Zhang Yuan asked Fan Wenruo which bookstore in Suzhou is the largest and which books are the best-selling?

Suzhou leads the fashion in the north and south of the river, such as furniture in the house, toys on the case, clothing styles, antique new tea, drama novels...... As long as Suzhou people think that they are elegant and beautiful, people from all over the world will follow the trend and imitate, and Suzhou people think that they are vulgar, and people from all over the world will despise them, there are two new words called "Su Yi" and "Su Like", which refers to the Suzhou people leading the fashion of the Ming Dynasty, and even the life attitude, behavior and habits of Suzhou people will be imitated by the Quartet, so the best-selling book in Suzhou should be the best-selling book in the entire Ming Dynasty, two capitals and thirteen provinces - Fan Wenruo said: "The largest bookstore in Suzhou is the Green Sky Pavilion, and the best-selling book is the master of Mo Hanzhai's " Like Ancient and Modern Novels", this book is engraved and printed in the Green Sky Museum, has been out of thirty-six volumes, and tens of thousands of copies have been sold in volumes. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "I've heard of this Mo Hanzhai master, it's Feng Menglong, this person is extremely talented-"

When he said this, Zhang Yuan saw that Fan Wenruo and the others looked strange, so he asked, "Is there something wrong in the next place?" ”

Fan Wenruo looked very surprised and asked, "Where did the virtuous brother know that the master of Mohanzhai is Feng Menglong?" I don't know if I am a local in Suzhou, I only know that Feng Menglong wrote a monograph on the Spring and Autumn Period "Lin Jing Refers to the Moon", and Feng's book is "Spring and Autumn". ”

Zhang Yuan was surprised, and after a little thought, he understood, Feng Menglong used a lot of pen names to compile and create these novels, songs, and jokes, in addition to the master of Mohanzhai, what else are Gu Qusanren, Wuxia Zinu, Former Zhou Zhushi, etc., this is of course because the late Ming people like to take aliases, and there is also an important reason that should be: Although the novels and operas of the late Ming Dynasty were extremely prosperous, in the eyes of official orthodoxy, these are not elegant, especially for the scholars who practice the industry, this is simply a sideline and not a proper business. Feng Menglong should still be in his forties now, and his desire to seek fame is still very strong, so he doesn't want outsiders to know that he wrote this-Zhang Yuanxin said: "No wonder I told Yang Shixiang last time that Hanshe Book Company was going to ask Feng Menglong to write a novel, Yang Shixiang didn't say anything, but it turned out that Feng Menglong's reputation as a popular novelist has not yet been revealed, uh, this time I broke it-" said: "I also heard rumors, I can't be sure." Asked: "The Green Sky Pavilion wasn't opened by the Feng family, right?" ”

Fan Wenruo said: "Feng Menglong is quite down, where can he afford to open a huge Green Sky Pavilion, the Green Sky Pavilion is opened by a Huizhou bookseller, this Huizhou businessman has abundant assets and is good at management, in just a few years, the Green Sky Pavilion is the largest bookstore in Suzhou." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Hanshe Bookstore wants to become the largest bookstore in Jiangnan, this Green Sky Pavilion can't get around, this is a competitor, we have to find a way to win Feng Menglong to Hanshe Bookstore, Feng has never been promoted in his life, it is better to let him concentrate on popular creation as soon as possible." ”

I didn't do anything, let's not talk about it first, Zhang Yuan said: "It's normal for Brother Fan to have concerns about participating in Hanshe Bookstore, Brother Fan can wait and see how Hanshe Bookstore develops, Hanshe Bookstore welcomes Brother Fan to join at any time, next year and the year after." ”

Zhang Yuan was so reasonable, which made Fan Wenruo a little ashamed, but asked: "What does the virtuous brother mean when he asks about the Green Sky Pavilion, isn't he going to join forces with the Green Sky Pavilion?" "This is what Fan Wenruo is worried about, if Zhang Yuan joins hands with the Green Sky Pavilion to operate, then his Fushui Shanfang Bookstore will be dispensable to Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "I asked the Green Sky Pavilion, just to find a goal, the branch of the Hanshe Bookstore in Suzhou must surpass the Green Sky Pavilion - Brother Fan must have thought that I would seek cooperation with the Green Sky Pavilion, operating the Hanshe Bookstore in the next is not purely for profit, it is not a pure businessman in the next, there is morality before making a profit, although the Shui Shanfang Bookstore is not as good as the Green Sky Pavilion, but with my friendship with Brother Fan, in Suzhou, I only want to cooperate with Brother Fan, if Brother Fan really does not want to, I will find another way." ”

These words made Fan Wenruo quite moved, Zhang Yuan is a responsible person, such a friend must be encircled, and said: "In this way, the virtuous brother is studying in Nanjing, and he will definitely return to Shaoxing at the end of the year, this Suzhou is the only way, and then I will discuss the matter of the bookstore with the virtuous brother, how about it?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Okay, the Hanshe Bookstore will also appear before the year." ”

After gossiping again, the wine table dispersed, the other guests retired, and each returned home, Fan Wenruo left the three Zhang brothers to live in Fan's house, Zhang Dai was used to living on the boat, and he didn't want to sleep on the seat elsewhere, and said: "Brother Fan don't have to bother, I'll go back to live on the boat, the boat is spacious and cool, Brother Fan knows." ”

Fan Wenruo smiled: "Isn't that slack." ”

Zhang Cao said: "I'm going to go to the river to swim, it's more convenient to go on the boat." ”

Fan Wenruo had no choice but to give up and personally send the Zhang brothers to the boat.

Bathing in the river, getting on the boat to rest, Zhang Cao said honestly, did not tease Lumei, because Lumei is sick, this beautiful maid is also delicate, last night fell into the water and was frightened, today people are a little uncomfortable, to the evening there is some fever, people are groggy, Zhang Yuan asked Mu Zhenzhen to take some medicine for Lumei, this medicine is prepared for him by Lu Yungu, headache and brain fever, seasickness and diarrhea on the journey, each has the right symptoms - it is the end of the year, the eyebrow moon has fallen westward, and the snoring of the blessing on the screen soon sounded again, Zhang Yuan still and Mu Zhenzhen lay down in a separate seat, Reached over to hold Mu Zhenzhen's hand, Mu Zhenzhen didn't move at first, and after a while, he moved his hand to her cheek and rubbed it gently, not so gentle and tender - Zhang Yuan felt like this, since the two of them made out a little last night, this fallen girl was obviously much more gentle to him, and of course he was very obedient and dedicated to serving him before, but it was the gentleness of the maid to the master, and now, it feels different, it is very intimate-Laifu snoring is so loud, Zong Yishan will definitely not be able to sleep for a while, Zhang Yuan does not dare to make a time, Moved over and leaned over to Mu Zhenzhen's ear, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "It's good to go to Nanjing as soon as possible - go to sleep first, go to sleep." ”

I wanted to say two words "let's sleep" and withdrew my hand to sleep separately, but the hand on Mu Zhenzhen's cheek felt a hot face, obviously Mu Zhenzhen knew what was going on with "It's good to go to Nanjing early", and he was shy, which made Zhang Yuan's heart flutter, in the dark room of the night, it was easy for people to control themselves, Zhang Yuan was not a saint who sat still, his heart was floating and jumping, he wanted to make out a little more and then sleep not too late, anyway, he snored, and he didn't feel sleepy for a while, so he leaned his lips and kissed Mu Zhenzhen's neck, Mu Zhenzhen's shoulder shrank, clamped his chin, and quickly released it again, His breathing became rapid and he called out inaudibly: "Young Master—"

Zhang Yuan said softly: "Hug it." Feeling this fallen girl, she came over, leaned against him, put one hand around his waist, and the same as last night, well, it feels so good - the night is very quiet, there is a faint sound of the city in the distance, Suzhou is prosperous, some of the square lights are red and green all night, here is close to the northeast corner of the city, quieter, listen quietly, you can hear the subtle flow of the river at the bottom of the boat, there is a sudden stinging of the bird on the other side of the river, as if frightened, the black feather starling in Wang Wei's cabin immediately chirped, fortunately there is no "spare life", the gap in the bulkhead is shimmering, The third brother Zhang Cao in the next cabin was still talking to Lumei, and the third brother was also considerate, when Mu Zhenzhen was in his arms, the abundant fruit was held in front of his chest, and he looked selfless and dedicated - Zhang Yuan's hand did not dare to move, so as not to be uncontrollable and out of control, so he only hugged Mu Zhenzhen hard, and then let go, turned himself to sleep, thought that he would be impulsive and couldn't sleep, listen carefully to the flowing water at the bottom of the boat, and fell asleep in half a moment, after all, he had little sleep last night, and he was indeed sleepy.

…… The next time, Fan Wenruo discussed with Zhang Yuan, imitating the Shanghai Yuyuan Garden Elegant Collection, and also held a gathering of scholars in Suzhou, Zhang Yuan said: "I don't know if it can be held in Canglang Pavilion?" ”

Fan Wenruo said: "Canglang Pavilion is famous, in recent years has been dilapidated, the garden is uncared for, it is very easy to be desolate, it is better to go to the Humble Administrator's Garden, the owner of the Humble Administrator's Garden Xu and I have a little friendship, you can borrow a loan." ”

The Humble Administrator's Garden, the first of the three major gardens in the southeast, was built by the imperial history king Xianchen during the Jiajing period, and the design of the garden was the famous Wen Zhengming-Zhang Yuandao: "Very good, it is the sixth day of the sixth month of June, how about holding an elegant gathering in the Ming Dynasty?" I can't stay in Suzhou for long, and there is an entrance exam for June 18, so I have to rush to Nanjing before that. ”

Fan Wenruo said: "It's in time, it's in time, it doesn't take ten days to get from Suzhou to Nanjing, although the virtuous brother can rest assured." "I went to prepare for the Ming Yaji.

Zhang Dai likes to play, and Zhang Cao each took the beautiful maid to visit Tiger Hill, after taking medicine last night, people are much more comfortable this morning, it is rare for the third son to take care of her so much, naturally grateful to recover, followed to Tiger Hill, Zhang Cao invited Wang Wei to go with her, Wang Wei said that she wanted to visit friends, let Uncle Yao hire a sedan chair, and took Hui Xiang and Xue Tong to the south of the city - Zhang Yuan did not go to Tiger Hill, he asked a friend of Fan Wenruo to accompany him to visit Feng Menglong, this scholar surnamed Chen recognized Feng Menglong, and took Zhang Yuan to Feng Menglong's house in Sanyuanfang, Wu Xia Sanfeng, Feng Menglong is the second, his brother Feng Menggui is a well-known painter in Suzhou, and his younger brother Feng Mengxiong is a tribute student of Nanjing Guozijian.

Feng Menglong's mansion looks like a family mansion, but it is dilapidated, Zhang Yuan threw a post, and the servant replied that the master was not there, and he must know the master when the master came back - the scholar surnamed Chen whispered: "Zhang Gongzi, I heard that Feng Menglong is obsessed with a song of 'Liufang Pavilion', the song is named Hou Huiqing, Hou Huiqing Wu Ge is a must, Feng Menglong collected and compiled a lot of Wu songs for this Hou Huiqing, Feng Menglong is very likely to go to the Liufang Pavilion at this time, and he is willing to accompany Zhang Gongzi to visit, and the Liufang Pavilion is only a mile away from here. ”

This Chen Shengren should be a romantic person who likes to linger in the Qinglou Museum, and he is very enthusiastic when it comes to going to the Liufang Pavilion, Zhang Yuan wants to have nothing to do, so go to the "Liufang Pavilion" to have a look, enjoy the Suzhou market style, listen to the authentic Wu Song slang, and meet the talented but bumpy Feng Menglong.

(To be continued)