Zhang Liang didn't know how accurate his Flegg was.

After Li Su left, the next day, that is, the sixth day of the third month, was the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting.

At this meeting, a lot of daily official affairs were discussed. But there is also one thing mixed in with it, that is, the feedback on the edict of "appointing Liu Bei as the magistrate of Guangchang County" five days ago.

On March 3rd, Yousi already knew that Liu Bei had abandoned the official, but today he mentioned it at the court meeting. Then knowing that the scope of this matter was expanded from the relevant departments to the entire court. The Beijing officials with a little grade have made sure that they have heard of the name Liu Bei, and many people secretly praise his filial piety as a model.

There are also some people who are more sensitive to the fraud of filial piety and honesty in the Han Dynasty, and feel that a new wave of filial piety and honesty will definitely emerge in the future.

Maybe from now on, those who are officials in other places, or worthless petty officials, and who do not have a serious background in filial piety, will desperately find out if there are any elders and relatives in their families who live in war-torn areas where thieves are rampant today. Then he will find an excuse to abandon his official position and go to the thief-occupied area to organize the township to fight bravely and win the reputation of filial piety.

Of course, no matter what, Liu Bei's filial piety has a threshold. Just like Liu Xuan's filial piety and righteousness back then, there is also a threshold.

You must first learn that you are a soldier and can fight, and then you can imitate this kind of filial piety.

Otherwise, when it comes to the territory of Zhang Chun, Ou Xing, or the future Gepi Yellow Turban Army, they can't beat the other party, and they will be directly hacked to death by the anti-thief, and the drama of filial piety will be in vain.

Moreover, after all, the imitator needs to wait and see for a while, the so-called no rabbit does not scatter the eagle.

Everyone has to see that Liu Bei has received greater benefits because of this act of abandoning official filial piety, and everyone will rest assured to follow the trend.

So at least in the first half of this year, no one will follow suit.

……

The day after the pilgrimage, early in the morning of the seventh day of the third month.

Zhang Liang, as the chief steward of the Zhen family's firm in Luoyang, does not have to get up early in person to inspect various shops and workshops.

So he slept until the end of the hour according to his usual schedule, then Shi Shiran got up, and then had breakfast at the hour and went out to do things at a normal pace.

However, about halfway through the hour, he had just dressed and washed up, and was still eating mutton soup cakes at home, when a man in charge of the accounts came to the door with a roar and told him good news.

"Steward! The paper shop in Xicheng is crowded with customers! In less than an hour after the door opened in the morning, hundreds of volumes of "Filial Piety Records" were sold.

The store is sold out! Even with the batch of Zuobo paper that Mr. Li made with us, some of them have not been printed yet, and many Tai Bachelors have bought them, saying that they want to copy them themselves! Let's get the goods from the warehouse and the workshop! ”

The Zhen family's business in Xicheng is mainly engaged in selling pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and the four treasures of the study, as well as some other treasures and elegant things that literati often patronize, and now they sell books in that store. Because the location of the store in Xicheng is close to Taixue, there are tens of thousands of scholars who have entered Taixue in Luoyang, and doing this kind of business there is particularly in line with the market positioning, and the business is also good.

When Zhang Liang heard the good news, he was so surprised that the bamboo chopsticks fell on the table.

It's impossible! The day before yesterday, I could only sell a dozen rolls in a whole day, why did it take only two days to suddenly change the direction of the wind, and I sold hundreds of rolls in the morning?

That's an exaggeration, isn't it?

"How many did we print?" Zhang Liang hurriedly asked.

"A total of 1,000 volumes were printed, and at that time you still said that you should give Mr. Li a face, print more and sell it slowly, even if you smash some in your hands, it will be regarded as selling a favor to Mr. Li and Liu County.

In addition, there are thousands of large-size Zuobo paper, which are also in this batch, and they are made and put over there to dry, and Mr. Li did not take them away, saying that they are sold out and let us help print them at any time. ”

Zhang Liang hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Immediately transfer all the inventory in the workshop to the store next to Taixue! The rest of the paper and ink were also dispatched, and the craftsmen were recalled to hurry up and print! I went to the Xicheng store to check it out in person! ”

Zhang Liang picked up the chopsticks on the table, ate the last two pieces of mutton in the soup cake bowl, and threw the rest to the servants at home, and took the man out with a roar.

Although the servants did not eat meat, it was very rare to be able to drink the cakes cooked in a thick mutton stew. After the master left, he immediately picked up the remaining bowl and ate it, even drinking all the mutton soup.

Half an hour later, Zhang Liang rode a donkey to the shop near Taixue - it was not that he couldn't afford to sit in the car, but as a businessman, he always knew how to keep a low profile. There are too many wealthy families in Beijing, and businessmen are too conspicuous in the city to ride in the car, which is easy to be remembered.

When he arrived at the door of the store, he saw an amazing scene, at least dozens of students were hanging out there. The "Filial Piety Record" in the store should have been sold out, and in the end, two more volumes were also bought by two of them, but the other students who did not buy them blocked them and prevented them from leaving, so that these two people could temporarily recite them in public, so that everyone could listen to what the book was about.

The two buyers who grabbed the last few books, for fear of offending people by pulling hatred, so they half-pushed and half-obeyed.

For a while, the sound of shaking his head and reading at the door of the store was endless, which provoked the merchants of the shop next to him to come over to watch.

Zhang Liang has been helping the Zhen family take care of the business in Luoyang for less than two years, and the rich businessman in Luoyang is a Crouching Tiger. The Zhen family may be the number one wealthy businessman in Jizhou, but it may not be able to overpower the top competitors in Beijing.

So in the past two years, he has never seen such a level of pomp and circumstance envied by his peers. At this moment, of course, he was ashamed and excited in his heart:

"Fortunately, I wanted to sell my favor to Mr. Li and promised to let the craftsman print more...... The business is so good, and the Zhen family has a long face, and when I go back, my mother will definitely use me more and more. ”

As he thought so, he saw a fellow who had come with him, carrying a batch of goods into the store, about two or three hundred rolls, and finally sent away the dozens of people who had gathered at the door. After everyone bought the scroll, they prepared to disperse.

Zhang Liang took the opportunity to grab a student who was about to leave and asked, "This brother, why did you all come together to buy this new book today?" But have you heard the propaganda of any merchants? ”

The student looked the ignorant up and down with the eyes of the ignorant: "Are you a scholar?" ”

Zhang Liangyi was embarrassed, of course he was not a scholar.

However, there was not much difference between the clothes of scholars and non-scholars in the Han Dynasty, and it was not like the later imperial examination dynasties, where there was a dress and etiquette system that only Xiucai could wear, such as square scarves. At the moment, he is dressed quite plainly, and he can do it if he pretends to be a scholar.

So he hurriedly excused: "The younger brother is a foreigner, and he didn't know why he ...... when he first arrived."

The Tai student was immediately quite proud: "It turned out to be a countryman, no wonder - do you know that during the court meeting yesterday, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were talking about Zhang Chun's rebellion in Youzhou and the erosion of Yuyang." Someone mentioned the filial piety of a counterinsurgency official who was recruited by the imperial court last time.

That person's name is Liu Bei, and in order to save his uncle in his hometown and not be dispatched from the imperial court, he gave up his official position in other places and had to go back to his hometown to kill thieves. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all emotional, and now our Han Dynasty is in a crisis and eventful autumn, and it is about to promote such loyal and righteous people, focusing on the family and the country!

After the court meeting, Tai Changqing personally praised it, saying that he would promote his righteous deeds in Taixue, and maybe he would ask the scholars about their feelings in the future. Zi said: Living with good people, such as entering the room of Zhilan, you will not feel its fragrance for a long time. How can the faithful and righteous of my generation not learn these deeds of loyalty? ”

With that, the student took the book he had bought and floated away proudly.

Zhang Liang looked confused, and the shock lasted for a long time.

I was blind and obscene at the beginning, but I actually said a prophecy!

Then Li Su, what kind of means can make Tai Changqing personally praise the books and deeds he wrote?

You must know that Taichangqing is equivalent to the Ministry of Rites in later generations, which is equivalent to the Department of Etiquette and Education.

In the words of later generations, Li Su is equivalent to a fledgling who has just written a little superficial article, and wants to publish and make some porridge money.

But his works, just a few days after they were released, no one cared about them at all, at least because he felt that "it's okay to read the story, just spend money to buy it".

However, only a few days later, the book was directly designated as the "people's education version" by the big leaders of the education department, and the education departments across the country were required to study it. Or write about the feeling after reading, and write about the spirit of the document that you have learned from this advanced deed.

Can this special not be a hot sale!

The number of scholars who have accumulated in Beijing and who have gone to Taixue is afraid that there are not tens of thousands of people, no wonder after Tai Changqing spoke, there was no pressure to sell out a thousand volumes on the first morning!

A book earns a net profit of more than a hundred dollars, and a roll of paper also earns more than thirty dollars. At the end of this day, I am afraid that I can make hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Money is not the key, the key is the people, energy, and influence behind it.

"You must tell the master mother and the young master what happened here, this Mr. Li's ability is terrible, and cooperating with him is definitely the most profitable business in the world." In Zhang Liang's heart, he already respected Li Su as a god.

The existence of a casual book that can make the big leaders of the education department stand for him, and the rich businessmen don't hurry up to put a heavy bet on their thighs?