Living in Jiangnan was challenging. How deep was the snow there? The Qing court's series of secret edicts sank all of Jiangnan into chaos as the not-so-heavy snowfall brought a chill to millions of people for no reason. All of the giant merchants felt the pressure and killing intent from Jingdou. Lingnan's Xiong family and Quanzhou's Sun family had always been on good terms with Fan Xian. Under the court's pressure, they did not dare move. As for those salt merchants who had long been under the protection of the powerful figures of the court and had peeked at all the wealth under heaven, they began to slowly grow restless.