As the finest jade carvers from Great Nan come from south of the river, and the best jade carvers from south of the river are located around Hangzhou.
That's why merchant convoys returning from Yaoer Country unload their goods only when they reach south of the river.
By the time these jade stones are carved, it will be summer, and then they will take a portion of them to the Capital to sell.
However, most of them can be sold directly along the way, since jade stones have always been in demand in the affluent south of the river.
After unloading the jade stones, Chen Qian spent just two days resting in Hangzhou before joining her eldest brother's convoy, which set out to take fresh tea leaves to the Capital.
Due to the frozen rivers in the wintry Yong State where the Capital was located, they were traveling by land this time. During the journey, Chen Qian met the same strange convoy she had encountered before.
