The Influences of Jiangxi Businessman's Activities in Hunan during Ming and Qing Dynasties

During the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty,Hunan was afflicted with war and its population decreased greatly.Thus a large number of Jiangxi businessmen immigrated to Hunan under the drive of light taxes policy.Jiangxi Province then was a well commercialized region.Jianxia businessmen brought their own business practices when they came to Hunan,their activities in Hunan had profound influence on society then.