银城故事

In 1910, under the last Qing emperor, revolution is in the air, yet the salt trade of Silver City in Sichuan carries on as usual. Four forces are entangled: young revolutionaries ready to act, local officials fighting for survival, a scheming family of salt merchants and a mob of peasants rising up in the name of rebellion. Then a revolutionary just home from Japan sets off his explosives too soon; the blast kills the prefect and throws the planned uprising into disarray. The garrison commander, who had been counting the days to his retirement, has to take up arms again, while New Army reinforcements are held up by peasant unrest on the road. Hidden ties surface: the son of the salt merchants, who studied overseas, is one of the plotters, and the New Army officer turns out to be kin to the peasants' leader.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

China, 1910

First published

2002 by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House