Liu Shitong was surprised when he heard this: "This is really different, are these pens sold in the newspaper?" ”

"Well, yes, but it's not public, we just put it there and sell it if someone buys it, a copper pen costs five taels of silver, and a fountain pen costs fifteen taels of silver!" Zhou Ming said.

"That's too big!" Liu Shitong exclaimed. From a bamboo pen to a fountain pen, there are 10,000 times! (One hundred wen is equal to one penny, one or two dozen coins, ten taels, which is ten thousand times.) In ancient times, those who had ten taels of silver in the family were equivalent to 10,000 yuan. ）

Hearing Liu Shitong exclaim, he said: "What is this, in this world, the better brushes and inkstones are hundreds of taels, and more than 20 taels of things abound." It's really not expensive. ”

Liu Shitong thinks about it, it is also a copper pen and a fountain pen, even if it is sold for ten taels or twenty taels, it doesn't matter. He Liu Shitong's own set of pen and ink at home is no less than a hundred taels, this kind of thing is still a bit low-end for him, Zhou Ming seems to see through Liu Shitong's thoughts, he secretly took out two pens from below and put them in front of Liu Shitong, he pointed to these two pens and said: "Brother Liu, please see, the one on the left is a copper pen, and this pen sells for thirty taels." This one on the other side is a fountain pen, this one is eighty taels! ”

Liu Shitong glared when he heard this: "This, didn't you just say that five taels of copper and fifteen taels of steel?" Why did it change again when it came to you, it became thirty taels, eighty taels! Aren't you lying? ”

Zhou Ming shook his head calmly and said: "You only know one thing, you don't know the other, you look at this copper pen, it is different from the newspaper company, it is unique in the market!" The basic style of the newspaper, my porcelain sleeve with special characteristics, the painting and engraving on it is specially made by the court painter, and there is a payment on it. The porcelain cover of the pen body is like this, this is a unique pen! Looking at this fountain pen, you see these gold wires are not, this is definitely a real gold wire winding, looking at this jade set, this is a good jade, you have to spend a lot of money to sell such a piece of jade at home, the whole pen is also carefully carved by the court master, this kind of pen you say is not worth the price. Also, you're looking at this! ”

Saying that, Zhou Ming disassembled the two pens into parts, and then assembled them again, he said: "See, the most wonderful fun of this metal pen is here." Every part of him is very exquisite, Brother Liu, you said that collecting a pen like this is still a stationery, is it also a pleasure for me to be a literati! ”

Liu Shitong looked at Zhou Ming's hand in surprise, and he didn't blame him for not being surprised! This hardcover pen was designed and produced under the supervision of Li Jiancheng himself, inheriting the atmosphere and grade of his modern values. Li Jiancheng has put forward strict requirements for every link of the pen, and the newspaper factory has basically been busy with this recently, and the development of this pen plan was originally considered by Li Jiancheng for the group of reporters, and later he wanted to make it into a business. It's just that after the blow of the city wall incident, Li Jiancheng did not advertise in the newspaper to vigorously promote these, but this inspired Li Jiancheng to have some other ideas, such as the existence of a 'salesman' like Zhou Ming.

The biggest reason why Li Jiancheng promoted this pen was actually what Zhou Ming said in order to improve the efficiency of writing. That is, to promote the entry of simplified Chinese characters and vernacular into the mainstream, but he is still afraid of a backlash, and moving the brush is equivalent to moving the lives of those who read, so Li Jiancheng decided to take the transfer of subtle words. He repeatedly stressed that these people should hold meetings and take notes, and that the recorder should be sent to use his new pen, and the new way of writing was for this. When these people were forced to use his pen as a scoundrel, everything changed, and the pen was changed, not to mention the words. Therefore, when it was very difficult for Liu Shitong to make his own records, the first reaction when he saw Zhou Ming's pen was not that he was deviant, but that he was surprised, and thus became interested.

Because no one talked about this kind of thing, although the newspaper was selling pens, it did not do it, and it was basically used by the newspaper employees themselves. The harm of a thing is only when it happens and affects people's lives, and people realize that it is wrong. When things are far from achieving this effect, everyone will only look at the novelty. Especially Li Jiancheng's pen, after Zhou Ming's dismantling, in Zhou Shitong's opinion, he is more like a plaything, which is exactly the effect of Li Jiancheng, only a plaything will not make people disgusted. Especially the toys of the literati, even if some people say that he is deviant, don't the literati say the same thing about all playthings? But in fact, it is they who have fun, and the curiosity of the Ming Dynasty people about overseas goods is not small, and you can know the Tao by checking it casually.

A plaything that can be both written and appreciated is definitely in line with the hearts of ancient students, especially the paintings made by the exquisite court painters on it. Liu Shitong liked it more and more, so he said: "This is indeed a good thing!" ”

Zhou Ming smiled and said: "You also think it's okay, in fact, it's not just that, you are looking at this ink!" ”

Saying that, Zhou Ming took out a white porcelain bottle, and he said to Liu Shitong: "Brother Liu, you open the lid and smell the ink fragrance!" ”

Liu Shitong picked up the bottle in confusion and opened the lid, and suddenly a faint aroma appeared, and then he went to smell the ink carefully, but he smelled a floral fragrance, which was different from any kind of ink he used before. The so-called 'insiders look at the lively, laymen look at the doorway' in today's perfume flying all over the sky, we are pursuing the pure ink fragrance, so in this era, what they pursue is novelty and difference! The doorway is completely different, it is the helplessness between having and not being!

Liu Shitong smelled the ink and said in surprise: "Brother Zhou, this ink is really good, I have never seen such fragrant ink, this is also invented by His Majesty!" ”

Zhou Ming nodded and said: "Yes, the ink fragrance you just smelled is from orchids, in addition to this, I also heard that some other incense inks will be launched soon, but it has not come out yet, and I don't know what kind of ink fragrance it is." This orchid ink costs thirty taels and one bottle! ”

"Thirty taels? Just such a vial! Liu Shitong exclaimed again!

"Of course, do you think this kind of good ink is easy to come by? (It's actually easy, Li Jiancheng is making distilled perfume, and this fragrance ink is just a by-product!) This ink is a head-scratch in our house, and people who buy a bottle of fifty taels abound, brother, and I have just such a bottle! However, not all ink is so expensive, like the pen I just had just in the ordinary ink, if you buy a pen in the newspaper, the general ink costs 3 pennies and can buy a hanging of ink! ”

There's no way, Li Jiancheng can't give you a bottle of porcelain if he sells 3 yuan of ink, which is too much of a loss, so he can only bring his own utensils to fight like selling wine! Zhou Ming also explained this to Liu Shitong.

Liu Shitong was very surprised after hearing it, he smelled the ink just now is indeed extraordinary, to say that it is worth thirty or fifty taels in the past, you must know that in this era, it is easy to get a good pen, and it is difficult to find an ink. The real good ink began in the Tang and Song dynasties, and in the Ming Dynasty, such ink was even more difficult to change.

So Liu Shitong thought about it and said: "Hehe, Brother Zhou, look, can you cut love, I really like the ink fragrance in the next, can you sell it to me!" ”

"This...!" Zhou Ming looked embarrassed when he heard this!

Liu Shitong said when he saw it: "Brother Zhou doesn't take advantage of you below, what do you think about the price of one hundred taels!" ”

When Zhou Ming heard this, he said in his heart, this girl must be a corrupt person. One hundred taels were taken out at once. Zhou Ming thought so in his heart, but his face pretended to be embarrassed, he pretended to be and said: "Since Brother Liu is so loving, I can't save Brother Liu's face, so be it." I'll sell you this ink, and I'm adding this hardcover fountain pen, Brother Liu's ink is not very suitable, and I can't take advantage of Brother Liu's too, a total of 150 taels will be given to you! ”

When Liu Shitong heard this, he took one hundred taels, wouldn't it be better to get an extra fifty taels to get a pen painted with court paintings, so he agreed: "Okay, Brother Zhou is so polite, he will definitely treat him another day!" ”

Zhou Ming smiled: "Brother Liu is still polite!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome!" Liu Shitong laughed back.

And so a deal was made......

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