"Why is there no coal again?"
"Doesn't our Ninth Special Zone produce coal? In previous years, we couldn't even sell all of it, so why has it disappeared several times this year? I didn't manage to stockpile a single piece of coal at home! Are you waiting for me to freeze to death in this cold wave?!"
"Release the coal, release the coal!"
The entrance to a large warehouse in the Ninth Special Zone was filled with an endless din of noise.
Over a hundred people gathered here, with noise, anger, and panic converging like a tidal wave.
This is the coal warehouse of the Tasting Commerce Association, the place where all the coal in the Ninth Special Zone is stored.
All the coal from other coal merchants would be stored in this area's warehouses.
In the past, all citizens from the Ninth Special Zone would come here to purchase coal.
Before, coal was never lacking in the entire Ninth Special Zone, because there were several coal mines not far outside the Ninth Special Zone.
