"I've sold books, Lord Thorn Shi has been working hard for six years, and I have most of the books that are circulating here. From the Yucai Academy in Danling Gray Plains City, I even got a complete set of textbooks that have never been passed on, and these books are written by Lord Thorn Shi himself, covering a wide range. A merchant surnamed Yuan was carrying a wagon full of books and was selling them in front of the restaurant where the scholars loved to gather.

"You are a little merchant, you dare to sell the books of Lord Thorn Shi privately, are you not afraid that Lord Thorn Shi will blame?" A scholar saw Yuan Xingshang selling books and stepped forward to say.

"How could Lord Thorn Shi blame, these books were all purchased by me from the bookstore in Gray Plains, and they were all printed by the printing workshop under the command of Lord Thorn Shi, which did not violate the laws of Meizhou, and Lord Thorn Shi never said that private individuals could not sell his books. If the law does not prohibit it, you can do it, scholar, you are familiar with poetry and books, why don't you know this. I don't know if you have signed up for the recruitment of officials in the Assassin History Mansion, if you do, I advise you to hurry up and buy a few books of Lord Assassin Shi to read, it will be very beneficial for your officials to apply. ”

"How do you sell these books?"

"At the back of each book, there is a selling price, but this batch of books is a lot of hard work that I bought from Gray Plains at the original price, so I can earn some hard-earned money......"

"Merchant, don't say more, let's talk about these books, how are you going to sell them?"

"The price is increased by 20%, and I only charge SGD."

"Can I take a look first?"

"Look, except for the complete set of textbooks and books of Yucai Academy, the rest of the books are brand new, using the well-known Zhao paper and Zhao ink printing, and all of them are from the printing workshop of Lord Thorn Shi, the quality of the books will definitely not be a problem."

"Master Assassin's books, how can they be sold so cheaply, merchant, these books of yours can't be impersonated by Lord Assassin Shi, right?"

"Give me the courage to do it, I don't dare to impersonate Lord Shi, I don't have this book, the latest version of "Meizhou Law", what I have read the most recently is this book, there is an article on it, you may not be clear, that is, the author's copyright, protected by the Assassin's Office, without the author's authorization, no one is allowed to print privately, copy in large quantities, sell the author's books, articles, etc. for profit, so even if you buy the book back, you can't copy it in large quantities and then sell it." Yuan Xingshang held a thick book and said to more and more scholars who were surrounding him.

"I'll have a set of books from Master Assassin Shi, and the merchant will quickly calculate how much it should be, and what kind of textbooks and books will I want."

"I'm sorry, it's okay to ask for a set of other books, but this set of textbooks is very difficult to come by, so you need to bid for it."

……

In this world, there will never be a shortage of smart people, the Meizhou Assassin Mansion official recruitment examination is about to be held, and the news that the exam questions are personally written by the Assassin Shi has spread, and the books "authored" by Zhao Yuan and circulated abroad have suddenly become the most sought-after things in Meizhou.

Purchasing agents, in just a few days, have risen in Meizhou.

Zhao Yuan's books, which are circulated abroad, are mostly some scripts, poems, etc., but there are very few books involving the economy and people's livelihood, physical chemistry, traditional Chinese medicine, etc., and the books of a large practical nature are circulated.

And Gray Plains City, as Zhao Yuan's base camp, here, there is a special printing workshop, which prints Zhao Yuan's books of various categories, mainly for Yucai College, technical personnel of various workshops, agricultural technicians, etc.

A large part of the exam questions issued by Lord Assassin Shi will definitely come from the books he wrote, and in other places in Meizhou, there are no such books for sale yet, so the scholars and talents who have signed up for the recruitment will try their best to let people buy these books from Gray Yuan.

The prices of Zhao Yuan's books have even increased several times in some cases.

Zhao's Printing Workshop in Gray Plains City, all the production capacity, in just a few days, was suddenly used to fill the order, the new printing machine, has been fully activated, one by one exuding the fragrance of ink, there is still warm books, just shipped out of the printing workshop, by Meizhou all over the long-waiting businessmen or people who are about to go to Meizhou, a snatch up.

Meizhou City Thorn History.

"Lord Thorn Shi, you can make a lot of money now, and those books of yours are now sold out." Zhang Xucong said with a smile to Zhao Yuan, who had just finished his official duties.

"How much money can I make, but it's a good thing that my books can be recognized by so many people." Zhao Yuan looked relieved.

"Those books of Lord Thorn History, for people who have never been exposed to those contents, will be obscure, the time for the exam, there are only two or three days left, even if you get Lord Thorn Shi's book, it will be too late to be terrified, and you can't learn anything useful for the exam." Wan Yunjun said with a smile.

"A few long histories, why didn't you think to sign up for a reference, you know, now there are already people in the Assassin's Mansion who are saying that we can only be in an important position in the Assassin's Mansion by relying on relationships."

"Forget it, we've just followed Master Assassin Shi for a few years and seen a little more, if we really take the test, we will definitely be ashamed."

"A few brothers don't just have more knowledge, over the years, especially in recent years, you haven't fallen behind at all about the new knowledge of Gray Plains." Zhao Yuan looked at the few people on the other side and said.

……

The Meizhou public examination has gathered the attention of almost everyone in Meizhou, and its influence is no less than the imperial examination held in Houshu before, and even wins.

However, just when this public examination was about to be held, the tributary team sent by Zhao Yuan to Kaifeng had successfully arrived, and the iron supervisor sent by the imperial court to Meizhou City to supervise the issuance of Meizhou's new currency had also successfully arrived in Meizhou City.

Kaifeng City, the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the treasures from the Meizhou tributary have arrived, and the Meizhou tributary personnel are already waiting outside the palace to be summoned. See if you let them bring things in. ”

"Xuan!"

"Chuan Meizhou tributary envoy to meet!"

Zhao Kuangyin is actually full of interest in the treasures of Meizhou that have hung himself for so long, and has always made people pay attention to the movements of this tributary team from Meizhou.

"Meizhou Thorn Mansion, don't drive Zhang Xu, see Your Majesty."

"Flat, you Zhao Thorn History, but it makes me very upset, and if you make a little movement at both ends in three days, you will be uncomfortable."

"Back to Your Majesty, Lord Zhao is dedicated to the public, although His Majesty treats him favorably and does not hold him accountable, Lord Zhao has always been in his heart, always remembering the duty of a courtier, and dare not have the slightest transgression." Zhang Xu was sweating profusely and said in fear.

Has he overstepped less? But I see that he is young, so I don't care about him. Tell me, what have you brought to me? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, please let Weichen present these treasures of Meizhou, the first one is a flawless mirror, the function is similar to that of a bronze mirror, but this mirror can be seen more clearly......"

……

In the Meizhou Assassin's Mansion, Zhao Yuan led a group of officials to hold a high-level welcome ceremony for Zhao Zheng, the envoy from the imperial court, and Qian Liyuan, the trusted Meizhou Iron Supervisor.

"Duwei Zhao, Your Majesty has something to say to you, do you want to find a quiet place, so that I can complete the task assigned by Your Majesty first."