Li Xiao Nan, a modern accountant trapped in a poor Jiang Nan girl’s body, wakes to find her family one debt notice away from being broken up and sold. With no magic and no status, she uses Ge Zhi—practical learning—to turn everyday cloth into a weapon: she calculates yields, redesigns workflows, writes contracts that trap cheaters, and squeezes profit out of thread and dye everyone else ignores.
A back-alley stall grows into a shop, then rented warehouses, then a network of carts and brokers that can move prices across Ping Jiang overnight. That draw of money and influence puts her under the gaze of Gu Yan, a cold-eyed prince-official rebuilding taxes and order; he offers protection, and he demands results. The more she wins, the harder her enemies hit—guild bosses choke supply, clerks dig for “missing” receipts, relatives spread marriage rumors to seize her accounts. When one bad deal can spark riots and one signature can topple an official, Li Xiao Nan must choose what to risk: her name, her freedom, or the people she has taught to depend on her. Expect sharp banter, trade-war scheming, and victories won in ink, not swords.
