How did Shanxi merchants start to grow?

Large-scale immigration also promoted the growth of Shanxi merchants. Shanxi is narrow and densely populated, with ten years and nine droughts and poor people. There are fewer wars in southern and central Shanxi, and the population is relatively large. During the great famine, many Shanxi victims fled to a foreign land and settled there.

Large-scale organized migration and fleeing population flowing to various places will inevitably strengthen the ties between Shanxi and other places, increase the opportunities for Shanxi people to go out to do business, and create conditions for Shanxi businessmen to set foot in Beijing and explore and develop in Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia.