Huizhou merchants, that is, Huizhou merchants, merchants or merchant groups of the old Huizhou government, are not all Huizhou merchants. Huizhou merchants are also called "Xin 'an merchants", commonly known as "Hui Gang". Huizhou merchants were born in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, grew up in the Tang and Song Dynasties, flourished in Huizhou in the Ming Dynasty, and now Huangshan City, Jixi County, Anhui Province and Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province.

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1, all over the country, just like Shanxi merchants, there are footprints of Huizhou merchants everywhere.

2. The business scope is wide, including salt, cotton (cloth), grain, pawn and stationery pen and ink (Four Treasures of the Study). 3, thrift, small business, from small to large.

4. Strong capital. For example, Wang Fuguang, a native of Xiuning, is engaged in selling salt in Jianghuai, with thousands of ships, and the salt sold accounts for more than 1/2 of Huai salt. At the end of Qing Qianlong, the tariff surplus was 852,000 silver per year, and tea from Huizhou merchants was the first export commodity. Huizhou merchants engaged in salt industry in Yangzhou had a capital of 40 million taels of silver, while the national treasury of the Qing Dynasty had only 70 million taels.

5. the way to operate. Adhering to the business philosophy of "morality, honesty", "sincerity-oriented, righteousness first", we have gained a good reputation in the market.

6. Return to your hometown after making profits, and set up social welfare undertakings and charities. 1805, Huanghuai flooded, and Huizhou merchants in Yangzhou donated 60,000 meters of stone and 2 million taels of silver.