The Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants are just a general term.

Specifically, it is the Qiao family, Qu family in Qiaojiabao, Qi County, Jinzhong, Chang family in Yuci County, Jinzhong, Cao family, Kong family, Jiexiu Hou family, Fan family, and Pingyang's Kang family.

Taigu and Qixian are both under the rule of Taiyuan Prefecture.

Pingyao and Jiexiu are both in Fenzhou.

Li Laiheng, the other seven major families, can’t be seen at the moment, but the Kang family in Linfen County, Pingyang Prefecture can be seen and touched.

The Kang family's strength ranks first among the eight great masters of Shanxi merchants.

His family's wealth is tens of millions of taels, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich and can rival a country.

It can be said that Cao, Qiao, Qu, and Chang, whose family wealth is seven or eight million taels, are only worthy of the Kang family to carry shoes.

It’s really a blessing to talk about it. In addition to the similar elements of the other seven families, the Kang family’s history of making a fortune is also one.

That is, after Li Zicheng failed to fight against Qing Dynasty, he retreated all the way to Shanxi.

When he retreated to Pingyang, Li Zicheng felt that it was too much silver and was inconvenient to carry, so he sent part of the silver and the Kang family.

Later, the rebel army was defeated all the way, and the Kang family saw the Qing army's great changes in power and became loyal to the Qing court. The money was also swallowed up by them and turned into the Kang family's wealth. The Kang family became the richest man in Shanxi merchants with this fortune, and the family's fortune rose rapidly.

Outsiders naturally don't know about this. But Li Laiheng knows it.

He was Li Zicheng's adopted son, a tiger and Li Guo, the nephew of Li Zicheng. No one knew the details of the trench in the rebel army that year.

Now that he has taken over Pingyang Mansion, how can he let the Kang family go?

Of course, we must settle the new and old hatreds together

The current head of the Kang family is called Kang Qian, who just celebrated his fiftieth birthday not long ago.

Like a group of Shanxi merchants, Kang Qian is also a person who regards face as much as he wants.

After several generations of construction and expansion of the mansion, the Kang family courtyard is now the largest house in Linfen City, Pingyang Prefecture.

There are hundreds of rooms in the Kang family compound, and outsiders will get lost when they enter.

It is said that Kang Qian has a habit of finding different concubines to serve him every night.

He had more than fifty concubines, and sometimes he couldn't remember the way, so he ordered people to put two big red lanterns on the room of the concubine who was sleeping that night.

With the guidance of the big red lantern, he naturally would not go the wrong way again. In addition, when others saw the big red lantern hanging high, they knew very well that the concubine in the room had been favored by the master and would not disturb her again.

Tonight, Kang Qian was about to spend the night in his beloved concubine Qi's room when he suddenly saw the butler running over in panic.

He suddenly lost all his interest and said with a stern face: "I have said it so many times. Don't be flustered when encountering things, be calm. Why can't you remember it? How many times do you want me to say it!"

The housekeeper cried and said, "It's really not that villains don't understand the rules, it's a big deal, it's a big deal, Master. The Ming army has already attacked the city, but it's not that the prefect has opened the city gate and surrendered. Now the Ming army has entered the city and is said to be searching everywhere. I think our family will be difficult to survive. Master, why don't you run away quickly."

There is a saying that pigs pick fat to kill.

If you talk about the fattest pig in Pingyang Mansion, it is naturally the Kang family.

After hearing this, Kang Qian's heart was already cold.

"What is the name of the Ming general who came?"

"I heard that I'm called Li Laiheng. It seems that he was named Duke Lin from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."

The butler replied helplessly.

Boom!
Chapter completed!