In the bookstore, Lin Yi wanted to buy a few books casually, but the prices of the people's literature edition, Zhonghua Book Company edition, and Shanghai Ancient Books edition in this store were all very high, reaching the price apex that many book hunters could accept, such as-

Zhonghua Book Company, two copies of "Han Fei Subset Interpretation", the 1974 edition asks for 88 yuan;

People's literature, two copies of "Tiaoxi Yuyin Cong Words", 1962 edition, asking for 200 yuan;

People's Literature, a set of eight copies of "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", a photocopy in 1975 costs 600 yuan.

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These prices are a bit outrageous in a brick-and-mortar bookstore, and a different story is for online transactions.

There was no way, Lin Yi had to choose some books that were relatively cheap and relatively acceptable.

At this time, Lin Yi just bought them casually, but he no longer cared about the price of these books, and he couldn't always take advantage of other people's leaks.

After a check, a total of thirteen books, 450 yuan, all bought, and when he was about to leave this bookstore, Lin Yi's nose moved, and he seemed to smell a strange fragrance of books.

Although Lin Yi was reluctant to use his special ability to pick up the leak, he still couldn't help but look at the source of the wisp of bookishness.

On the shelves full of old books, a column of literature and history is stuffed with a broken book, the edge of which does not seem to be neatly cut, and it is rough and rough, which is very uncomfortable to look at.

Lin Yi had doubts, so he couldn't help but reach out and take out the book - the lead-printed line-bound version of the Republic of China edition of "Printed by Shanghai Guangyi Book Company" "General Principles of Literature and History".

For many people who play old books, this kind of book is basically a big road goods, and even the price of the Republic of China edition will not be high, but why is there a smell of books?

Lin Yi thought about this, so he opened the book and looked at it, and then he was stunned.

It turned out that this book turned out to be a rare "camouflage book", and on the inner page, it was written impressively - "On Protracted War"!

A camouflage book, also known as a "pseudonymous book" or "camouflage book", is a book with a disguised title printed on the cover to conceal its contents. Before the founding of New China, the ******** under the leadership of our party and under its influence, in order to deal with the reactionary authorities' ban on revolutionary and progressive books and periodicals, often disseminated books and periodicals in camouflage.

In the historical documents of the revolution in the National Atlas, there are quite a few such camouflaged copies. In terms of content, it can be divided into categories such as anti-Qing democratic revolution propaganda, works of Mao and other leaders, compilation of essays, compilation of current affairs commentary, and introduction of important events. In terms of camouflage, some of them only disguise the cover, while others disguise the cover and part of the content of the book, which not only can feel the sinister environment of the struggle at that time, but also reflect the superb level of struggle of the cultural soldiers who persisted in the struggle in a secret state.

In the book collection industry, there are three or four kinds of more famous camouflage books, such as "On New Democracy", this book is disguised as "The Theory of Mahayana Initiation", the yellow front and back cover of this edition, and in the upper right corner of the cover, there are also the words "After reading and giving away, the merit is immeasurable"; At the bottom of the cover is the pseudo-publisher "Beiping Buddhist Association Seal". The content of the book was a treatise on Buddhist scriptures before, and then it became a treatise on new democracy.

In fact, Lin Yi's understanding of the so-called "camouflage book" first came from the book "The Words of the Anitation" that Li Dabing read earlier.

According to Mr. Tang Tao's "Words of the Obscure An", in order to cope with the censorship of the Nationalist Government, "the method of camouflage was once more commonly used by the Party's publications. "The Bolsheviks", "The Red Flag", "The Young Pioneers", "Lenin Youth", "Chinese Workers", "Party Building", etc., all dealt with them in this way when they were confronted with seizures. ...... "Chinese Worker" has used ,......the names of "Red Breeze Night Run" and "Antarctic Immortal", "Young Pioneer" has used the names of "Boudoir Beauty" and "Fairy Tale", and "Red Flag" has used even more, including "Current Affairs Weekly", "Industrial Weekly", "God of Happiness", "Bright Road", "Truth", "Publishing Industry", "New Life", "Modern Weekly", etc...... and so on. Like "Red Flag", "Bolshevik" is also the one that uses the most camouflaged titles. When the inaugural issue was published in October 1927, it was issued in secret, and its real name was used. From the third issue of the second volume onwards, it was not even possible to publish it secretly, and this issue was temporarily renamed "Girl Huaichun", "spring" here symbolizes the revolution, and the revolution is the common yearning and remembrance of young boys and girls at that time. Interestingly, this name actually hid from the ignorant and mediocre Kuomintang prosecutors, and passed through Guò peacefully. ”

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It is precisely because this kind of "camouflage book" has a special significance, and the print run and survival are very small, so it is generally treasured in the National Library as a rare red literature, and there are not many that can be circulated among the people, and it is known as a rare "rare book" in red literature.

Lin Yi remembers clearly that the Taoshu notes recorded that at a domestic auction not long ago, there was a book of "On Protracted War" that was also disguised as the Republic of China version of "Annotations on the Warring States Policy", with a starting price of as high as 5,000 yuan, and finally sold for 25,300 yuan.

Lin Yi suppressed the excitement in his heart, he carefully examined the book, and saw that this "On Protracted War" written by Mao Taizu was disguised as "Printed by Shanghai Guangyi Book Company" and the words "Wenshi Tongyi" were vertically printed in the upper right corner. In the lower left corner of the title page, the words "Gu Yu Agency" are printed vertically. On the back of the title page, there is an inscription that reads "San'in Old Shishi".

If Lin Yi remembers correctly, this kind of camouflage book with the title of "Literature and History Tongyi" should have been printed in the Jin-Cha-Ji anti-Japanese base area, but some people believe that it was secretly printed in 1944 in the enemy-occupied area. But in any case, this is definitely a rare book in the "disguise book". In terms of price, compared with the paperback "Warring States Policy Annotations" that was auctioned, the price of this line-bound book should be twice as high.

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Lin Yi remained silent, picked up the book of "General Principles of Literature and History" with a smile and asked the bookstore owner with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, "Boss, I picked another one, how much money does this one have?" ”

The bookstore owner was counting the 450 yuan, and from time to time squinting at the light to see if it was true or false, as soon as he heard Lin Yi's question, he said with a smile: "Friend, good eyesight, this is a book of the Republic of China, and I just received it, and it cost the boss the price when I collected it, after all, there are fewer and fewer books of the Republic of China, and if this kind of book is sold online, it can sell at least three or four hundred ...... But I see that you are a real person, and you have bought so much, make a friend, and give two hundred! ”

The owner of the bookstore directly regarded Lin Yi as a "wronged boss" who did not slaughter Bai and did not slaughter, and increased the price of the book several times.

Lin Yi laughed in his heart, even if this kind of book is sold on the Internet, it will be seventy or eighty at most, this boss is really black enough. However, he also knew that if he bought this book too happily at the moment, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of this shrewd boss, as long as the other party got it in his hand and flipped it over, he wouldn't want to pick it up, so Lin Yi made a bitter face and said: "Boss, let's be cheaper, look, this book is too bad." ”

The bookstore owner looked at the broken book in Lin Yi's hand, this one he had just received, and when he saw the difference, he stuffed it on the shelf, and it was rare for someone to take a fancy to it, so he said: "I see that you are also a real person, so 180 yuan can not be less!" ”

It's only 20 yuan less, which is really enough to pick the door.

Lin Yi was still acting, but suddenly in his heart, he was only worried that the other party would get nervous and take back the book to check, so he made a very aggrieved and lossy appearance, and said: "Okay, since you are so generous, 180 is 180!" Saying that, he reluctantly paid the bill.

How did the bookstore owner know that Lin Yi was acting, and thought that his strength had defeated the other party, seeing that Lin Yi honestly took out another 180 yuan, he couldn't help but smile, and said that this book was only 8 yuan when he received it, and the store had sold a few copies before, fifty or sixty, and the price ranged, but it was the most sold this time.

The beauty in his heart bubbled, and the bookstore owner took the initiative to be more enthusiastic, facing Lin Yi, the "wronged boss", and said that he was a good friend, and he would come to Bailang Street in the future to patronize his small shop.

In this regard, Lin Yi had a bitter face on the surface, but he smiled in his heart, friends are to be made, but it is also necessary to distinguish who is not who; As for whether or not to patronize this small shop, it depends on whether there are any leaks to pick up.

At least, Lin Yi clearly knew that the smiling bookstore owner in front of him, if he knew how big a leak he had picked up, he would definitely cry and faint in the toilet every second.