Shen Wansan's real name is Shen Fu, whose name is Zhong Rong. His father is Shen You, who moved from Nanxun Town, Wucheng County, Huzhou Road to Caidong Village, Changzhou County, Pingjiang Road. Shen Wansan was the richest man in Jiangnan in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and also the richest man in China. If you have been to the ancient town of Zhouzhuang, you may not think that Zhouzhuang has become a famous ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River because of Shen Wansan. Not only Zhouzhuang benefited from him, but Shen Wansan also contributed half to the construction of Nanjing City. Because he was a rich country, he was forced to invest in the construction of Nanjing City with the Ming Dynasty because he was jealous of Zhu Yuanzhang. In the process of doing business and getting rich, he left footprints in Zhouzhuang, Suzhou, Nanjing and Yunnan, but Shen Wansan always regarded Zhouzhuang as his own career. "Three thousand people live about half a mile northwest of Kunming, that is, Dongzhuangdi, Yinzibang, warehouse, garden pavilion and residence are connected" (Chronicle of the Town, Volume 2). In the article "The Rise and Decline of Shen Wansan, the Rich Man in the Early Ming Dynasty" published at the Symposium on Economic History of the Ming Dynasty, Chen of Kunshan Cultural Management Association said that Shen Wansan's rise and fall began with his hard work. "Its predecessor started from the bow crop ... the great father is rich and the inheritance is for;" Taste the handsome physique of children, which shows that Shen Wansan got rich by reclaiming wasteland, and he has the foundation of his career. Later, Shen Wansan got huge sums of money from the Lushi family, which made his wealth accumulation reach a higher level. "Shen Wansan show wealth, because the wu lujia, lu jiang left ... all show". ("Zhouzhuang Town Records" Volume 6. Miscellaneous notes). After primitive accumulation, he got a huge sum of money from Lu, on the one hand, he continued to open a family; On the other hand, Zhouzhuang in Shen Wansan is used as the base of commodity trade and circulation, and Baiyanjiang (Dongjiang) is connected to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the west and Liuhe in the east. Transport the silk, ceramics, grain and handicrafts from Jiangsu and Zhejiang overseas, and at the same time carry out "international trade", that is, "Fan Tong", to earn huge wealth. According to "Wujiang County Records", "Shen Wansan lives in Zhouzhuang, the 29th capital of Wujiang, and is rich in the world. According to legend, it was obtained from the same story. " Wu Han, a famous historian, also said, "Suzhou Shen Wansan No.1 made a fortune from overseas trade. "He accumulated the original wealth through reclamation, and then made good use of other people's money, boldly' fighting for money for service' for foreign trade activities. Shen Wansan made some money from trade, bought land, and used the rest as business capital. As a result, he quickly became the richest man in Jiangnan, "with huge assets and land all over the world." Zhouzhuang's "changing villages into towns" is also a credit to Shen Wansan. As for the rich man in Shen Wansan, he even said that he had a cornucopia and so on, which reflected that his wealth was countless and his skills in making and accumulating wealth were superb. Up to now, there are still many stories and legends about Shen Wansan's wealth, luxury, manor, business and family life in Suzhou, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, northern Zhejiang and Anhui. Shen Wansan's wealth even made Zhu Yuanzhang, the supreme ruler at that time, jealous. Finally, he found several excuses, plundered his property three times, and Shen Wansan exiled Yunnan, which made the Shenyang family decline rapidly again. The ending is also extremely sad. The reason is that Shen Wansan misjudged everything when he was rich, thinking that money is everything and money makes the mare go. As a result, he has deep pockets and despises everything, which can be seen from the joint construction of Nanjing City by him and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor. This is not to say that he did something wrong, but the way. Recently, I saw that the rich people in China are afraid of being on the Forbes rich list for many reasons, but do some people also have the fear of "Shen Wansan"? In this special soil of China, Shen Wansan's experience has profound practical significance.