一晋商作为清代最大的商帮,其历史声望主要来自金融业,即票号。但票号是商业资本发育和积累到一定阶段的产物,对于绝大多数商人而言,他们一辈子从事的都是货物贸易,根本不可能涉足“袖长善舞、钱多善贾”的金融业。即便是以经营票号著称的晋商巨贾,他们的发迹无一例外是以货贸起家的。就是说,尽管票号已经成了晋商的历史标 A merchants as the Qing Dynasty’s largest business, its historical prestige mainly from the financial industry, the ticket number. But the ticket number is the result of the development and accumulation of commercial capital to a certain stage. For the vast majority of businessmen, they are engaged in trade of goods all their lives and can not possibly get involved in “making good progress and getting better money.” Financial industry. Even with the merchants known for the management of treasured merchants, their fortune without exception is based on the trade started. In other words, although the ticket number has become the historical landmark of Shanxi business