At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were many problems in the salt affairs in the Huaihe and Huaihe areas. The important salt town of Xuancheng, led by the Wu family, colluded with the salt administration to withhold huge salt taxes. The Su family, a salt merchant, wrote a letter of remonstrance. However, on the eve of the imperial city's inspection, envoys arrived in Xuancheng, Wu and Zhan. The three families of Ding and Ding were exterminated and were accused of committing suicide out of fear of crime. Only Su Jing Yao in the Su family was lucky enough to survive. Su Jing Yao planned for ten years and returned to Xuancheng as Mrs Ni, the widow of a wealthy businessman, when Xuancheng was about to regain its power. Shen Yi Bai, the special envoy of the imperial city inspection who was ordered to secretly investigate the salt tax, hit it off with Su Jing Yao and tacitly allowed Su Jing Yao to set up a "Dayi Bank" to go deep into Xuancheng Commercial Bureau. Amid the dangers, Su Jing Yao collected evidence of wealthy businessmen and corrupt officials making profits and secretly solved various "corruption cases" such as the Chamber of Commerce's replacement of salt weights, the salt administration's pre-sale of salt for the following year and the bribery of salt officials and merchants in Lianghuai and other "corruption cases". , develop the industry to benefit the people, clear the reputation of the Su family, and restore the salt industry of Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers with a clean and bright style. (Source: Chinese = Weibo || Translation = MyDramaList) Edit Translation
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