Thick black smoke billowed from the government office, swirling up into the sky and then drifting down, fluttering into the Wang Family's carriage.
Wang Dequan reached out to catch a piece of ash, then looked up at the black smoke rising above the government office, and exclaimed in shock: "Could it be the Zhang Family sneaked into the government office and burned my salt permits?"
The Wang Family's Store Manager noticed Wang Dequan's livid face and rapid breathing, and hurriedly sat closer to comfort him: "Master, don't let yourself get upset. As long as Qingshan is around, we'll have firewood for the future..."
"I won't be dying now!" Wang Dequan pushed him away: "The Zhang Family is too vicious, not even giving a chance to sell off the salt permits? The Huguang salt permit of the Seven Great Merchants is in the office, worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! Damn it, how could the Hu Family mess things up, not even guard the salt permits? Useless bunch!"
