The workshop descended into chaos due to the severe lack of labor!
Reassembling the workforce once they dispersed would prove to be a formidable challenge.
Zhao Zhai and Zhao Ye faced substantial obstacles during their procurement efforts. The Su and Hu states were plagued by significant negative karma, and their annual demand for locally-produced silk made it nearly impossible to sell any to outsiders.
When foreign merchants arrived seeking to purchase a substantial quantity like 100,000 liang (equivalent to 125,000 kilograms), it left everyone perplexed.
How on earth could they afford such an enormous amount?
Their purchases of less than 5,000 kilograms immediately drew the ire of prominent local business figures entrenched in the negative karma industry.
Furious at what they perceived as Young Master Zhao's interference in the local market, they united to expel the newcomers.
