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Chapter 346

Chapter 346

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Hey, digital brocades were fluttering at the Yangzhou Yunjin Workshop today! Master Zhang hugged a newly woven bolt of lion-patterned brocade, his hands shaking more than when Huwa first held a calligraphy brush. "How is the mane on this pattern even more majestic than my family's ancestral 'Nine Lions Playing with the Embroidered Ball'?" Moli blinked, sprinkling a handful of fluorescent powder over the satin surface, and the code pattern revealed a dynamic silhouette of a Persian lion under the candlelight. The young apprentice gasped, "Sister Moli! This fabric can be used as a nighttime theater curtain!" "Pei Hongxiu! Quickly show the Persian merchant's 'one-hundred-string bank note'!" shouted the Protagonist. Pei Hongxiu raised an eyebrow with a smile, letting out a crisp rustle as she unfolded the gold-stamped note. "Look closely! Exchange this string of abacus codes for copper coins, and they would stretch from Yangzhou all the way to Chang'an!" Master Zhang stared at the large numeral "100" and swallowed hard, his shuttle clicking against the loom as he accidentally wove a crooked "100" right into the satin. Pei Hongxiu chuckled, "Is the master craftsman weaving 'wealth code' ahead of time?" While busy, a weaver held up a code manual and shouted, "Miss Moli! I wove the '1101' for the 'Flying Phoenix' into '1111'!" Moli chuckled at the extra floating threads, pulling out Huwa's toy abacus. "A happy mistake! '1111' is the 'Phoenix Feather Encryption,' which adds two mor…

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