As soon as the plaque of the Taiji Commercial Alliance's Patent Office was hung up, it was instantly surrounded by merchants packed three layers deep. Huwa, wearing an "Inventor Master Hat" made from a magnifying glass and garlic skins, stood on a green ox-shaped patent display platform, holding a garlic horn that puffed out colored smoke as he shouted: "Want to use the Green Ox dyeing method at a low price? Want to secretly learn the Persia glass technique? First bring out your best trump-card skills to trade!"
Dyed for Blown: The On-Site Exchange
Mohammad, a Persia glass artisan, clutched his blowpipe while staring eyeball-to-eyeball with Pei Hongxiu's dye shop manager. "My glassblowing technique takes three generations of family heritage to learn!" Mohammad hugged his blowpipe even tighter. Suddenly, Huwa pulled out a piece of color-changing cloth—dyed with the new Green Ox dye, it shifted from Green Ox green to garlic-skin red upon contact with heat. "Use this cloth to make your daughter's dowry, and I guarantee the whole of Persia will be envious!" Mohammad swallowed hard and finally relented: "Only the basics!"
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