Shih Chi (Records of the Grand Historian) also mentions how before the rich merchant Lu Pu-wei of the state of Chin became chief minister, he assisted Prince Tsu Chu (later the first Chin emperor) with 1000 catties [pounds] of gold. Shih Chi's biography of King Hsiao of Liang tells how when the king died, "more than 400,000 catties of gold remained stored in his treasury."
《史記》也提到，秦國富商呂不韋在入相前，以黃金千斤資助公子子楚；＜梁孝王世家＞也說，梁孝王死的時候，「藏府餘黃金尚四十餘萬斤」，。