In the past few years, some things have happened one after another, and even people in the valley, far away from the political center and thousands of miles away, have also received news.

Some of the news was learned from the conversations of the caravans, and some of the information was sorted out by the persons in charge who were distributed in various places, and Abu sometimes wondered if he could develop the branches into intelligence agencies if he established branches in various places in the future and invented long-distance communication equipment.

A few years ago, both the Tang Dynasty and the Tibetan side wanted to expand their own power, and the generals guarding the border also wanted to gain fame from the war.

The Tibetans came prepared, united with the Tuqi Shi in the north, and united with the Southern Zhao in the southeast, which posed a huge threat to the Tang Dynasty for a time.

The most direct consequence of the sudden war is the severance of trade routes, even if merchants from all over the world want to make huge profits, they must first save their lives, right?

The trade route from Yangguan through Ruoqiang, Jimo, and Khotan, as well as the so-called Qinghai road through the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and through Qinghai Lake, were all closed.

The South Tianshan Road, which is far away from the battlefield, is still passable, and the business of the Abu Hotel, which has become an important repair point on the South Tianshan Road, is also more prosperous.

Every passing caravan will stop to rest or trade, after all, many products can only be bought here, and the orders stacked up every day make everyone happy and worried, happy that the business orders have risen sharply, and what if the war burns here one day, what will happen?

In the midst of this uneasy mood, everyone increased their horsepower, and the scale of production in the valley was increased several times, and various products were continuously delivered.

In such an environment, the valley accumulated an astonishing amount of wealth, which was enough to support the plan of Abuban to open a branch, and this year, the time came to the twenty-eighth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and the whole country of the Tang Dynasty was in good weather, the five grains were abundant, and the population reached 48.14 million.

This year, married to the princess of Jincheng in Tubo died, Tubo sent a messenger to ask for peace, coinciding with the harvest year, Emperor Xuanzong held his own martial arts, full of confidence, gave a refusal, so the Tang Dynasty and the border of Tubo, Chen Bingtun horses, sharpening knives Huohuo, wolf smoke constantly.

The poet Du Fu, whom Abu was more concerned about, failed in the Jinshi examination a few years ago, and his father was the Sima of Yanzhou, so Du Fu went to Yanzhou Province and began his journey to Qi and Zhao.

The other Li Bai is more chic, moving to Rencheng, living in Culai Mountain with Kong Chaofu, Han Zhun, Pei Zheng, Zhang Shuming, and Tao Wei, drinking every day, known as "Zhuxi Liuyi".

Abu was eager to see these two legendary figures whose poetry has been celebrated for generations to come, and he thought that he might send someone to arrest them directly, so as to avoid their tragic fate of being cornered and dying in the future.

But on the other hand, literati like them have accepted the Confucianism of "learning literature and martial arts, and goods and emperors" since they were young, and they will definitely not give up if they are not allowed to run into a wall a few times and do not let them perceive the darkness and corruption of the entire political system. Later, when they were poor, they would come to their rescue.

The year before last, the Nanzhao Kingdom returned to the Tang Dynasty, and the Nanzhao Pirog was crowned the king of Yunnan, and the name was given to Mengguiyi, and last year, the Tang Dynasty broke the horse and rode Shi Khan to spit out the fire fairy.

In two strokes, it can be regarded as relieving the crisis in the southeast and north of the Tang Dynasty, and removing the right-hand man of Tubo, which is the greatest confidence for Emperor Xuanzong to dare to speak hard directly with Tubo.

In the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan, two poets who were also famous in later generations passed away one after another: Zhang Jiuling and Meng Haoran. Among them, in Zhang Jiuling's "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan", the sentence "The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time", which is almost a household name, and this poem alone is enough to make Zhang Jiuling famous through the ages.

And Meng Haoran's poem "The sound of wind and rain at night, how much do you know about the flowers" made the children of later generations play badly, and arranged various versions.

Abu secretly decided that for such a famous great poet, he would do his best to protect and support him in the future, after all, there would be one less if he hung one.

Now the Abu Hotel will hold press conferences from time to time, auction new villain books, rare bead flowers, and occasionally bright and smokeless alcohol lamps when burning, strange physics and chemistry books, etc., but the prices are quite touching.

After all, these are all games designed specifically for the rich, or rather a hole dug specifically for them.

Even so, there are still many people who flock to it and enjoy it, especially the auction of villain books, and the scene is even more crazy.

After all, every time before the release of a new version of the villain book, Abu would hurry up and send two sets to the palace first.

Shengshang and Yang Meiren like to read books, who doesn't like to read them, and who wouldn't read them? For a time, the villain book published by Abu Hotel, with its exquisite printing quality, concise and smooth painting style, and twists and turns of the plot, quickly conquered a large number of noble ladies whose lives were boring, as well as canaries who were raised in another courtyard.

What they think about day and night is not just a certain master or a certain man around them, but now they have a kind of villain book company. When they were lonely in the middle of the night, they took it out and read it repeatedly, the vivid characters and twists and turns of the story, and the heart-wrenching love, earned them countless tears, and at the same time brought them endless joy.

In a way, the villain book comforted the withering hearts of these women who were locked in the boudoir all day long, and brought them a different life experience, and it is appropriate to call them women's friends.

In addition, the beaded flowers worn on Yang Guiren's head are a living signboard, which can help the delicate beauties in the family grab a string of beaded flowers, and has become a bargaining chip for the rich and wealthy to compare and brag with each other.

As a result, some powerful people who can't get the auction items in the auction in the first time want to use their power to suppress people and smash people with money to break the rules.

Later, the father-in-law, who was quite familiar with Abu and had already gotten along, gave Yang Meiren a little breath, and Yang Meiren blew the wind a little by Emperor Xuanzong's pillow.

Emperor Xuanzong was furious, and cleaned up the powerful people who made trouble, and said that if there is any more trouble in the Abu Hotel, the light ones will raid the house, and the heavy ones will destroy the door.

The wealthy families of all walks of life suddenly trembled, and they no longer dared to spread wild in the hotel, and Abu Hotel was also very creditable, and the one with the highest price got it, first come, first come, and Tong Su was not bullied.

If you can endure the temperament, after the first release in the main store, you will distribute the goods in various places, just wait at home, and have your own people buy it back and send it to your hand.

But in the world of the rich, many people don't understand, they have no other pursuits when they have a lot of money, and they are intoxicated with the illusory sense of accomplishment of getting the auction items first.

They are crazy about throwing money and shouting crazy prices, what they want is the kind of pleasure that they can't live with, as well as the admiration and intoxicated gaze of the beautiful women when they get the gifts they have worked so hard to shoot.

Abu Inn also never treats their valued guests badly, and every time they present their products are packaged in beautiful brocade boxes. In particular, the limited VIP edition of the villain book launched at the auction, with its superior workmanship, concise painting style, and moving plot, can always make people who get the goods feel that they don't need to make this trip.

Many people are speculating that there is definitely a large writing team and Master Danqing behind the Abu Inn. But so far, not a single person has received the slightest real information.

The villain book is a name for Abu, which is the comic book that Wan Ting tried to make before, and now has trained a large number of professional workers.

Before Abu participated, Fang Huanting was able to follow her own exploration and lead a group of students to make the first version of the small number, which is not amazing.

Later, under the guidance of Abu, the Tang Dynasty version of the comic book came into being, with exaggerated movements and cute shapes, which were always the easiest to gain everyone's popularity.

Art classes have also become a competitive learning course in the leisure time of the whole valley, regardless of men and women, young and old, they will learn to draw two strokes when they have time, and if there are skills or shapes that are more prominent, they will be quickly absorbed into Fang Huanting's villain book studio.

Wang Daoming processed the various story materials provided by Abu, sorted out the scenes and character shapes that were easy to paint and express, and then led a group of young people to paint, carve, calcin, and print.

One process after another, now everyone can't be more proficient in playing, while discussing the plot of the story, while happily playing with mud, who can not like such a day?

Every time Wang Daoming finishes the synopsis of the story, he will sigh and say, how can Mr. Abu have so many wonderful ideas and so many interesting stories!

Abu smiled hehehe, and said in his heart that if he carried all the novels of the later generations, it was estimated that he would not be able to finish printing them until the end of the world.

As for the study books of scientific knowledge, Abu originally wanted to distribute them at a low price or for free, but he also understood that books cannot be read unless they are borrowed.

So it was also spread in this way, and at the same time, he asked the heads of various places to set up a place similar to a library before the branch was established for the time being.

People who are interested in this kind of knowledge, but can't afford to buy books, can rent or transcribe them, so that after they get the knowledge on various books, they will be carefully cared for and studied like in the martial arts world, when they finally got a peerless martial arts secret book.