"So many books?"

When the two came to the bookstore, they found that there were a lot of books in it, but there were few customers.

This is also natural, books are not something that ordinary people can afford. Those who lack books cannot afford them; Affordable, not short of books, this is a very paradoxical place. At the same time, because the books are precious, there are really few books sold in this way, so let's say that there are less than 5 bookstores in this West Market, and the other 4 are not so big together.

"Two sons, are you here to buy books? We have all kinds of books here, whatever you need, we have them. "A guy saw a customer coming to the door, and immediately greeted him, and his mouth kept talking, very enthusiastic.

The enthusiasm of the guy made the two of them a little unaccustomed, but the man in the white shirt didn't care about this guy, "Brother Qin, there are a lot of books here, but you also know how many books you need to take the Jinshi exam, can you afford to buy one or two books?"

This book looks so good, do you think the price will be very cheap? So Brother Qin, listen to me, don't give up school easily, it's too late for you to regret it when the time comes. ”

"Brother Chen, you don't have to 。。。。。" The man in the green shirt was about to speak, but the guy in the store next to him interrupted the two, "Two sons! Two sons! ”

"What? I talk to my friend, what do you interject? The man in the white shirt was dissatisfied, and the other party was so rude to a guy who was engaged in business.

The shopkeeper didn't get angry, he kept smiling, "Maybe the two sons have some misunderstanding of our shop, our books here are not expensive, and this "Analects" only needs 20 texts. If the two sons still think it's expensive, they can also read books here for free, there are special places to see, but they only pay 1 penny for one time. ”

"The Analects is only 20 articles? If this book were so cheap, I'd eat it all! The man in the white shirt said disdainfully as if he had heard a big joke.

"This son still doesn't talk big, this "Analects" really only needs 20 texts, and there is a hardcover version over there, which requires 50 texts. These books are clearly priced, and there is a price below the book, if the son doesn't believe it, the small one can't do anything. The guy quickly explained.

"Really?"

The man in the white shirt couldn't believe it, but when he saw that someone really bought a few books for dozens of dollars, he was a little shaken, and quickly glanced at the prices marked under the bookshelf in front of him.

There are 15 articles in the Book of Rites, 18 articles in the University, and 20 articles in Mencius. In front of this row of bookshelves, the cheapest book only costs 10 wen, and the most expensive one does not exceed 50 wen, when are the books so cheap?

"Shop, is this book really sold at the price above?" The man in the green shirt asked with some excitement.

"This son, whatever price is marked on this is what the price is." The guy nodded seriously, he was used to such a situation, from the opening to the present, basically everyone is such a mental journey, obviously not believing that books will be so cheap.

"Brother Chen, look, there is no endless road, with these books, even if I don't go to school, I can still read." The man in the green shirt pulled his friend's clothes and said excitedly.

"Why is this book so cheap? Hey, this paper is too bad, isn't it? The man in the white shirt pouted.

"Childe, there are also books printed on rice paper and yellow paper over there, but the price is a little more expensive."

"It turned out to be printed, no wonder it's so cheap."

This bookstore called 'Lee's Bookstore' gradually became famous in the West Market through the oral tradition of these poor students, because there are many books here, and they are cheap, and you can read books in it.

Don't underestimate the energy of poor students. Although the family monopolized education, but in ancient times, reading and taking the Jinshi examination was undoubtedly a good way out, although the emergence of the imperial examination was to suppress the power of the family, but because of the problem of educational resources, most of the Jinshi in the examination were still the children of the Shi family, and the proportion of the children of the poor family was very small.

Poor students are no worse than the children of the world, but they do not have good family conditions, so they naturally can't compete with the children of the world, but the number of poor students is huge.

A large number of poor students come in and out of here to buy or read books, which also makes those people of the world also pay attention to this bookstore, in the short term, there is no threat, but in the long run, it brings a great threat to these people.

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"Is this book really sold by the Lee bookstore?"

Looking at the obviously printed book in front of him, Sun Ye couldn't help but ask.

He also heard that there were some books of unknown origin in the family's school, and after checking it, he found out that these books were bought by students from a bookstore in Xishi, so he asked people to inquire about the situation of the bookstore.

"Back to my lord, these books are all searched from the children of the clan in the academy, and some of the bookstores don't have them." The steward next to him said in a low voice.

"Have you inquired about the Li bookstore? What's going on? Sun Ye couldn't help frowning.

"Back to my lord, this bookstore is newly opened, and I thought it was an ordinary bookstore before, and no one paid attention to it. But after this incident, the villain personally inquired, there are many kinds of books here, there are hundreds of kinds, and the prices are cheap, there are many people who go there to buy and read books, most of them are poor children. The steward quickly told him what he had heard.

"Son of a poor family?" Sun Ye couldn't help but wonder what the person behind the Li Bookstore wanted to do, "As long as it's not those books that are strictly forbidden by clan studies, there's no need to make too much of a fuss about this matter." ”

Sun Ye could see that this book was printed, after all, he had also asked people to make engravings, and then printed several kinds of books, that is, those books commonly used in ethnology. However, the cost of printing is high, and a lot of engravings have to be made for a book, and even their Sun family feels that the burden is too great.

Although the cost of printing itself is not high, I heard that this Li bookstore sells hundreds of books, which means that the other party has made hundreds of sets of engravings. And it sells so cheaply, either this person behind the scenes has a lot of money and has nowhere to spend it, or he has a big plan.

Just after the clan school steward left, Sun Mei came back from outside, with a smile on her face, indicating that she should be in a good mood. Sun Ye knew that the other party had just returned from King Shou's Mansion, and it was nominally called by the two princesses to play, but he knew that it was just a cover. Thinking that the daughter of the Liu family was so valued by King Shou, he was also a little anxious, as long as his daughter did not do anything insulting before officially marrying into King Shou's mansion, he didn't want to interfere too much.

During this time, his relationship with King Shou was a little stiff, although he did not agree with some of King Shou's practices, but after all, he was King Shou's future father-in-law, which was not something he could change, in the eyes of outsiders, he was King Shou's person.

"Daddy!" Sun Mei saluted slightly.

"Mei'er, what do you have in your hand?" Originally, Sun Ye wanted to go to the clan study to see the situation, but when he saw the somewhat familiar book in his daughter's hand, he was a little curious.

"Daddy said this book? This was given to his daughter by His Highness. Sun Mei said happily, but still handed the book in her hand to her father.

The reason why Sun Mei is in such a good mood is naturally not because of this book, but because there is a poem written by Li Ye himself in the book, at least in her opinion.

Sun Ye turned this book and found that the workmanship of the book was exquisite, and the paper was also made of good rice paper. The content is not unusual, it is a "Book of Songs", but on the first page of the book, there is a poem, and when he saw the two sentences of "If the two love are long, how can they be in the morning and twilight", Sun Ye glanced at his daughter's expression, and understood why his daughter was so happy, and swept away the previous haze.

This Shouwang is quite good at writing words, and he especially likes to write this kind of love and love words. He doesn't deny that this is indeed a good writing, but in his opinion, King Shou has such a good talent, and he should focus on business, rather than indulging in love or business all day long.

Just when Sun Ye closed the book and was about to return it to his daughter, he saw a chapter behind the cover: 'Li's Bookstore'.

"This book was bought by King Shou at the bookstore and given to you?" Sun Ye asked subconsciously.

"It's not. His Highness said that he had it printed, but he said that many copies had been printed, and in order to show his sincerity, His Highness wrote a poem on it. Sun Mei smiled sweetly.

"This Li Bookstore is the property of Shouwangfu?" Sun Ye asked.

"It should be, isn't Your Highness's tea house called 'Li's Tea House'? I think it's also an industry in His Highness's house. Dad, are you okay? If it's okay, my daughter is going to practice calligraphy. "Sun Mei didn't think much about it, of course, there is a saying that is more suitable for Sun Mei at this time, 'A woman in love has zero IQ'.

"It's okay, you can go."

Sun Ye returned the book to his daughter, and then stood there in a daze. What does this Shouwang want to do when he opens this bookstore at this time and sells such cheap books? Thinking of the impact of this incident on the children of the Han family, Sun Ye was a little unsure, could it be that he misunderstood King Shou?