Qiongzhou Island had only just come under the control of the Han Tribe, and many preparations were still incomplete. For now, the Government Offices in various places were mainly focused on transporting strategic supplies. Other, less essential goods would have to wait.
Paper, for example, as well as Calcium Carbide Lamps and bolts of cloth, were all in short supply. They mainly depended on the local people to produce them themselves. Fortunately, during Beast Tooth's Emissary Group's time there, some basic textile production had already sprung up on Qiongzhou Island. Although the looms were neither the best nor the most advanced, they could still be used to weave cloth. It simply was not as good as the cloth from the Han Tribe's territory.
After Lu Jian'an finished asking his questions, Ren Zong added one of his own. "Brother Tian, do they sell salt and iron here?"
"Of course they do. Salt and iron are both sold by the Government Office. Xianfeng Commandery, not far from you, is a place that produces salt, so there's naturally no shortage of it. As for iron, for now, most of it still has to be transported in from our territory, so there isn't much. But for your daily needs, you can still buy it from the commandery." Tian Qiao immediately explained.
The others continued asking about various trivial matters of daily life. Was there somewhere to buy timber? If not, could they cut it privately? Were there restrictions on felling trees? Could they build their own kilns to fire pottery and porcelain? Could they make their own charcoal?
After all, no coal was currently being sold here. If Ren Zong wanted to forge ironware, he could only burn some charcoal himself to use.
Tian Qiao answered all these questions together.
"I might as well