Chu Xuhua sat down, placing a form in front of him and holding a pen. He asked the merchant sitting opposite, "What would you like to buy?"
The merchant, a shopkeeper, was interested in ice. "How much is your ice per catty?"
Chu Xuhua pulled out a sheet from the drawer, showing it to the shopkeeper. "This is the price of all our items. Take a look."
The shopkeeper's eyes scanned the list, stopping at the ice. It was priced at ninety copper coins per catty, with a bonus of ten catties for every thousand catties purchased. The maximum purchase was ten thousand catties, requiring five days' advance order.
Given the city's ice price of one tael per catty, ninety copper coins was a bargain. Anyone genuinely interested in buying ice would be tempted.
The shopkeeper was skeptical, "Can your family really supply so much ice?"