In the busy Jinling City, Jia Cong and Liu Xianglian walked side by side, and now, once there is leisure time to stop, Jia Cong will tell Liu Xianglian to train the guards, otherwise there is really no sense of security, because there are political enemies......

There is also the ancient long journey, even the merchants had to hire bodyguards.

Walking through the archway in the center of the street, Liu Xianglian said: "Which store do you want to choose?" ”

"Go with the flow, choose wherever you go." Jia Cong set a few days of rest on the grounds that he was tired from the journey, and the Jinling officials were worried and secretly relieved.

This place is out of the back door of Jia's house in Jinling, only a few streets, you can see the bookstore, Jia Cong has a casual browsing attitude, randomly stepping into the store, these shops don't know him, he looked for the counter books, and sure enough, his collection of essays was missing.

Of course, Jia Cong is also unhappy.

But his mental age is long past the stage of self-willedness.

"Shop, isn't that copy of "Jia Shan's Audition Anthology" sold? Is it bad sales? Jia Cong found a copy of "Jianghu Calendar Du Deception New Book", went to the counter to pay, he used private money.

The shopkeeper was just glasses, weighed and weighed, and took the scale, I don't know if it was old eyes and dizziness, or physical function, I didn't say anything about money, talking about Jia Cong's review of the collection of essays, sighed and said: "Jia Zhuangyuan's book is easy to sell, after all, the first six poems in this dynasty, as long as the guidance is passable, there is no shortage of people to buy, but Jiang Zuomeng ...... let go."

Liu Xianglian interjected and asked what Jia Cong wanted to ask: "Jiang Zuomeng is at best a literary society, not a yamen scribe who collects taxes, nor a yamen officer who is in charge of punishment, how can you not make money when you sell yours?" ”

The shopkeeper laughed a few times, looking at them as if they were children who couldn't see the world, but the customer was God, so he had a sense of superiority, although he despised it in his heart, his face was old-fashioned, and said, "The two of you are not from Jinling, right?" No wonder, I don't know the market here. ”

"Listening to Xiao Lao'er come one by one, this Jiangzuo League is the first literary society in Southern Province, and its disciples are all over Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. For the sake of a book of the champion, and losing so many customers, isn't it because of a small loss, picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon? ”

This is using capital and business competition to oppress people, Liu Xianglian suddenly understood that she had offended Jiang Zuomeng, and it was really difficult to walk in the Jiangnan market.

And what Jia Cong has done in the past few years can basically be divided into two lines, one is public, between improving people's livelihood and officialdom, take a balance point, and the other is private, reasonable and legal money, after all, Jia Cong has a guard of honor, a sedan chair driver, a guard entourage, and a little wife, all of which are fucking asking for money.

But Jia Cong didn't focus on the collection of Shi Wen, and got a sum of money like a tooth jam, which can be regarded as testing the waters in Jiangnan, as for those who rebelled against him, once he entered the cabinet, the next step was to let them shut up obediently.

No matter how big the Jiangzuo League is, it is not a group, and there were people in the Donglin Restoration Society who turned against each other back then, so they said that Shen Hao and Dong Anguo were both from Jiangnan, but they were still in the same camp as themselves, how could Jia Cong be afraid of them.

At this time, what is strange about him is that he is obviously giving fake money, and this bookstore also has a "Jianghu History Du Deception New Book", which teaches people how to recognize fake money, but the boss of this Jinling metropolis with a natural sense of superiority can't recognize it? Isn't the doctor autonomous?

Jia Cong's guess is that Liu Ting's person who fakes money privately is too clever.

You must know that the capital of the Ming Dynasty was flooded with private money, and the government couldn't control it at all.

The gold, silver, and private money sent by Liu Ting, Jia Cong did not take them to Zhenjiang Qianzhuang in one go, but tried them in batches while walking.

The reason for this is to deepen his understanding of the circulation of money among the people.

Money and food is the scope of Jia Cong's imperial history work, and it is also the experience he is accumulating and learning.

Some common sense of the economy, he still knows, especially in the ancient times of the small peasant economy, only by the government rudely issued paper money, can not solve the problem, the Ming treasure banknotes depreciated again and again, and eventually became a pile of waste paper, that is, the Ming government from top to bottom, did not understand the role of the market economy, including the establishment of the silver standard, but also from the exclusion to have to accept.

Thinking about these questions, a scholar who bought a book next to him looked at it coldly for a while, and reminded lightly: "Although the big bookstores are no longer sold, some small bookstores still have a collection of Jia Yushi's current writings...... They don't care about these ......."

Jia Cong didn't care about him, but he inadvertently glanced at it, and saw that this person had a round face and white skin, about sixteen or seventeen years old, his words and deeds, quite aristocratic habits, but he was dressed shabby, Jia Cong secretly wondered, this person was too much like Jia Baoyu!

If it weren't for the denial of this person's clothing, Jia Cong would hardly have doubted, "Your Excellency's surname is Zhen?" ”

Zhen Baoyu's expression was not very good, and when she heard the words, she hesitated and did not answer, her eyes changed uncertainly.

Jia Cong smiled, and saw that he was also carrying a collection of essays, and the words "Jia Shanhai" were vaguely revealed, "He is suspicious, and it is understandable." ”

It seems that after the Zhen family in Jinling was raided, Zhen Baoyu's temperament changed greatly, and he changed his temper as a gentleman, and concentrated on studying Bagu Wen and taking the road of imperial examinations.

In the study of red studies, although Jia Baoyu and Zhen Baoyu are similar everywhere, including family background, name, temperament, age, etc., these two people have completely different paths in the end.

Some books in history have long been a lesson from the past, the Tang Dynasty's "Soul Leaver" is divided into two, and "Journey to the West" has a true and false Wukong.

To put it bluntly, Jia Baoyu and Zhen Baoyu were the contradictory separation of scholars at that time, and Jia Baoyu and Zhen Baoyu were combined, and they were the Shenying waiters by the Sansheng Stone.

To some extent, they are combined, similar to Cao Xueqin.

However, at present, the Jia family has Jia Cong's support, and Jia Baoyu can't take that down-and-out road.

Although it is strange how this noble son knows him, Zhen Baoyu is not easy to talk to, since the raid, he has suffered a lot of cold eyes, full of human warmth, and he has not much good impression of the prince of the world who saw the wind and steered the rudder, so he turned to the side.

At this time, the shopkeeper picked up a magnifying glass, looked at the copper coin for a long time, and muttered to himself: "This is good money......

Jia Cong, who originally wanted to leave, suddenly stopped, turned back when he heard this, and whispered: "Shopkeeper, it's not the government's money, you dare to accept it?" ”

"Good money is recognized as a price, not an official, the best private coinage, a penny of silver can buy dozens of Wen, your money is considered to be in the middle and upper class......" The shopkeeper looked at him for a long time, and said secretly: "I know, if you want to dump, it is better to come to my house while you want to dump, there is a dumping shop behind." ”

The corners of Liu Xianglian's mouth twitched, her eyes were cold, Jia Cong nodded, and the guards behind her went up.

Dumping shop is another name for Qian Zhuang, and this bookstore looks like the backstage is not small.

The shopkeeper went back to the manager, and it seemed that he was an acting shopkeeper, not the owner.

Jia Cong sat carelessly in the second hall, and before he saw anyone in the half-pillar incense time, a voice like a silver bell came from outside the door: "Yo! Where did you come from the pilgrimage? I'm taking on a few big deals today! ”

Immediately, a familiar fragrant wind blew in, and Jia Cong raised his eyes and looked strange.

Wang Xifeng, who was talking and laughing, also saw him, and choked up on the words that followed...... He looked at the ...... with a stunned look in his eyes