Linglong Bookstore, located in the most prosperous West Street of Chang'an City, is as its name suggests, exquisite and elegant, and the smell of books is very strong.

Xinyi is the boss of Linglong Bookstore, but everyone knows that she is the maid next to the queen, so it is self-evident who is behind the bookstore, and the most book in the bookstore is the thirty volumes of "The Female Rule" written by the queen.

There is an endless stream of people in and out of the bookstore, most of them are ladies and ladies from large families, firstly, because the name of the queen's virtuousness spreads far and wide, her thirty volumes of "Female Rules" have naturally become a model for these ladies and ladies to study, and secondly, patronizing the Linglong Bookstore can be regarded as a kind of goodwill to the queen, and it is very worthwhile to spend a little money to please a favor in front of the queen, and it is a common phenomenon for noble ladies to give each other "Female Rules" in Chang'an City.

Although there are other books sold in Linglong Bookstore, they are mainly books read by women such as "The Female Rules" and "The Female Commandment", and there are also some "Analects" and "Jingyi", but there are not many, and the other books are only manuscripts, and the price is extremely high, and not ordinary people can afford them. In addition, the patrons are all women, so ordinary literati will not go to Linglong Bookstore to buy books.

When Wang Xiang walked into the Linglong Bookstore, he immediately attracted everyone's attention, and he was a little embarrassed to be noticed by so many ladies and ladies.

Yesterday, if he got Li Er's words, he rushed to Linglong Bookstore early this morning, but he didn't expect to encounter this situation, the huge bookstore was full of women, and he was a man, which was indeed a little weird.

In the past, he had only heard that Linglong Bookstore was the largest bookstore in Chang'an City, but he had never come in to see it.

Fortunately, Linglong Bookstore didn't say that the man would not be allowed to come in, although he was surprised, everyone just thought it was a reckless boy from out of town who came to the name of Linglong Bookstore. After all, Linglong Bookstore is the largest bookstore in Chang'an City. From time to time, literati from other places would venture in. Most of the time they will leave in shame after a while.

Seeing that everyone no longer paid attention to themselves, Wang Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, pretending to be looking for a book, looking here and there, and having no intention of leaving.

Those ladies and ladies didn't know Wang Xiang, Xinyi was the maid next to the queen, so she naturally knew Wang Xiang, and after this group of guests left, Xinyi asked curiously: "How could Marquis Jiayuan patronize our Linglong Bookstore today?" ”

She still doesn't know what Wang Xiang and Li Er said.

Because there was a period of time when I went to the Lizheng Palace every day to receive the education of the eldest grandson, Wang Xiang and Xinyi were also familiar with each other, and when they saw that there were no customers in the store for the time being, they said: "I came to discuss things with Miss Xinyi." ”

"Discuss something with me?" Xinyi was even more puzzled.

Seeing another guest entering the door, Wang Xiang hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty asked me to come to you to discuss, this matter needs to be discussed in detail, I wonder if there is a quieter place?" ”

When she heard that His Majesty had asked her to come, Xinyi was still a little puzzled, but nodded again and again: "Yes, there is a private room at the back of the bookstore." ”

Xinyi asked the two little girls in the store to greet the guests, and she took Wang Xiang to the private room at the back of the bookstore.

When I got to the elegant room, I was able to avoid the strange eyes of those ladies and ladies outside. Wang Xiang felt much more at ease.

"I don't know what Your Majesty asked the Marquis of Jiayuan to discuss with me?"

She is just a maid beside the queen, and she really can't understand what His Majesty needs to discuss with the Marquis of Jiayuan.

"That's right, yesterday I entered the palace to discuss a deal with Your Majesty."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Xinyi's expression became strange, and he could talk about such things as business with His Majesty so casually......

What does it have to do with me just talking to Your Majesty about the sale?

Without waiting for her to ask, Wang Xiang continued: "It's about the buying and selling of printed books. ”

"The buying and selling of printed books?"

Wang Xiang nodded and said, "Well, Linglong Bookstore has its own printing workshop, right?" ”

Xin Yi nodded inexplicably and said, "The innermost is the printing workshop." ”

"Is the master of engraving reliable?"

Xinyi became more and more confused when she heard this, what does this have to do with the engraving master......

She still hasn't figured out what Wang Xiang said about the sale of printed books, although Linglong Bookstore is engaged in the sale of books, but everyone knows what this is all about, but seeing that Wang Xiang asked seriously, she still replied honestly: "The engraving master is a distant uncle of mine." ”

It turned out to be a relative, Wang Xiang's eyes lit up, the relative is good. Now you don't have to worry about the engraving master.

Immediately told Xin Yi about the sale of printed books that Li Er had told her, and Xin Yi was stunned when she heard it.

Since Empress Eldest Sun put her in charge of Linglong Bookstore, it shows that she is a smart and clever person. When I heard Wang Xiang talk about movable type printing, I already understood why I had to ask the engraving master before if it was unreliable, and with such printing technology, which bookstore in Chang'an could compare.

As for the issue of the distribution of interests, naturally it is not her turn to worry about a maid, whether it is one percent or two percent, it is all His Majesty and the Queen who have the final say.

"Why don't I call my uncle?"

Wang Xiang nodded and said: "It's okay, he is an expert in this matter, I just put forward an idea, and he has to do the actual operation." ”

Xinyi's uncle is a short, middle-aged man with dark skin, and he looks like an honest man.

"My uncle was originally farming in his hometown, and this ancestral carving skill was not of any use, and then the queen mother ran this exquisite bookstore and needed an engraving master, so I asked my uncle to come over to help."

Knowing that the young man in front of him was a marquis, the man was still a little nervous, and hurriedly saluted: "See you, Xiaomin...... I've seen Master Hou. ”

Wang Xiang saw his nervousness and said gently: "Don't be nervous, I have something to trouble you." ”

"Don't bother, don't bother, Master Hou just orders, Xiaomin, Xiaomin ......"

Wang Xiang was depressed for a while, am I so terrible? I'm the most approachable.

"Uncle, Marquis Jiayuan is not like other officials, he is very kind."

Xinyi's words sounded comfortable, Wang Xiang smiled and said: "Yes, I am a very kind person, and this matter is not something that can be said in a moment, you sit down and we will talk slowly." ”

The middle-aged man's name is Du Hong, because when he was in his hometown, the county officials often oppressed the people, so he was a little afraid of these officials, and he was a little relaxed when he saw that Wang Xiang was indeed kinder, but he didn't dare to sit, and Wang Xiang was helpless.

Du Hong also has a good carving skill, and he is not clear about other things, and he can't even understand the difference between movable type printing and engraving printing.

Wang Xiang did not let him carve the characters alone, but asked him to carve all the words on a large wooden board, and then sawed the wooden board into a single word and repaired it with a knife, so that the advantage is that all the characters are unified in size and height, which is convenient for combination and typesetting. Obscure characters only need to be carved one or two, while commonly used characters need to be carved more.

In fact, in Wang Xiang's impression, the best movable type printing in ancient times seems to be clay carving, but clay carving is fragile, and this problem has been handed over to Li Chunfeng, and he will wait until the results of the research of the Gewu Institute to improve.

It is not possible to carve so many characters in a day or two, but these characters can be used forever, so it is worth the wait. Wang Xiang explained some things to pay attention to and left Linglong Bookstore, and when he went out, he enjoyed the treatment of being noticed again......

The engraving matter was solved, and he still had to consider the source of the content, and popular books such as "Analects" and "Jingyi" naturally did not have to worry, and Li Er, the book in the palace, also promised to borrow it, but Wang Xiang valued the articles of the great Confucians and officials of the current dynasty, which were the most popular things among the literati.

"There must be an article by the eldest grandson Wuji, an article by Wei Zheng and an old man Wei, and Fang Xuanling...... Well, the article of Yu Shinan, the great Confucian of the dynasty, is even more indispensable, I don't know if it is okay to let Li Er get the article out......" (To be continued.) )