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From the Annals of the Oasis Kingdoms:

The magistrate of Yiwu sat before the people and pronounced judgement upon those who falsely accused their neighbors of hoarding the hill herbs, and upon those who maintained supply of medicinal tea in secret, and upon those who overcharged the ill, and upon those who falsely advertized a cure for the plague, and upon those who adulterated the tea with samphire. Then she pronounced this judgement: “Upon the liars, let their tongues be scalded with saltwater. Upon the misers, a caning. Upon the greedy, a double caning. Upon the charlatans, exile. Upon the adulterators, death. These are the ways of our ancestors.”

From Miran Cache #25: An excerpt from a letter to someone in Anxi:

Unlike the rumors one hears about Dayuan, Wenli is quite well supplied at present: caravans from the farmlands of southern Gushi have been arriving, and all the city is quite taken with their comparatively exotic fruits and quaint manufacture. The local markets are bustling with purchasers. And unlike Yiwu, we do not lack medications.

However, we do not have a ready supply of samphire, and consequently our glasswork suffers for it. If you could arrange for a shipment of the samphire that grows so plentifully near Anxi, I’m sure I could find a suitable purchaser…

From the Annals of the Oasis Kingdoms…

That year, Suojo was suffering from a particularly acute shortage of grain and a disruption of their trade routes due to avalanches. As the days grew warmer, the people of the city began to turn to their traditional practices in the hopes that this would make a difference…

From the Annals of the Oasis Kingdoms…

At that time it became publically known that the death of the previous queen of Kucha was due to a poison made from the hairs of the goats of the Onion Mountains. The situation in the western parts of the kingdom was rumored to be tense…

From the Annals of the Oasis Kingdoms:

In that month there appeared before the council of Yiwu a traveller, one Pilka, who declared that her learning had shown her that the pestilence was not the work of Iriko demons and instructed the people of the city in a treatment for the disease.

From a report by a company leader in the Green Banner Army of the West:

As ordered, we have patrolled the northern front, dealing with the complaints of missing caravans. We spotted several bands of horse-riding nomads, but did not engage them, as we were on foot. We have seen signs that there is a larger group, but for now we have retreated to the watchtower at the lake.

The refugees report that the raiding nomads destroyed Seferihisar, a small town north of Yiwu, though the details are confused and I suspect them of exaggerating to play on our sympathies. Surely no nomads would be so bold as to challenge the Middle Kingdom again.