Dong Xianliang left the Pingwang Mansion, took the three agreements given by the Marquis of Xiao Du, and hurried to meet his mentor Kong Hanyou in the starry night to discuss countermeasures.

Kong Hanyou looked at the three agreements proposed by Xiao Duhou, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, and he was furious.

This is clearly a pit agreement!

The first agreement was to sell Dong Xianliang.

In the second agreement, Xiao Duhou helped Yu Shitai break the "year-old system", but the next chief examiner had to give it to Xiao Duhou.

The little dusk marquis must use this exam to achieve his ulterior purpose.

The third agreement made him feel even more chilled.

Xiao Duhou is willing to help Confucianism flourish, but he wants to be the "deputy leader" for ten years, what the hell is this? Does Xiao Duhou want to be the spiritual leader of the Confucian scholars in the world? This is selling Confucianism.

Kong Hanyou, as the leader of the Confucian sect in the world, can he not be angry!

He can't sign any agreement!

"Teacher, what do you think?"

Dong Xianliang saw that the teacher's face was very ugly, and he couldn't help but ask carefully.

"Xiao Duhou, this Jinling big gentleman, if it is not for me and the party, his heart will be different. The revitalization of Confucianism should be done by us Confucian scholars ourselves, and this matter cannot be relied on by others. Join forces with the little dusk... It's just a tiger skin! ”

Kong Hanyou suppressed the anger in his heart, shook his head and said slowly.

Not being cornered, he was unwilling to pay such a huge price.

Dong Xianliang said, and his heart was a little uncomfortable.

He was looking forward to fighting side by side with the little dusk marquis.

However, Xiao Duhou only talked about the price, and the teacher was not willing to pay this price.

"Yes, Master! On the day of the great court battle, the disciples went into battle first, and the teacher and the imperial history platform followed! ”

Dong Xianliang bowed down and said resolutely.

...

Chu Tianxiu didn't know whether Dong Xianliang was frightened by the price, or whether Kong Hanyou was hesitant and unwilling to pay the price.

There was no news of it.

It is estimated that there is still half a month to go, and Dr. Yushi is not in a hurry!

This made Chu Tianxiu, who was holding the "Da Chu Di Newspaper" and was preparing to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, quite disappointed.

However, he was not idle.

The first half of the 40 chapters of the "Stone Record" has been printed in 2,000 copies.

It will be sold to the public in Jinling Castle soon.

As for why Chu Tianxiu used the title of "The Story of the Stone" instead of the well-known "Dream of Red Mansions" in later generations.

This is purely to commemorate the old man Cao Xueqin.

The old man was born in Jinling City, and when he wrote the first eighty chapters, he used the name "Stone Records".

Later, Cheng Gao's continued version was changed to 120 chapters of "Dream of Red Mansions" after adding the next 40 chapters.

Chu Tianxiu has done enough publicity in the "Da Chu Di Daily" in advance, and will officially sell a bookstore on Changle Street, a shop under the name of Li Yu, the lord of Danyang County.

this day.

Morning.

Chu Tianxiu and Li Yu took Zu'er and Di'er to Changle Street to see how "The Stone" was selling.

However, the bookstore had not yet opened, and a large crowd was already crowded outside the door.

The crowd, many of whom are daughters of large families in Jinling City, are extremely obsessed with "The Story of Stones".

There are also groups of gate lords who are invited to buy books.

Xie Lingyun and a group of scholars came to buy books in person.

There are also groups of Jinling Confucian students, hundreds of people.

There were even more maids and servants sent by the big families.

The maid sent by Prime Minister Xie Huyong of Xie Mansion, and the maid sent by the second lady of Pingwangfu. The owner is not good at showing up, of course, he is letting the subordinates come to strengthen the book.

Although each issue of the "Da Chu Di Daily" will publish a small half chapter of "The Story of the Stone", it was serialized too slowly, and it took ten days to serialize it until the fifth chapter.

It's been serialized like this.,People waiting are very anxious!

Some of the manuscripts that circulated privately in Jinling City were lost in twenty chapters at most. It is said that in order to keep it secret, Xiao Duhou hid the manuscript and prevented people from reading it.

This "Stone Record" is the first carved and published book of the Great Chu Dynasty, and no one sold books before this, and they were all hand-copied books copied by the scholars themselves.

Moreover, this is an unprecedented long story.

If nothing else, the collection value alone is huge!

Of course, I just bought the book and read it back.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the first half of this "Stone Record" is two taels of silver. 1,000 copies are on sale today, which is a lot of copies, so don't crowd it. ”

As soon as the door of this bookstore opened, the owner shouted.

The crowd rushed up eagerly.

How many farts!

Only 1,000 copies were sold! The crowd outside the bookstore alone was more than one or two thousand people. If you grab it slowly, it's gone.

This is just a small number of people in Jinling City, and when more people want to buy it, they can't buy it.

"Here's the silver, get the books!"

Xie Lingyun and a group of other scholars were fierce and rushed to the front.

Their status as scholars is too noble, and the children of the gate lords and eunuchs are too numerous and powerful, and others dare not compete with them.

"The book is in hand, let's go and read the book together!"

In the blink of an eye, the scholars grabbed hundreds of copies of "The Book of Stones", and they were all ecstatic and walked away.

After the group of soldiers left.

Those daughters, Confucian students, little maids, are more anxious.

"Shopkeeper, quickly bring me a copy of "The Story of Stones"!"

"Don't rob, oops, step on your feet!"

"Manners, maintain the demeanor of our Confucian students! How can you be so disrespectful of Sven! ”

Jia Sheng was anxious in the crowd, shouting loudly, his hat was squeezed off, his clothes were disheveled, and finally he was quick to grab a copy of "The Story of Stones".

Jia Sheng held a thick book, smelled the ink, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

This is what he hid from his mother-in-law, saved money, and finally bought a copy of "The Story of Stones" with two taels of silver that had been hidden under the bed for many years.

Now it's okay, this stone book, he goes back and reads it day and night, at least for a year.

"Jia Sheng, didn't you take the lead in criticizing "The Story of Stones", why did you still come to rob it?!"

There was a scholar who didn't grab it, he was very angry, and when he saw Jia Sheng grab a copy, he couldn't help but say angrily.

"You know what! If you don't read it, how can you criticize? When I go back tonight, I will read it by candlelight and criticize "The Stone"!

How can reading books be confused with criticizing books?

After I finished reading, I went to the "Da Chu Di Daily" to submit an article and criticize it fiercely. ”

Jia Sheng snorted, straightened his messy clothes, and swaggered away.

"Da Chu Di Daily" accepts contributions from scholars, not only receiving, but also paying, a short article of a few hundred words, can earn more than a dozen copper plates.

In his spare time when he was teaching at a private school, he had already published an article in the "Da Chu Di Daily" criticizing "The Stone Record", severely criticizing the glamour in it.

This article caused a lot of controversy in Jinling City, and even many scholars and Confucian scholars often quarreled.

Perhaps, he can still earn back these two taels of silver by writing articles criticizing Xiao Duhou and "The Story of the Stone".

As for why the Di Bao hosted by Xiao Duhou would publish articles criticizing "The Stone Record"?

Jia Sheng came up with an incredible experience.

Xiao Duhou is completely shameless, in order to sell books, I wish everyone would quarrel together and stir up the heat, everyone knows.

In order to earn this copper stinky money, Xiao Duhou can't wait to scold himself - but this is too naked. So the little dusk marquis, looking forward to being scolded by others.

Since this is the case, of course, he Jia Sheng is not polite.

He is now the loudest Confucian student in Jinling City who scolds "The Story of Stones", he has become the number one expert, and his fame is skyrocketing!

Almost all the scholars in Jinling City knew him.