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Three Modern Strangers in Chang'an: Breaking Ancient Predicaments with Modern Skills

share time: 2025-12-25 00:31:01

Zhu Moyan (a programmer), Yang Miemie (an investment banker), and Duan Xiaowei (a surgeon)—three best friends—accidentally travel back to the prosperous Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty during a traditional-themed gathering. Upon arrival, they're immediately entangled in three crises: the Ministry of Revenue's money shop is about to be seized due to chaotic accounts, West Market merchants are on the brink of bankruptcy from a tyrant's monopoly, and a sudden plague has left even imperial doctors helpless. Zhu uses her coding logic to modify an abacus into a 'quick calculator' to sort out the money shop's accounts, but is accused of being a 'witch' and threatened with execution. Yang attempts to break the monopoly with 'supply chain integration,' only to be ridiculed by elderly merchants as 'a woman who doesn't understand business.' Duan uses Western medical sterilization and antibiotics to treat plague patients, yet is charged with 'inviting evil' by Taoist priests. As they tackle ancient problems with modern skills and resist feudal oppression against women, they stumble upon a secret—the mysterious light that brought them here is connected to the lost 'Star Calculation Sutra' in Chang'an. What they're rewriting isn't just the ancient dilemmas, but the constrained fate of women…

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