"The reason why these people buy paper is very simple!" Lu Jian looked at it for a while, shook his head and smiled, "I may not think so, but for these other people, the words on the lantern can be said to be precious!" ”

After his reminder, Zhang Jingsheng also understood, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, I have a collection of books at home, and if I want to learn, I can turn to clan studies at first, and then I can apprentice to teachers, and many people can even enter private schools and academies, often with endless books, but ordinary people are different." ”

Lu Jian said: "It's not just ordinary people's families, it's some low-grade families that are not very large, and they often have a few books to pass down to the family, or in other words, a few books of ancient sages to the town family, and the rest are the annotations and experiences of the family members around these books, so for these people, the sentences on the lantern at the moment are precious." ”

Wang Kuai also understood, couldn't help nodding, and said: "Yes, especially many of these people were attracted by the "General Outline of the General Dictionary", but although the Chen Mansion has distributed the General Outline in the past few days, the number is a bit too much in our opinion, and I heard that more than 90 copies were distributed on the most days!" But the people who really came, I'm afraid there are no less than four or five thousand, and there are people coming in a steady stream, so many people, a few days, even if it is a hundred books a day, only two or three percent of the people can get their wish, and the rest of the people will return empty-handed, but if you can copy more of the sentences on these lanterns, it is also a harvest! ”

A few people here were talking, and sure enough, they saw a lot of people buying paper and pens in a hurry, coming to the side of the lantern, looking at it carefully, and then lowering their heads and transcribing it.

After copying for a while, many people raised their heads again and carefully compared them, for fear that there would be any mistakes or omissions, leaving a few fake words.

Not long after, another group of people joined in, and the price of paper and pen, just like that, couldn't help but skyrocket, and it was actually more than the original thirty yuan, doubled!

"You and I may not think anything of this kind of money, but if you put it on these people, I'm afraid it's already approaching their limit!" Wang Kuai looked at it, couldn't help shaking his head, and whispered to Zhang Jingsheng, "They came all the way, and they won't have much entanglement, after all, their background is not high, and recently people from all walks of life have gathered in Dai County, and this housing is rising, and even the homes of the people are mixed in, which must consume a lot of money for these people. ”

"I think it's not a bad thing that they used this money in exchange for the scholarly sentences on the lantern." Zhang Jingsheng said with a smile: "At least this kind of dedication will make them cherish it more." ”

"What you said is also reasonable, this knowledge is a matter of price, ordinary families have to cover it tightly, and it will not be easily revealed, these people can have this opportunity, it is really a blessing," Wang thought about it, and nodded, but then changed the conversation, "Speaking of which, these people inside and outside the county are really businessmen's minds, not to mention the inn and restaurant, even ordinary people know that there is a temporary guest to stay, and now there is just a lantern text here, and the other side immediately reacted, You see them like this, panting and sweating, obviously seeing that this side is profitable, they immediately come back to their senses, hurry back, and take paper and pencils to sell. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the paper that had been bought back at a great price, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "You and I both know very well that the Chen's paper in this generation is the best paper in the world!" And here it turns out, that the most inferior hemp paper has squeezed out so much money from the hands of people who are not rich. ”

"This is not necessarily," Lu Jian heard the whispers of the two, and said in a low voice: "In my opinion, this is also to make money with ability, besides, we have lived in Dai County for a while, it should be very clear, there have been many people recently, so the price of all kinds of things has risen, even pasta is no exception, and the people in the city have to spend more, although there are too many people to suppress prices, but now there are many people, and the local rations are simply not enough, so we must rely on several big families and many merchants to transport them from other places, this one is transported, but it is silver for nothing, Where can I not increase the price? Even if the government has no interest pressure, since the people are inconvenienced by this, what is wrong with taking advantage of it? ”

As he spoke, he chuckled and said, "According to our opinion, the words on these lanterns are hard to buy, how precious they are, and these people ......" He pointed to those who were immersed in copying, "how lucky are they to be able to get records just by trekking hard and paying a little money?" Isn't it a big advantage? You and my family, in order to collect the books, how much effort has been expended by generations before and after, and where can it be so easy as these people? ”

When Wang Kuai heard this, he actually felt that there was really some truth, and his brows couldn't help frowning, and he fell into deep thought.

A few people didn't notice that not far from them, there was a man who looked quite young, who seemed to be less than twenty years old, dressed plainly, and was looking down to copy the words on the lantern in front of him, but his eyes drifted to Zhang Jingsheng and the others from time to time, and at the same time, he listened attentively, his brows slowly furrowed.

In fact, when a few people were talking before, this person was not far away, and he had already paid attention to a few people.

Now, as soon as he heard these words, the expression on his face was complicated, first a little angry, then angry, and finally turned into identification, he looked at the lantern in front of him, and then looked at the lights all over the street, and his eyes showed longing.

Zhang Jingsheng and others naturally didn't think that their words would give birth to something, but this is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

But after saying that Lu Jian and Wang were about to finish speaking, he first smiled, then glanced at Gu En, who was full of gloom, couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and walked over to persuade him, what his friend was thinking, Lu Jian could also guess one or two, and naturally he didn't want his people to continue to go wrong.

But at this moment, a bright light suddenly came from behind Gu En.

Originally, inside and outside the street, it was already illuminated by lanterns, but the light that suddenly lit up behind Gu En was still a few points, and it immediately drew Zhang Jingsheng's attention.

When they looked over, they found that there were indeed a bunch of monks who came with lanterns, all with solemn expressions, and behind them, there was a person with a solemn color, although bareheaded, with gray eyebrows and beards, mixed with the aura of elders and compassion.

Seeing this person, Gu En left Lu Jian and the others and hurried over to salute.

"I've seen Master Zhu!"