Outside Xuanwu Gate, in the corridor of Xixiao City, a wooden stake is hung vertically with a gray cloth guitar. The guitar is embroidered with the four big words "Shanhai Bookstore", which attracts the attention of guests while floating in the wind.

The buildings in the outer city are both magnificent and elegant in the north, and the small and exquisite in the south. The bookstore has a pink wall and black tiles. The front exterior wall is half surrounded by a six-foot-high door. The master and servant are dismounted outside the door. Jia Cong is tall and tall, with a bookish spirit, smiling at the corners of his mouth, Sun Fu is of medium figure, Long Aotian is thick, and two are as long as the green hat, red sweat scarf, and long boots.

There were guests, businessmen, and people from folk posters who were shuttled here. The business seemed to be impressive. In the morning, everyone was puzzled to see the two shopkeepers laughing and coming out to greet the young master, and they muttered.

The capital city is where the dignitaries are. Walking on a street, maybe the sedan chair that passes by is a prince, and they don’t care about it.

Luo Gaocai and Zheng Yeliao welcomed Jia Cong to a room on the left. The dull Luo Gaocai finally said a compliment: "You little boys, congratulate me on my high school student, Lao Zheng, and bring up the accounts."

Zheng Yeliao had already thoughtfully handed it over to Jia Cong. The fat man sat down and almost fell backwards and carefully grabbed the snacks on the case: "Young Master, since you were beaten to three yuan in small and medium-sized yuan. When we reprinted and published it, we marked the following: "Shan Hai Lao Lao" that the little three yuan in Guiyou, the first masterpiece of Jia Cen, the number one prodigy of Dashun. So, "Scholars" later sold hundreds of copies...but..."

"But the commercial tax is heavy, you don't have a backend, right? Lao Zheng, Lao Luo? I want to ask me to share the relationship with the stockholder to clear the relationship? And you have to sell it, and other companies have also sold my books, right?" Jia Cong spread out the account book and looked carefully. If he hadn't become a master of eight-legged essays, looking at this ancient account book would have been a disgrace.

"Yes, yes." The two of them said with heartache. Zheng Yeliao was still holding the food on the table with both hands, and she looked very caring and stingy. The merchants were uniquely cunning. In this era, the businessmen had a low status. Jia Cong also heard that Zheng Yeliao had enough poverty and had to hold the food next to her day and night to watch before she could fall asleep.

Luo Gaocai said angrily: "It's thirty tax one, and counting the money from the Xicheng Censorate Office and Shuntian Prefecture Office, it's half gone, and it's fifteen tax one. Then, excluding the cost of the printing, wages, southern transportation fees, banknote fees, young master, we don't make a big profit..."

"Young Master looked at this account..." Zheng Yeliao complained: "If you pass the Jinshi, you can really ensure that we will last for a long time. However, in terms of commercial tax, it is convenient and convenient. This involves the account of the young master... According to the young master's shareholding statement at that time, small profits and high returns are not considered a loss, but in the past few months, the young master's dividend is only 300 taels..."

When "Xiao Lin Guangji" was sold in volumes, Jia Cong sold dozens of taels, but he was published and sold again. This was not the case. A book was only a few coins and hundreds of copper coins. At that time, what Zheng Yeliao wanted was to fire his first shot.

Jia Cong collected the dividends and tapped his fingers to think. Modern people traveled through ancient times and most of them wanted to do business, such as inventing soap, using technology, etc. In fact, there was no tough backstage, and making a lot of money in business was nonsense. In the "My Qing Dynasty", many salt merchants who were rich enough to rival the country were killed by the salt administration reform.

The rise of Shanxi merchants cannot be ignored, the name of the imperial merchants cannot be ignored. This is the backend of Tianzi No. 1. The rise of Hui merchants and Zhejiang merchants has gained the advantage of the geographical advantage, and it is also an inspiration, catalytic and promotion of the Western Age of Discovery.

Jia Cong does not attach great importance to doing business, and opening a bookstore is not a profitable industry. He has a longer-term goal: to use bookstores to gain his reputation and win over like-minded literati groups. Making money is secondary.

A scholar no longer has to pay taxes and serve, and he can also exempt two servants from corvee labor. After winning the Jinshi and rushing to the Jinshi and official class, he has his own source of wealth. It is enough to buy a house, land and be a small landlord, and there is no need to show off.

Just enough money. If you are overly extravagant like Zhang Juzheng, you will give people a handle and make wedding clothes for others. Why bother?

What's more, the villages and houses of the Jia Mansion are guaranteed within a few years. Of course, Jia Cong would not hope for the villages of the Jia Mansion, nor would he be blindly comfortable. Therefore, he made money by himself, and did not deliberately be careful. This was a must: the Jia Mansion is enough, but his strength is not strong enough.

The highest political struggle is compromise.

"Small profits and high profits will be small profits and high profits and high profits will be small. Anyway, there is a profit, right?" Jia Cong said indifferently: "I know that the commercial tax is heavy, but "The Scholars" sells so much, and some opponents are already jealous. If you are enemies, do you still not exempt commercial tax for the time being..."

Jia Cong took out several scrolls from his sleeve: "These pictures are sold, and the price is five cents of silver..."

Luo Gaocai and Zheng Yeliao were disappointed. They originally wanted to use the power of the Jia family to facilitate the convenience of the big business. At this time, they opened the scroll and some of them were sketches. People in this era looked inappropriate, five cents of silver? Who was stupid to buy it? However, they tasted the sweetness and had already decided to go with Jia Cong, the backstage. At least Jia Cong was trustworthy and did not cheat them. There was still a little future to look forward to.

I thought that when Yan Song was in power, the "Sun and Moon Rise" shop opened by his subordinates all over the capital. As a scholar, there is really no need to waste too much effort in doing business. Power is wealth, which is like this in ancient and modern times.

Walk out of the compartment and go to the lobby of Shanhai Bookstore. There are chessboards, calligraphy, paintings, pianos and flutes for guests to enjoy and make some money from tea and wine. The courtyard between the four pillars of the lobby and the exterior wall can also be used for people to play and throw pots.

The entire book club is full of bookish spirit and the elegant atmosphere of the life of literati and officials, which is also Jia Cong's proposal.

On both sides of the second entrance door, frame a couplet:

Those who have ambition will succeed in their work, and they will burn their boats. The hundred and two Qin Passes will eventually belong to Chu. If you work hard, the heaven will not let you down. If you lie on firewood and taste gall, you will be able to swallow Wu with three thousand Yue Jia.

This is a couplet written by Jia Cong in the style of the Pavilion. The original work is Pu Songling. People of this era have never seen it before, and it is also a famous couplet. Many people came here specifically to observe this couplet.

Jia Cong sat quietly in the lobby and watched, and heard the conversation between the people around him: "Brother, have you read "The Scholars"? The masterpiece of Jia Zili, our number one prodigy in Dashun."

"I read it, Fan Jin is so pitiful."

"Yes, this is simply a portrayal of many poor scholars. Fan Jin has written eight-part writing for decades, but he still can't write it well, but he doesn't know it. Alas... pitiful, sad."

"When it comes to being pitiful, Fan Jin is not as good as Yan Jiansheng. Jia Zili's writing style is very vivid. Yan Jiansheng is stingy, but he is not without human touch. He is bullied by the big house for life. His wife Wang died, and Yan Jiansheng cried to death. This is a bad wife that cannot be forgotten..."

"What's ridiculous is... When Yan Jian was living and dying, he couldn't speak at the oil lamp. Only the aunt named Zhao understood: The master said he wanted to cut a wick and not waste oil... Yan Jiansheng nodded, this was his last words before his death..."

"This kind of stinginess is also weird."

"Isn't that the case with Hai Rui? Before he died, his last words were to give the Ministry of War a few taels of silver, saying that they had spent too much charcoal on fire... ridiculous, sad..."

"Jia Zili is worthy of being a child prodigy, with premature wisdom. This description of worldly and human feelings is unmatched today!"

Compared to the "Dream of Red Mansions" who stayed in the Grand View Garden, Wu Jingzi's "The Scholars" extended his tentacles to the vast society of scholar-officials. In the Qing Dynasty, after "The Scholars" came out, the scholars rushed to the teahouse to watch to see how many people match the characters in the book.

This is the power of excellent realist novels. Jia Cong is very satisfied with this. I guess he has become famous in Jinghua?

In addition to the well-known Fan Jin passed the exam, the most successful people in "The Scholars" were Yan Jiansheng, Lu Editor, Kuang Chaoren, Zhou Jin, and Mr. Ma Er, etc. The authenticity and complexity conveyed the bitterness, sorrow, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness of ancient scholars, and empty talk of elegant and interesting... Of course, it is most likely to resonate with scholars in this era.

Jia Cong saw a few people pointing fingers at Jia Xichun's calligraphy and paintings. Naturally, Jia Cong taught the sketches. Several scholars said, "These paintings are too weird..."

"Yes, it's clear that the price is five cents. Who bought it? Isn't this cheating!"

Luo Gaocai and Zheng Yeliao blushed: Look, Mr. Jia, are you embarrassed?

"I have all these paintings, so there is no need to bargain!" Suddenly, a jade-faced scholar came in. His face was square in shape, with a moon-white Confucian robe, about 17 or 18 years old. He had satin boots and a black belt, and was full of heroism, followed by four or five slaves and guards.

Everyone was stunned and became surprised. Who is this? Where did the nouveau riche come from?

Jia Cong sat calmly, and the young man looked straight at him.

[Note: Regarding Jia Rong and Wang Xifeng's original ambiguousness, there are indeed such words in the popular Dream of the Red Chamber, so Brother "Ling Xiao" said that replacing Jia Rui with Jia Rong is more in line with the plot of this book.

But the author did not do this. Let me say a few words: Most of the popular Dream of Red Mansions we see on the market are Cheng Gao's version (the version A and version B revised by Gao E, Cheng Weiyuan). Gao E not only continued the last forty chapters, but also made more than 10,000 words to the first eighty chapters.

These include Jia Rong and Wang Xifeng's ambiguousness, Xiren's seduction of Jia Baoyu, and Gao E subverted the images of four people: Wang Xifeng, Xiren, You Erjie, and You Sanjie.

Gao E’s motive is very simple. He is a feudal bureaucrat who maintains feudal rule, so his writings must be pure before You Sanjie commits suicide. In the first eighty chapters of the current popular book, Gao E’s traces have not been completely deleted.

My meaning is very clear: basically starting from Cao Xueqin's original intention, the Jiaxu version and the Gengchen version are incomplete, and basically according to the exquisite "Zhi Yanzhai's Re-evaluation of Stone Story".

Wang Xifeng has many shortcomings, but as one of the main books, she also has highlights. Her ambiguous relationship with Jia Rong was tampered with by Gao E, but in fact she has a loyal aspect.

Therefore, I apologize to book friends who commented on "Ling Xiao" and others. The author can only take some suggestions as appropriate, mainly writing according to his own wishes, otherwise the more he writes, the more chaotic it becomes.

I hope everyone understands it.]
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