In ancient China, the social status of businessmen was always very low  In the Tang Dynasty, it was strictly forbidden for businessmen to become officials, and even stipulated that businessmen should not stand shoulder to shoulder with sages and gentlemen  In the Ming Dynasty, although the court agreed that merchants were needed by the society, there were still strict regulations on merchants' clothing in the early days  With the development of commodity economy in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, businessmen became more and more popular, and these rules and regulations that surrounded merchants gradually lost their effectiveness in the past  In spite of this, businessmen's freedom in daily expenses is limited, and eating has become one of the few opportunities for rich businessmen in Yangzhou to fight for wealth
As a result, rich businessmen in Yangzhou spent a lot of money and went to great lengths to eat
The deep reason why Yangzhou people like to eat too much