After a while, Sun Hao ran back with great interest, accompanied by Sun Jia.

The two jumped on the boat at the same time, and Sun Hao urged his younger brother repeatedly: "Open the boat and open the boat, and send the soldiers to Zouping County!" ”

Several children lifted the boat pulp at the same time, and with a force, the leaf boat swayed and floated towards the county seat.

Sun Dan didn't understand what this Sun Jia was doing with her, because she was on the boat, and it was inconvenient to ask Sun Hao if he had borrowed money. In desperation, he had to look at Sun Jia with a puzzled look.

Coincidentally, Sun Jia just looked up and peeked over. As soon as the two looked at each other, Sun Jia hurriedly lowered her head, and the freckles on both sides of her nose were also red.

Sun Dan was a little embarrassed: "Miss Sun......"

"I know about you and Sun Hao." Sun Jia bowed his head and was silent for a long time, and then said: "I won't lend you money, but I can buy shares, and I want forty percent of the shares." ”

Girls really mature earlier than boys, so old people know how to play investment, Sun Dan looked at Sun Jia Zhile: "You and I are both surnamed Sun, what do you do as a family?" ”

"Who is close to you, aren't you close to Ruoying......" Sun Jia raised his head and looked at Sun Dan, his face even redder.

Sun Dan touched his nose: "Cheng, four achievements and four successes, it is estimated that you have already talked to Sun Hao." However, it's not cute for girls to love money so much. ”

"Who wants to be cute, do you think Wakaying is cute, you all think so."

Sun Dan felt a little embarrassed.

He and Sun Jia stopped talking, the boat went faster, the sound of running water came from the bottom of the boat, under the warm sun, Sun Jia lowered his head, and the thin bush of fluff on the back of his neck had a faint golden yellow in the sun.

Sun Hao was really a straw bag, and after attracting Sun Jia, he threw it to Sun Dan for disposal, but he took a few little brothers to set up a small copper stove at the other end of the boat, and happily started to eat.

Sun Dan and Sun Jia sat face to face on the side of the boat, speechless for a long time.

Sun Dan sighed unconsciously, it would be nice if it was Jiang Ruoying who got on the boat today, and it definitely made the atmosphere very warm. In the face of a taciturn and scheming girl like Sun Jia, any boy will feel bored, right?

Silence can't solve the problem, and the upcoming business still needs Sun Dan and Sun Jia to sum up and come up with a charter.

"I love money so much, doesn't it make you annoying. If you change to Sister Ruoying, she will never say that she wants to buy shares. I know you all like her and hate me. ”

Sun Dan smiled bitterly: "I don't think so, in fact, there is an old saying that says, brothers settle accounts." Business belongs to business, and favor belongs to favor. I'm glad that you can say that you want to buy a stake. In good conscience, I am willing to cooperate with you, and everyone should make clear the risks, responsibilities and obligations that everyone should bear at the beginning, so that the relationship will be long. I've always believed that being a human being should be straightforward and learn to speak your mind. In this way, it is good for yourself and others. ”

"Do you really think so?" Sun Jia raised her head in surprise, her eyes were full of joy, and she smiled and whispered: "I thought you hated me and said that I was a layman who loved money." ”

Sun Dan looked at the little freckles on both sides of her nose, and her heart suddenly moved. Speaking of which, this Sun Jia is not very good-looking, that is, a small jasper with a middle-to-upper posture, without the slightest atmosphere of Jiang Ruoying, and his skin is slightly dark.

But when she smiles now, she has a modern charm that is different from that of women in the Ming Dynasty.

With an impulse in his heart, he stood up and sat down beside Sun Jia, and whispered with a smile: "Sage Yun: A gentleman is not profitable, I am also a layman, vulgar, Miss Jiang, don't despise me!" ”

"You!" Sun Jia behaved Sun Dan rudely and wanted to have a seizure, but when she saw Sun Dan's smile, she didn't know what to say, so she only quietly moved her body and said in a trembling voice: "I just want to despise you as a layman, don't get any closer." ”

Sun Dan laughed: "I'm not close to you, don't move the place, if you move again, you will fall into the water." ”

"Here you go." Sun Jia answered and handed over a handful of things.

Sun Dan took it and took a look, but it was a handful of fried pumpkin seeds.

The two were knocking melon seeds while discussing cooperation. In the end, they discussed, Sun Dan was responsible for writing the story, Sun Hao was responsible for printing and selling, and Sun Jia was in charge of the accounts.

The skin of the melon seeds floats on the surface of the river, and pieces flow away with the water.

Sun Jia suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"My aunt likes to save money, but if she has a little money on hand, she won't come up with a penny. If I marry, she will not give a dowry. In the future, if you go to your mother-in-law's house, you will definitely be angry with others if you have no dowry. So, I'm going to save a little bit more from now on. The aunt Sun Jia said was her own mother, Aunt Jing, and according to the rules of the Sun Mansion, Sun Jia couldn't call her mother.

Sun Dan shook his head and sighed secretly: Each family has its own scripture to read, even if it is a wealthy family, it is not easy for a concubine like Sun Jia to have children. It is normal for Sun Jia to have this idea, the environment creates people, and Sun Jia is much more mature than Sun Hao and Sun Gui. The mental age is at least twenty years old, and he has some common language with himself.

Just as he was about to say something to comfort, Sun Hao shouted loudly: "I've eaten." ”

Sun Dan hadn't eaten lunch yet, his stomach was very hungry, he ate something indiscriminately, and talked a few words of gossip with everyone, and in less than an hour, the boat arrived at Zouping County.

Sun Dan was not in a hurry to go home, but went with Sun Hao, Sun Jia and their party to the printing workshop opened by the Sun family in the county town to arrange the printing of books.

Speaking of which, the shopkeeper of this printing workshop is also a member of the Sun family's big house, and when he saw Sun Hao coming, the shopkeeper was very enthusiastic. Waiting for Sun Hao to explain his intentions, he handed over Jiang Ruoying's manuscript again. The shopkeeper looked down at a few pages, and was immediately attracted by the story in the book, and said excitedly: "Brother Hao, this is a good book, it can definitely be sold." ”

Sun Hao said proudly: "Of course, I am a person who has read more than 10,000 books!" ”

There was a little brother who muttered: "It's a fact that I read more than 10,000 idle books." Sun Hao was so angry that he looked angry.

The shopkeeper was angry and funny, and took the silver handed over by Sun Jia: "I'll arrange for the guys to typeset, and the amount you want will be completed in a few days." When the time comes, I will ask them to send them to the counties and prefectures to sell. ”

Sun Jia called the shopkeeper: "By the way, in order to prevent people from pirating the print, all 20,000 books should be printed, and then an appointment will be made at the same time in the bookstores in each county." ”

"Yes." The shopkeeper nodded again and again: "That's a good idea." ”

Sun Jia's words impressed Sun Dan, he didn't expect Sun Jia to think of piracy. It seems that Sun Jia is really a business talent, but unfortunately she was born in the Ming Dynasty, if she is in modern times, she may not be able to become a strong woman.

This is the first time to go to the printing workshop and publishing house of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Dan and Sun Hao are very curious, so they look around.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, it opened Sun Dan's eyes.

The degree of development of the printing industry in the Ming Dynasty was beyond Sun Dan's imagination, and in the past, the movable type printing in ancient times was mainly clay movable type and wooden and tin movable type. By the time of the Koji years, the more technologically advanced copper movable type began to spread, and the printed books became more and more exquisite. At the same time, illustrated books appeared. Bean plate and arch techniques make color printing possible.

Speaking of the publishing industry, the Ming Dynasty was mainly divided into two types: official engraving and private engraving. Regardless of the official carving, it mainly serves the emperor and the imperial court.

In addition to official engraving, private engraving in the Ming Dynasty was very popular, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. With the further development of printing, a professional bookstore integrating editing, engraving and sales has emerged. These professional bookstores mainly sell medical books and novels, of which novels are the main business of the bookstores and the main source of profits.

Because of the advent of book stores, leisure reading has become the main entertainment activity of ordinary citizens. It is also because of the existence of this mature market that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" appeared.

The Sun family's printing workshop is one such bookstore.

After watching it for a long time, Sun Dan remembered that he wanted to go home to see Zhiniang, so he said to Sun Hao and Sun Jia, left the address, and hurriedly left.

Sun Jia and Sun Hao stayed because they wanted to discuss with the shopkeeper about the printing of the first volume of "Journey to the West", saying that they would discuss the release of a new book here first, and let Sun Dan go home first. Wait for the afternoon to come back to meet, and then take a boat back to Sun's Mansion together.

Sun Hao certainly despised Sun Dan for abandoning his brother and going home to reunite with his wife, saying that he was not righteous. Sun Jia was also a little anxious, saying that she only said that she would go to Ruoying's place to play when she came out of her mother, Aunt Jing, and if she was delayed for too long, she was afraid that she would not be able to explain after she went back.

When Sun Dan heard the two of them say this, he was very annoyed when he speculated on the time, and looked at the sky now about three o'clock in the afternoon Beijing time in the future. It's also to blame him for being greedy for the printing workshop just now and missing the time.