Chapter 607 - Inside The Border Trading Post (2/2)
Most of the ware they sold here were pretty xi City The only difference was the wool, which they had never sold in Pingxi City before
At those Shatu vendor stalls, tight bundles of ere stuffed in huge sacks The Shatu people left the sacks unsealed, allowing the snohite wool inside to peek out as they hawked their ware
The businesses located in front of these Shatu vendor stalls were doing extremely well because of the wool In fact, this was probably the busiest part of the border trading post Four-wheeled carriages were parked here as potential wool buyers lined up to look at thele prices with the Shatu people Those that made successful deals would then take the sacks of wool for weighing andca piles of wool He reached out to touch the snohite wool and asked, “How much for a jin of wool?”
The person whoold Shatuand his companions, then replied, “Two maces of silver for a jin…”
“That expensive?” Although Yan Liqiang are of the price, he pretended to be shocked
In reality, theof wool price was the price of woolen fabrics produced by The Greatest Mill Currently, the hing 28 kilogra sold at approximately 850 taels of silver
Due to the shortage of woolen fabrics, their value was noed as even higher than the same amount of silver in the market Hence, it became a craze as it was a symbol of wealth for the rich Woolen fabrics that were not of premium quality like the ones produced by The Greatest Mill could also fetch about 500 taels of silver for a roll
Following the skyrocketing profits of woolen fabrics, the price of wool also soared to an unih wool prices, the woolen fabrics that were produced from them could easily double or triple the profit This was the reason why this place was so crowded
The wool business carried out in this border trading post was Yan Liqiang’s ation He had readied a plan that would surely turn their joy into sorrow
“My wool here is clean and cheap Other places are selling at the same price too!” the old Shatu man said as he shook his head
“Brother, please be careful You best not buy this old Shatu man’s wool He purposely mixes sand and water in his wool to cheat the scale If you want to buy, you better take them out and pick the dry ones!”
A voice suddenly ca turned his head to find an experienced-looking youngbeside hi
“What nonsense are you spouting?!” The old Shatuto kill hi to make trouble here…?!” As the old man said that, he was about to draw his sci ry old xi City anyet how you all were driven here fro froer on me if you dare…”
The old Shatu ers on the handle of his scie to unsheathe it In the end, he only threw a glare at the young rily “Go away! Go away now! I’ business with you all…!”