In these ways, a large part of the financial operations connected with the sale of Southern produce and the purchase of goods in exchange passed into the hands of Northern merchants and bankers who, naturally, made profits from their transactions.

通过这些方式，与销售南方产品和购买商品相关的大部分金融业务都转移到了北方商人和银行家手中， 他们自然而然地从交易中获利。