The history of Yangzhou can be traced back to 486 B.C., when it was called 'Yangzhou', Yangzhou in ancient times was a broad geographical name, including Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places in the vast area of the Huaishui River, the Yellow Sea and the Yangtze River.

Of course, now Yangzhou only has Guangling, Jiangdu and other places, countless ships come and go in the canal, making Yangzhou extremely prosperous, the streets are lined with shops, the streets are shoulder to shoulder, crowded, and the traffic is busy.

A pair of men and women slowly walked from the front, the man was handsome and dashing, his figure was extremely long, and he was wearing a light gray half-worn robe, looking a little thin. The woman is graceful, elegant and elegant, wearing green silk cloud brocade, but half a body away from the man, it seems to be dominated by men.

"Zihan, do you know where there is a printing shop?" The two are Zhao Wuregret and Wei Zihan, after lunch, Wei Zihan came to him to ask for the story behind Journey to the West, but under the temptation of Zhao Wuregret's clever words, he became his 'tour guide', but obviously this tour guide is not competent, looking left and right, twisting handkerchiefs with both hands, looking very nervous.

Zhao Wuregret was secretly amused, looking at her appearance, she had never had the experience of shopping alone with a man, and she regretted it as soon as she walked out of the gate.

"Huh? Printhouse?" Wei Zihan's psychological quality is obviously still good, and he quickly calmed down, "Actually, I don't know, why don't I go back and call Lin Wu to you?"

"No need," Zhao Wuregret didn't expect Wei Zihan, who usually has a hard time going out, to help herself, as long as she could bring herself back at that time, whether she would travel with the United States or with Lin Wu, as long as she was not a fool, she would choose.

Came to a bookstore with a very good area and decoration, looked up, it was written 'Ten Thousand Volumes Bookstore' four big characters, walked inside, there were about hundreds of square meters, there were more than a dozen scholars who were choosing books inside, and no one paid attention to Zhao Wuregret, but when he saw Wei Zihan behind him, several scholars had straight eyes, and even a book fell to the ground without knowing.

Wei Zihan was startled by these green eyes, and hid behind Zhao Wuregret, Zhao Wuregret gently pulled her jade hand and walked forward, Wei Zihan pulled out lightly, and after no success, he could only let him, just blushing and walking with him with his head down.

Ignoring whether there were any thoughts among the scholars in the congregation, such as 'good cabbages have been arched by pigs', Zhao Wuregret held Wei Zihan's soft jade hand and was reluctant to let go, turning a blind eye to the girl's coquettish gaze.

The whole bookstore went around, and what Zhao Wuregret saw were books such as classics and histories, annotations by famous scholars, and some of them were the governance programs of various countries, which seemed to be full of books, but in fact, they were all those things, but they were all placed together repeatedly.

"This little brother, is your boss here?" Zhao Wuregret asked a guy in the store.

"Boss? Distinguished guests are asking our hosts?"

"Oh, that's right, may I ask your host," the word boss was used as a name for famous opera actors in the old days, but it was used very commonly in later generations, and Zhao Wuregret shouted it casually.

After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a Confucian robe, walked over with the guy in the store, he looked at the two of them a little, the young man was dressed in half-used clothes, but his body was straight, his eyes were bright, and the girl holding his hand was gentle and graceful, wearing the best Yunjin, and his temperament was extraordinary. I think it's a poor scholar to Miss Qianjin.

"Zhu Shiping, the shopkeeper of the Ten Thousand Books Bookstore, was two distinguished guests looking for me just now." The middle-aged man asked with a smile on his face, clasped his fists and saluted.

Seeing this, Zhao Wuregret also returned the salute, and then said lightly, "The Ten Thousand Books Bookstore should have a collection of ten thousand volumes, and all the world's famous volumes, but in the next opinion, it seems that the collection of books here is not many and incomplete." ”

Zhu Shiping was thinking about whether this person came to smash the field, and Zhao Wuregret said again, "I don't know if the shopkeeper can undertake the printing business?"

"I don't dare to say anything else in Yangzhou, but when it comes to printing...... Zhu Shiping said a little proudly, "I can still rank up the 10,000-volume bookstore, two upstairs, please," after speaking, he pointed to the stairs on the side.

At this moment, a scholar came to the counter to check out with the man, only to see that he counted out the usual 600 Wen and bought a copy of "Shangshu".

I just walked around the market, and I knew that according to the current consistent money, you can buy four stone rice, which is equivalent to 755 catties of rice, and according to the conversion of rice in later generations between 1.5 and 2 yuan, then the consistent money is equivalent to about 1,23 RMB, and a book will cost about 2,000 yuan in later generations.

As Zhu Shiping came to the second floor, here is a small study, it can be seen that he works here on weekdays, the guy serves tea, and the two sit down on a chair on the side, but Wei Zihan is standing behind Zhao Wuregret, and she can only listen to persuasion.

"Haven't asked Gongzi Gao's name yet?"

"Under the surname Zhao, I have no regrets, and I came today to bother the shopkeeper Zhu."

Zhao Wuregret took out a few pieces of white paper full of words from his arms and handed them to Zhu Shiping, "Shopkeeper Zhu, please take a look at this first." ”

Zhu Shiping took the paper, raised his eyes and was stunned, "I have never seen the font of Childe, but ......?"

"This is called ......, cough, this is a font created in Xia Xian Lai Nothing, and the printing effect is excellent," Zhao Wuregret just wanted to say that it was 'Song style', but there was no Great Song on this plane, and he didn't know how to explain it when he said it.

"Childe is a great talent," Zhu Shiping said excitedly, not to mention the artistic value of this font, but for carving, it is a lot of time and effort, "that is, it was created by Childe, in my opinion, it is better to call it 'Zhao Ti Zi'?" so that future generations can remember Gongzi Weichuang. ”

Zhao Wuregret could only nod weakly. At this time, Zhu Shiping shouted again.

"Pardon me for being stupid, what are these little dots above?"

"I call it 'punctuation,' and they all have their own uses, you see this one is used for a pause, and this one is a ......"

Explain the role of punctuation, Zhu Shiping's eyes have lit up, as the owner of the printing shop, no one understands the huge role of these symbols better than him, which is a great blessing for young beginners and those who have no teacher to teach, no need to read and break sentences, because punctuation helps them to do, it can be said that it is twice the result with half the effort.

"Childe's move is a great merit for the future, please accept the next bow," Zhu Shiping got up excitedly and saluted, Wei Zihan behind him also looked honored, she didn't expect Zhao Wuregret to be so talented, of course she wouldn't have thought that whether it was Song characters, punctuation, or Journey to the West, he was not a creator, just a porter.

Seeing Zhu Shiping put on a respectful look, this made Zhao Wuregret a little crying and laughing, and it took a long time to pay attention to the Song characters and punctuation, but he didn't notice the Journey to the West that he intended him to watch.

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