For Britain, William Jardine and James Maddison were the "movers" of the times.

At the historical level, especially in the two or three hundred years of modern times, it is a golden period of gradual and increasingly frequent development of wealth, trade and economic activities, although wars, economic crises, and financial crises have occurred uninterruptedly, but there is no doubt that these are the impetus for economic and trade activities. In fact, these aspects are mutually influential, indispensable, where there is a price difference, where there are interests, where there are profit-seeking businessmen and adventurers, this is the eternal truth of this world.

Through a certain person, a certain event, a certain process, it is easy to judge the various relevant backgrounds of the events around you. Geographical differences, commodity differences, clear minds and persistent pursuits make some people who are not willing to be ordinary profitable, which produces a butterfly effect. The development of many economic and trade activities has greatly improved the relevant groups, regions, and countries' style of conduct and institutional policies, and it is not very difficult to understand how to open the door of convenience for the sake of interests.

It was founded by the famous British history professor Richard M. The Great Banker, edited by J. Grace, is a biography of the life of William Jardine and James Matheson, as well as the history of the jardine firm they co-founded, especially the enormous impact of opium on China, the largest object of their trade activities.

Although William Jardine and James Madison are in their teens, the rhythm of the two people is a rare match. Especially for the attitude and strategy of trade activities, the two people are very hard and serious, they can not tolerate all kinds of behaviors that hinder or delay the development of the company, and the attitude requirements for people or things are very strict, so they have made a great contribution to promoting free trade.

After becoming partners, the two people jointly looked for opportunities in China's trade and firmly controlled them, especially for opium, a "commodity" with huge profits. And it is not surprising that their actions even affected the Opium Wars to some extent. After all, opium makes people addicted, impoverished, weak-willed, and unmotivated. Therefore, they bear a certain responsibility in the typical historical event of opium's poisoning of China.

The two men were active in the Victorian period of England, they actively promoted the expansion of Britain, and spent many years overseas, although they broke the monopoly of the British East India Company in certain areas of trade, they also exported their ideas and made huge profits through trade. "Gentleman capitalist" is used to describe people who are influential in British society, especially in the political and economic spheres.

William Jardine and James Madison are very different in terms of age, family background, work history, etc., and what has enabled them to work together for many years is the concept and degree of effort for trade and expansion. Every era is capable of producing the best and most trendsetters, and many people think that William Jardine and James Maddison were the "promoters" of that era.