Chapter 557: Book Tasting Conference

Today, there are nearly 1,700 books in Shi Bin's house, and these books are all rare and good books. As the saying goes: there are books in the house, and there is no panic in my heart. Looking at the books neatly placed on the bookcase, Shi Bin felt a sense of pride.

Not because of anything else, just because now he Shi Bin can also claim to be 'well-informed'. Although I have hardly read a single one, or even a page, I know at least the title. Some of these books are the ones that many rich and wealthy bachelors have been searching for all their lives but have not been able to find. Now that he has appeared in Shi Bin, how can he not be proud?

It's just that this pride may not be all good for Shi Bin. Pride produces endless excitement, which also caused Shi Bin to be overexcited, and he lost sleep on the first night of the 'Book Tasting Conference'...

When I woke up the next morning, my head was dizzy, and I still had a pair of panda eyes, which was really out of order. As a last resort, Jia Ling and Sai Xi Shi had no choice but to let Shi Bin go to sleep again, and she and Sai Xi Shi would entertain all the book friends who were about to come.

Before noon, the main street at the entrance of Shifu was full of carriages, and there was not even a parking space. Later, when he arrived, he could only park the carriage on another street and walk to Shifu. In the end, it is 'overcrowded', and the large number of horse-drawn carriages seriously affects urban traffic. It's a pity that almost all the officials in the city went to Shifu to 'taste books', and Xi'an's traffic was paralyzed...

The people in the city were in great pain, but the officials in Shifu were extremely happy, because they experienced the joy of swimming in the sea of books, especially these books were rare and good books, and there were even fine products and treasures.

Shi Bin actually never fell asleep in the bedroom. Jia Ling and Sai Xishi made up an excuse for Shi Bin's infallibility: Shi Bin went to the countryside again in order to collect more books. But this also happened to let Shi Bin observe these guys who came to taste the book in the dark.

I have to sigh at the high quality of these educated people, whether they are good or bad, at least in this big 'library', hundreds of people can be able to drop a needle and smell it is really admirable.

The smiles on the faces of those people never stopped from the moment they entered the door, and they were definitely happier to see these books than to meet their new daughter-in-law. Although he couldn't understand why those civil servants and military generals liked books so much, Shi Bin was still glad that he had the right pulse, and this 'book tasting conference' was the right one.

After watching it for a long time, Shi Bin's heart was a little itchy, because he remembered two things. One is to let the officials present know as soon as possible that they have sent the book to Wang Lixin, and the other is to attract more officials and talents through the 'book tasting conference'. So he quietly summoned Xu Feng into the room and asked, "Xu Feng, have you spread the news of my book?" ”

"Spread." Xu Feng smiled slyly.

"Why are you laughing like that? Did you kid make it bad? Shi Bin asked very seriously.

"No, no. The villain is just a little trick. ”

"A little stratagem? Tell me about it. Shi Bin said excitedly. But after a while, he said with a cold face, "Small means are fine, but they must not be such despicable means!" ”

"Don't worry, it's not that rumor. This is expressly forbidden by the adults, and even if you have a hundred courages, you will only have one head, and you will never dare to disobey the military order. Xu Feng said very seriously.

"Well, I believe you. Tell me more about it. ”

"My lord, most of those officials' followers are still officials, right?"

"Yes, it can be regarded as an official." Shi Bin nodded.

"Then it shouldn't be considered a 'rumor' to tell them about the adult sending the book to Wang Lixin, right?" Xu Feng asked slyly.

These little followers can communicate with the officials and the people, and they will not talk nonsense, telling them that this is definitely the best way.

"Well done, and even played a sideshow. I didn't expect Xu Feng to come up with such a way to make progress.

Shi Bin boasted.

"My lord praised it falsely, all of this was taught to me by my lord and Lord Wang." Xu Feng said very modestly.

"Your humility is my favorite thing, but don't overdo it. Another one I want to ask you, which of those people do you think are worth wooing? Give me a list to come out, and I'm going to look at it. Shi Bin commanded.

Knowing that Shi Bin didn't like to procrastinate, Xu Feng left quickly after receiving the order. And Shi Bin, the 'library director', lay quietly on the bed in the bedroom and waited for news.

When he was about to go to bed, Xu Feng broke in with a happy face.

"What is so pleased?" Shi Bin asked puzzled.

"My lord, someone, someone wants to borrow a book!" Xu Feng said breathlessly.

If you borrow a book, you can borrow a book, and you can also give it to these book lovers. Is Xu Feng so excited?

"What the hell is going on, didn't I ask you to find out who is worth wooing, how did you talk about borrowing books?" Shi Bin asked not very happily.

"My lord, I want to congratulate my lord, my lord." Xu Feng said excitedly, "We really sat in the well and watched the sky before. Do you know how much your colleagues love books? When Zhao Mingcheng was a student, he pawned his coat to buy books to read, and then he was re-elected as two county guards, and his money was used to collect books! Chen Ya Shaoqing in the Zhenzong period collected thousands of books in his life...

Hearing this, Shi Bin couldn't help but feel ashamed. The Song people love books to such an extent, which really has to be admired. When he sighed outside the world, Shi Bin was pulled back to reality by Xu Feng's 'adult'.

"Who told you these things?"

"Lord Yu, I was told to me by Cheng Yuanfeng Cheng."

"Who is Cheng Yuanfeng, why have I never heard of this person?" Shi Bin asked.

"My lord, Master Cheng has just been transferred from Pingjiang Mansion (Suzhou) as an observer, and he has only been here for three days. As soon as he heard about the adult's 'book tasting conference', he came non-stop. Xu Feng replied.

"Bastard! Song Ting is really a bastard! If there is not enough one transit envoy, but there is also an observer envoy, do they think that the bureaucracy is not bloated enough? Shi Bin opened his mouth and scolded.

Fearing that Shi Bin's loud insults would attract the attention and disgust of everyone outside, Xu Feng immediately comforted him and said that it might not all be bad.

Not all bad? What does that mean? Shi Bin was a little incomprehensible. Why is it not a bad thing that the Ricson has sent another person to restrain himself? But Xu Feng never believed it, so Shi Bin had no choice but to put out his anger and signal Xu Feng to explain.

"My lord, Cheng Yuanfeng's attitude seems to be different from Wang Lixin's attitude. From his words, I could feel his strong dissatisfaction with the Song court and his admiration for the adults. Of course, there are also a lot of regrets, mainly because I hope that the adults can work together with the Song Ting to fight against the Yuan. Xu Feng explained with a smile.

Some did not believe Xu Feng's words, and Shi Bin did not think that any official would clearly express his dissatisfaction with the imperial court and his own support in front of Xu Feng. Cheng Yuanfeng is too crazy to do this, and he is doing this as a child's play.

After calming down, Shi Bin spoke: "Go and invite Master Cheng over, please do it, if he doesn't want to come, forget it." Tell him I'll visit him another day. ”

After Xu Feng received the order, he quickly brought Cheng Yuanfeng over. Shi Bin was very happy to see this, because just by this speed, he knew that what Xu Feng said was true.

"Hello Master Cheng."

"Hello Lord Shi, the new observer envoy of Shaanxi has seen Lord Shi who is the envoy of the system along the river." Cheng Yuanfeng said.

"Master Cheng, this official has heard Xu Feng say something about you, to be honest, your attitude is really surprising to this official." Shi Bin said with a smile.

"Your Excellency, don't be surprised, the reason why Xia Guan is like this is because Xia Guan does not think that the world is a family with one surname, but that all the people belong to it. Whoever can make the people live and work in peace and contentment, I Cheng Yuanfeng will support whom. Of course, it is better not to use those force, after all, it has caused the wall to be broken

It is the people of Li who suffer. Cheng Yuanfeng said very tactfully.

After hearing Cheng Yuanfeng's words, Shi Bin immediately felt that he had picked up a treasure, and kept nodding his head, his eyes glowing green. But it didn't take long to calm down again, and there didn't seem to be a pie in the sky, and Shi Bin had some worries and doubts.

"Xia Guan and Jiang Wanli Jiang are close friends, and there are often correspondence exchanges, and it is he who asks me to support my lordship. Maybe the adults don't trust Cheng too much, but Cheng thinks that after helping the adults do something, they can eliminate the doubts of the adults about me. Cheng Yuanfeng said very confidently.

"Oh..."

"Hehe, has Lord Shi always wanted to win over Lord Wang, but that guy refuses to serve you with an elm head? And this 'book tasting conference' should be held by adults in order to win him over. It's kind of a pressure on him, right? ”

Unexpectedly, Cheng Yuanfeng was so shrewd and actually saw his plans clearly, Shi Bin couldn't help but feel apprehensive in his heart. He was even thinking that if Cheng Yuanfeng dared to be disobedient, he would immediately splatter five steps of blood, after all, such a person would pose too much threat to himself.

Obviously seeing the uneasiness in Shi Bin's heart and the danger he might face, Cheng Yuanfeng still said with an unchanged face: "Please don't worry, my lord, Cheng Mou still said that he would use Wang Lixin to make a vote." If you really don't believe in the process, then please spare the official's life, and I promise not to get involved in these things again. ”

Of course, we can't coax away those who come to take refuge sincerely, let alone kill them. Shi Bin immediately said that he would never let Cheng Yuanfeng be in the slightest danger, let alone kill him, and asked him about his way to win over Wang Lixin.

"My lord, the lower officials know that you are a benevolent and righteous person, and they don't want Wang Lixin to bear too much moral pressure, so they use these gentle methods, but they need to use fierce medicine for serious illnesses, which is a last resort, and they can't let Shaanxi always leave nails to hinder your governance of Shaanxi."

Shi Bin agreed with these words, and Xu Feng even said, "Master Cheng is right. My family is too kind, and I don't want to embarrass Wang Lixin too much, I don't know what you have to do, Master Cheng? ”

"It's very simple, Xia Guan is willing to lead his colleagues to sue Wang Lixin for dereliction of duty, because he does not support the adults, which led to the rise of bandits and bandits in Shaanxi." Cheng Yuanfeng said, "It's just that I'm afraid that when the time comes, not only will the lower officials have to apologize to the elm head, but the adults will also have to apologize, otherwise he will still not take refuge." ”

"Master Cheng's idea is good, this 'Book Tasting Conference' I just want to use public opinion pressure to push Wang Lixin over, don't you be so radical first?"

looked at Shi Bin, Cheng Yuanfeng seemed to be looking at an alien, and finally smiled helplessly and agreed. He was willing to use all kinds of rumors among the bureaucrats to coerce Wang Lixin first, but he really couldn't make that trick worse.

After saying this, Cheng Yuanfeng patted his ass, and said that Shi Bin was wise, and coming up with such a good way can not only win people's hearts, but also make Wang Lixin feel huge pressure, and the most important thing is not to be honest. Halfway through speaking, Cheng Yuanfeng suddenly changed his words, and said something that Shi Bin didn't understand, 'Books can't be read unless they are borrowed'.

"What do you mean by 'books can't be read unless you borrow them'?" Shi Bin asked suspiciously, "Don't you also have a collection of thousands of books at home?" Master Cheng? ”

"My lord, what this means is that only when something is borrowed will people feel that it is not easy to come by, will they cherish it, and will they be grateful to the person who gave it to them."

This time, Shi Bin completely understood the meaning of Cheng Yuanfeng's words, so he asked: "Does Master Cheng mean that I want to ask for some benefits when I lend or give away these books?" ”

"Yes, and it is a must. If not, I'm afraid that Lord Shi will be ridiculed for being too stupid even if he does good deeds. You know, these books are great treasures and should never be easily damaged and lost. Cheng Yuanfeng said solemnly.

The person in front of him was definitely a scholar who was rich and rich, and what he said must be credible, so Shi Bin immediately adopted his opinion. Whether you borrow a book from yourself or get a book from yourself, you have to pay a price.