清末民初，河北(běi )蔚县(✒)一支(🥇)满载货(🏽)物(wù )的骡队(🌰)突(🃏)遭“响马”打劫(🕰)，货(huò )主被杀，货主(🆖)外甥(🐉)华惟臻(zhēn )负(fù )伤滞(🗼)留在(🥩)郭家(jiā )镖局(jú )后，与(⏬)郭(🎲)家大小(xiǎo )姐(jiě )郭(guō )玉娴“冲(🖲)喜”完婚(🔸),他凭着聪慧正直(zhí )的秉(bǐng )性进入成(chéng )记皮庄做了账(zhàng )房(🛺)先生。华(huá )惟臻前往张(zhāng )家口经商(🚑)后，与(yǔ )山西(😱)商界一霸恒(héng )泰永商号的少东家任伯(🚨)驰结(jié )下仇怨，多(duō )(💱)亏德盛隆(lóng )掌柜玉陇非鼎力(📙)相救，俩人义结金兰。　　华惟臻多方开拓筹资(zī )渠道(dào )，办起一条(🕙)龙(lóng )作(zuò )坊，苦心(xīn )经(🤳)营“成记皮庄张(zhāng )家口分号”，终(zhōng )于(yú )在(❕)商(shāng )界站稳了脚(jiǎo )跟。眼(yǎn )红(🚗)华惟(wéi )臻家产(chǎn )的任伯驰(⛏)暗地勾结成记(jì )皮(pí )庄(zhuāng )少(shǎo )(🚶)东(dōng )家(📟)挤兑华惟臻，致使华惟臻近乎(hū )破产。为(wéi )求更大发展，华惟臻跟(gēn )随(suí )商队远走(🏴)库伦(📐)，历经千难万险(🆙)，最(🔫)终历练(liàn )成为享誉(🏓)河(🚽)北商(🍁)道的(👛)商界典(👗)范。功成(🍺)名就后(👚)的(🛃)华(huá )惟臻(zhēn )一(💅)心(xīn )造(zào )(❓)福(📬)乡里，倾其家财修筑张库公路，由(🧥)此，一代晋商的豪(háo )情壮(zhuàng )举在河(🐱)北(🖱)大地(dì )传唱....