「Mountain City. A certain village.」
Gu Qi drove Gu Zhao here. Traveling with them were several other timber bosses and a local guide.
This is the internet age, and the villagers have become savvy. The era when merchants could just wander into a village and find cheap goods was over.
Nowadays, a guide usually brings several bosses from different regions into the mountains to hunt for goods. If they found something good, the bosses would bid on the spot, and the villagers would sell at their discretion.
"So, it's like hunting for treasures in the mountains or by the sea?" Gu Zhao asked with great interest.
"Yes, but the things we're looking for are much more valuable," Gu Qi explained to Gu Zhao. "Huanghuali and Small-leafed Purple Sandalwood can be cultivated or imported from overseas, but Golden Rattan Wood truly can't be found abroad.
