胡万安,明末徽州大盐商。胡万安本来不是盐商,一直与其父亲在荆、湘、川、黔一带经营木材生意,但通过木材生意积累了一定的原始资本后,就想把生意做大,而当时,最能赚钱的行业就是盐业,因为盐业是专卖行业,一旦取得专卖权,就能很快获得丰厚的利润。因此,在明朝成化年间,他来到了扬州城从事盐业经营, Hu Wanan, Ming Dynasty Huizhou salt business. Hu Wan-an was originally not a salt merchant who had been trading timber business with his father in the Jing, Xiang, Chuan and Qian areas. However, after a certain amount of original capital had been accumulated through timber business, Hu wanted to enlarge its business. At that time, the most profitable industry was Salt industry, because the salt industry is the monopoly industry, once made monopoly, you can quickly get huge profits. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty Chenghua years, he came to Yangzhou City engaged in salt industry,