Chapter 66: Untitled
Looking at the strange words on the cover, Wang Yun and his little cousin were at a loss.
"Ahem! Ahem! ”
After hearing his doubts, Liu Zhicheng, who had been holding back for a long time, finally found an opportunity and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the unique price tag of our Xinhua Bookstore, which is written with Tianzhu numbers...... Yes, this is it! One vertical, one circle, which means ten! ”
After being stunned for a moment, the little cousin's curiosity suddenly rose: "Ten? What does ten copper coins mean? ”
"Yes, it's ten copper coins!"
With the shopkeeper nodding with a smile, the little cousin blinked his eyes and subconsciously exclaimed: "Wow, this is the number used by Tianzhu people?" How is it so weird...... Well? What did you just say? How much does this book cost? ”
"Huh? It's true? ”
At the same time, the elder brother and cousin next to him also heard the shopkeeper's words, and their eyes widened at the same time. Wang Yun, in particular, asked directly: "Ten copper coins...... Shopkeeper, did I hear you right? ”
This sentence is very easy to understand, if it is placed in the future twenty-one world, it is "Boss, are you serious?" ”
"Of course, you heard it right!"
It seemed that he was accustomed to the attitude of the guests, Liu Zhicheng nodded without the slightest surprise, and said with a smile: "It's ten copper coins, a copy of "University"!" ”
"Sizzle......"
After listening to Liu Zhicheng's answer, Wang Yun and his eldest cousin gasped at the same time, and an expression of disbelief appeared on their faces - although "University" is not very long, that is, thousands of words, and the words on this book are relatively small, so a book is not very thick, but you can buy one for ten big money, which is too cheap, right?
Anyway, after gasping for air, Wang Yun said in surprise: "Ten...... I remember that my last set of "Rites" was too old, and I just bought a new one last year, and it cost hundreds of dollars! There are only ten of your books? This...... Shopkeeper, don't you really lose money by selling like this? ”
"This ......"
The corners of his mouth twitched twice, and Liu Zhicheng didn't know how to answer this question for a while.
Will you lose money?
He is just the shopkeeper of Xinhua Bookstore, and he really doesn't know whether to lose money or not. He only knew that this shop was mainly opened to sell paper, and by the way, he bought pen, ink and inkstone, as for books or something......
Hehe, it doesn't matter.
Liu Zhicheng, who has now seen the "big world", of course he can't look down on the copper money he earns from selling books. In his opinion, as long as the scale of the paper workshop continues to expand, Xinhua Bookstore will be able to make money lying down, so why bother staring at this little money?
Since just now, he has been looking at these people with great interest, but Liu Zhicheng is just a little curious about this little Langjun.
Interested in the square font, he is the first one!
Needless to say, "Mathematics" is not a big deal, few of the guests who came in were interested, and there were really not many people who were willing to buy it. After reading "University", most of them also put it down with disdain after seeing the words on it, turned around and left, and a very few would be interested in asking about the price, and then buy a copy after a while.
No way, it's just too cheap.
For many people, a book for ten dollars is like picking it up for nothing...... But even so, the trace of disdain on their faces was still clearly visible.
Of course, "University" itself will not be despised by readers, and their goal is naturally this Han Wangti......
So the young man with a young face in front of him is really the first person Liu Zhicheng has seen who is interested in fonts, and he is really interested!
In fact, he doesn't know much about this font, but at least one thing is certain, that is, whether it is "University" or the previous "Mathematics", the reason why he uses this font that doesn't look very good, is completely the result of the king's insistence. He even knew that the font itself was created by the king!
Could it be ......
What the young Lang Jun in front of him said just now was the king's idea?
Because the font is horizontal and vertical, it is easier to engrave?
At this moment, the curiosity in Liu Zhicheng's heart reached its peak, and he couldn't help but ask: "The price is decided from above, and I don't know...... This Xiao Langjun, you just said that this kind of character is the most suitable for carving, is it true? ”
"This ...... I think so. ”
After hesitating for a moment, the little cousin nodded casually: "Because of curiosity, I really tried it before!" If you want to make the characters look good, it will be very slow to carve, but if you are not so particular, the straighter the strokes, the easier it will be to carve...... Well, let's not talk about that! ”
After a few brief words, the little cousin quickly lost interest and focused on something else: "Shopkeeper, you just said that this is a Tianzhu number, right?" Where were these books printed? Why do you use Tianzhu numbers? What are the benefits of using such numbers? ”
“……”
Looking at Xiao Langjun's expression, the corners of Liu Zhicheng's mouth twitched.
What do you mean?
Could it be that he is still interested in Tianzhu numbers?
However, after a short period of consternation, he looked at this little Langjun more and more differently. As the little steward of Han Wangfu, Liu Zhicheng certainly understands the usefulness of Tianzhu numbers, and he also knows that this thing is easy and fast to calculate, and it is an artifact for calculating accounts, but "Mathematics" has been in Xinhua Bookstore for so long, how many people can realize this?
So for this kind of person, Liu Zhicheng naturally has no reason to hide it, and points with his right hand with a smile: "There!" Is there something you want to see? ”
"What do I want to see? Is it those books? ”
As the shopkeeper's fingers looked over and after a pause, the little cousin's face suddenly became happy.
Bookshelf!
The only bookshelves in the entire bookstore that have books filled with them!
But before he could walk over, the impatient brother next to him finally spoke: "Erlang, can we go?" It's just a glance, it's been a long time! Cousin, did you say? ”
It's just a copy of "University", what's there to see?
As for the Tianzhu number in the shopkeeper's mouth, he was not even interested in it at all, so when he saw the little brother's eyes shining, he immediately felt that something was not right.
If this really makes him see it, how long will it take?
And when the eldest cousin's eyes floated over, although Wang Yun felt that what the little cousin said just now was a bit interesting, but he was not interested in this Tianzhu number at all, nodded and smiled: "Erlang, if you want to see it, you can buy it together, just take it back and watch it slowly." ”
“…… It's good. ”
Seeing that the eldest brother and cousin looked a little impatient, although they were reluctant, Xiao Langjun couldn't persevere, so he could only nod.
"Shopkeeper, this "University" and that "Mathematics", each take a copy and wrap it!"
Opening his mouth, Liu Zhi wanted to say something, but after thinking about it for a while, he just nodded and smiled: "Okay, I'll have someone wrap it up for you right away......"
……
Ahh