With the experience of two lives, it is not very difficult to make a little money in Yuezhou City, for example, it is easy to survive in Yuezhou City by going to a roadside to set up a food stall or something, but this kind of thing is a food stall, even if it is delicious, it will take a while to accumulate reputation, and it will not bring Lin Zhao a particularly large profit in a short period of time.

Even in an ideal state, Lin Zhao's food stall business is booming, and he can't make many portions of food alone, and he can make money, but it's just some small money that doesn't catch his eye.

What's more, Lin Zhao has never been in contact with this industry in his previous life or present life, and he has only eaten many snacks but has not done them, even if he paints a scoop according to the gourd, it is difficult to make food that explodes the whole city in a short period of time.

So, after careful consideration, Lin Zhao decisively gave up the idea of stalling.

With Lin Zhao's thirteen-year-old body now, in addition to being a food stall, there are not many other businesses to choose from, after the young man got up early in the morning, he sat in his small nest and thought about it for half an hour, but he still didn't think of anything more suitable, so he decided to go out and take a turn in Yuezhou City to do market research.

Yuezhou Mansion is a typical city in the south of the Yangtze River, each street has a river in parallel, walking on the streets of Yuezhou Mansion, you can see the small bridges and flowing water all over the city, which is very pleasing to the eye.

However, now Lin Zhao did not have the time to watch these scenery, he walked in Yuezhou City for most of the day, from the South Street in the south of the city to the Sandai Street in the north of the city, and has been watching the livelihood of the people in Yuezhou City along the street.

This is a relatively perfect city, all walks of life are basically complete, there are not many businesses left for Lin Zhao to make money, and in the afternoon, the young man bought a flatbread on the side of the road, and sat on the side of the road while nibbling on the flatbread, while secretly thinking.

At present, if you want to accumulate capital as soon as possible in Yuezhou City, it is obviously unrealistic to compete with these existing industries for food, and the best way is to find loopholes in some industries, or simply create a business out of thin air, so as to make money as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, the young man took two bites of the bread in his hand, and then looked left and right on the street, and suddenly saw a bookstore, his eyes suddenly lit up, remembered something, and walked towards this bookstore.

Jiangnan has always been where the vitality of Swen is, and Yuezhou Mansion is even more literary, so there are not many bookstores in Yuezhou City, there will be one or two on almost every street, these bookstores are large and small, Lin Zhao walked into this bookstore, the name is Sanyuan Bookstore, which can be regarded as a medium and large bookstore, and there are three or four houses on the façade.

After walking into the bookstore, Lin Zhao first flipped through the books on the shelves at random, and then looked at the pricing, and basically knew it in his heart.

First of all, it is certain that there was already printing in this era, and the books placed in the most conspicuous position in the bookstore were several rows of printed books that were obviously printed, and most of these books were books used for examinations, such as the "textbooks" such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, and the "teaching aids" that annotated the Four Books and the Five Classics.

In addition, there are printed copies of books written by big names in the imperial court, as well as some of the more popular books at the moment.

In addition to these printed copies, there are quite a few manuscripts.

Of course, there are also some manuscripts of the Four Books and Five Classics, which are reserved for large families for collection.

Compared with printed copies, the price of manuscripts is much more expensive, sometimes even more than ten times, and the price of a printed book generally ranges from twenty or thirty to one hundred yuan, and some manuscript books will even sell for more than the usual price!

Even if it is the consumption level of Yuezhou Mansion, the money has always been a big number, take Lin Zhao's father Lin Qingyuan as an example, he is a master in the neighboring mansion, and his annual income is about sixty yuan, and half of it can be left after excluding expenses, which is already very good.

Lin Erniang does embroidery every day, and after saving for so many years, it is estimated that the remaining money will not exceed five yuan!

After having a rough idea in his heart, Lin Zhao began to look at the shopkeeper of this bookstore, this shopkeeper looked less than forty years old, his face was fair, and he had a long beard under his chin, and he looked quite personable, compared to the Mr. Qin of the Lin family, he was more like a scholar.

Lin Zhao took a deep breath, walked over, bowed his head slightly to the middle-aged man, and said, "Shopkeeper, are you recruiting apprentices here?" ”

The shopkeeper's surname is Xie, his name is Xie Sanyuan, he was also a scholar in his early years, but he failed to pass the exam for a long time, and he didn't even get a showman's fame, so he had no choice but to get a shop to start a bookstore, and now more than ten years have passed, his Sanyuan bookstore has become famous in Yuezhou City, and he can't talk about being rich and noble, but relying on this bookstore, he has also bought real estate in Yuezhou Mansion, and he is doing very well.

He was looking through a newly arrived book, and when he heard the voice, he looked up and found that it was a handsome young man, who looked like he was only twelve or thirteen years old, Xie Sanyuan smiled slightly: "Young man, I already have someone working here, there is no shortage of people for the time being, you can go to another house to take a look." ”

Small bookstores generally buy and sell to earn the difference in price, while larger bookstores generally print their own books, like Sanyuan bookstores, which have their own printing workshops.

As soon as Lin Zhao entered the door before, he saw that the shopkeeper's two hands were covered with ink, and it was the kind of ink that couldn't be washed off, so he would open his mouth to Xie Sanyuan.

Hearing Xie Sanyuan's refusal, Lin Zhao was not discouraged, but just smiled at Xie Sanyuan: "Shopkeeper, my salary is cheap, only two hundred yuan a month, and I don't want you to control it, just take care of two meals." ”

At this time, Lin Zhao had already determined the printing level of this world, and stopped at engraving, at least the mainstream was engraving, but he could be said to know nothing about this industry, so he needed to work in this bookstore for a period of time, while understanding how far the printing level of this world has reached, and at the same time learning how to print things.

Of course, more importantly, let's see what the character of this shopkeeper is, and whether it is worth cooperating.

He is a poor boy, even if he gets out of movable type printing, he can't make a career by himself, and he has to find someone to work together.

At this time, the wage in Yuezhou Mansion was about 400 to 600 yuan a month, and they were all in charge of food and housing, and the 200 yuan proposed by Lin Zhao was far lower than the "ordinary salary".

He rented a house for 400 yuan a month, and his salary of 200 yuan was not enough for the rent.

Xie Sanyuan frowned at first, then glanced at Lin Zhao up and down, and then sighed: "That's it, seeing that you have also encountered difficulties in this posterity, otherwise you wouldn't have said this, you will help me here, as for the salary, I will not shorten you, I will give you four hundred yuan a month." ”

Lin Zhao hurriedly lowered his head and said to Xie Sanyuan: "Lin Zhao, thank you for taking it in." ”

The words proprietor and shopkeeper have very different meanings in secret, this Xie Sanyuan is indeed the owner of this bookstore, and the smile on his face was a little more when he heard this, and he reached out and patted Lin Zhao's shoulder.

"My surname is Xie, Xie Sanyuan."

"If you don't have a place to live, you can vacate a room in the backyard for you."