见过斗鸡、斗狗、斗蟋蟀的,还真没见过斗穷的……康熙年间,扬州有两大巨富。一个是扬州东城的程家,因为家族中人累世为官,不是尚书便是封疆大吏,所以家世显赫。另一个是扬州西城的贡家,贡家专卖茶盐起家致富,几代积聚的财富几近敌国。只是虽有钱,但是论起权势,与程家相比却总是差了那么一点。生意人讲究和气生财,既然大家都住在扬州城,当然是相安无事的好。可是这程家守家业的子弟中不少人挟族人官威自重,颐指气使,很有点瞧不起贡家的味道。贡家自 Have seen cockfighting, fighting dogs, fighting crickets, really have not seen the bucket of poverty ... ... Kangxi years, Yangzhou has two great wealth. One is the Yangcheng Dongcheng Cheng family, because the family of people throughout the world as an official, not a book is the Territory Dali, so prominent in the world. The other is the tribute home of Yangzhou Xicheng, tribute tea merchants started to get rich, several generations of accumulation of wealth near the enemy. Only money, but on the power, but compared with the Cheng family is always a little worse. Pay attention to the businessman and angry money, since we all live in Yangzhou City, of course, is a good day. However, many of these children who hold family business are holding their own family members’ authority and claim that they are a little disappointed with Gong’s taste. Gong home from