Chapter 1980: chapter_1980

In Jiaozhi, cotton was considered useless; it was even less useful as firewood than wood, producing a lot of smoke and burning very quickly. So the oil mill owner was curious about what Ma Wenxu and the translator would use it for.

However, the price of one tael of silver per cartload immediately dampened the shopkeeper's curiosity.

One tael of silver is enough to buy a cartload of the finest firewood, which burns much longer than cotton wadding.