明朝正德年间出了一位精明强干的商人华麟祥，他是当时无锡三大富商之一，是个能在商品价格上贵中看贱、贱中看贵，懂得贵与贱辩证关系的行家。　　华麟祥年轻时，家境并不富裕，在京口设馆教书为生，空余时间总爱到集市上走走。他看到京口这地方不产菱角，心想无锡盛产菱角 During the Ming dynasty, a shrewd and capable businessman, Hua Linxiang, was one of the three wealthy businessmen in Wuxi at that time. He was an expert who can look down on your commodity prices, look down on yourselves, and understand the relationship between expensiveness and cheapness. When Hualin Xiang was young, his family was not rich. He spent his free time teaching a living in a museum in Beijing. He saw Jingkou this place does not produce water chestnut, thinking Wuxi is rich in water chestnut