Introduction: China has a long history, and foreigners call China a mysterious ancient country in the East. Countless celebrities have been born in this mysterious country, and Shen Wansan is one of them. Speaking of this person, it should be well known, he is definitely a celebrity among celebrities, and he was once a rich man in the Ming Dynasty for a period of time. In today's words, it is not an exaggeration to call him a big local tycoon, but to say that he is a big local tycoon is a bit demeaning to him, and he can be called a rich and enemy country.
Shen Wansan stills
Shen Wansan, whose real name was Shen Fu, was a merchant and a hugely wealthy man in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. It is said that the assets are more than 20 million taels of silver, and there are countless good fields and mansions. Of course, this is only a number on the surface. Folklore has it that Shen Wansan has a "cornucopia" in his home, which can make money for him day and night, but the legend about the cornucopia is only made up by the common people. After all, everyone can't understand his way of making money, so with rumors, they have come up with such a legend.
So the question is, why is Shen Wansan so rich?
Shen Wansan followed his father to Suzhou at a very young age. At first, he and his family also farmed to support their basic livelihoods. Years of war and turmoil have left many people abandoning the land on which they depended and running away from the disaster. The Shen father and son smelled the business opportunities, and after continuous efforts, they included the unwanted fields, even wastelands, that people had thrown away into their own farming. Painstaking management, until the end of the war. According to statistics, at that time, the Cultivatable Area of the Land owned by the Shen Family already had as much as half of the local arable land.
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Although at that time ancient officials have always been heavy on agriculture and light on commerce. But Shen Wansan, a businessman, also occupied one of them, tightly controlling agriculture in his own hands. Businessman thinking of course what to do to make money, also known as capital operation, with the foundation of the establishment of Shen Wansan is more ambitious, inspiration to be the richest man in Jiangnan. He had helped the Lu family, the richest man in Jiangnan at the time, manage his property, and many people may wonder why others let Shen Wansan manage his own property, of course, because of his business talent. A rich man would never be stupid enough to have an outsider help him manage his property unless the man could help him create greater wealth. And Shen Wansan just happened to be this person, not only helping others, but also achieving himself. In helping others manage their property, he found a lot of problems and learned more experience, so that his later business path became smoother and smoother, and the business became bigger and bigger.
Zhu Yuanzhang killed Shen Wansan and asked what the name of the pig's trotters on the table was, and Shen Wansan escaped death with 3 characters
Since ancient times, emperors have been suspicious, and Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception. When the Shen family was powerful and feared a threat to his own rule, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally couldn't sit still. Those who think that they are so rich may not be able to escape the word "profiteer", and if they cannot be used by me, they will be killed by me. So there was a killing spree. If the emperor wants to kill people, the idea is sometimes really simple and clear, leaving you not to kill is to prove that you still have the value of existence, such as Hezhen, when killing, there is no mercy, this is the way of the indifferent emperor.
Once Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to invite Shen Wansan to a banquet, in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to find a false accusation, in addition to this big problem. Shen Wansan had been in the mall for many years, how could he be a confused person, and he also had a defensive heart early. However, the emperor invited the banquet, and he naturally wanted to go to the appointment. When Shen Wansan sat on the table, he began to serve, and there was such a "braised pig's trotter", Zhu Yuanzhang's zhu, which was the harmonic sound of zhu. After Zhu Yuanzhang saw this hard dish coming up, he knew in his heart that the opportunity had come, when he asked Shen Wansan, Ai Qing, what is the name of this dish? Shen Wansan immediately tightened his heart and pinched a handful of cold sweat.
Mansan Hoof
When Shen Wansan was about to blurt out the words "braised pig's trotters", he had a flash of inspiration and said in his heart: You must not say these words to the emperor, otherwise you are afraid that you will not be able to escape death. Shen Wansan, who was rich and invincible, was naturally not a stupid person, so his mind turned in a circle, and he immediately answered three words: Your Majesty! It's not
"Mansan-hoi"
Well, Zhu Yuanzhang was happy after listening to it, laughed, and continued to drink and chat with Shen Wansan, but Shen Wansan did not want to stay for a minute, and it was difficult to escape death, just as the so-called companion was like a companion tiger. Nowadays, this "Wansan Hoof" has become a famous dish in the Jiangnan region, and if you have the opportunity, you may wish to try it.