In Yenan City, Dongshi North Street, several bookstores lined up along the street were crowded with people, boxes of books were carried out of the store, loaded onto the cart parked at the door, one cart was full and left, and the next empty car was picked up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Books shipped from Huangzhou, Shannan Province, are one of the hottest goods in Yecheng East City, of course, this kind of words will be denounced as "insulting" by readers when they hear it, but for businessmen, what can make money is their goods.

Scholars are naturally not ashamed to be with businessmen, and the bookstore takes into account this situation, and has more than one place to receive guests, and the more noisy place is used to receive businessmen from the south to the north, and the quiet private room is specially reserved for the book list of scholars.

In stark contrast, the bookstores in the East Market were much worse off.

The books in Huangzhou are different from other places in that they are "thread-bound books", not a volume that has been commonplace for hundreds of years, and the words on the books are "printed", not handwritten.

The quality of the paper is good, the variety of books is rich, and the key is that the price is also appropriate, so these bookstores specializing in Huangzhou books quickly grabbed the original bookstores.

With its novel "printing technique", thread-bound books beat traditional hand-copied books, and even if these books were shipped from Huangzhou, thousands of miles away, they ended up selling cheaper than hand-copied books from traditional bookstores.

In addition to the price factor, another advantage is the quality of the book, the content of a thousand copies of the book printed by printing is the same, and in the process of hand-copying by the bookmaker, it is inevitable that there will be typos or typos or even missing words.

This novel printing technique is called engraving printing, as long as the engraving is made, books can be printed in large quantities, but even if the local bookstore in Yecheng learns this trick, it still can't compete with the bookstore that operates Huangzhou books.

Because in Xiyang, Huangzhou, the bookstore that printed books had already prepared a large number of engravings, except for solitary scrolls, fragments or books collected by the family's high gates, almost all the common books on the market, and then it was printed in large quantities.

The most expensive thing in engraving printing is to make engravings, and as long as there are engravings, you can publish books, the bookstore in Huangzhou has a large number of engravings, which can print the books that guests want at any time, and then make a small profit but quick turnover, just this item, other bookstores can not compare.

Not to mention that the ink is also exquisite, the ink used in the printing of Huangzhou Bookstore is obviously different from other places.

The printed font is round and full and very clear, even if it is soaked with a little water, it will not disperse, this ink must be strange, but no one can imitate it.

Even if it is imitated, it is useless, because the selling point of Huangzhou books is not this, but that there are famous masters to make school books.

Liu Zhuo and Liu Xuan, who are known as "Er Liu", are now living in Xiyang, Huangzhou, teaching in the state school, and making school books for the bookstore in Huangzhou, and some other well-known scholars are also the same, with these people doing school books, the content quality of Huangzhou books must be guaranteed.

A well-proofed engraving can print thousands of books around the clock, the content is absolutely the same, unlike hand-copied books that are easy to make mistakes and omissions, and the books proofread by famous masters, readers can read with confidence, not afraid of being misled by mistakes and omissions.

Based on the above advantages, it is not surprising that Huangzhou books have become a hot-selling commodity, and Huangzhou's merchants have taken this as a breakthrough point to gain a foothold in Yecheng East City, and there are shops selling colored cloth, summer cloth, as well as soap, white porcelain, tea and transparent glass products.

Gradually, this section of the street became "Huangzhou Street", where goods from Huangzhou could be bought, and merchants from the north came here to buy goods and then shipped them to various places for sale, so the popularity of the whole street was boosted.

Anturo stopped to watch the prosperous street scene, turned around and walked into the wine shop and came to a private room, Liu Ping had been waiting for a long time, the two knew each other very well, so after a simple greeting, they took their seats and began to talk about things.

Liu Ping, as the person in charge of Xiyang Wangfu Industry in Yecheng, like other Huangzhou businessmen, had to deal with local proprietors and shopkeepers every day, and Anturo was often his guest.

Anturo was a Sogdian Hu merchant who had his own connections in Yecheng and had close ties with other local wealthy merchants, so he was an important partner for Huangzhou businessmen to expand their business in Yecheng.

Huangzhou businessmen did business in Yecheng, thanks to the help of Anturo and others, but this was mutually beneficial, and several wealthy businessmen such as Anturo also benefited from this cooperation and mastered the source of hot goods in Huangzhou.

And now there are more than that, and that is overseas incense.

The Sogdians were a merchant people, and for hundreds of years there were countless Sogdian caravans traveling between the East and the West, so the incense medicine that was popular in the Central Plains was actually a perennial commodity for them, so why did they now buy from the merchants of Huangzhou?

Quite simply, the Zhou army took the Lingbiao region and brought Guangzhou under its rule, and the port of Panyu in Guangzhou was a well-known trading port at home and abroad, and many incense medicines that the Sogdians could not buy or could not buy in large quantities could be bought from the maritime merchants of Panyu port.

For example, sandalwood, ambergris and other precious incense medicines are produced in coastal countries such as Tianzhu, Lion Country or Funan, and if they are sold to Persia or Fula, it is also profitable.

The Sogdians were engaged in land trade, and it was difficult to find enough supplies, and now the merchants of Huangzhou had set up a point in Panyu to start trading, so Anturo smelled a business opportunity and had to prepare in advance.

Lingbiao has been under the jurisdiction of the Zhou State, and many wealthy merchants can organize caravans to go to Guangzhou to make money, but Anturo knows that since it was that person who took Guangzhou, it is okay for others to get a piece of the pie to satisfy their hunger, but it is difficult to eat without giving "sincerity".

"The king's meaning, of course, can't eat alone, but the trade route from Lingbiao Guangzhou to Huangzhou in Shannan costs a lot of money to open up, and it takes a long time to open up, not to mention that the post station needs to be renovated and renovated, that is, the heroes and strongmen along the way have to be dotted out, so there is no reason to let others share the meat without eating."

"I don't know what kind of power An can make?"

"An Langjun has a history in Qingzhou?"

An Tuluo was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly figured out the key, he pondered for a moment and said: "If it is Qingzhou, An can do nothing, after all, he has never been involved in maritime trade. ”

The east of Qingzhou is the sea, Liu Ping asked An Tuluo like this, in fact, he pointed out the off-topic: the land distance from Lingbiao Guangzhou to Huangzhou and then to Yecheng is too far, and the king of Xiyang is very likely to consider loading Panyu's goods on ships and transporting them to the north by sea.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not a secret, Liu is already thinking of a way in Qingzhou, the matter of the sea ship is skipped, how to transport the goods to Yecheng after they arrive at the port, An Langjun should always be sure, right?"

"No problem!" Anturo replied very simply, his face was happy, knowing that the other party was planning to make a profit, so that the transaction of Lingbiao would be settled.

The cooperative relationship between Anturo and the King of Xiyang is getting closer and closer, since the other party treats him as half of his own, then some news should be disclosed to the other party in time, Anturo knows that Liu Ping is responsible for the business of the King of Xiyang in Yecheng, so there is some news Liu Ping knows, and he can also know if he wants to come to the King of Xiyang.

"Shopkeeper Liu, I don't know what you think of the current situation?"

"Eh, Liu is lonely and unheard, and you still ask An Langjun for advice?"

"I heard a message..."