“叶淇变法”不仅使山西盐商失去了“开中制”带给他们的地域之便,也在有意无意之间成为徽州盐商崛起的有力推手徽人常说:“吾乡贾者,首鱼盐,次布帛。”徽商对盐业的重视由此可见,而盐业对于徽商称雄商界也起到了至关重要的作用。 “Ye Qi change ” not only makes Shanxi salt merchants lose “open system ” to bring them to the region, but also inadvertently became a powerful promoter of the rise of salt merchants in Huizhou state often said: Wuxiang Jia, the first fish salt, cloth second. "Huishang attention to the salt industry can be seen from this, and the salt industry for merchants dominate the business community has also played a crucial role.