Chapter 1410: Falling apart, Zhao Gao plummets, the trend is unstoppable!

When half a day had passed, apart from the commoners watching the spectacle, not a single person came to the Shangpin Pavilion to buy Zhao Gao, which made Li Huaxiong recognize a reality.

The collapse of Zhao Gao had become an unstoppable trend!

Gouwazi still harbored fantasies and said to Li Huaxiong, "Shopkeeper, perhaps this is just His Majesty's momentary anger. If we can't sell it, we won't sell it. Let's wait a while!"

"Maybe after some time, His Majesty will issue another decree, and the price of Zhao Gao will climb again?"

But Li Huaxiong's face was deathly pale. He collapsed onto the floor, staring blankly outside, utterly dejected.

"It's impossible. There is absolutely no such possibility."

"All of this... is a trap. This Living Yama is so ruthless! He drove up the price of Zhao Gao, causing the people of Zhao Kingdom to abandon their farmland, and then he had His Majesty ban river transport!"

"This is clearly aimed at the grain of the Zhao Kingdom!"

Li Huaxiong realized it too late, understanding everything.

His face was deathly pale, and as he sat on the floor, having understood everything, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Once he understood this, there was no hope left in his heart. He knew Zhao Gao was definitely finished.

Now, all that remained for him was endless regret.

When something that doesn't belong at that price is forcibly driven up, the risk contained within is inherently terrifying.

It could be driven this high by the market, and it could just as easily be beaten back to its original form by the market!

This is the market!

It's just a pity that he understood this too late!

And he, too, would ultimately pay the price for his greed—only this price was far too devastating!

Li Huaxiong wept uncontrollably; his life's work had turned to ash.

Gouwazi also wept uncontrollably.

This scene sparked discussion among many commoners.

"How tragic. I heard the Shangpin Pavilion shopkeeper hoarded thousands of bolts of Zhao Gao. He wouldn't even sell them for five taels of silver before, and now that he's listed them for one tael and three qian, no one is coming to buy. Truly, fate plays tricks on people!"

"Years of savings, likely destroyed in an instant."

"Indeed. But I can understand why Shopkeeper Li is crying so bitterly—after all, he lost so much. But why is this Gouwazi crying even more bitterly than him?"

"I heard Gouwazi has been following Li Huaxiong since he was a child, for a full ten years. He must be grieving for Li Huaxiong!"

"What a moving play of deep loyalty between master and servant. Truly admirable!"