With two shops able to supply him steadily, Li Long stopped looking for more. All he needed to do was collect the goods from them regularly and deliver them to the mountains.
The shop in Beiting made better saddles, but the old man worked more slowly. The saddles from the shop in Ma County were average in quality, but they made more of them and worked faster. It was also obvious that not many people came there to buy saddles.
Li Long counted as their biggest regular customer. He passed on the feedback about the saddles he received from Harimu and the others, and the owner actively addressed the issues.
Their service was very good. Li Long ordered some matching accessories through them too. The old man sold his saddles as complete sets, while this shop only sold the saddles themselves. Li Long felt he ought to treat everyone equally.
Fortunately, there were few ethnic minority residents in the county seat, and these craftsmen all knew one another, which actually made arranging things easier.
The saddle seller took inspiration from this too. Before long, he had whips, halters, and pads woven with all kinds of intricate patterns on display in his shop.
They actually drew quite a few people in to look.
Business had not necessarily improved much, but at least there was more foot traffic.
The shop owner was therefore extremely courteous to Li Long. He felt Li Long had brought him good luck.
At this time, there was little distance between ethnic minority and Han Chinese comrades, and most got along very well.
They all lived on the same land. Minor friction was normal, but where would so many major conflicts have come from? Hadn't people stirred them up later?
After Li Long delivered two more loads of