《The Tycoon》Full episode plot introduction

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《The Tycoon》Episode 1 plot introduction

During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, Ning Guta, the convicts Su Shuhe and Liu Laosi dug up a priceless ginseng doll and decided to auction it.Xu Guandai, the general stationed in Ninggu Pagoda, ordered Gu Pingyuan, a prisoner who had read books, to take charge of the matter.On the day of the auction, the ginseng disappeared.Amid everyone's doubts, Su Shuhe committed suicide in anger to express his innocence.Xu Guandai ordered Gu Pingyuan to investigate the matter.

Gu Pingyuan analyzed from various clues that the housekeeper of Li Qin, a Beijing businessman who participated in the ginseng auction, reached a private deal with Liu Laosi and took away the ginseng in advance.The truth came to light, Gu Pingyuan found Liu Laosi, but unexpectedly, Liu Laosi and Su Shuhe's son Xiaohu stabbed Liu Laosi to death. The Su family's sister-in-law also seized Liu Laosi's body.As a result, the two villages where the two parties were located clashed and agreed to fight together on the glacier.

Gu Pingyuan was ordered by Guandai Xu to take the token to resolve the matter.At this time, Shanxi businessman Chang Si and his daughter Chang Yu'er were about to enter the gate of Ninggu Pagoda. Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yu'er looked at each other with lightning and were very curious about each other.Gu Pingyuan came forward to mediate the conflict, and the Su family's sister-in-law proposed that as long as Gu Pingyuan promised to send her son Xiaohu out of Ning Guta, she would promise to return Liu Laosi's body.Gu Pingyuan reluctantly agreed, and the conflict stopped.Although he solved the matter arranged by Xu Guandai, Xu Guandai was wary of Gu Pingyuan's position in Ning Guta, saying that he could kill Gu Pingyuan at any time.

《The Tycoon》Episode 2 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan helped Li Qin redeem his clothes at the casino and met Su Zixuan who was gambling here. After the three met, Gu Pingyuan wanted to ask Li Qin and Su Zixuan to help the Su family mother and son get out of seclusion. Su Zixuan agreed to Gu Pingyuan's request in exchange for Gu Pingyuan helping him transport troops and horses.Gu Pingyuan met Su Zixuan and learned that the other party was a rebel and asked him to help transport the army and horses out. Gu Pingyuan hesitated, but saw that Xu Guantai had imprisoned the Su family mother and son in order to find out the whereabouts of the ginseng doll. He had to take them out as soon as possible, so he had to agree to Su Zixuan's request. 

Gu Pingyuan had an idea and came up with a way to get out of seclusion, that is, let Li Qin pick a prostitute in Ninggu Pagoda to pretend to be married, so that Su Zixuan's army and horses could be mixed in with the wedding team and taken away.After Li Qin's marriage was settled, Gu Pingyuan knew that he could go out, so he secretly helped Chang Si put the seal of Xu Guandai on the salt guide when he left the city.Before leaving, Gu Pingyuan took the gun given to him by Su Zixuan, tied up and controlled Xu Guandai, and told Xu Guandai his evil deeds over the years. He also told Xu Guandai that he had let go of the Su family mother and son, and taught him a lesson.

The group of people led the army and horses out of the city smoothly. Gu Pingyuan knew that Xu Guandai would definitely come after him to arrest him, so he asked Li Qin to take care of and escort the Su family's mother and son, while he left in the other direction.Sure enough, Xu Guandai had broken free and led his cavalry to track Gu Pingyuan. Gu Pingyuan was hit by an arrow shot by Xu Guandai and fell off the cliff.

《The Tycoon》 Episode 3 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan, who fell into a coma, was discovered by Chang Si. In order to repay his kindness, Chang Si saved Gu Pingyuan.Gu Pingyuan hid in the salt water and escaped Xu Guandai's pursuit. Later, he asked Chang Si if he had given away the things. It turned out that he had already given Chang Si the account book of Xu Guandai's crime and asked him to find a way to present it to General Shengjing.As Gu Pingyuan expected, Xu Guandai was stripped of his hat by General Shengjing and sentenced to hard labor at the military horse farm.

However, Gu Pingyuan fell into a coma after lying in salt water for a day in the ice and snow.In order to repay Gu Pingyuan's life-saving grace to the Chang family, Chang Yu'er took care of Gu Pingyuan day and night until Gu Pingyuan recovered.After the ancient plains were restored, in order not to injure the Chang family, they wanted to say goodbye to the Chang family. Finally, Chang Si persuaded them to return to Shanxi together.But Chang Si also knew that Gu Pingyuan had an engagement in his hometown. He thought of how hard his daughter had taken care of Gu Pingyuan in the past few days. Qian Dingzhuwan told Chang Yuer not to get so close to Gu Pingyuan in the future to avoid being sad in the future. Chang Yuer said that she only saved him because he was a good person.

The group returned to Shanxi. Businessman Wang Tiangui learned that Chang Si had returned, and immediately ordered his men to go to Chang Si's house to collect the debt.It turns out that Wang Tiangui wanted to occupy Chang Si's house years ago, and used a cunning trick to force Chang Si's family to go to Ninggu Pagoda to sell salt.Now that they had just returned to their regular home and were preparing to celebrate, the housekeeper of Wang Tiangui's family and the gangster Li Laizi came to collect debts on time.

《The Tycoon》 Episode 4 plot introduction

Chang Si gave the money from the salt sale to housekeeper Wang Tiangui, but there was still a lot of silver left.Li Laizi and Wang Tiangui, who were in charge of the Yingwaihe family, wanted to seize the opportunity to let Chang Si use the house to pay off the debt. Gu Pingyuan seized on the logical loopholes in the contract and pointed out that there was still one day left to repay the debt, and then drove them away.In order to help Chang Si find a way to repay the money, Gu Pingyuan decided to go to the streets to find a way, and Chang Yuer followed.

They happened to meet the Mongolian businessman Hanlong and his cavalry who appeared in a high-profile manner and informed Horqin that there was a horse plague and the prince wanted to ask the cavalry to deliver medicine. Gu Pingyuan told Chang Yu'er that this was an opportunity to solve the Chang family's current predicament.Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yuer arrived at the inn where Hanlong was staying and learned that the money for this delivery could fully repay Wang Tiangui's debt. Although the journey was difficult and the time was tight, Gu Pingyuan accepted the order in the name of Chang Si and persuaded Hanlong to get part of the fee in advance to repay Wang Tiangui's debt.

The keen Wang Tiangui vaguely felt that Gu Pingyuan was not a simple person, so he immediately asked the housekeeper to find a portrait to find out Gu Pingyuan's identity. The housekeeper quickly found out Gu Pingyuan's true identity.Due to bad weather and poor road conditions, the convoy struggled to move forward in the snow. The large team was preparing to enter the most dangerous black water swamp before dark.On the other side, Li Qin heard that Su Zixuan was going to join forces with Li Wantang to open a pawn shop and a bank account in Shanxi, and told his father that he was going to Shanxi with Su Zixuan. Li Wantang's dissuasion was useless, but instead aroused Li Qin's inner dissatisfaction and grievance.

《The Tycoon》 Episode 5 plot introduction

The group finally arrived at the most dangerous place, the Black Water Swamp. Chang Yu'er fell into the swamp. Gu Pingyuan took Chang Yu'er out of danger regardless of the danger.After being successfully rescued, Chang Yuer's feelings for Gu Pingyuan deepened.After arriving at Horqin Grassland, Hanlong deliberately made excuses to delay paying the freight.Gu Pingyuan speculated that Hanlong was unwilling to give them the remaining money because he wanted to rob the goods.

Gu Pingyuan was in a hurry and planned to go directly to Prince Horqin. At this time, there was a war on the Mongolian grassland, and Chang Yu'er insisted on going with him.Chang Si stayed where he was and dealt with Hanlong, stalling for time.Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yuer risked their lives to shuttle across the battlefield, and finally approached where the prince was, but were surrounded by a group of Mongolian cavalry.They were kidnapped into the camp by several soldiers. They thought they could see the prince and apologize, but unexpectedly the camp was bustling with chaos and the two were forced to separate in the chaos.

Chang Yu'er was carried by the Mongolian soldiers to a luxurious and spacious tent, and he hid a knife on his body for self-defense.She hid when she heard someone coming in. She listened and noticed that Prince Horqin was talking to the princess outside the tent. It turned out that Prince Horqin's nephew, Prince Simon Xiaohan, was coming to find the prince. The other party was trying to collude with foreign forces to split the grassland and achieve the ambition of occupying the territory. Prince Horqin refused to cooperate with him.On the other side, Li Qin still insisted on going to Shanxi with Su Zixuan to show off his talents. Li Wantang was worried that the power behind Su Zixuan was too big and dangerous, and a fierce quarrel broke out between father and son.

《The Tycoon》 Episode 6 plot introduction

King Simon Little Khan arrived as promised, but he and Prince Horqin did not reach an agreement. When the two sides were at war with each other, the hidden Chang Yuer cut the throat of Little Bog Khan with a machete, solving the prince's dilemma. The trembling Chang Yuer was named Gege by Prince Horqin.Gu Pingyuan originally wanted to go find Chang Yu'er, but he stumbled and fainted due to lack of physical strength.

When he woke up, he found that he was already in front of Horqin and Qi Fujin, as well as Chang Yuer dressed as a Mongolian princess, and Fujin was still making fun of them and asking them to get married.Gu Pingyuan was very surprised by everything in front of him.Prince Horqin also sent troops to Hanlong's camp to bring back Chang Si and others, resolving the group's plight.The prince hosted a banquet to entertain everyone. After the excitement, only Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yu'er were left in the tent. The two were in a romantic atmosphere, but Gu Pingyuan suddenly told her hometown that she was engaged and was not worthy of her. Chang Yu'er felt disappointed.

Approaching Shanxi, Gu Pingyuan wanted to say goodbye to Chang Si. Suddenly Wang Tiangui ordered the county magistrate to send cavalry to arrest them. Chang Si harbored the fugitive Gu Pingyuan and shared the same crime.After Chang Si was imprisoned, Wang Tiangui met with Gu Pingyuan and expressed that he already knew Gu Pingyuan's identity.He told Gu Pingyuan that all his shopkeepers had become veterans, and he wanted to use Gu Pingyuan, a newcomer, to help him reorganize the pawn shop.If you want to rescue Chang Si, you must agree to help him complete this task within a month.In order to save Chang Si, Gu Pingyuan had no choice but to agree.

《The Tycoon》Episode 7 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan came to Wang Tiangui's pawnshop, Tai Yufeng, and reported as the fourth counter. Several shopkeepers were very unfriendly to him.One day, a big man came to work as a knife, but the other shopkeepers didn't want to pay attention. Seeing that the big man was not easy to deal with, they directly threw the problem to Gu Pingyuan.Gu Pingyuan was not timid either and even offered the big man a high price. They were too late to stop him.

The big shopkeeper knew Wang Tiangui's intentions well and decided to retreat in order to advance. Together with other shopkeepers, he decided to scare Wang Tiangui by resigning, hoping that Wang Tiangui would take Gu Pingyuan away.Wang Tiangui asked Gu Pingyuan what he thought, and Gu Pingyuan only told Wang Tiangui that he promised that the three shopkeepers would not leave.Gu Pingyuan took the initiative to come to Li Qin's Wanyuan to reminisce about old times. The two had a good conversation. Gu Pingyuan suggested that they could play a big game in Pingyao City together.

In the name of Wanyuandang, they created many new ways of playing pawnshops and banknotes, such as “Chengmendang”, “door-to-door Pawning”, Fomendang, etc. Not only did they go to the 12 villages in Jiuxiang under Pingyao City to raid and expand their business, they also used clever strategies to get temple people and pilgrims to do business with the Li family pawnshop. They attracted a large number of customers at one time, and even Tai Yufeng's old customers were gradually attracted there.Gu Pingyuan used this move to successfully make several shopkeepers of Tai Yufeng unable to retreat, and finally bowed to Wang Tiangui.At this time, news came from the boy at home that the big man who had been working as a knife a few days ago came to redeem the knife.

《The Tycoon》Episode 8 plot introduction

Wang Tiangui told several shopkeepers that the big man who came to work as a sword a few days ago was a general who suppressed rebellions in the imperial court. Today he redeemed the sword and saw Gu Pingyuan's ticket number in the Li family in the capital, so he took millions of taels of military pay and deposited it to the Li family's ticket number.He told several shopkeepers that he agreed to their resignation.Several shopkeepers instantly surrendered in front of Wang Tiangui.After Gu Pingyuan completed the task, he immediately asked Wang Tiangui to release Chang Si, but Wang Tiangui said that just renovating a pawnshop was not enough, and he needed Gu Pingyuan to complete another task.

It turns out that the Kang family, one of the eight old families in Shanxi, lost King Shen's belongings and wanted to sell their property. Wang Tiangui wanted Gu Pingyuan to participate in the auction as the owner of his own bank account, taking this opportunity to go deep into the eight old families in Shanxi and learn about the whereabouts of King Chuang's treasure.In order to save Fourth Master Chang, Gu Pingyuan had to agree.At the same time, Su Zixuan finally revealed her true purpose of coming to Shanxi. She was here to recruit pawnshop talents to serve the rebels.

Gu Pingyuan personally visited Lao Ba's family and met Jin Wencai and the head of the family, Grandma Jin.Gu Pingyuan expressed that he was willing to invest in the Kang family's property on behalf of Wang Tiangui's bank account, and also hoped that the Jin family could support Wang Tiangui's entry into the eight families. Grandma Jin said that she could not make the decision.Then, he visited the great businessman Li Zhongdeng. Gu Pingyuan's remarks made Li Zhongdeng look at Gu Pingyuan with new eyes.At the Kang family property auction, Gu Pingyuan discovered that Su Zixuan and Li Qin, who were wearing men's clothing, were also here.

《The Tycoon》Episode 9 plot introduction

At the auction site, the merchants kept raising their prices, but all of them were assassinated and died after bidding. Li Qin keenly discovered that it was Su Zixuan who killed these people.After some bidding, Gu Pingyuan finally won the Kang family's property. During the transaction, King Shen sent troops to kidnap all the eight old families away on the grounds of delaying state affairs.The Laoba family was imprisoned, and King Shen asked each of the Laoba family to pay three million taels of silver in compensation before they could be released.

Gu Pingyuan has already stated that he has taken over the Kang family's property and will share weal and woe with the eight families.At this time, Li Wantang came to visit Lao Ba's family in prison and said that if they could not pay the money, he could help pay for it, as long as they wrote an IOU.As soon as these words came out, everyone understood Li Wantang's intention to annex them and firmly disagreed.Gu Pingyuan thought about what happened before and after, and concluded that this was a series of schemes between King Shen and Li Wantang. King Shen's purpose was to break into the king's treasure, while Li Wantang wanted to embezzle the Lao Ba family.

Gu Pingyuan said that the IOU was money owed to King Shen, not to Li Wantang's Taiping, and that the court was now urging King Shen to go on an expedition. He must not be able to wait, so he could give him the IOUs from the eight families first and settle them within two months.Shopkeeper Sun was also worried that Li Wantang would cause trouble and make the IOU public, causing a run on the bank accounts and ruining his credit.Gu Pingyuan proposed that it was not necessary to ask for money. In the future, the eight families could adopt a method of mutual guarantee of credit, which was agreed by everyone.

《The Tycoon》Episode 10 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan proposed to King Shen that they could not only return all the arrears, but also give the prince more benefits. They proposed that the arrears could be paid within two months, and the banknotes would be delivered without any middlemen making the difference.The prince was anxious to go to Shandong to fight, and nodded in agreement, solving the crisis.Li Wantang was so angry that he planned to leave Shanxi and let Zhang Guangfa stay in Pingyao. He spread the news that eight bank accounts owed huge sums of money to the court, causing panic among depositors.

He believes that within a few months, these eight companies will be defeated, and he wants the Shanxi Bank and Chuangwang Treasure.As Li Wantang expected, Lao Ba's ticket number was run on.Gu Pingyuan immediately asked the clerk to stage an "empty city strategy", and let the silver carts between Laoba's houses keep transporting money back and forth in the city, making it look like there was a lot of money in circulation, letting customers know that the money was abundant.

He also set a rule that a note could be entered into the account, which was convenient and fast. People flocked to the account, and at the end of the day, there were hundreds of thousands more taels in the Taiyufeng bank account.The Li family's Taiping had no business at all, and both Li Qin and Zhang Guangfa were full of frustration.Li Wantang learned that the Shanxi battle had been defeated and informed Zhang Guangfa and Li Qin to return to Beijing quickly.But Li Qin was unwilling to admit defeat and wanted to fight Gu Pingyuan for the last time. He wanted to withdraw the 6 million silver taels that had been stored in Lao Ba's family and empty out the inventory of Lao Ba's family.

《The Tycoon》Episode 11 plot introduction

Li Qin planned to return to Beijing.After the victory in this battle, the Laoba family invited Gu Pingyuan to Jinyang Villa and asked Gu Pingyuan if he really wanted to join the Laoba family.After receiving Gu Pingyuan's affirmative reply, the Laoba family formally invited Gu Pingyuan to join and elected him as the leader of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce.Gu Pingyuan was still worried about how to repay King Shen's debt, but Li Zhongdeng and shopkeeper Sun informed him that they had bribed the rebels to kill King Shen.

Later, Li Zhongdeng, Grandma Jin and others told Gu Pingyuan about the origin of King Chuang's treasure, instructions on how to use the funds, etc., and told him where the treasure was hidden.After completing the mission, Gu Pingyuan found Wang Tiangui and asked him to release Fourth Master Chang.At this time, Wang Tiangui knew that Gu Pingyuan was extremely talented and did not want to let Gu Pingyuan go. He threatened the lives of Chang Si and Chang Yu'er and wanted Gu Pingyuan to work with him for the rest of his life.

Gu Pingyuan did not want to kill Chang Siye and Yu'er, so he proposed to use Chuang Wang's treasure to make a deal with Wang Tiangui. Wang Tiangui was moved and relaxed.Gu Pingyuan took him to the place where the treasure was hidden. Wang Tiangui and the bodyguards were ecstatic when they saw the treasure. In the end, Gu Pingyuan triggered the switch of the secret room. Wang Tiangui was greedy for the treasure and did not want to come out. He was locked in the treasure house until he died.At this point, Fourth Master Chang was finally released.Coinciding with the death of the emperor, a general amnesty was granted, and the crimes of Gu Pingyuan were pardoned.Chang Siye originally wanted to stay in Gu Pingyuan for a little longer, but Chang Yu'er saw that Gu Pingyuan was eager to return, so he asked him to go home quickly.

《The Tycoon》Episode 12 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yu'er said goodbye. Chang Yu'er sent Gu Pingyuan a poem to express his feelings. Gu Pingyuan secretly figured out the meaning.Going all the way south in Gu Pingyuan, I saw that my hometown was devastated by the war, and the joy of returning home was replaced by fear.After many hardships, he finally arrived home and reunited with his ancient mother after a long absence.Gu Pingyuan found that her mother's eyes had become somewhat blurry. When she recognized Gu Pingyuan, mother and son hugged each other and cried.

Gu Pingyuan, Gu's mother, and her younger brother Gu Er's family were having a hot meal and chatting about homely things.However, Gu Pingyuan learned that Bai Yimei, who was engaged to him, was captured by the rebels. He decided to find a way to bring Bai Yimei back.Gu Pingyuan and his younger brother found a way to sneak into the rebel camp.After entering the military camp, the two arrived at the general's tent. Gu Pingyuan reported that he came to see Li Cheng, but was knocked unconscious and tied up.When he woke up, Li Cheng suspected that Gu Pingyuan was a Qing spy and wanted to execute him. He dragged Gu Pingyuan out and carried him to the camp. When he was about to blast Gu Pingyuan away, he encountered a night attack by Qing soldiers. The rebel camp was surrounded by artillery fire and became a mess.

In the chaos, Gu Pingyuan finally found Bai Yimei hiding in the shack. The two held hands and were very excited, so they planned to find the kidnapped brother and leave with Bai Yimei. When they were about to leave, Gu Pingyuan was knocked unconscious by the rebel soldiers in the chaos, and Bai Yimei was taken away by the rebel soldiers.Li Cheng was seriously injured in the war. His men thought that the women in the village were Qing army spies and wanted to kill them.

《The Tycoon》Episode 13 plot introduction

Gu Ping returned to the gate of Li Cheng's military camp in principle, preparing to rescue Bai Yimei again.After being treated by Bai Yimei, Li Cheng finally woke up and wrote a prescription for Li Cheng's treatment on the battle map for him. He then asked Lieutenant General Li Cheng to go home, but the Lieutenant General asked Bai Yimei to take care of Li Cheng until he fully recovered before leaving.In order to go home as soon as possible, Bai Yimei immediately took good care of Li Cheng.

On the other side, Gu Ping fainted at the gate of the military camp due to lack of physical strength. After being discovered by the soldiers, he was imprisoned in the hay room.After he woke up, he set fire to Li Cheng's fodder house in order to see Li Cheng. Li Cheng summoned him after hearing the news.Gu Pingyuan continued to negotiate with Li Cheng. He promised to get hemp rope and tung oil for Li Cheng, but he would let all the women go. Li Cheng agreed, but he would not let Bai Yimei go. Gu Pingyuan was kicked out of the military camp again.

After Gu Pingyuan returned to the village, he had to explain that Bai Yimei came back a few days late because he was treating people.In desperation, Gu Pingyuan decided to work with Gu Er to lead the villagers to plant tea saplings and develop the tea industry in the village.Before Li Cheng recovered, bad news came from the military camp. There were rumors in the army that the navy who came to rescue him had rebelled, and Li Cheng's army was in dire straits.Li Cheng's generals debated this matter. Some generals even suggested that Huizhou could no longer be defended and suggested that Li Cheng break camp and go to Hefei. This made the military morale unstable for a while.Li Cheng was worried all day long, and Bai Yimei saw all this.

《The Tycoon》Episode 14 plot introduction

Finally, Li Cheng decided to break camp and go to Hefei.Worried about Bai Yimei's safety, Li Cheng reluctantly let Bai Yimei return home when breaking camp.Before parting, the two said goodbye reluctantly.After Bai Yimei returned home, people in the village were talking about Bai Yimei and the rebel general Li Cheng being together, and rumors continued.The entire Gu family was very uneasy, and Mr. Bai also felt uneasy after hearing the rumors.

Gu Pingyuan and Bai Yimei were sitting outside the door having a heart-to-heart talk. Gu Pingyuan revealed his true feelings to Bai Yimei. Bai Yimei was concerned about Li Cheng and didn't know how to respond to Gu Pingyuan's feelings.The rumors in the village are getting more and more intense. Gu's mother wants Gu Pingyuan to take Mr. Bai and Bai Yimei away first and stay in an empty house not far from here to avoid this for a while.Mr. Bai was worried that Gu Mu and Gu Er would be in trouble by the government and the situation was worrying, so he refused to leave no matter what.

In order to reassure Mr. Bai, Gu Pingyuan took the initiative to prepare the betrothal gift and other matters for his marriage to Bai Yimei, and revealed the progress to Bai Yimei. However, Bai Yimei did not seem to be as happy as he imagined. Gu Pingyuan vaguely felt that Bai Yimei was hiding something from him.After Mr. Bai learned about it, he happily showed the dowry to Bai Yimei.

《The Tycoon》Episode 15 plot introduction

However, Bai Yimei revealed that she did not want to get married, complaining that her father was anxious to marry her out because of rumors, and the father and daughter broke up on bad terms.Mr. Bai suddenly fell ill because Bai Yimei didn't want to get married, and Gu Pingyuan immediately asked a doctor for treatment.Gu Pingyuan persuaded Bai Yimei not to make her father angry again.While they were talking, the local villagers came to Mr. Bai for help. Because the Qing army general Qiao always wanted the village to provide supplies to his army, but the tea harvest in the village was not good and everyone had no money, so they asked Lizheng to arrest a few collaborators to pay the money.

Gu Pingyuan took the initiative to go down and resolve the matter.He thought there would be danger, but General Qiao got information about the rebel army and hurriedly broke out of camp. He also ordered his men to take Gu Pingyuan down and wait for him to return after defeating the enemy.Two days later, General Qiao won the battle and went to Hefei. Gu Pingyuan returned home without any danger.When Bai Yimei learned that Li Cheng's rebel army was defeated, she was worried and finally left home to find Li Cheng. After Mr. Bai learned the news, he vomited blood and fell into a coma in desperation. 

When Bai Yimei arrived in Liuhu Town, she was molested by soldiers in the army, and she happened to be seen and touched by Su Zixuan.After Su Zixuan rescued Bai Yimei, she was sent to Li Cheng's palace in Hefei.Bai Yimei finally reunited with Li Cheng. Li Cheng told why he became the prince, and then took out their tokens and revealed that he had always missed Bai Yimei. The two fell in love and got married, and Bai Yimei became Li Cheng's princess. 

《The Tycoon》Episode 16 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan analyzed the current war situation and suggested that Gu Er could go to Hefei City to sell fake braids made of hemp rope to the rebels, but warned Gu Er that such a transaction could only be done once.After Bai Yimei left, Mr. Bai was in grief and his physical condition worsened.Gu Pingyuan couldn't bear to see Mr. Bai like this, and wanted to go to Bai Yimei to come back to visit Mr. Bai, but was arrested and put into the rebel cell.

After Gu Pingyuan entered the cell, he found that Gu Er was also inside.It turns out that Gu Er was caught by the lurking rebels because he was selling braids.When Gu Pingyuan learned that his younger brother was greedy and disobedient, he was so angry that he kicked him.At this time, officers and soldiers came to interrogate Gu Pingyuan, and he was taken away by the soldiers.Gu Pingyuan was brought to Bai Yimei, and he asked Bai Yimei to go back with him because Mr. Bai might not be able to live again.

Bai Yimei was worried about Mr. Bai and wanted to go back for a visit. Li Cheng also decided to go back with Bai Yimei.Gu Pingyuan, Bai Yimei, Li Cheng and others sneaked late at night under the protection of a few people and returned to the village to visit Mr. Bai.Bai Yimei kowtowed to admit her mistake to Mr. Bai, and Li Cheng kowtowed to Mr. Bai and promised to take good care of Bai Yimei.The two of them talked briefly in Mr. Bai's room and left in a hurry.

Gu Pingyuan bid farewell to Bai Yimei and Li Cheng, and wished them peace and happiness, and then returned home with Gu Er, who was released together.After settling Bai Yimei's matter, Gu Pingyuan began to be busy in the tea industry. He formally invited Master Liao introduced by Mr. Bai to help him fry tea, but Mr. Liao's daughter Miss Liao thought he was asking for a debt.

《The Tycoon》Episode 17 plot introduction

Knowing Gu Pingyuan's intention, Master Liao was willing to help him fry tea.In order to prevent her father from continuing to gamble, Ms. Liao asked Gu Pingyuan not to give a deposit, but to help redeem the tea-making tools first.It was the tea harvesting season, and a profiteer from the village came to the village to collect tea. Because the price was low and he wanted to take credit, the villagers complained.Gu Pingyuan took the whole family to make tea together. During the break, Gu Er and Miss Liao helped together. The two became close and their relationship gradually warmed up.

Mr. Liao and Gu Pingyuan gave the newly roasted tea to Gu's mother to drink.The ancient mother was named Lan Xue.At the same time, Mr. Bai died quickly and passed away.One day, Hou Er asked to see Gu Pingyuan.Because Hou Er's clan brother, Mrs. Hu, is the head of the local tea merchants association, he has used this status to bully the tea farmers in the village for a long time, causing the tea farmers to suffer terribly. Gu Pingyuan wanted to take this opportunity to teach Hou Er a lesson, but deliberately did not see Hou Er.

It was the first time that Hou Er was so slighted. In order to retaliate, he threatened the local tea shops not to buy Lanxue tea from Gupingyuan, and other tea merchants were not allowed to buy tea from their village.In order to find a way out for Lanxue Tea, Gu Pingyuan came to visit Mr. Hu. Mr. Hu took the initiative to apologize to Gu Pingyuan on behalf of Hou Er and said that the Tea Merchants Association could help him solve the sales of tea.After hearing this, Gu Pingyuan took the initiative to offer Lanxue tea to Mr. Hu. When Mr. Hu saw that Gu Pingyuan named his tea Lanxue, Mr. Hu thought it was a violation of the rules of Huizhou tea, so he immediately issued an eviction order and refused to receive Gu Pingyuan.

《The Tycoon》Episode 18 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan asked the villagers to advance and retreat with him, and directly stated that he would collect the whole village's tea at the tea merchant's price plus 10%. Everyone was surprised.Gu Pingyuan immediately arranged for Gu Er to go to Shanxi to borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver from Grandma Jin to buy tea.At the same time, Mrs. Hu learned that Li Wantang was going to hold the Wancha Conference in the capital, so he invited Li Wantang to Huizhou, hoping that Huizhou Tea would win the Wancha Conference. The two were discussing the matter.

Gu Pingyuan and Li Qin met in Huizhou, and Li Qin promised to help Gu Pingyuan enter the palace of Wancha Conference.After getting money from Grandma Jin, Gu Pingyuan bought the whole village's tea and set out for the capital.At the same time, Su Zixuan appeared at Li Wantang's home. She said that she would also attend the Wancha Conference and deliberately informed Li Wantang of her plan.It turns out that Cixi was the enemy who killed her father. She wanted to poison Cixi in Prince Gong's palace to avenge her father.

Li Wantang was deeply frightened and realized the murderous intention hidden in this conference.So Li Wantang locked Li Qin, who was going to attend, in the room and did not allow him to go out until the end of the Wancha Conference.On the day of the Wancha Conference, Gu Pingyuan and his younger brother did not wait for Li Qin to come. They could not enter the outer gate. At this time, Cixi came to the conference in disguise. She met Gu Pingyuan and Gu Er at the outer gate. She thought they were interesting and let them in.

《The Tycoon》Episode 19 plot introduction

Cixi asked him why he didn't go into the courtyard to fight for tea. Gu Pingyuan said angrily that the people inside had paid a lot of money to get their rankings. Just to get in would cost several thousand taels of silver. He couldn't afford it and he couldn't keep up.At this time, Gu Pingyuan recognized Su Zixuan, who was pretending to be a maid and wanted to poison Cixi, but told Cixi not to drink.At the Ten Thousand Tea Conference, Prince Gong was sitting in charge, and tea merchants from all over the country were offering their own teas to participate in the competition. The eunuch suddenly came to report that Cixi had come to the scene and had returned to the palace.

Prince Gong stopped the game and rushed to the palace to apologize.At the same time, word had spread that Gu Pingyuan's Lanxue Tea was praised by Cixi, and Anhui Governor Qiao Song sent someone to invite Gu Pingyuan to his home.From Qiao Song's words, Gu Pingyuan realized that the middle-aged woman he had just met was actually Cixi, and was shocked.Qiao Song also revealed that Cixi admired the ancient plains very much.Prince Gong was reprimanded by Cixi. Soon after, Cixi's personal eunuch An Dehai brought people to announce the imperial edict and deliver the plaque. He announced on the spot that Gu Pingyuan's Lanxue Tea had won the first place in the world. Gu Pingyuan was surprised. 

The heads of tea merchants' associations from various places learned that Huizhou tea had won the first place in the world. They came to congratulate Mrs. Hu on winning the championship and wanted to see the plaque given by Cixi.Mr. Hu was very surprised. He didn't know what was going on until he heard the other party said it was Lan Xue Tea.Mr. Hu asked Hou Er to quickly invite Gu Pingyuan.Regardless of past suspicions, Gu Pingyuan accepted the invitation, but both of them were fainted.It turned out that the carriage that Hou Er got on was specially prepared by Su Zixuan, and she had poisoned the tea.

《The Tycoon》Episode 20 plot introduction

After Gu Pingyuan disappeared, Mr. Hu urgently looked for him and punished Hou Er by kneeling in the courtyard of his home.At this time, Chang Yu'er happened to follow his father to the capital to deliver tea. He learned that Gu Pingyuan was also in the capital and wanted to find him.After arriving, they found that Gu Pingyuan was missing. Chang Yu'er was very worried and searched everywhere for Gu Pingyuan's whereabouts.The carriages run day and night.It wasn't until Gu Pingyuan got off the bus that he found that he had been sent to Ning Guta. The first person he saw when he opened his eyes was the much older Xu Guandai. Xu Guandai wanted to kill Gu Pingyuan immediately.

Over the years, he was demoted to the military horse farm, and all the money he had saved for most of his life was lost. All of this was thanks to Gu Pingyuan. The military horse farm was originally a remote and uninhabited place. He planned to torture Gu Pingyuan before killing him.At this time, Gu Pingyuan discovered that Xu Guandai had a gun. Thinking of his promise to Qiao Song to help buy guns, Gu Pingyuan immediately told Xu Guandai that he had a way to compensate him, but Xu Guandai was skeptical.

He asked Xu Guan why he brought guns. It turned out that many foreigners came to do business at the military horse farm, and they had a large number of muskets.Gu Pingyuan was very excited. He told Xu Guandai that he was ordered by the governor of Anhui to buy a gun. If Xu Guandai was willing to buy the gun together, not only could he make a lot of money, but he could also ask the Anhui governor to take credit for him. Xu Guandai could be promoted and make a fortune, and become a comfortable officer in the mainland.For a moment, Xu Guandai seemed to be impressed by Gu Pingyuan, and the two reached a cooperation.

《The Tycoon》Episode 21 plot introduction

After the two bought the gun, they embarked on their return journey.Just when Gu Pingyuan thought he was about to return safely, Xu Guandai shot the two men's horses, and Gu Pingyuan was shocked.Only then did he realize that Xu Duanping was already dead, and his life depended on the opium ointment given by Su Zixuan. He wanted to make Gu Pingyuan feel deep despair when he thought he had escaped, and let Gu Pingyuan bury him with him.

The bloody smell of the slaughtered horses attracted a pack of wolves, and Xu Guandai screamed for his life. Gu Pingyuan held a gun in his hand and stood ready to fight the attacking wolves in a battle of wits and courage. Life or death was uncertain for a while.After Chang Yu'er learned the whereabouts of Gu Pingyuan from Li Qin, she and Chang Siye ran thousands of miles and arrived in time to save Gu Pingyuan.Gu Pingyuan saw Chang Yu'er who was so tired and weak trying to save him, and finally confided his love to Chang Yu'er.

Li Qin asked Chang Yu'er to tell Gu Pingyuan that if he could come back alive, he should never enter Beijing again.Gu Pingyuan felt helpless, but promised Chang Yu'er that he would go to her immediately after handling the matters at hand.The two parted ways.Gu Pingyuan returned to Beijing with a gun in hand, shocking the entire officialdom.Prince Gong and Anhui Governor Qiao Song personally hosted a banquet to welcome him. When they saw the gun brought back by Gu Pingyuan, their eyes shone.Qiao Song told Gu Pingyuan that the Queen Mother recommended Gu Pingyuan and Prince Gong recommended him and gave him the title of pacifier. Although it was not an official position, it was still quite prestigious.Mr. Hu also sent a car to pick up Gu Pingyuan. Because tea is the best in the world, Anhui tea merchants are getting better and better.

《The Tycoon》Episode 22 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan shook hands with Mr. Hu in front of all the tea merchants, and announced to the public the frying method and secret of Lan Xue Tea, which caused a sensation among the tea merchants.Going home in the evening, Gu Pingyuan and Su Zixuan met again.Gu Pingyuan knew that there was a stalemate between Li Cheng's rebel army and the Qing army in Hefei City, which could lead to the death of the people in Hefei City at any time. He persuaded Su Zixuan to find a way out for Li Cheng as soon as possible. He would persuade Li Cheng to surrender and save the people in Hefei City.

Gu Pingyuan took office and volunteered, hoping that he could go into the city to talk to the rebels and try his best to make the rebels surrender and avoid unnecessary casualties.Qiao Song and Bao Qing felt that this move was completely unnecessary, but Gu Pingyuan still insisted on going to the city to persuade him to surrender. When they saw that they persuaded him not to move, they had no choice but to let him.Gu Pingyuan entered Hefei City and was taken to Li Cheng's handsome tent.Gu Pingyuan hoped that Li Cheng could give the people of Hefei City a way to survive and give his brothers a choice. There was no need to drag the entire Hefei City people to be buried with him.

Li Cheng was well aware of the situation in the city at this time. He issued a notice that the people in the city and his brothers decided to stay or leave on their own, but he was determined to fight the Qing army to the death.Bai Yimei's heart is now with Li Cheng, and she is determined to accompany Li Cheng to death.Outside the city, some rebels chose to surrender, and the Qing army's camp was filled with loud gongs and drums, creating a scene of triumph.Qiao Song and Bao Qing ordered the soldiers to collect the weapons of the rebels and arranged for them to enter the Qing army camp.

《The Tycoon》Episode 23 plot introduction

Qiao Song and Bao Qing held a banquet to celebrate. In front of them, Gu Pingyuan said frankly that he did not want to be the comfort messenger, let alone being with them, and left the table directly.On his way home, he saw the flames blazing into the sky at the Qing prisoner-of-war camp. He immediately realized something was wrong, so he took a horse and rushed to the prisoner-of-war camp. When he arrived, the prisoner-of-war camp was already littered with corpses.Gu Pingyuan was furious and asked Qiao Song why he wanted to kill the prisoners. After learning that the killing of the prisoners was the Queen Mother's order, Gu Pingyuan knew that there was nothing he could do to save the day.

The Qing army began to attack Hefei City, and Li Cheng and Bai Yimei were unwilling to separate amid the raging war.The city of Hefei was destroyed and the remaining rebels were captured. As the leaders of the rebels, Li Cheng and Bai Yimei would be taken to the capital to be executed in a few days.Gu Pingyuan went to rescue the couple, but lost their trust due to the previous killing and prisoner incident, but Gu Pingyuan still insisted on finding a way to save them.Gu Pingyuan found Su Zixuan and asked General Jiangning Ninth Marshal to help, and asked Ninth Marshal to take Li Cheng and his wife away in the name of taking away prisoners of war.

The Ninth Marshal took away Li Cheng and his wife. On the way back to Jiangning, the Ninth Marshal ordered that the captured rebel soldiers be shaved so that they could be given a road guide to return to their hometowns.Li Cheng and his wife were famous, so he couldn't let them go. He admired Li Cheng's talents very much and hoped that he could serve as his army staff. After the war was over and the limelight had passed, he could send the couple home.Li Cheng couldn't help but think about his brothers below, so he thanked Gu Pingyuan and accepted the Ninth Commander's errand.

《The Tycoon》 Episode 24 plot introduction

Li Cheng told the brothers that the war was over and he hoped that the brothers could go home and live well.But if he accepted this job, he would be sorry for his dead brothers.After saying this, he drew his knife and killed himself.The Ninth Commander wanted to take away Li Cheng's head, but Bai Yimei fainted in desperation.Gu Pingyuan took Bai Yimei home. Even though everyone was busy taking care of her, Bai Yimei remained unconscious. In her dream, she saw her father again and gained his understanding and relief.

Mr. Hu came to Gu Pingyuan in a hurry for help. It turned out that Gu Pingyuan had disrupted Li Wantang's plan at the Wancha Conference, which made Li Wantang very angry. Li Wantang made an agreement with foreign tea merchants that they were not allowed to buy one or two Anhui tea, and Anhui tea's overseas export sales were all cut off.After Gu Pingyuan thought about it again and again, he agreed to find a way to solve the matter.Gu Pingyuan approached Li Qin for help, and Li Qin told Gu Pingyuan nonchalantly that tea exports were under the jurisdiction of the General Administration of Customs.

Gu Pingyuan knew that this was Li Qin's previous friendship and showed him the way, so he went home, chartered a boat, and rushed to Shanghai.Gu Pingyuan visited Hurd, the customs chief. He explained his purpose to Hurd, and Hurd shook his head repeatedly.He told Gu Pingyuan that the imperial court had given Li Wantang the authorization to export tea, and that Li Wantang had signed an exclusive contract with Richard of Xianghe Bank. The British company behind Xianghe Bank could not offend its partner because of Gu Pingyuan.

《The Tycoon》 Episode 25 plot introduction

Li Wantang was worried that Li Qin would not be able to get things done, so he came to Huizhou to take charge. While putting pressure on Mr. Hu, he started to acquire the salt farm.Li Qin disagreed with Li Wantang's business methods, and Li Wantang felt that Li Qin was still too naive.When Gu Pingyuan learned from Captain Todd that the ship was going to India, he became even more interested.When he got off the warship, he had an idea and planned to use the warship to sell Huizhou tea overseas. He ordered Gu Erxing to rush back to the Tea Chamber of Commerce at night to ask Mr. Hu not to sell the tea to Li Wantang at a low price.

At the same time, Mr. Hu wanted to come to Li Wantang's banquet. In order to continue to play with Mr. Hu's mentality, Li Wantang informed the party to be cancelled.Gu Er hired a dragon boat to drive for a day and a night, and finally told Mr. Hu to wait for Gu Pingyuan. Mr. Hu was determined to support Gu Pingyuan.When Li Wantang asked him again, he refused to meet.Gu Pingprin went all the way to Shanxi to seek help from the Eight Families. He hoped that the Eight Families could work with him to transport Anhui tea to foreign countries for sale.

The people of the Laoba family listened carefully to Gu Pingyuan's plan, and everyone was very excited.Gu Pingyuan asked Li Zhongdeng to go with the ship and sell tea from Anhui directly to England.Li Zhongdeng agreed and said that a friend could help him go to Huizhou to buy the tea first.

《The Tycoon》Episode 26 plot introduction

When Li Wantang heard that Mr. Hu had rejected him, he came directly to see Mr. Hu. He was deeply surprised to find that Mr. Hu was meeting Wu Caishen from Hangzhou.It turned out that Wu Caishen was entrusted by Li Zhongdeng to buy all the tea in Anhui and transport it away.Only then did Li Wantang know that Gu Pingyuan wanted to transport all the province's tea to Shiliupu Wharf because he wanted to do business with foreigners. This approach was to go against the national laws of the Qing Dynasty.

Suddenly, the soldiers of the Western Affairs Bureau asked Gu Pingyuan to go with them on the pretext of being summoned by the Western Affairs Bureau.In the distance from the British warship, a large ship from the Western Affairs Bureau appeared.The Shanghai Maritime Affairs Bureau notified the customs to stop and inspect the warship.Because of a trade dispute, the British captain decided to sink the entire ship's cargo into the sea. Li Zhongdeng asked the captain for an hour to deal with it. At this time, the captain agreed and ordered the customs to stop the person for inspection.

Liu Ruifen of the Western Affairs Bureau came to handle the dispute. He did not want to cause trouble when he took office as a new official. He hoped that Li Wantang and Gu Pingyuan would each take a step back.However, the two held their own opinions and the two sides were in a stalemate.Liu Ruifen once again reconciled Li Wantang and Gu Pingyuan. The British warship and the customs ship were still in a confrontation. After a stalemate, Li Wantang finally gave up and the customs inspection ship also withdrew.The goods were pushed back to the warehouse, and the Chinese general congratulated Li Zhongdeng, saying that this batch of tea could fetch sky-high prices in India.Li Wantang was furious with Gu Pingyuan because of the failure.

《The Tycoon》Episode 27 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan solemnly asked his mother for permission to go to Shanxi to propose marriage to Chang Yuer.After Gu Pingyuan's mother learned of Gu Pingyuan's intentions, she gave Gu Pingyuan the betrothal gift she had prepared long ago and told him to go to Shanxi to propose marriage as soon as possible and not to neglect Chang Yu'er.Gu Pingyuan came to visit Fourth Master Chang. When Heizi opened the door, Gu Pingyuan was very cold. However, Fourth Master Chang was enthusiastic and immediately called Chang Yu'er. Gu Pingyuan quickly stopped him and said that he wanted to tell Fourth Master Chang first that he was here on his mother's orders.

Chang Yu'er went out of the room and saw Heizi acting strangely. She felt strange when she came out and heard about Gu Pingyuan coming to propose marriage.Fourth Master Chang was quite surprised to see Gu Pingyuan. When he asked about Gu Pingyuan's purpose, he was even more delighted and burst into tears.Chang's Fourth Master made a horoscope for the two of them, and Gu Pingyuan also followed his mother's instructions and asked three matchmakers and Liupin to marry Chang Yu'er.Chang Yuer was lying when she said she had no resentment. At first she hid in the house and was unwilling to meet Gu Pingyuan, but as Gu Pingyuan revealed his inner love for her, Chang Yuer finally couldn't help but express her feelings to him.

After the two expressed their sincerity to each other, Chang Yu'er and Gu Pingyuan returned to their hometown in Anhui, and Chang Siye and Heizi also went together.When the newlyweds arrived home, they found that the home had been decorated by Wu Caishen. The door was bustling with people, and all parties sent congratulatory gifts. Amidst the sound of gongs and drums, Gu Pingyuan married Chang Yu'er and entered the house.

《The Tycoon》Episode 28 plot introduction

All the guests gathered at Gu Pingyuan's home. The guest who surprised Gu Pingyuan the most was General Jiangning's Ninth Commander. The Ninth Commander and Su Zixuan came to congratulate him.It turns out that ten years of war have ended, and Jiangnan is in dilapidated condition. Ruilin, the governor of Liangjiang, wants to find someone with a clean background and good business knowledge to run the seven provinces of Jiangnan well.The Ninth Marshal came here this time because he was entrusted by Ruilin, the governor of Liangjiang, and wanted Gu Pingyuan to go and revive Jiangning's economy.

Gu Pingyuan knew that this was not a good job and wanted to refuse, but the Ninth Commander ignored him and left with a wave of his hand.Just after Su Zixuan left, news of guests came again, and Li Wantang sent his son Li Qin to congratulate him.Li Qin suggested that Gu Pingyuan reject the Ninth Commander's request to go to Nanjing, because he was going to the south to engage in salt policy and asked Gu Pingyuan to give himself up. Gu Pingyuan agreed.Li Qin promised that even if their brothers turned against each other because of business, he would not harm Gu Pingyuan.

After Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yuer sent off all the guests, they finally had time to get along. They were about to get intimate when suddenly Prince Horqin came with a group of Horqin warriors to congratulate them.Chang Yu'er and Gu Pingyuan were very moved. When they arrived in the courtyard, they found that the prince had ordered tents, barbecues, clothes and wine to be set up according to Mongolian customs.The lively Mongolian singing, dancing and drinking ceremony was so lively that Gu Pingyuan fell drunk.The next day, when Gu Pingyuan opened his eyes, the Ninth Commander had already sent someone to take Gu Pingyuan and his family to Nanjing.

《The Tycoon》Episode 29 plot introduction

Jiu Shuai asked Gu Pingyuan to go to Nanjing to help Ruilin, the governor of Liangjiang, clean up the mess, and took away all six of their family members. Gu Pingyuan saw that Jiu Shuai was treating them as hostages. Gu Pingwen had not yet married Miss Liao, so he was unwilling to die like this. Chang Si said on the spot that he would live and die with Gu Pingyuan. Mr. Liao impromptu sang a song to reassure everyone.

That night, the soldiers on the ship decorated a new room for Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yu'er, allowing them to make up for the wedding night three days ago. They also set off fireworks and firecrackers. The two lovers, Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yu'er, finally tied the knot.A group of seven people from Gu Pingyuan came to Nanjing by boat. Gu Pingyuan immediately reported to the Governor's Mansion. Unexpectedly, Li Qin also came to see Ruilin. As soon as they met, Ruilin complained to Gu Pingyuan. Nanjing had been baptized by war for more than ten years. The people were in dire straits. There were hundreds of thousands of garrison troops waiting for military pay. He was too anxious to do anything.

Li Qin took the opportunity to apply to Ruilin for the franchise of Jiangnan salt industry. The army generals strongly protested and suggested that the salt fields be distributed to the soldiers. Ruilin specially asked Li Qin and Gu Pingyuan to revitalize the Jiangnan economy and advised the generals not to interfere in the matter.Gu Pingyuan took the initiative to come to Ruilin to offer advice. Ruilin thought he was bragging and wanted to see his true talent. Gu Pingyuan wanted to restore the economy of Jiangnan so that his family could return to his hometown in Anhui as soon as possible. Ruilin promised to go all out to cooperate with him.

Gu Pingyuan took Ruilin to the Qinhuai River to look for business opportunities. There were brothels on both sides of the river. Ruilin was worried that this matter would spread to the emperor's ears and cause trouble, but he didn't want to lose the opportunity to make money, so he secretly took Gu Pingyuan to find a brothel.Gu Pingyuan asked the old madam to arrange for the girls to accompany him and Ruilin on a boat trip, and asked Ruilin to pay for the burial of the girl's dead mother. He also asked him to write an elegiac couplet. Ruilin couldn't stand Gu Pingyuan's insistence, so he bit the bullet and wrote his name under the Wanlian and stamped it.

The story of Gu Pingyuan taking Ruilin on a night tour of the Qinhuai River spread throughout Nanjing overnight. Li Qin heard about this and came to Gu Pingyuan early in the morning to confirm the matter. Gu Pingyuan confessed to this, and Ruilin regretted it. He did not dare to show up, so he hid at home and pretended to be sick, and called Gu Pingyuan to be held accountable.Gu Pingyuan took the opportunity to ask Ruilin to spend 100,000 taels of silver to clean up the Qinhuai River, and then give some money to the girls in the brothel to buy gold and silver jewelry. When merchants from all over the country heard about this, they would definitely flock to the Qinhuai River to spend money. When the time comes, the spontaneous combustion will boost the economy of Nanjing City.

Not only did Ruilin not make any money, he also had to give 100,000 taels of silver to the romantic woman. He was worried about being impeached by the official. Gu Pingyuan persuaded him to take a longer view. If the Jiangnan economy could be revitalized, this loss would not be worth mentioning. Ruilin could not think of anything else at the moment.The best way was to follow Gu Pingyuan's idea. Gu Pingyuan took the opportunity and asked him to spend another 100,000 taels to build academies and tribute courtyards, reopen the imperial examinations, and cultivate talents in both civil and military fields. Ruilin was unable to do so, so he had to follow Gu Pingyuan's arrangements.

Gu Pingyuan came home very late. The girls from the brothels on both sides of the Qinhuai River were waiting for him at home. They knelt on the ground to express their gratitude to Gu Pingyuan. Not only did they prepare gold and silver jewelry and rouge and gouache for Gu's mother and Chang Yu'er, but they also warmly invited Gu Pingyuan to go to the brothel to relax. Gu Pingyuan persuaded them to leave with hard words.

Gu Pingyuan came to see Chang Yu'er tremblingly. Chang Yu'er was worried that she was not worthy of Gu Pingyuan and wanted to ask her husband to teach her how to study and serve. Gu Pingyuan couldn't see that Chang Yu'er was angry and apologized to her repeatedly.

《The Tycoon》Episode 30 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan shamelessly explained and coaxed Chang Yu'er, and explained his business logic to Chang Yu'er. The relationship between the couple did not decline but rose.At the same time, Li Qin gave Ruilin a sum of money, which was called a charity donation to revitalize the city of Nanjing, but was actually a bribe. He wanted Ruilin to help him turn the Lianghuai Salt Farm into their family's private property.However, Ruilin pretended not to understand and said that he would erect a monument in Liangjiang Governor's Mansion for his charity donation, and continued to waste Li Qin.Ruilin gave Gu Pingyuan an even more difficult task. In order to check and balance Li Wantang, he wanted Gu Pingyuan to fight Li Wantang. Gu Pingyuan was riding a tiger and was unable to dismount.

At the same time, because foreigners wanted to open factories in Nanjing and invade China's economy, Ruilin arranged for Gu Pingyuan and Li Qin to negotiate with the foreigners.When the two came out of the Governor's Mansion, they both understood that Ruilin was just letting them fight each other, and in the end the fishermen would gain.Li Qin asked Gu Pingyuan not to get involved. Gu Pingyuan said that his family was in his hands and he was unwilling.Li Qin and Gu Pingyuan were ordered by Ruilin to negotiate with the foreigners. Gu Pingyuan rebutted the rude demands made by the foreigners, and told them without being humble or condescending that there was no domestic investment space in the industries that the foreigners wanted to get involved in.

The foreigners thought he was bragging, and after some mocking, the negotiation was terminated.Ruilin then summoned Gu and Li and told them that the Nantong seawall had collapsed, causing countless disasters, and that the silver and food needed for disaster relief needed to be provided.Li Qin offered to help solve this problem, but once again asked Ruilin to help solve the problem of hundreds of salt farms and salt stores in the Li family.

《The Tycoon》Episode 31 plot introduction

Li Wantang withdrew a large amount of money from banks in the capital and went to various cities in the south to buy salt shops, preparing to dominate the salt business in Lianghuai.When he learned that Ruilin asked Li Qin to build the seawall and that the salt store had not yet been implemented, he was very angry and took the initiative to negotiate with Ruilin.Li Wantang is well aware that Ruilin is currently in dire straits. Soldiers in the army have not been able to receive military pay for a long time. The surrounding cities have been severely affected by disasters and there are many places that need money. Therefore, he proposed that he can support Ruilin, but he hopes Ruilin will not stop him regarding the salt farm.

Ruilin just wanted Li Wantang to keep the money in Lianghuai, but Li Wantang ignored Ruilin's request because he had Prince Gong behind him.After Gu Pingyuan returned home to Nanjing, Su Yuhua, the magistrate of Nantong County, suddenly asked for a meeting and wanted to ask Gu Pingyuan to help hand over a handbook to Ruilin to send troops to prohibit Nantong rice merchants from hoarding.It turned out that because of the collapse of the Nantong seawall, the whole city was without food. Rice merchants were hoarding rice and selling it at high prices, making the people miserable.

Ruilin had no time to take care of the situation in Nantong at this time and let Gu Pingyuan take care of it himself.Gu Pingyuan joined forces with Li Qin to use air-to-air methods to deal with Nantong grain merchants, forcing them to reduce prices.The two also worked together to mobilize people around them, such as Fourth Master Chang, Master Liao and others, to disguise themselves as rice merchants to deceive Yang Wanwan into transactions, thereby making Yang Wanwan's money.As Gu Pingyuan expected, Yang Wanwan was a greedy person, and Chang Siye successfully made Yang Wanwan's money.Chang Yu'er wondered how he could make money if he didn't ask Gu Pingyuan to save people.

《The Tycoon》Episode 32 plot introduction

After Chang Siye succeeded, Master Liao was full of confidence and was determined to squeeze Yang Wanwan dry.After some testing, Yang Wanwan decided to fight Master Liao to the end.No matter how many thousands of stones he had, he bought them all, and in the future he would drain Nantong City dry to make up for the money.At the same time, Li Qin hid the truth from Yang Wanwan and coaxed rice merchants to sell rice in other places.Master Liao made some tricks and allowed Yang Wanwan to buy Master Liao's rice with all his wealth. After that, rice merchants from other places also successfully allowed the rice merchants to enter Nantong.

Yang Wanwan learned that many rice merchants from other places were selling rice, and realized that his rice could no longer be sold at a high price.Sure enough, Yang Wanwan's housekeeper came to report that the price of rice in Nantong City had dropped to one tael, which was cheaper than in Nanjing.Yang Wanwan had hoarded a large amount of rice at this time, and eventually had to sell all the rice at a reduced price.At this point, the difficulties in Nantong were finally solved.The seawall repair project has also officially started. Su Yuhua was excited and said that after the seawall is repaired, Nantong will gradually return to normal.

The construction of the seawall was successfully started. Ruilin was very happy and agreed to help Gu Pingyuan write a letter of recommendation to the court to clear his grievances and give him the title of a fellow Jinshi.Gu Pingyuan expressed his gratitude and made a request to Ruilin, hoping that Ruilin could help find his father's whereabouts. Ruilin readily agreed, but Gu Pingyuan then made a second request.Gu Pingyuan proposed to Ruilin that he hoped to give Li Qin the Li family's salt farm and help him become independent from Li Wantang.

《The Tycoon》Episode 33 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan was cleared of grievances, and the whole family was very happy. While celebrating, Su Zixuan and Bai Yimei suddenly visited.Bai Yimei asked Gu Pingyuan to help rescue thousands of Li Cheng's captive brothers. Su Zixuan also begged Gu Pingyuan to release these people. She wanted to send these people back to their hometown.Gu Pingyuan was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.Suddenly, Su Yuhua sent someone to report that the Ninth Commander was kidnapped while inspecting the prisoner camp. The prisoner of war camp was in chaos and asked Gu Pingyuan for help.

After Gu Pingyuan arrived, he went in to negotiate alone. Through various clues, Gu Pingyuan already understood that the ninth commander was deliberately caught by the prisoners of war, and wanted to blame him for releasing the prisoners of war.It turns out that the Ninth Commander thought that a group of disobedient prisoners of war were a powder keg, so he took the gold given by Su Zixuan and wanted to design Gu Pingyuan and get rid of these people in the name of Gu Pingyuan.Gu Ping Principle didn't want to see these people killed, so he was willing to follow the trap of Jiu Shuai and Su Zixuan.

Gu Pingyuan and Jiu Shuai were still arguing, and thousands of prisoners of war boarded the ship under the leadership of Su Zixuan.Bai Yimei bid farewell to Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yuer.Ruilin cleverly solved the prisoner's escape issue.Then, he proposed to set up a salt industry guild immediately, and asked Gu Pingyuan to participate in the salt administration on behalf of the Liangjiang Governor's Office and run the guild together with the Li family.Three months later, the seawall was closed.Ruilin held a celebration banquet at Nantong Restaurant, and Li Wantang, Chang Yu'er and Gu Pingyuan Niang also came.When Li Wantang saw Gu Mu, he seemed to avoid her intentionally.

《The Tycoon》Episode 34 plot introduction

Gu's mother was stimulated and fainted when she heard Li Wantang's voice.Gu Mu and Li Wantang both couldn't get sick since then, and Gu Pingyuan vaguely felt that something was fishy.The Salt Industry Association was about to be established, and Li Qin invited Gu Pingyuan to go to Ruilin to discuss the matter.The two parties agreed that if Gu Pingyuan could not do Li Qin's job within half a year, all the salt shops would still be given to the Li family.But Li Qin also proposed that they should fight to the end without hurting the brotherhood, and Gu Pingyuan agreed.

Because many old salt merchants in Lianghuai Province heard about the establishment of the Salt Industry Association and started to cause trouble, Gu Pingyuan had no choice but to deal with it.Tu Ying, a salt merchant from the Salt Industry Association, had the loudest objection. Gu Pingyuan arranged for Heizi to bring Tu Ying to him, trying to communicate with him and understand the situation.Gu Pingyuan and Tu Ying inquired about the situation of the Lianghuai Salt Farm and successfully persuaded Tu Ying.He also called together the old shopkeepers and clerks of the Lianghuai Salt Farm and negotiated with them with the help of Tu Ying.As soon as Gu Pingyuan finished speaking, he was made things difficult by the salt merchants. 

On the other side, Li Qin also summoned the shopkeepers of his salt industry and expressed that he wanted them to win over the ancient plains within half a year and made arrangements. The shopkeepers responded one after another.Gu Pingyuan did not retreat in the face of everyone's difficulties, and directly stated that he must win if he competes with Li Wantang for the half-year turnover.The net profit of the salt shop under his jurisdiction was divided 30/70 with everyone, and the majority was given to the salt merchants. His remarks made all the salt merchants surrender.Li Qin and Gu Pingyuan officially started a price war.

《The Tycoon》Episode 35 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan asked Wu Caishen to help find a ship to transport a large amount of private salt from Sichuan and other places.When Tu Ying and other shopkeepers learned that Gu Pingyuan was transporting smuggled salt, they were shocked and advised Gu Pingyuan that this was his only adventure and that they would never fight with the Li family again.Gu Pingyuan said that if he was found to be selling smuggled salt, he could bear the responsibility alone.After Li Qin learned that Gu Pingyuan was transporting smuggled salt, he was very angry. He immediately informed the people of Caobang about the matter, trying to get Caobang to take his goods away.

Some shops in other industries have also been closed to save money and support the salt industry.Zhang Guangfa was heartbroken and helpless. At this time, he learned that Li Wantang had finally woken up. Zhang Guangfa originally wanted Li Wantang to take charge of Li Qin, but Li Wantang said that he would let Li Qin handle it and that he had no intention of interfering with business matters.Gu Pingyuan's private salt was seized by the Cao Gang. He went to negotiate but failed and was kidnapped instead.In desperation, Gu Pingyuan asked Heizi to ask Su Zixuan for help.

After Chang Yu'er heard about it, she was worried about the safety of Gu Pingyuan, and went to the rescue with Chang Si.Chang Si made it clear that his son-in-law had been arrested and he would negotiate with him, but the Cao Gang boss didn't buy it.In desperation, Chang Yuer strangled the Cao gang boss' neck with a hairpin and threatened to let him go.

《The Tycoon》Episode 36 plot introduction

Gu Pingyuan was surprised to see Chang Yu'er coming, and wondered if it wasn't Su Zixuan who came to the rescue. Chang Yu'er threatened the Cao Gang boss with a hairpin and wanted to make Su Zixuan jealous.After a confrontation between the two sides, Su Zixuan came in waving a fan. It turned out that Chang Yu'er had been jealous just to buy time for Su Zixuan.Su Zixuan said that Gu Pingyuan was a person wanted by the Governor-General of Liangjiang, and showed Ruilin's official seal to the Caobang boss. The Caobang boss immediately gave up and let him go. 

Gu Pingyuan went to return the big seal to Ruilin and discussed that it would be bad to spread the secret of salt. Ruilin said that it was okay. Jiangnan Salt Industry was the one that needed to be preserved. He did not care that illegal salt was illegal, and said that he could borrow an official ship for Gu Pingyuan to use.Gu Pingyuan was worried about his mother's condition and did not want to continue fighting with Li Qin. Ruilin didn't care so much and emphasized that only when the salt farm issue was resolved could Gu Pingyuan withdraw.Invited by Li Qin, Gu Pingyuan took his family to attend the water and land ceremony at Jinshan Temple in Nantong.

After the ceremony, Gu Pingyuan took Gu Mu to the backyard to rest, and Gu Mu heard Li Wantang's voice.Until she saw Li Wantang, Gu's mother was suddenly speechless and froze on the spot.Gu's mother questioned Li Wantang on the spot and finally told the truth. It turned out that Li Wantang was her husband who went to Beijing to take the exam and disappeared since then. He was also the person who caused Gu Pingyuan to be arrested in the exam room.Li Qin was furious.In order to appease his mother's emotions, Gu Pingyuan said that he had long thought his father was dead and persuaded his mother to let go.

《The Tycoon》Episode 37 plot introduction

Li Wantang immediately advised Li Qin to return to the capital, live a good life with his family business, and stop fighting with Gu Pingyuan.Li Qin refused, and felt that it was Gu Pingyuan and Gu's mother who caused his father to become a monk. He was very angry and expressed that he would trample on the Gu family under their feet.Gu Pingyuan persuaded her mother to take medicine and enlighten her to live a good life, but Gu's mother said that she was suffering from an inner illness and might be difficult to cure.

In order to save Gu Mu, Gu Pingyuan came to Jinshan Temple to find Li Wantang again, hoping that Li Wantang would see Gu Mu and make her feel at ease. However, Li Wantang said that he could not do anything about Gu Mu's heartache.Gu Pingyuan stopped persuading him and left Jinshan Temple, but was stopped by Zhike Monk on his way home.Zhike Monk told Gu Pingyuan that Li Wantang committed suicide by taking poison. Later, Li Qin cut off his robes and broke up with Gu Pingyuan in front of Li Wantang's soul.

After Gu Pingyuan returned home, he learned that Chang Yu'er was pregnant. The family was very excited and prepared to celebrate the happy event. However, Gu Pingyuan's mother died of illness soon after, and Gu Pingyuan was deeply hurt again.The Gu family and the Li family held funerals one after another.

《The Tycoon》Episode 38 plot introduction

In one month, the half-year bet between Gu Pingyuan and Li Qin was coming. Ruilin came to the Salt Industry Association to look at the account books. Gu Pingyuan's profits far exceeded Li Qin. Ruilin was very satisfied with Gu Pingyuan's operating results.Li Qin also came to see the account and was very angry. Ruilin asked him to read it slowly and then he would collect the account after the first seven days.Li Qin never allowed himself to lose to Gu Pingyuan, so he colluded with Xiang and Yangxing.

Richard from Xianghe Matheson Company expressed his willingness to help him build a salt empire and would provide funds or other assistance. However, Li Qin wanted to use the equity of the Lianghuai Salt Farm as a pledge. After much thought, Li Qin agreed.After foreigners were involved, the two parties fell into a tug of war.The eunuch came to convey the imperial edict, saying that the emperor wanted Ruilin to solve the problem by himself. If he couldn't solve the problem, he would let the Lianghuai officials use their own wealth to pay the British war debts.Ruilin was frightened and asked Gu Pingyuan to persuade Li Qin.

Gu Pingyuan had no choice but to ask Tu Ying to send a message and tell Li Qin that if the salt industry was controlled by foreigners, he would be a sinner through the ages.Li Qin was disdainful and asked Tu Ying to also send a message to Gu Pingyuan. Li Qin asked Ruilin to send Gu Pingyuan back to Ning Guta and lock him there like a dog for the rest of his life. As long as Ruilin agreed, he would get off the ship immediately.After receiving Li Qin's reply, Ruilin asked Gu Pingyuan to decide on his own.Unexpectedly, Li Qin came to Gu's door that night, and the two started fighting.

《The Tycoon》Episode 39 plot introduction

Li Qinlai told Ruilin that if Richard wanted to discuss the details of cooperation, someone would need to sign with him on behalf of the Governor of Liangjiang.Ruilin asked Gu Pingyuan to act as the governor of Liangjiang.Ruilin said that after the matter was completed, he would be released to Anhui to live an ordinary life.Gu Pingyuan went to negotiate with Richard and said that Li Qin had mortgaged the contract of the salt field and salt shop and in principle only owned half. If he wanted to control the other half, he still had to look at the bet at the time. After all, the other half of the equity was still in the hands of the Liangjiang Governor's Office.

After Gu Pingyuan and Richard negotiated, they decided to extend the gambling competition for half a year, but they must ensure true and effective accounting, legal competition, and joint confirmation of the results.In order to defeat Richard, Gu Pingyuan went to Huizhou non-stop and ordered the tea merchants that he needed this year's spring tea and asked them not to send it to other places for the time being.Gu Pingyuan immediately went to Shanxi to find Li Zhongdeng, saying that he wanted to transport the purchased goods to India, because India was the main market for the British company behind Xianghe Yangxing. This would shock the mountain and make the British company behind Xianghe Yangxing spit out the salt farm property rights it had eaten.

Gu Pingyuan also found Wu Caishen, and wanted to use Wu Caishen's relationship to borrow a ship from Customs Governor Hurd to use this ship to transport the purchased goods to India.Wu Caishen took Gu Pingyuan to meet with Hart. Gu Pingyuan told Hart that he would use the power of Qing businessmen to fight against the British public behind Xianghe Foreign Trade.

《The Tycoon》Episode 40 plot introduction

At this time, Su Zixuan came to find Gu Pingyuan. Su Zixuan heard that he was going abroad to do business, and the two exchanged ideas.Gu Pingyuan said that he had all the goods ready, and wanted to borrow a foreign ship through Su Zixuan's relationship to sell the goods to the UK.Su Zixuan was impressed by Gu Pingyuan's determination to fight with foreigners, and she decided to help Gu Pingyuan.At this time, Chang Yuer was several months pregnant.

However, Ruilin ransacked Gu Pingyuan's home on the grounds that he had hidden a huge sum of money of unknown origin, and ordered him to be thrown into prison and prepared to be escorted to Beijing.When Richard learned that Gu Pingyuan was planning to go to England to do business, his expression changed drastically. If he did it, he would become an enemy of the British company behind Xianghe Yangxing, which would be very troublesome.Richard asked Ruilin to ask that the cargo ship in Shanghai must stop and cancel the voyage.

Ruilin pretended to be stupid and said that Gu Pingyuan had been captured, and that the ship was a Portuguese warship hired by the British, so he was not qualified to stop it.Richard found Gu Pingyuan, and at Gu Pingyuan's request, he finally relented and returned the salt field to Ruilin.After the Gu family was confiscated, the Chang family's father and daughter returned to their hometown in Huizhou.

While escorting Gu Pingyuan to Beijing, Ruilin faked Gu Pingyuan's death, let him go during the escort, and announced that he was dead.When Gu Pingyuan was on his way home, Li Qin and Su Zixuan came to see him off.Li Qin planned to leave with Su Zixuan, while Gu Pingyuan prepared to return to his hometown. After a heart-to-heart talk, the two finally reconciled.

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