When the autumn wind of Qingniu Valley swept across the herb-drying yard, carrying the fragrance of medicine, Xiaoxiu's ledger rattled open beneath the grape trellis, the abacus beads bouncing across the pages into the shape of the character for abundance: "Yifan! This year's Rhodiola harvest is fifty percent higher than last year, and we've sold three hundred jars of wine!" Protagonist shook the trade route map and chuckled: "The Persian merchant Abbas wants to trade fine horses for wine—" The beads leaped into the map, spelling out profit, "—but we want his Persian alfalfa seeds!"
"Alfalfa seeds?" Xiaoxiu bit her lip in thought, and the beads immediately bounced into the shape of the character for fertility in her hair, projecting onto the ledger: "Alfalfa enriches the soil, the ultimate partner for crop rotation!" Her eyes lit up: "The beads are right! Trading for seeds is a better deal than horses!" The beads bounced into the character for praise, embroidering golden powder patterns reading "Qingniu Valley's Commercial Genius" onto the hem of her skirt.
At two-fifteen in the afternoon, Abbas's camel caravan stepped into the herb estate, and the beads bounced into the character for craftiness on a camel saddle—the foreign merchant actually wanted to slash prices by thirty percent. Xiaoxiu smiled, holding the abacus bead negotiation flag: "Mr. Abbas, how much did the 'Bead Crimson Drunk' you bought last year sell for in Chang'an?" The beads immediately bounced into the ch…
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