In the seventh year of Tongzhi, in June 1868 in the Western calendar, at Shamian Wharf in Guangzhou, a middle-aged man with three teenagers walked down from a passenger ship from Hong Kong, and a group of four people faintly centered on the youngest teenager. This young man's surname is Liang Sihan, thirteen years old this year, he is the eldest grandson of the head of the Liang family in the thirteen lines of Tianbao in Guangzhou, the middle-aged man is Liang Sibao, the servant of the Liang family, and the other two teenagers are the sons of Liang Sibao, called Liang Qiang Liang Zhuang, who is slightly older than Liang Sihan.

Since the two Opium Wars, the Thirteen Banks in Guangzhou have been much worse than before, and although business is still doing business, the trading volume and profits have declined sharply. A few years after the Longhair Rebellion was put down, the Qing Empire was still recuperating. During the two Opium Wars, the Qing Dynasty was forced to open many treaty ports: Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yingkou, Yantai, Tainan, Tamsui, Shantou, Qiongzhou, Jiujiang, Hankou, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Tianjin. The Thirteen Banks of Guangzhou have lost their previous monopoly power, and their business is certainly not as good as before, but Guangzhou's geographical location is superior, and it has a mature and developed port and a long history of trade, and it is very well-known among foreign merchants, so it is still a developed port trade city.

The Thirteen Elements lost more than just their monopoly position in the Opium War, and most of the Qing government's foreign reparations were eventually apportioned to them, causing them heavy losses. What hurt their vitality even more was the two fires, which burned all the shops and warehouses of the Thirteen Lines, not only the commodities, but also the silver into silver water, and was looted clean. After several losses, it turns out that no matter how thick the family is, it will not be able to eat.

There is only one exception to the firm, which is the Liang family of Tianbao in the thirteen lines. The Liang family has always been low-key in the thirteen lines, and the Qing government's apportionment was made by the more famous Wu family and the Pan family, and the rest of the families each bore a small part, so the Liang family did not suffer much loss. The hometown of the Liang family is in Liangjiazhuang, Heshun Town, northwest of the suburbs of Guangzhou, close to the Pearl River, more than 20 kilometers away from Guangzhou City, Liangjiazhuang also has a wharf on the side of the Pearl River, which is convenient and fast, and the warehouse base camp of Tianbao Line is located in Liangjiazhuang, unlike several other houses in Guangzhou City, relying on this unique advantage, it did not hurt the vitality in the fire, and the strength of the Liang family is currently the boss position in the thirteen lines, but they are not ostentatious.

Retaining vitality in the disaster, it can be seen from this point that the head of the Tianbao Xingliang family is extraordinary. The head of the Liang family of this generation is Liang Jingzong, that is, Liang Sihan's grandfather, who is a far-sighted, clever and decisive businessman, and the Liang family continues to grow and develop in his hands. At present, the annual trading volume of Tianbao Bank has reached seven or eight million taels of silver, and the Liang family's own funds for trade are more than ten million taels of silver. Of course, the Liang family's family background is far more than these, there are more than 40 shops in the city, 14 workshops, a wharf, six houses of different sizes, in addition to the manor and wharf warehouse of Liangjiazhuang outside the city, more than 30,000 acres of fields around the Liang family are all Liang family. In addition to these assets, there must be a large amount of gold and silver in Liangjiazhuang's vault, and no one knows how much there is. The value of the antique calligraphy and paintings owned by the Liang family and jewelry is definitely not small. The accumulation of several generations has formed such a large family.

In fact, at that time in China, there were many big families like this, and the strength of the small family was a huge number, China as one of the world's richest big countries, the wealth contained in the astonishing amount, but unfortunately since the Opium War was opened to the country, in a hundred years, China's wealth was plundered, and by the time of the founding of New China, China was already poor and white, and it cannot but be said that it was the sorrow of the country and the nation, and the incompetence and sins of those in power.

Liang Sihan, the young master of the Liang family, studied in Hong Kong a few years ago, and studied at the Morrison School in Hong Kong, the school mainly teaches English, history and geography of Western countries, mathematics and simple physical and chemical knowledge, as well as business and Western law, Morrison School is a church school, so students also have to learn the theology of Western religions and other courses, and the academic work is still very heavy compared to that era. Chinese students who graduate from this school will generally work in the comprador industry of foreign firms in the future. As the eldest grandson of the family, Liang Sihan will definitely inherit the family business in the future, so he has been cultivated by the family in this direction since he was a child. The children of large families are generally cultivated in two directions, one is commerce, and the other is the imperial examination. There are people in the family who do business to make money, and there are people who are officials, and only by being powerful can they ensure the long-term prosperity of the family. There are several clansmen in the Liang family who have succeeded in the imperial examination and are officials in various places.

Two months ago, Liang Sihan had a sudden high fever at school, and he fell into a coma that night, and the medical technology at that time was still very backward, and there was no good treatment for this situation, so he basically resigned himself to fate, even if you were the young master of a big family, Liang Sibao and Liang Qiang, the servants of the Liang family who accompanied him, were helpless. Hong Kong and Guangzhou have not yet communicated with each other, so they can only send their eldest son back to Guangzhou to inform the Liang family, and then ask a foreign doctor in Hong Kong to see a doctor. Just when the young master Liang was dying, he was crossed by the soul of Liang Sihan with the same name and surname in the 21st century, and the two souls quickly fused, perhaps the two souls were combined, the spiritual power was stronger, and the immunity was stronger, and the high fever of the young master Liang also subsided quickly, and by the next morning, he had basically recovered, so that the servant Liang Sibao, who had been waiting all night, was pleasantly surprised, and asked the youngest son to rush back to Guangzhou to report the news, telling the Liang family that the eldest young master's illness had been cured. This was shocking, but it made the Liang family panic for a while, but fortunately, there was no danger in the end.

After waking up, Liang Sihan was confused for a while, and the original soul memory made him gradually understand his identity and situation, and slowly adapted to it. With the cover of illness, the people around him understand his short-term confusion very well, and he has a high fever and is confused! Whether it is a doctor or a teacher, they are relieved to be able to recover so quickly, and no one wants something to cause a bad impact on the school. So Liang Sihan, who had rested for two days, continued to go to school, which was just a small episode that happened halfway.

Liang Sihan in the 21st century is not small. Liang Sihan was forty-seven years old before the crossing, and was an active major general of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense of the Republic of China, with a doctorate degree, and many majors he had studied and done, including machinery and electronics, metallurgy and chemical industry, military weapons, tanks and ships, aircraft and missiles. Before the crossing, he was busy researching the latest satellite warfare technology, and he died suddenly due to excessive fatigue. It is a major loss to the country's military research and development undertakings. Such an erudite and sophisticated soul plays a teenage student, although it is boring, but there is nothing wrong with it. After two months, he has adapted to life without a computer network, no mobile phone TV, and no car and high-speed train. At least the air quality is much better in this era, there are no additives in food, there is a lot less pollution, it is all original, God also arranged for him the identity of a big young master, what is not satisfied? Besides, he still has a lot of knowledge beyond this era, and he may be able to do something great, so he didn't waste this opportunity given by God.

After this graduation, Mr. Jensen, the principal of Morrison School, personally talked to him, because Liang Sihan's homework was very good (can it not be excellent), Mr. Jensen was willing to recommend him to study in the UK, you must know that this is a good thing that many people can't ask for, but Master Liang politely declined. Much to the regret of Mr. Jensen and the other teachers. But it is even more impossible for Young Master Liang to waste a lot of time to go to England to learn those knowledge that is much backward in his eyes.