这是部商界英雄的故事，山西祁县乔家堡著名商家乔家的第三代东家乔致庸，他的一生穿越了大清王朝的晚期，他以乔家这一晋商中的大商家的事业为舞台，怀抱以商救民，以商富国的梦想，为实现自己青年时代货通天下，汇通天下的宏愿，在商家与商家、商家与家族内部、商家与达官显贵、商家与朝廷、乃至于商家与土匪、商家与起义的太平军、捻军之间，展开了一场长达一生，无所畏惧，错综复杂的战争。

This was a heroic story in business circles. Businessman Qiao Zhiyong, living through late Qing Dynasty in his lifetime, was the third generation boss of business family-Qiao of Qiaojiabao in Qi County, Shanxi Province. Through the platform of the Qiao’s business, he was aiming at saving people and enriching the country through business. During the realization of his tremendous dream to cover the goods all over the country and unify the currency, there occurred a life-long and complicated battle between businessmen and businessmen, businessmen and families, businessmen and nobles, businessmen and the court, even the businessmen and bandits, and businessmen and the Peace Army and the Assembles.