From late autumn to early winter, time flies.

Shen Xi spends every day in reading, occasionally going out with Su Tong to participate in some literary meetings, but he is not welcomed, with the aura of second place in the examination of other colleges, others always unconsciously make him an opponent, and his article advocating the study of the mind, which deviates from the current mainstream scientific thought of learning things, which has attracted the hostility of many defenders.

In the winter of this year, the land of western Fujian was warmer than in previous years, and the biggest thing Shen Xi did for Hui Niang before the end of the year was to proofread the color illustrated version of "Golden Vase Plum" and put it into print.

The book is printed in Su Tong's name, Su Tong will not get any share, the only benefit he can get is that he can appreciate the original book and original paintings before the book is completed, and after the book is completed, he will get a few free books for him to collect or give to friends.

By the end of winter, after the first batch of 800 copies of "Golden Vase Plum" was put on the market, Luoyang paper was expensive soon after.

Those who did not have any entertainment on weekdays bought them one after another, because there were too few books, manuscripts came out one after another, circulated among the scholars, and even more would copy the color illustrations drawn by Shen Xi, even if they copied very poorly, they were also admired by many people, after all, it was very difficult to see an original color illustrated version of "The Golden Vase of Plums".

Shen Xi is doing hunger marketing, he didn't deliberately print a lot at once, first of all, this thing hinders weathering, if it is printed too much, it is easy to provoke right and wrong, and it will be a shame if it is banned by the government.

More importantly, Shen Xi knows that the "Golden Vase Plum" printed this time is only the first draft, plus there are color pages, it is very difficult for others to pirate, even if manuscripts and piracy are rampant, but an original book is worth collecting, Shen Xi is ready to launch the second and third editions one after another, in addition to greatly enriching the content, he will also add some new color illustrations, enough to set off a trend again.

After the arrival of the wax moon, Shen Xi specially showed the second and third editions of the booklet to Hui Niang. Hui Niang almost listened to Shen Xi's ideas for the publication of "Golden Vase Plum" in her red face.

In Shen Xi's view, the number of books completed in the first edition is no more than 4,000 copies, and the number of copies of each subsequent edition is roughly the same. Since the second edition, books have been mainly sold in Tingzhou Mansion and Nanjing, and if you want to make a lot of money, you can't limit yourself to a small place like Tingzhou Mansion, which is much more prosperous than Tingzhou Mansion. If the Nanjing market can be opened up with "Plum in the Golden Vase", and by the way, the color comic books and New Year pictures can be implemented in Nanjing, which will greatly increase the income of the printing workshop.

Hui Niang kept both editions of the book, saying that she wanted to think about it again, but Shen Xi knew that Hui Niang wanted to "get a sneak peek", but he didn't reveal it, because since the two had a "skin kiss", Hui Niang's attitude towards him has changed, and she always avoids him intentionally or unintentionally.

Shen Xi knew that Hui Niang now had a thought in her heart. I'm afraid that I can't hold it, but Hui Niang's watching "Golden Vase Plum" may only make her more cranky.

Soon it was the end of the month, and it was time for the year to settle.

Hui Niang put the final settlement of all the businesses under her name, the silver number is the most profitable, her dividends in a year have more than 5,000 taels, the printing workshop is not as prosperous as the previous two years, but there are also 34,500 taels of income, the pharmacy and the pharmaceutical factory add up to more than 1,600 taels, and even the newly established carriage shop and ship shop have a surplus of 4,500 taels.

Hui Niang got the money in her hands and no longer thought about how to expand the scale of her business. Now she is more concerned about how to be a big landlord, with houses, shops and land, and then tenants to rent land, which can be regarded as preparing for her own pension and Lu Xi'er's dowry in the future.

It's been the New Year. Lu Xi'er is ten years old, Xiao Nizi is becoming more and more smart, she used to be a little girl who didn't grow in front of Lin Dai, but in recent months, Xiao Nizi has become more and more able to dress up, especially after learning to apply grease and powder with Ning Er. I already know how to play the charm of a woman.

In Lin Dai's words, Lu Xier began to learn to "seduce men" at a young age.

It's just a matter of seducing others, but it's her "husband" who is seducing.

After the Chinese New Year, Lin Dai is already fifteen years old and has become a complete big girl, ordinary girls, fifteen-year-old marriages abound, but her future husband is only twelve years old, and she has changed from a "regular worker" to a "competitive post", because the Li family does not like her, it is unknown whether she can marry Shen Xi in the future.

Fifteen-year-old Lin Dai has a sense of crisis, what she has to do is not to learn how to dress up, because she feels that doing so is like Lu Xi'er who is so bad that she has no boundaries, what she wants to do is to be an obedient and well-behaved "virtuous helper", in addition to helping Shen Xi with laundry and cooking, but also to help the family do things, to please the Zhou family, to do not fight back and scold or not to return the mouth, even if she is wronged, she must obediently admit it, and then run to Shen Xi's room at night to talk.

Shen Xi was busy studying every day, and he didn't pay much attention to the changes around him, and when he suddenly realized that Lin Dai was already a big girl to be married, he realized his identity as a child. When he married Lin Dai at the age of fifteen or sixteen, Lin Dai was already ten years old, and suddenly there was a feeling that the years were long......

In February, Shen Xi wanted to return to Ninghua County to take the annual examination, which was to prepare for the township examination in the eleventh year of Hongzhi.

Shen Xi can't slack off for a moment, because this is an exam related to his future and fate, if he can pass the exam, life is equivalent to growing up for three years in vain, if he can't pass the exam, then after three years, he will not only have to prepare for the township exam, but also worry about whether he can marry Lin Dai, and he can't take care of his family and career.

In the first month, it was still the agricultural slack season, Su Cheng came to visit, saying that he wanted to invite Shen Xi to participate in a unique literary meeting, and it seemed that among the people attending the meeting were members of the imperial court.

After asking in detail, Shen Xi learned that the new Fujian student had arrived in Tingzhou Mansion, and at the end of the first month, he first presided over the annual examination from Changting County, and then the county under the rule of Tingzhou Mansion. Being able to visit Fujian in advance is not only helpful for this annual examination, but also can even get special favor for the township examination.

The new Fujian Tixue, named Su Kui, has just been transferred from Jiangxi to the deputy envoy of Fujian, this person was born in Hanlin, and his knowledge is very good, but he is a famous Confucian in science, which casts a shadow on Shen Xi's study.

Once Su Kui wants to talk to him about his previous articles on his mind, and give Shen Xi a fourth or fifth grade in this annual examination, then Shen Xi will not talk about the township examination, and it will be a problem whether he can even keep his fame.

"Brother Su, since you know that this Su Tixue may not be used to being a young and arrogant descendant like me, why do you still invite me to go with you?" Shen Xi walked out of the door, and after asking things clearly, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, isn't this Su Tong obviously harmful?

Su Tong explained with a smile: "Brother Shen, in fact, I want to help you." Today, Su Tixue wants to invite us and other students to study things together, if you don't go. Isn't this sincere not to give Su Tixue face? When the time comes, you're going to be out of luck! ”

Shen Xi took a deep breath, he hadn't heard that the student manager would first associate with the students in that place after he arrived at the place, wasn't he afraid of provoking criticism? But on second thought. In the past, when he was still a child, Liu Bing went to Tingzhou Mansion and could ignore their visit, but now he and Su Tong have a meritorious reputation, and the scholar is concerned about the studies of the students of the Confucian Education Department. Isn't that a normal thing?

This time, Su Kui held the "Gewu" place in Tingzhou Mansion, which is in the famous "Mingqing Academy" in the city.

But he said that Su Kui has a habit of going wherever he goes, he likes to inspect the local places of study, and if he sees that the academy is in disrepair, he will definitely mobilize the local government gentry to repair it. Although this is a kind of "favor" to his local students, but if you think about it carefully, Xiu Academy must be able to be included in the local county chronicles and government chronicles, and it is also making a name for himself in disguise, and Shen Xi can't judge whether he is out of selfishness or public intentions.

Wait until the place. There are a lot of talents from the surrounding areas of Fucheng, both young and old, but among the younger generation, Shen Xi is the youngest, followed by seventeen or eighteen years old, and there is an age gap in the middle.

The older one is in his fifties, older than Su Kui, but he has to call himself a "student".

Not all candidates from the surrounding areas of Fucheng will come, and the main ones who go to the meeting are young people who are interested in the imperial examination, such as Feng Yanqi, who is a talent who is interested in studying and has no intention of taking the township examination. will not attend this kind of cultural meeting, which just allows Shen Xi to avoid the embarrassment of teachers and students participating in the cultural meeting together.

When Shen Xi and Su Tong arrived, Su Kui hadn't come yet, and the group of people each occupied a futon and sat cross-legged. Everyone seemed to be actively discussing knowledge, but when Shen Xi listened carefully, they were all like how the Ximen officials were and Pan Jinlian, and there were more people who discussed "Golden Vase Plum".

It is also not long after the publication of "Golden Vase Plum", which is the hottest "bestseller" on the ground of this Tingzhou capital. Because of its original content and vivid color illustrations, students use it as a pastime in their leisure time.

As soon as Su Tong sat down, someone came up to Su Tong to ask for "Golden Vase Plum", and some people asked Su Tong who "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng" was, and asked Su Tong to introduce him on his behalf.

This shows that Su Tong has long been in front of people, and he found someone to print the book.

“…… There are all kinds of sayings coming out, and then there is "Peach Blossom Poetry" famous in Jiangnan, and now it is in the name of "Golden Vase Plum" all over the world, this person must be a talented person, worthy of our visit to seek advice. ”

But some people don't think so: "A person who writes about obscenity and stealing books, how can he talk about great talent?" I think this man is just a fame seeker! ”

"You have not seen him personally, how do you know that he is a prostitute and a thief? "Golden Vase Plum" is completely my Jiangnan secular atmosphere, a gentleman is virtuous and in person, you are an evil person, what you see is all lewd things, but what I see is his talent and knowledge! ”

A group of young talents gossiped, and they actually quarreled over a "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng" who didn't even know his real name, saying that the gentleman didn't do anything, but these people rolled up their sleeves and wanted to fight to get justice for the idol in their hearts.

"What kind of system!?"

Just when a few young talents were arguing about whether Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng was a talented person or a prostitute and thief, and were even about to start fighting, a loud shout suddenly came from the door, and I saw an old man in his fifties, medium stature, thin face, and a jade-colored straight shirt, accompanied by the teachings of the Confucianism Department of Tingzhou Prefecture.

All the students hurriedly got up and saluted respectfully: "Students pay a visit to Sutixue." ”

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PS: The seventh update!

I don't know if today's seven more is almost 23,400 words is considered a blast, but the Son of Heaven thinks that he has worked very hard, at least this update speed, in the eyes of the Son of Heaven is already an incredible thing, in the past few years in the history of the code word has never been.

Seeing that someone in the book review area said that there would be no monthly pass if it didn't break out, the Son of Heaven almost burst into tears, and since it has been put on the shelves this month, more than 500,000 words have been updated.

Now the book review area debates two issues, one is Hui Niang's mother and daughter, and the other is about whether to write the book "Golden Bottle Plum", I believe that after reading this chapter, you will have different views on the second question, in fact, the social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty is far beyond imagination, just look at the literati at the end of the Ming Dynasty to introduce the Qinhuai River as a resort, and praise the Qinhuai Shiyan so high.

As for the first question, the Son of Heaven will definitely handle it properly, everyone will know it by looking at it slowly, so why rush to criticize it?

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Crying blood for monthly pass support! (To be continued.) )