acquire wealth

With the development of handicraft industry, private entrepreneurs in some businesses were a-ble to acquire wealth and finances, like the salt producer Yi Dun of Lu, Widow Qing in the state of Qin owned mines producing cinnabar, ironworks of the families Kong and Zhou in Wei ， and Guo Zong in the State of Zhao.

随着手工业的发展，出现了一些私营大手工业主，如鲁国煮盐的猗顿，秦国巴地开采丹砂的寡妇清，冶铁业如魏国的孔家、卓家和赵国的郭纵等。

A study shows that 30 to 48 percent ( or$ 8 trillion worth) of the real estate appreciation in 35 major Chinese cities is directly correlated with China's sex-ratio imbalance and a man's need to acquire wealth ( property) in order to attract a wife.

有研究显示，35个中国主要城市的房地产价值增幅中有30%到48%（价值80亿美元）与中国的性别比例失衡以及男性为寻求伴侣而产生的购房需求直接相关。

How did he acquire his great wealth?

他是怎麽护得他大量财富的？