Land of Wealth

CHAI HOK-YAN is an honest and upright official responsible for the escorting of imperial funds. His son, CHAI PAK-TSUN, has been living in Jinan for the last twelve years for YAN believes in the words of a fortuneteller that PAK-TSUN is a …

YAN and his whole family are executed. Not wanting to leave his family behind and live on disgracefully, PAK-TSUN wants to turn himself in. He is stopped by his servant MING SUM, who hits him to unconsciousness. SUM turns himself in, claim…

YIP returns to the head office in Shanxi in preparation for the Joint Account Years. FONG YUN-TIN, YIP’s daughter-in-law who married into his family and the Second Steward of Ting Fung Shing, is busy helping YIP round. The First Steward, C…

YIP sends someone to take some medicine to the Mint. He does not know until then that CHAI and the others have been fired. YIP goes to the Mint to give them some words of consolation. He also decides to hire CHAI as a trainee. While CHAI i…

WAH has started her job at the KIUs. SHEUNG gives her a hard time, as she knows that her son was punished because of WAH. On the other side, CHIK has also started his job at Ting Fung Shing. He contradicts the Secretary, Mr. CHONG, and is …

MAN and TIN come across a thief on the street. They come to know that the Jinan government dollars have been robbed. TIN asks MAN to persuade YAU into using remittance dollars. YAU accepts MAN’s suggestion. TIN takes credit for this in fro…

MAN and TSUN go to the countryside together, during which they have a very good chat. YIN has closed a deal, for the first time, which is four thousand Tael worth. TAI praises him. YIN has lost the jade pendant that his mother gave him. YI…

TSUN is missing. YIP and the others go up the hill to search for her. TSUN is found at last, but YIP is displeased to see her being so intimately with MAN. MAN apologizes to YIP. He also swears that he will propose to TSUN when he comes fi…

TAI truly believes that YIP is going to kick him out. He calls for a secret meeting with the 13 Elders and speaks ill of YIP. The 13 Elders promise to help TAI get back the control of Ting Fung Shing. NGO receives a letter from her parents…

YIP and TAI have a negotiation at Ting Fung Shing. TAI has the unanimous support of the 13 Elders. What is more, the Elders demand YIP to sign an agreement, which states that YIP will transfer the power to them and TAI, or else they will a…

Mrs. CHENG speaks ill of CHING. CHING is punished. She wrongly believes that it is WAH who badmouths her. WAI reports the movements of the Japanese naval force to Dowager Empress TSE HEI. TSE HEI orders him to organize a nationwide celebra…

YAU shows up at the temple. He suggests them having a dragon-ball fight to see which draft bank can pray first. YIN hurts CHIK during the fight. But with the help of WAH Ting Sung Shing grasps the dragon-ball in the end. YIP discovers that…

Empress Dowager TSE HEI thinks highly of MAN’s ability. She appoints him the Magistrate of Po County so that he can gather evidence of YAU’s corruption. LAI informs NGAI. So as not to be involved, NGAI decides to keep a distance from YAU. …

CHAI and CHIK have shown great improvement after rounds after rounds of practice. YIN and FEI plan to trick them. On the day of the race, WAH discovers that the horse suffers from diarrhea. She rushes home to take the horse that YIP gave h…

Rumor has it that Ting Fung Shing is involved in salt smuggling and is closed for investigation. Depositors all rush to withdraw their taels. TIN, without the consent of YIP first, asks for the help of other draft banks. TIN is turned down…

TSUN is captured. It is lucky that the smugglers do not humiliate her. MAN and TSUN’s relationship has leapt an even big step forward since the incident. WAH and CHIK have retuned to their hometown Guihua. Other people from their clan pres…

NIN appreciates CHAI’s performance very much. MR. HO, a customer of the bank, has passed away. NIN sends CHIK to collect HO’s debt. On the way, CHIK bumps into a westerner named ZIDANE and he is beaten up by his men. When they are fighting…

Stewards of other draft banks are all pleased to know that the government has agreed to abolish the heavy taxes. TAI feels aggrieved. WAH complains to CHAI that TO has become ZIDANE’s puppet. TO wants to go working in Europe. He asks WAH t…

YUE goes to the Russian Embassy to talk about Russian businessmen’s tax avoidance with TOPOV. Their conversation is originally disagreeable. Yet they become congenial when they switch to talking about oil paintings. ANNA, the daughter of T…

The bandits follow CHAI and take away some of the account books of Ting Fung Shing. Seeing that WAH has been going out a lot with CHAI recently, TO questions CHAI if he is fond of WAH. CHAI admits honestly. CHAI and the others are trapped …

NGO knows very well that her days are numbered. She encourages YIP to take a second wife who can carry on the family name for him. Before she dies, she tells WAH to take care of YIP for her. CHING is shocked. WAH is very sad over NGO’s dea…

TAI flatters KIT in order to win the exchange right of provisions and funds for the troops in the capital from Ting Fung Shing. An idea occurs to CHAI when he hears this from HUNG. CHAI deliberately gets close to KIT. He tells KIT that he …

WAH is upset about the rumor. YIP consoles her. Once again, KWAN HUNG suggests that YIP marry WAH. CHAI is determined to revenge for his family. He writes down his antecedents and entrusts Reverend Void to pass it to WAH when he is dead. K…

YIP announces his marrying WAH. All are shocked. YIP asks CHAI to give WAH a hand in the preparation of their wedding. CHAI is terribly upset by WAH’s cold words. ANNA is a very smart girl. Empress Dowager is very fond of her. Both YUE and…

Upon his return to Pingyao, Reverend Void returns CHAI’s letter to him. CHAI is destroying the letter when WAH appears. She is sorry for what she has done when she learns the truth. The Hundred Days’ Reform fails. The Qing court orders the…

On the surface, CHAI and WAH are driven away by YIP, but they are actually leaving Shanxi under the arrangement of KWAN HUNG as told by YIP. LAI arrests SUN in YIP’s residence in the west town. CHAI and WAH return to Pingyao to help YIP up…

TIN leaves the KIUs in anger, leaving also behind CHING. When YIP comes round, he asks TSUN to give the decision of marrying CHAI a second thought. TSUN, nevertheless, has made up her mind. She goes down on her knees to plead with CHAI to …

WAH has gone missing. Everybody in the KIU family is very worried when she is still nowhere to be seen after an extensive search. YIN leans by chance that his mother has killed FEI’s mother and WAH. Although he promises to keep the secret …

With the help of FA LING-LUNG, the famous singsong girl who looks very much like WAH, CHAI gets to know NGAI. CHAI thanks LUNG for her help and she tells him frankly that she has special feelings for him. MAN meets up with CHAI and his wif…

CHAI tells TSUN he is a criminal wanted by the Qing court. He also tells her his determination to clear the charges against his family and to further develop Ting Fung Shing. The couple is on good terms again. CHAI takes LUNG home. CHIK is…

LUNG’s effort to steal the key to the vault fails. NGAI makes her take in a large quantity of opium. With MAN’s help, CHAI persuades WAI to let him gather evidence of NGAI’s evil deeds. MAN and the other hear that NGAI is bringing with him…

Empress Dowager temporarily puts up in the KIU. It is Mid-Autumn Festival. The KIUs and Empress Dowager go to watch a play together. YUE takes the opportunity to put poison in Empress Dowager’s bowl of sweet dumplings. TSUN eats the sweet …