Seventy-Two Selling Style Records

During the Yongzheng period, on a dark and stormy night, the mansion "Gushui Caotang" owned by An Qi, a great salt merchant in Tianjin, was stolen. The famous painting "Snow Scenery and Cold Forest" by Fan Kuan, a great Northern Song Dynasty painter, collected by the owner, was stolen. Who stole this picture quietly in a tightly guarded secret room? This leads to a mysterious case in the Tianjin cultural circle. Jinmen's big salt merchants, folk painters, martial arts masters, antique dealers, gangsters and county magistrates all appeared on the scene, disrupting the peaceful life of people in Tianjin Acropolis. Amidst the disputes in the rivers and lakes, two young couples achieved a happy marriage. Looking at Tianjin Wei three hundred years ago, we can see the exchange and collision of Chinese and Western cultures, trade and science and technology during the prosperous years of Kang, Yong and Qian dynasties. History is not all written by emperors and generals.