Ancient and Modern Business Records: I Have Been a Shopkeeper in All Dynasties

Chen Shouyi (Chen Xiaohuo) Previous story: When Chen Xiaohuo was twelve years old, his father Chen Dayi was tricked by a big businessman in the cloth market in Yangzhou City. The other party first purchased all the Chen family's cloth stock at a high price, paid a deposit, and agreed to settle the payment in three days. As a result, on the third day, the merchant said that the quality of the cloth was not up to standard and unilaterally broke the contract. Not only did he not pay the money, but he also demanded compensation from the Chen family for "losses" based on a vaguely worded contract. Chen Dayi didn't understand the rules, let alone how to litigate, so he had to accept it in the end. Overnight, the Chen family changed from a well-off local cloth merchant to a poor family with nothing. Chen Dayi died of illness within a few years. Before he died, he said something to Chen Xiaohuo: Son, you have to remember - without rules, a small businessman will never be able to defeat a big businessman. Obsession: Chen Xiaohuo's lifelong obsession: to promote the establishment of "rules" to protect small businessmen in every historical era he can reach - weights and measures, credit mechanisms, market supervision, and financial rules. He is not a businessman who wants to make a fortune, he is a person who wants to make the rules fair.