Longzuo Prefecture City.
It was the political, economic, and military center of all Longzuo Prefecture.
Any Clan with a measure of strength would seek to establish some business in the prefectural city, selling local specialties while also securing a foothold for the Clan within the city.
That way, they could purchase needed supplies for the Clan at any time and gain access to the latest news.
"Changning Wang Clan Trading Firm"
was a solely owned trading firm established in Longzuo Prefecture by the Seventh-Rank Aristocratic Clan, the Changning Wang Clan. Though not large in scale, it dealt in exclusive high-end Western Glass products, silk handicrafts, and a series of products most beloved by Longzuo's noblewomen, such as Ice-Skin Jade-Complexion Moisturizing Cream, Red Phoenix Purple Phoenix Pills, Immortal Reflecting Treasure Mirrors, Moistening Soft Silk, and Hundred-Flower Fragrance of Chaotic Butterflies.
Ice-Skin Jade-Complexion Moisturizing Cream was made by simmering deep-sea golden clam spirit pearls, various "precious" Spirit Seed herbs, and "Spirit Beast fat." With long-term use, it could leave one's skin as moisturized and delicate as ice and snow.
The other products likewise catered to women, and all were highly effective. It was said that even such eminent figures as Master Binglan of the Purple Mansion Academy and the Prefecture Prince's consort used these treasures.
Such products had two major shortcomings: first, they were expensive; second, they were scarce. As a result, these goods generally had to be reserved in advance—and even then, one often could not secure an order.
Thus, the threshold of the Changning Wang Clan Trading Firm had been worn down by the noblewomen of the prefectural city.
Wang Shounuo, the third of the Shou Generation and the man in charge here, was surrounded every day by noblewomen from every household and Clan, all of them employing every conceivable