"Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants; with merchants at the very bottom. Although the status of merchants in Dazhou has risen a lot, allowing their children to study and take official positions, those illustrious noble families and powerful households remain like towering trees, unshakeable. Even a casual flick of their wrist can obliterate a small merchant family. I understand your feelings!"
Even she had initially thought about finding a patron.
After all, it's comfortable to stand in the shade of a big tree, and because of her connection with King Han, no one dared to bully her.
It didn't surprise her that the timber merchant had such thoughts.
Besides, having those timber piles sitting there wasn't an issue, but selling them for money to invest in developing mountainous land, and not having to find a place for storing firewood was indeed killing two birds with one stone – a perfect solution.
