The Modern Huang Zhou Merchants Study

Huang zhou merchants is the modern Hubei market appeared for the first time, the strongest, most influential local merchants. However, due to the evolution ofthe passage of time, the current situation, understand and familiar withHuang zhou merchannts and less help people. Even businessmen home town in huangzhou,understand their name and the cause of the people is no more. However,they are the modern shopping malls in Hubei is an important force for after all, the modernization process, Huang zhou hometown, Hankou and Hubei Province, has made an important contribution, should be known, get the status and respect due.This article mainly uses the literature investigation and case study two methods, based on historical documents collected a lot of books, papers,magazines, local records and archives, which selected the most representative of the merchant family and its trade, industry in-depth and meticulous excavation, in order to explore the support this business help,grow until the final demise of the era, geographical and economic, socialand other reasons.The full text is divided into four into four parts. The first part of the introduction, the main topics of research background and explains the origin, combing the domestic and foreign research status in this field at present, puts forward the research methods and ideas, and the difficulties and problems. The second part is the point, including the four chapter.The first chapter mainly introduces some basic situations of Huang Gang,including Huangzhou merchants name meaning, Huang zhou hall Lord emperorpalace, as well as the history of the development of yellow for the five most representative family. The second chapter outlines the Huangzhou merchants and Yangtze River Basin for the cotton trade, including the production of cotton in Hubeisince modern times, Huang zhou merchannts number distribution pattern of cotton,the actual purchase should pay attention to in the system of weights andadulteration, and Huang zhou merchants for participation in the creation of Hankou and shashi of the two packing factory. The third chapter is the focus of the paper, detailed Huangzhou merchants origin with Hankou first cotton mill. This chapter mainly from Huangzhou merchants create and first cotton mill investment, debt disputes first cotton mill and Arnhold British firm, Cheng, Li contradiction and He Chengjun take away by force or trickery, Cheng Ziju and postwar demobilization operations, as well as on the eve of the liberation of Wuhan Cheng, Lu, Li fled to Hong Kong back to Han kou and the first yarn factory public-private, detailed account of Hankou the history of the first cotton mill. The fourth chapter introduces the Huang zhou merchants other investments and activities, including real estate investment, social charity activities and participation in political activities.The fourth part is appendix, collection selection from the archives,Huangzhou merchants home etc., but for the Lord emperor palace ordinary peopledifficult to see maps, pictures, Beijing Huang An guild and rules and regulations, the articles of association of the register of shareholders,Hankou first cotton mill, the total mortgage contract, the site pictures and other information, I hope I can help the researchers to facilitate.