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…

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 uncon…

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 …

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 …

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 contra…

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 sugge…

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 ja…

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 h…

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.…

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 pow…

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 orde…

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 dra…

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, NGA…

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…

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 o…

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 Gu…

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 beate…

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…

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…

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 hon…

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 …

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 g…

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 Vo…

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 Do…

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’ …

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 a…

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 d…

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. A…

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 …

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 ter…

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 ot…

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 o…