Dengzhou South Gate Street.

In the shops on the left, a large open space is abruptly recessed, and a horse stake is bolted on it.

Chu Fan got off the mule, threw the reins to the bookshop guy who was waiting, and looked up at the big signboard on the lintel - Kuishou Bookstore, with elegant lines, it looked very neat, and when he looked closely, it was actually Dong Qichang's words.

It is a real gold signboard, with four gilt characters embedded in the royal blue silk cloth, which sparkle in the slanting rays of the setting sun.

This is the largest bookstore in Dengzhou, not only buying books, but also printing books - Chu Fan is about to travel far away, ready to buy some books to read on the road, there are almost no entertainment items in this era, only reading.

In the warm greeting of the bookstore guys, Chu Fan stepped in and came to the extremely large hall of the bookstore.

To Chu Fan's surprise, the layout of this bookstore was very similar to that of later generations, and it was divided into areas such as "Shiwen", "Sutras", "Buddhist and Taoist Collections", "Miscellaneous Books" and so on.

"Shiwen" District Chu Fan came out after a little strolling, and it was full of all kinds of eight-strand model essays and famous commentaries, which made his head big - he was not going to take the road of the imperial examination, look at what this Laoshzi is doing.

As soon as he entered the "scriptures" area, he saw a set of extremely luxurious Zhu Xi's "Notes on the Four Books", Chu Fan asked the guy, he actually asked for eighteen taels of silver, he couldn't help but secretly stick out his tongue, it turned out that printing books in the Ming Dynasty made so much money!

Flipping through it casually, it was actually an engraving, Chu Fan couldn't help but wonder a little, didn't Bi Sheng invent movable type in the Song Dynasty, why hadn't there been movable type printing at this time?

After walking around the "scriptures" area, Chu Fan found that in addition to the four books and five classics, there were many classics of science, Zhu Xi's books needless to say, and even Zhou Dunyi and Ercheng's books were quite a lot.

Chu Fan was a little distracted, he really didn't have a good impression of science - good Confucianism was made religious by them, and he no longer had half of his vitality.

It must be known that the Taixi countries of this era are the era of religious revolution, and the Europeans who have broken free from the shackles of religion are about to burst into vitality, but China, under the great influence of science, has done the opposite, trying to imprison everyone's thoughts in the rules and regulations of Confucianism.

It was easy to see a book in an inconspicuous corner, which made Chu Fan's eyes shine, it was Wang Yangming's "Biography".

Under the influence of the bright moon of that year, Chu Fan was full of respect for this new uncle who became a saint on the ground, and it was the mental line created by Wang Yangming that set off a huge wave in this backwater Confucian world.

Only the theory of conscience that can be applied can give birth to the Gu Huang doctrine that breaks the barriers of the family and the world, "the rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible", "not to serve one person in the world", what a simple national thought, democratic thought, this is our original Chinese native specialty, if it is not for the Tatars entering the customs, savagely strangling this fragile sprout, China will also have a "great revolution" and enter the capitalist period in advance.

Far away, Chu Fan shook his head, he just came to find a few novels to kill time, and he got these things.

took out two taels of silver, Chu Fan took the "Biography" into his arms, skipped the "Buddhist Collection", and walked directly into the "Miscellaneous Books" area.

Of course, the category of miscellaneous books in the Ming Dynasty is even wider, not only poetry books such as "Three Hundred Tang Poems" and "Three Hundred Song Ci" are miscellaneous books, even historical books such as "Historical Records" and "Three Kingdoms" are also miscellaneous books, and of course, scientific and technological books such as "Qi Min Yaoshu" and "Mengxi Writings" are even more included in the category of miscellaneous books.

Wait, what is this, Geometry Primitives?

Seeing the shock on Chu Fan's face, the bookstore guy hurriedly introduced, "At first glance, Gongzi is a rich five-car scholar, this book is a new work by Xu Shilang in this dynasty, and it is said to be a translation of the book of the Buddha Lang Jiguo, we don't understand it, presumably Gongzi should understand...... Fair price, five dollars of silver, you see, the carver of Yangzhou Sanjue Fang, where to find this price. ”

Chu Fan ignored the guy's broken mouth, took out a piece of broken silver of five coins, and put Xu Guangqi's book into his arms.

As he walked, Chu Fan's eyes widened again, and he saw "Golden Vase Plum"!

Hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed this No. 1 strange book in China, opened it and browsed it quickly, and the abridged version he had read in later generations corroborated each other, and it didn't take long for him to confirm that this was the real whole novel!

The carving of this "Golden Vase Plum" is relatively coarse, the paper is ordinary, and the ink smell is strong, Chu Fan closed the book and asked the guy who was desperately hiding his smile on the side, "You printed this book?" ”

The man's eyes lit up and he replied, "Don't dare to deceive the child, this book is printed by a small shop, so the price is very cheap, only a penny of silver." ”

Chu Fan didn't care about the buddy's ridicule at all, he was more concerned about another thing, "Then your family has got the original manuscript, do you know who this author is?" The mystery of the author of "The Golden Vase of Plums" has become a big public case in later generations, and it is not much better than the mystery of the last forty episodes of "Dream of Red Mansions".

The guy smiled, "Childe, isn't it written on this envelope, Lanling smiled." ”

Chu Fan rolled his eyes secretly, so he had to ask a different way, "Then where did you get this manuscript from?" ”

The guy didn't know this question, so he ran to ask the shopkeeper before replying, "The original manuscript came from Ningbo, and it only arrived last month." ”

Ningbo? Chu Fan quickly recalled the list of suspected authors he had read, and he finally knew who the real author of "Golden Vase Plum" was.

Tu Long!

Among all the suspected authors, only Tu Long is from Ningbo!

Just when Chu Fan was secretly happy to discover the true author of "Golden Vase Plum", the sound of boots outside the door was swaying, and a familiar voice drilled into Chu Fan's ears. "Did you find the book I asked you to find last time?" It was Liu Zhongwen's voice.

Chu Fan smiled, and after buying "Golden Vase Plum", he greeted him, and sure enough, he saw Liu Zhongwen talking with the bookstore guys.

He walked over and patted Liu Zhongwen and said with a smile, "Yo! Why is our General Liu so free today, come to visit the bookstore? As a small man, Chu Fan certainly knew that Liu Zhongwen's real dream was to be a general with a prancing horse, so the book of war became the only text that Liu Zhongwen did not dislike.

The bookstore guy was having a headache with Liu Zhongwen's request - "The Actual Record of Military Training" was too secluded, and the bookstore didn't have it at all - seeing that someone was coming to interrupt, he quickly ran away.

"Little Fu'er, why are you here?" Liu Zhongwen was also happy when he saw Chu Fan, "I was about to go to you, but I didn't expect to meet here." ”

"What are you looking for me?" Chu Fan was very surprised.

Liu Zhongwen's next words made Chu Fan even more surprised.