When the camel bells of the Chang'an trade route chimed seven times, Pei Hongxiu's abacus bead whip cracked sharply against the Taiji dart flag, the beads bouncing across the flag's surface to form the character "ARRIVED": "Ten more miles to the West Market!" A caravan guard looked worriedly at the medicine chest: "After last night's heavy rain, I fear there may be spoilage..." The abacus beads instantly bounced into the shape of the character "TEST", leaping into the medicine chest to display a moisture distribution map formed of abacus beads: "Spoilage rate 0.3%, the beads verify accuracy!"
"Inspect the cargo!" The Persian merchant Abbas sneered, clutching his abacus. The abacus beads instantly formed the character "FRAUD", displaying a miniature leather whip on his abacus frame along with the words "Ten catties underreported, twenty lashings by the beads." The Protagonist smiled faintly, shaking his abacus ledger: "According to the Book of Lord Shang and its principle of 'balancing scales'—" The beads leaped into the medicine chest, spelling out the character "SCALE". Inside the chest, an Abacus Bead Balance Scale rose up, every single medicinal herb suspended to form abacus bead calibrations: "Three hundred and twenty catties, not an ounce off!"
Elder Sister Li from the Medicinal Farmer Academy pushed through the crowd, clutching a jar of pickled vegetables: "Abacus beads! I pickled these according to the 'bead-to-fragrance ratio' taught at the academy, but the Persian …
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