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"Young master, please say it when you stop, you see that the old slave's nose is about to be flattened!" Steward Xu covered his nose and complained while wiping his tears. The nerves on the nose are the most abundant, and when you hit the nose, tears and everything gushed out, and it couldn't be slowed down for a long time, so it was no wonder that Steward Xu would complain.

However, Zhou Chong didn't seem to hear Steward Xu's complaint at all, and still stood there in a daze, thinking quickly about the feasibility of the flash of inspiration just now.

Although Zhou Zhong in his previous life was forced to become a gray marginal group, he had received more than ten years of education before, and when he was in school, he also liked to read, although because of the limited environment, he had not read much classical literature, such as the Analects, and he still couldn't memorize it completely, but the four famous books and some more famous classical novels, but he still read a lot.

For example, taking the four famous novels as an example, the Three Kingdoms and the Water Margin are not needed, they were written more than 100 years earlier, but Journey to the West and Dream of Red Mansions have not yet been published, and Wu Chengen and Cao Xueqin have not yet been born. What's more coincidental is that he has a very clear memory of the previous one in his mind, he has read these two books many times, it can be said that every word of the two books is in his head, if Zhou Chong writes these two books now, it should cause a lot of sensation.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but be excited, but then he calmly thought that ancient writers seemed to be very miserable, and it was rare to hear that anyone in ancient times could make a fortune by writing novels? What he needs most now is money, and if writing books can't bring him wealth, won't he be working in vain?

"Steward Xu, do you know how Lu Dao publishes a book?" At this time, Zhou Zhong finally thought of Steward Xu, for such a thing as publishing books in ancient times, it is better to find a native of this time and space to ask.

"Publish a book?" Steward Xu obviously couldn't keep up with Zhou Zheng's thinking, and was stunned for a while before replying, "Young Master, it's easy to say it's easy to publish a book, and it's troublesome to say it's troublesome." ”

"Oh, what do you mean?" Zhou Zhong didn't quite understand Steward Xu's words.

"The young master doesn't know that there are two kinds of people who publish books, the first is the kind of people who are famous and have people rushing to read the books they write, and these people naturally have booksellers who come to the door with silver and beg them to hand over the well-written books to them for printing and publishing. The second type is wealthy readers, who pay for their own books to be printed and given to friends and relatives in order to gain fame. ”

Fortunately, Steward Xu used to be a reader, and he was very clear about the publication of books, otherwise if he was an ordinary person, he really didn't know the mystery.

Zhou Zhong was extremely depressed after hearing this, it seems that the profession of a writer is similar to that of a prostitute, the form of work has not changed much for thousands of years, and the conditions for publishing books are almost no different from those of later generations, but unfortunately he is now without a name and no money, and he has a good article with an empty stomach, but he has no chance to exchange it for money.

Seeing Zhou Chong's disappointed look, Steward Xu asked a little puzzled: "Young Master, if you ask this question, could it be that you want to publish a book?" ”

"That's right, I have a novel here that is more exciting than Journey to the West, and it also tells the story of Master Sanzang's Journey to the West, I wanted to publish a book in exchange for some money and expenses, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult to publish a book!" Zhou Zhongzhong has already dispelled the idea of publishing a book, with his current situation, instead of engaging in literary creation, it is better to save some money to make small inventions such as soap, those are the things that can really make money.

Steward Xu naturally didn't believe that Zhou Chong would have any more exciting novels, but as a subordinate and elder, he would not discourage Zhou Chong's enthusiasm, and even gave Zhou Chong an idea: "Young master, if you really have more exciting novels, it's not that you can't make money!" ”

Steward Xu's words suddenly rekindled Zhou Chong's hope, and he said a little impatiently: "Steward Xu, tell me quickly, is there any way to make money?" ”

Seeing that Zhou Zhong was so confident, Steward Xu couldn't help but feel a little hopeful, and said at the moment: "Young master, there are only the above two ways to publish a book, we don't have money for the time being, but we can be famous, if your novel is really wonderful, young master, you can write a part of it first, and then let the storytellers in the streets and alleys go around to tell it, and when it is the most exciting, we will no longer spread it to the outside world, and then naturally there will be people who like to listen to this story to come to the door to ask for books, and even attract booksellers to take the initiative to buy books!" ”

Zhou Zhong heard the idea of Steward Xu, but he patted his head, his face was full of remorse, Steward Xu's method is almost exactly the same as the charging model of those literary websites on the Internet in later generations, first release some free chapters to whet people's appetite, and wait until the climax of writing to start charging, although there are many unscrupulous pirated copies, but after all, there are still many readers with noble character who will support the genuine subscription. In vain, I used to be a person who often messed around on the Internet, and I didn't even think of a way, which was really a failure!

"Good! It's a good idea! Zhou Chong's face was full of excitement, but then he thought of a question, and couldn't help but say with some distress, "But we don't know any storytellers, so how can we let them all talk about my novels?" ”

"This is easy to do, as long as there is the first storyteller who is willing to tell this story, and the story is wonderful and causes a sensation, it will definitely attract other storytellers to follow suit, and then your reputation will be out of the blue, young master, as for this first storyteller, it is also simple, young master, what do you think of me?" Steward Xu was full of confidence this time, especially when he said the last sentence, he was even more confident.

"You?" Zhou Zhong looked Steward Xu up and down, "Steward Xu, are you okay, storytelling is a skill, isn't it possible to go on stage if you can speak the Tao?" ”

Regarding Zhou Chong's suspicions, Steward Xu patted his chest and promised: "Young master, don't worry, the old slave is also a person who has listened to books for decades, and is very familiar with the routines of storytelling. Let him give me a chance to go to Fengyou Teahouse to tell stories, and as long as I make a name for myself in Fengyou Teahouse, I won't worry about other storytellers not following! ”

Hearing Steward Xu list his advantages at once, Zhou Chong immediately decided: "Okay, that's it, I'll go back and start writing novels, write the first few chapters as soon as possible, and then let Steward Xu practice it, if it's okay, the rest will depend on you!" ”

"Young master, don't worry, the old slave will definitely not let you down!" Steward Xu was also full of excitement, since he lost confidence in the imperial examination more than ten years ago, in addition to repaying the Zhou family in his whole life, the only thing left was the pursuit of eating, drinking and having fun. Among them, for playing this aspect, Steward Xu's main pastime is to listen to books, listen to it for a long time, and occasionally perform in front of some friends, and slowly he also likes the kind of gaze that is watched by everyone, but unfortunately he still has to be the housekeeper of Zhou's mansion at that time, and the income and status of the storyteller are not high, so Steward Xu has no chance to become a professional storyteller.

Now with the opportunity of Zhou Chong's desire to publish a book, Steward Xu finally has a wish, turning his interest into a career, and the key is to support his family, which is what excites him the most. As for the very wonderful book that Zhou Chong said, Steward Xu still had some doubts in his heart, but it didn't matter, even if the content of the book was not exciting, it was a big deal that he would talk about the more classic jokes in the past, and he could eat it anyway.

Zhou Zhong and Steward Xu have one or two dollars of rent from Butcher Wu in their hands, which is enough to eat for a few months if it is placed in an ordinary person's house. However, Zhou Chong from later generations really can't stand the coarse tea and light rice of the Ming Dynasty, especially as a carnivore, he absolutely can't stand the situation of eating no meat, even in the most difficult time in his previous life, Zhou Chong has never broken the meat, plus Bang'er and Duo'er have been pampered since childhood, and they can't let them suffer, so Zhou Chong has a high quality of life, at least in terms of eating and drinking, etc., he must not treat his family and himself badly.

It is precisely because of this that when he was in the vegetable market, Zhou Zhong pulled Steward Xu in and bought some vegetables, eggs, tofu and the like, as well as dozens of catties of rice, as well as condiments such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. At this time, it was already past lunch time, and it was not even far from dinner, although Zhou Zhong and Steward Xu did not eat lunch, but they ate a lot of pastries in the teahouse, so the two of them were not hungry.

Zhou Zhong carried the rice and the pastries into the door of the house, followed by Steward Xu carrying lighter vegetables and tofu, just Bang'er was playing with Duo'er in the front yard, and they were very surprised to see them bring so many things at once, among which Duo'er saw the pastries in Zhou Chong's hands, and jumped up happily and shouted: "Great, so many pastries are my favorite food!" ”

After Duo'er finished speaking, she ran to Zhou Zhong and grabbed the pastry to eat. And Zhou Zhong looked at the little sister who was eating the pastries, but his heart was a little sour, in the past, their Zhou family was also a rich man, what delicacies and delicacies have not been eaten? But I didn't expect that just a few ordinary pastries could make Duo'er so happy now, which shows how hard they lived some time ago. This also made Zhou Chong more firmly convinced: no matter what method is used, the situation at home must be improved as soon as possible!

Bang'er is more sensible, and at first she blamed Zhou Chong for buying so many things, but when she knew that the yard in front of Lu Dao had been rented out of Lu Dao, she was also very happy, and she no longer cared about blaming Zhou Zhong for spending money and helping them move things to the kitchen. And the most reluctant bracelet drove Zhou Zhong and Steward Xu out of the kitchen, she said that cooking is a woman's business, and from today on, she will also take on a responsibility at home!

Just as Bang'er was about to cook a sumptuous dinner to celebrate the successful rental of the first yard, a wonderful scene was being staged in the Fengyou Teahouse!