When the Green Ox Valley tax ledger made of Abacus Beads spread out with a rustling sound on the magistrate's desk, the Abacus Beads suddenly leaped up to form the character "Increase," arranging themselves into a mountain shaped like the character "Wealth" amidst the pile of tax silver: "My Lord! Thirty villages jointly harvesting from Yi Shanze, and the official cut brings in a thousand strings of cash a month!" The magistrate stared at the glowing Abacus Bead tax statement and swallowed hard: "Three times more than previous years! The Abacus Beads are better at financial management than the Minister of Works!" The Abacus Beads bounced into the character "Praise," projecting an image on his official hat of an Abacus Bead wearing a black gauze cap, carved by Huwa.
"This is the Abacus Contract Tax Ledger, and every single cut taken by the Abacus Beads is recorded here!" Protagonist shook the Abacus Bead audit booklet, and the Abacus Beads leaped into the tax silver, spelling out the character "Clear"—every single ingot of silver displayed a glowing animation of the tax-cut proportion, with "Abacus taxes like a mirror, revealing every single detail" embroidered at the end. A yamen runner stared in astonishment: "The Abacus Beads are even more precise than the yamen's abacus!" The Abacus Beads bounced into the character "Crafty," embroidering a small portrait of an Abacus Bead holding an account book on his cuff.
The aroma of sweet osmanthus drifted from Xiaoxiu's Abacus Bead…
Chapter 266