Lin Duowen said yes, but he was worried about this matter, and when the time came, it might not be him who captured the second prince, but the second prince who would arrest himself.

When Chu Jishan heard this, he thought about it carefully and said: "This matter is changing rapidly, because I can't accompany it, I don't know much about the situation of these twenty-two sons, I can only tell my brother and ask him to take care of you more." ”

After Lin Duowen thanked him, Chu Jishan said to Lin Duowen: "I have almost explained what I can explain, so I can only count on Shi Jian for the rest of the matter." ”

Lin Duowen nodded, and after Chu Jishan said goodbye and left, the housekeeper said to Lin Duowen: "Master Hou, someone asked to see you." ”

"Who?"

"Nandu is here, I heard that it was sent by the eldest master."

"It's not going to be fake again." Lin Duowen was really a little scared about this matter.

The housekeeper said that it was not fake, there was a family letter as evidence, and the housekeeper handed over the family letter, Lin Duowen opened it and took a look, and it first cared about Lin Duowen's current situation, and then congratulated Lin Duowen on building such a miraculous achievement and saving face for his father. Later, he said that when his son was older, he would go back to the academy and let Ding Yuli teach.

Lin Shaowen regretted that he did not study seriously when he was a child, and hoped that his son would not repeat such a mistake in the future. If you stay by your side, you can't discipline yourself, and you don't know how to discipline, but I'm afraid that I will become a reckless anointed child in the belly in the future.

So Lin Shaowen hoped that Lin Duowen would write a letter to Cao Chifeng, hoping that Cao Chifeng could take more care of his children.

At the end of the letter, Lin Shaowen also said that this is the son of the old gentleman who made money for him, his name is Kong Fang, and the word is green worm.

Lin Shaowen said that Kong Fang came to make money for him this time, so he hoped that Lin Duowen could help with all his might.

After Lin Duowen read the letter, he put it away, and then Lin Duowen went to the living room, saluted the young man and said, "Brother Kong, please forgive me for the loss." ”

After Kong Fang returned the salute, he said to Lin Duowen: "Master Hou, you are so polite, this brother's title is not small, Master Hou, you can always call me Kong Fang." ”

"Ling Zun and Brother Tai are very helpful to my brother, my brother is grateful to you both, when you are a benefactor, how can Xiaohou call Brother Kong by his honorable name at will?"

When Kong Fang was about to say something more, Lin Duowen asked Kong Fang to sit down, and then said to Kong Fang: "Brother Kong, looking at your polite appearance, you must also be a scholar. ”

Kong Fang nodded, and at this time, Lin Duowen continued: "Then I'm strange, Brother Kong, how do you make money. ”

Kong Fang said that his father and son had different methods of making money, and his father still used Tao Zhugong's method, but he was different.

Lin Duowen asked what the method was, and Kong Fang said with a smile: "Master Hou, since ancient times, there have only been two ways for scholars, right?" ”

Lin Duowen nodded, this scholar has a right path, that is, to participate in the imperial examination, take the high school examination, and then embark on a career in office. Another is to teach and educate people, write books and speak, and live a life of poverty.

"The difficulty of this imperial examination is difficult to go to the blue sky, it can be said that thousands of troops have crossed the single-plank bridge, and Xiaosheng doesn't think he has that ability. As for retreating and being alone, this life of pure suffering is not what a small life seeks. ”

"So you're in business?"

"No, Xiaosheng has never sold any goods, and he is by no means a businessman."

"Then I don't understand, how did you make money."

Kong Fang asked with a smile: "This is very simple, presumably the little marquis knows the poetry of Xiaohanshan." ”

Lin Duowen nodded and said that this is the poetry of today's great poet Shen Zicai. Since this book was printed the year before last, it can be said that the paper in the eastern capital is expensive, and all the poems you like have to buy a copy. At that time, someone gave Lin Duowen a copy, and Lin Duowen also read it.

"The little marquis has read this poem, but I don't know how this poem is?"

Lin Duowen said that it can be said to be the first poem of the dynasty, which is one of the selected poems, and there are some poems that he can't quite accept.

"Those poems are going to come in, but they cost hundreds of taels of silver."

When Lin Duo heard this, he was surprised and said, "This, how is this possible? ”

"I did this with Shen Zi, who wrote this poem at that time, but he didn't have the money to engrave it. Little Marquis, you know, this book is engraved, but it costs a lot of silver. ”

Lin Duowen nodded and asked Kong Fang to continue, Kong Fang smiled and said: "So I found him and told him that he could choose these poems to enter, and those people would pay for them at that time." ”

"He agreed?"

"Naturally, since ancient times, who has a relationship with money? Although Shen Zicai's poems are well written, these poems cannot be eaten as food. In order to live, he can only do this. He was worried that no one would say yes. Of course, if he went to find it, naturally no one would want to, and if I came forward, it would be much easier. ”

"Interesting, interesting, Brother Kong, how did you get them to say yes."

"Xiao Sheng first found those businessmen who like vassal elegance, they have made enough money, naturally they want to make a name, otherwise how can there be so-called Confucian businessmen come out. This is only possible when Confucian merchants say it orally, but if there is really a collection of essays handed down to the world, I persuaded them to give out money and leave a poem in the poem. ”

"Although they are not stingy with this silver, they may not believe this poem."

"So the little one guarantees that the scholars in the nearby prefectures and counties will buy a copy."

"How can you guarantee that?"

"Little Hou Ye, they also asked so, and the little one said that the secret of heaven should not be revealed, but in front of your old man, then don't worry about this."

Kong Fang said that some of the silver was produced, so Kong Fang himself gave out the silver, and after this was carved out, Kong Fang took some back for free to these merchants, and then gave it to the scholars.

Then Kong Fang spent money to buy some readers, held a literary meeting, and then touted the poetry of Xiaohanshan.

This scholar had the best face, and when he saw others talking about this poem, he hadn't read it, wouldn't it be a shame, so these readers went to buy the poem.

Shen Zicai's level is already good, and the foundation of this poem is good, so after several literary meetings, they were all sold out.

And Shen Zicai was about to continue the poems of Xiaohanshan, Kong Fang went to contact, and this time, he made ten thousand gold after dividing it.

"I didn't expect it, it's really amazing, but this book "Continuation of Xiaohanshan Poems" may not be so successful."

"This is not necessarily, there are more wealthy businessmen involved, they will naturally give their friends as talking points, with them taking the lead, the nearby scholars thought that they did not buy Xiaohanshan's poems at the beginning and suffered a loss and shame, this time they will only buy it faster."

"So how about this book "Continuation of the Poetry of Xiaohan Mountain"?"

Lin Duowen was interested, Kong Fang took it out of his bag, and said respectfully: "This is Shen Zicai's original manuscript, and I invite the little marquis to take a look." ”

After Lin Duowen took it from the servant's hand, it was written in front of it that Shen Zicai thanked Kong Fang for his gratitude for his contribution to these two poems, and when Lin Duowen saw this, he knew that Kong Fang's purpose in presenting this book was to prove that this matter was true.

Lin Duowen casually looked at it, it was indeed a manuscript, and when he read a few pages, he closed the book and said, "Yes, this continuation of the poem, in Xiaohou's opinion, is worth reading by Shilin at that time." ”

Next, Lin Duowen asked: "Brother Kong, you are really amazing, you can think of such a clever method."

"Master Hou praised it falsely, Xiao Sheng has been thinking from the bottom that it is good not to bend his waist for five buckets of rice, but wouldn't it be better to straighten his chest and earn him ten buckets of rice?"

Lin Duowen nodded, smiled and said, "That's good, that's good." ”

Kong Fang continued: "Little Hou Ye, in addition to this matter, the little one has also done one thing. ”

"What's the matter? Come on, let Ben Hou have a long insight. ”

"Does the little marquis know about Chibei poetry?"

Lin Duowen nodded, and said with a smile: "It's the prince who really Chibei Poetry Club, the prince is really this person, I heard that he only accepts female disciples, and because of this, his magistrate was also impeached." ”

"Yes, but the prince is really not a villain, he only lamented that there are too few poetesses, so he did it."

"At that time, I had not heard that the prince was really poetic."

"If it's still poetry, why should Xiaosheng tell you about it?"

"So what?"

Kong Fang took a sip of tea and asked Lin Duowen how much he knew about Chibei Poetry, but Lin Duowen just said that he had heard of it, and he didn't know the specific situation.

"In the past, the prince really just asked the singing to be harmonious, but naturally he couldn't, but after I went, I added a pen fee to let those female disciples sing and harmonize with these people, but through the curtain."

"Will this prince really agree?"

"This female disciple agreed to learn poetry, and she was already under a lot of pressure, and it was all because the prince was really able to give money and let these female disciples' families allow. Such a large amount of expenses has already made the prince really lose his pocket. So he had to say yes. ”

"This, isn't this ......"

"Little Hou Ye, this is a bad word, this is a poetry club, not those on the Rouge River can be compared, and this talented and beautiful woman, learning poetry, is also an elegant thing, this heart is elegant, naturally everything is elegant."

"So, the income seems good?"

"Naturally, we also found the owner of the local money bank and asked them to pay for it."

"Could it be that they also like to be vassal?"

"Of course not, we want them to sell their seats, this kind of thing, naturally we can't let Wang Zizhen do it, so we set the price first, how much is a person, and then whatever they sell for as much as they want, on the day of the poetry meeting, there will be a post before you can come in."

"In this business, I'm afraid there are fewer talents and more young masters." Lin Duowen took a sip of tea, shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"Naturally, but this year, how many talents can there be, little marquis, you say yes."

Lin Duowen said that as far as the literary meetings he participated in, they were basically rich in their families, and they didn't have to engage in the imperial examination, so they could naturally recite poems instead of studying Shiwen.