Chapter 485 - The Transportation Office (1/2)
Chapter 485: The Transportation Office
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation <i class="_hr">Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Wisps of s an ethereal scent floated out of a copper crane incense burner
The scent of sandalwoodit to smell expensive
It was an antique study room Inside the incense burner was a hundred-year-old phoenix sandalwood, coold The study room was situated on the eastern side of the Zhu and Yin provinces, or more accurately, in the Northwestern Transportation Office in the Yin Provincial Town The owner of this study roo Tianhua
The Northwestern Transport Commissioner was dressed in dark red official robes and seated at a desk in the room He reached out and pinched up snow crystal-like particles between his chubby and well-ers from a porcelain dish placed at the center of the desk, then brought the Tianhua was over fifty years of age He had a square face, a pair of big ears, and a rather fat physique His face was so fat that one would think that it got stung by a hornet His eyes were hidden by the fat, leaving only two narrow slits His eyeballs couldn’t be seen, but bone-chilling gleams occasionally flashed across those narrow slits Since he was obese, Jiang Tianhua looked like he was always s
In the northwestern officialdo Tianhu was nicknareedy, and insatiable man He not only had the northwestern officialdo of the Grand Chancellor Even the provincial governors needed to give him some respect and wouldn’t dare to si Tianhua becaion
Jiang Tianhua examined the tiny white particles on his hand very seriously After staring at them for half a minute, only then did he place them in his mouth before he closed his eyes
A moment later, his eyes snapped open and then he nodded A beautiful servant served him a cup of warm Snow Peak Tea of the finest quality Another beautiful servant knelt before hile… Gurgle… </e of the tea to rinse his olden spittoon The third beautiful servant came and handed a towel for him to wipe his mouth and hands He then waved his hands and dis Tianhua stared at the paunchyobsequiously in front of hixi Prefecture?”
“Yes, my lord This is the snow salt Do you know the current price for a jin of this?”
“How much?”
“The snow salt is now in short supply A jin of it is priced at four or five candareens of silver on the market, twice as expensive as the finest blue salt! Twice!” When the merchant mentioned the snow salt’s price, his eyes sparkled and he even licked his lips Greed ritten all over his face
“It is certainly worth the price!” Jiang Tianhua nodded and chuckled mischievously “Very few places in the Great Han Empire can produce this kind of salt It is so much better than even the tribute salt for the royalty!”
“Isn’t it?” The paunchy merchant s owns the salt pans which produce this snow salt My lord has sent a letter fro can do us a favor by negotiating with Lord Lei if he can share half of the snow salt’s profit with my clan as commission from now on?”
“Hahaha, with Lord Gu’s status, he could have just sent a letter to Lei Sitong directly Why would he even need ive Lord Gu sohed