Braving the high seas to go all the way to China to make their purchases and, after the expenditure of so much time and effort, still making a large profit on their return, one wonders what had become of the "native retailers" at that time?
千里迢迢、乘風破浪到中國採買，費時費工之後，回來還能大發利市；當年的「本地業者」又是怎麼回事呢？