefield fighting, only the world of wine, sex and wealth. Open this record of business wars in the Ming Dynasty and see how the silver in the border town exudes the greed, friendship and glory of human nature.