"Shopkeeper Peng, the ban on this "West Chamber" has been lifted, and you don't take out the last three volumes, it's a bit too much!"

"Just say how much it costs, don't beat around the bush like this!"

"It's just, don't you see that there are so many people waiting!"

……

Songzhu Zhai, as soon as the shopkeeper Peng walked out of the store, he was blocked outside.

He looked at the crowd gathered around him, and said loudly: "Listen to me, the manuscripts of "West Chamber" and "Peony" have been searched and destroyed by the officials, and I am trying my best to contact Li Qinggongzi, everyone rest assured, as soon as there is news, I will notify you immediately!" ”

He was anxious and helpless in his heart, that Li Qing Li Gongzi, every time he met him, he was wearing a cloak, he only knew that he was a man, and he was not very old, and he didn't know anything else.

If the other party doesn't come to him, he will never find the other party.

Just when he was anxious, a child with a sugar gourd in his hand ran over, handed him a burden, and said, "Uncle, this is a big brother asked me to give it to you!" ”

With that, he held the sugar gourd and ran away quickly.

Shopkeeper Peng took the burden in a daze, and after opening it, his face showed ecstasy, and he strode towards the bookstore.

After a while, a sign was hung up outside Songzhu Zhai.

From now on, Songzhuzhai will continue to print the follow-up content of "The Legend of the West Chamber" and "The Peony Pavilion", the number is limited, first come, first served, and you want to order it as soon as possible......

In a bookstore opposite Songzhu Zhai, two people saw the content on the wooden sign, their faces changed, and they walked into Songzhu Zhai quickly, and after a while, they came out again, looking blankly at the crowd coming and going on the street.

"Then Li Qing didn't come?"

"And where did their stuff come from?"

"Anyway, go back and report first!"

……

The last volume of "The Legend of the West Chamber" was printed yesterday, and it undoubtedly caused another wave of craze in Beijing.

It is said that the men and craftsmen of Songzhuzhai have been working tirelessly for several days to add and print additional periodicals, but even so, they are still in short supply.

Tang Ning can understand why Shopkeeper Peng is working so hard, Chen Guoke has no copyright law, and there is no concept of genuine piracy, and the advantage of Songzhuzhai over other bookstores is the first-mover advantage of those three or five days.

Once other bookstores react and also typeset and publish the same content, Songzhuzhai loses its first-mover advantage and cannot monopolize the market, so it will naturally be divided into profits by others.

Especially those powerful big bookstores, after launching the illustration version and hardcover version in the fastest time, Songzhuzhai has no last advantage.

Tang Ning has been going out a little less often these days, after all, the days of the provincial test are numbered, even if he doesn't have any pressure, he can't behave too profligate at home.

After dinner, he went out with Peng Chen on the pretext of eating and drinking.

Shopkeeper Peng had just returned home from Songzhuzhai, and after preparing to eat dinner, he went to the bookstore to stare at it for a while.

Although those guys will not be lazy no matter what, seeing them work with their own eyes can make him feel more down-to-earth.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw a figure wearing a hat sitting on the wall.

He was startled at first, but after coming back to his senses, he was surprised: "Li Gongzi, why are you here!" ”

Tang Ning jumped down from the wall, and the shopkeeper Peng immediately said: "This is not the place to talk, come in and say, come in and say!" ”

After entering the house, he looked at Tang Ning and reminded: "Childe must be careful these days, you must not approach Songzhuzhai, there are people looking for you there, I am worried that they will be unfavorable to Childe." ”

Tang Ning nodded, looked at him and said, "This is the last time I'll come to you." ”

Shopkeeper Peng was stunned, and immediately said: "I will prepare a silver ticket for you immediately, and we plan to release a hardcover version of "West Chamber" in the future, and we should make some more money, so this time, I should give you twice as many silver tickets, "The Peony Pavilion" has not been printed yet, or next time, I will also put the silver ticket in the old place, and you will let people pick it up when the ......time comes."

Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "I don't need the hardcover version, you can keep it, these two books have also brought you some trouble......"

"Childe, what are you talking about!" Shopkeeper Peng shook his head and said, "This is all what we discussed before, we do business, and if you don't want it, I have to give it......"

He took out a big box from under the bed and said: "If it weren't for those bookstores, we would have made more, like those shameless ones in the Wanjuanlou Shuxiang Pavilion, just publish our books, and let people write erotic editions, build a black workshop in the backyard and secretly print them, on the surface, they look like dogs, and they are dark behind their backs......"

The sales of banned books are actually the best, and the major bookstores in Beijing will secretly print some banned books, although they cannot be sold openly, but there are some black markets, only insiders know.

As for a medium-sized bookstore like Songzhuzhai, it does not have the strength to open a black workshop.

The cooperation with Songzhuzhai is almost over here, and in the process, he took some risks, but the rewards are also amazing.

After the completion of the imperial examination, Tang Ning plans to open a bookstore by himself, of course, he has a meritorious reputation, and it is not good to do business directly, so he can bewitch Tang Goblin to open a bookstore in Beijing, and everyone discusses the division of accounts, which can be regarded as fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders.

While eating breakfast, Zhong Mingli put down his chopsticks, looked at Tang Ning, and said: "There are not a few days left for the provincial test, and in the next few days, you don't need to look at new things, just check and fill in the gaps." ”

Tang Ning had seen something that could not be missed or missing, but he still nodded.

Zhong Mingli stood up and said, "You eat first in the evening, don't wait for me." ”

The mother-in-law helped him and Zhong Yi take a bite of food, then looked at Zhong Mingli and asked, "Another errand?" ”

Zhong Mingli nodded and said: "Although the imperial court lifted the ban on some books a few days ago, it has become stricter with other banned books. ”

It's true that the black workshop is hidden deep and difficult to find, but I'm afraid that part of the reason is related to the officials of the county government.

These people are born in Beijing and grow up in Beijing, and they are very familiar with everything here, will they not be able to find a few black workshops?

First, the father-in-law is a new official, his prestige is insufficient, and his majesty in the county government is not as good as that of Ping'an County.

The second is that those bookstores can be opened in Beijing and secretly print banned books, and there has been no accident for so long, so they naturally have some relationship with some people in the yamen, and some yamen have also received benefits from it.

Tang Ning sighed in his heart, he couldn't even carry out this small thing, and his father-in-law wanted to sit in the position of the county commander of Ping'an, but I was afraid it would not be so easy......

He thought for a while and said: "I heard that some large bookstores will build a black workshop in the backyard, which will specifically print forbidden books and sell them on the black market, such as Wanjuanlou, Shuxiang Pavilion and the like, when the imperial court searches, they often only search the workshops they open in front of people, and will not go to the backyard......"

Zhong Mingli was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”

……

At the beginning of March, the new Ping'an County Commander sent people to seize five bookstores, including Wanjuanlou and Shuxiang Pavilion, and found a large number of forbidden books from the black workshops in the backyard.

The imperial court has searched for banned books several times, but several times to no avail. The seizure of several bookstores in Wanjuanlou and Shuxiang Pavilion still caused some waves in a small area, and this was also the first time that the new Ping'an County Commander entered the eyes of everyone.

Since the beginning of "The Legend of the West Chamber", to the seizure of these large bookstores, and the ban of books in the imperial court, people have begun to pay more attention to the upcoming provincial examination.

When Tang Ning found that Zhong Yi and Su Ru had become nervous, and even Tang Fairy was not dangling in front of his eyes, it was already the sixth day of the third month.

At this time, there are only three days left before the provincial test.