They hurried to the bookstore on the corner.

Zeng Shuzhi looked at the plaque on it, "Gewu Bookstore", "Gewu" is to study and understand all things in the world.

The name of this bookstore is also really interesting, could it be that this bookstore has a lot of miscellaneous books? The couplet at the door is: A thousand doors of knowledge should be specialized first and then broadened, and ten thousand kinds of books must be chewed and studied deeply.

A fat man walked in front of him: "You two want to read?" Please go inside. ”

Li Cai hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "I heard the children on the street say that you can read books for free here?" ”

The fat man nodded: "Yes, our bookstore is divided into three rooms, the first one is Zhizhiyuan, which is dedicated to selling books." Books from the second Guanlan Garden can be borrowed, not taken away. The third room is a place to read and copy books. ”

Zeng Shuzhi was surprised: "You mean that the books in the second Guanlan Garden are all available for borrowing. ”

The fat man nodded, seeing the two scholars in front of him with ecstasy on their faces, and secretly proud in his heart. If it weren't for your mother's compassion, how could you have seen so many books?

"I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" Zeng Shuzhi sent Qiao'er home, thinking that if he came to read books often in the future, he would naturally have to deal with the people in the bookstore.

"My surname is Lan, and I am the manager of this bookstore, so you can mention anything to me." This fat man is Lan Rong Zhuan. They renovated the house for more than a month, and recruited workers for training, but during this time, they ate a lot because they were too tired, but they became fatter.

Lan Ronghe is in the barracks all year round, and it is impossible to come back often. At present, the only two adult males in the Lan family are Lan Rongzhuan and Lan Rongzhuan, and Lu Yingfang naturally has to use them.

Lu Yingfang wanted to get merit points from the scholar and then start a career. She told her two sons that she was not allowed to put up a fight, second, she was not allowed to despise readers, and the third bookstore was temporarily the foundation of the Lan family's life, regardless of whether she could make money at present, she would definitely be able to earn money in the future.

Since Lu Yingfang settled more than 2 million arrears at one time, Lan Rongzhuan and Lan Rongzhuan have blind worship for their mother. Mother has been strategizing along the way, and her IQ and ability are obviously above them.

Mother wants to buy the readers, well, they understand.

When these scholars really become officials, they also receive their favors, which is also beneficial to them. However, it seems that it will take a long time for these scholars to develop...... But there's nothing wrong with listening to your mother.

Chapter 49: Youzhou (5)

Zeng Shuzhi and Li Cai were very surprised to find that there were a lot of books in the second Guanlan Garden, and there were more than ten rows of books, all of which could be read for free! An oversized sign stood prominently at the door, which read:

Everyone has a responsibility to take care of books.

Please do not stand and read, you can borrow one book at a time to read in Ziming Garden.

Please ask the staff if you need it.

There are already several scholars in Guanlan Garden.

"Wow, there is actually a collection of Mr. Tao's anthologies here, and oh my God, there is actually a set of "Zijing History Book"." A scholar shouted in surprise.

"Zijing Shishu" is similar to "Siku Quanshu", the whole book is rich in content, there are three books, 33 categories and 66 genera, and there are hundreds of books.

"There's still ...... here There are also papers from the Fucheng exam in previous years...... Oh my God, I actually included the top three articles in the past few years. Another scholar shouted.

Generally speaking, after the exam, the government will post the top three articles, but the problem is that some students have to return to their hometowns as soon as they finish the exam, after all, the cost of the prefecture is too high. If you want to read the articles of the top three in previous years, you have to spend money to buy them. Unless you happen to live in Fucheng, you can go to the list every year to read articles and copy articles.

For poor students, it is a good thing to be able to see the good articles of previous years without spending a penny. And it was donated by Mr. Tao, even if it was not excerpted by him himself, but also written by his disciples. There will be absolutely no mistakes, and the quality is guaranteed!

"Two gentlemen, please be quiet." A clerk dressed in gray and blue stepped forward to warn.

Zeng Shuzhi and Li Cai suddenly felt their blood boiling, this full dozen rows of books can be borrowed for free?

As long as you take a cursory walk through Guanlan Garden, you will find many slogans on the wall:

Read quietly and be a down-to-earth person.

There is no end to the sea of learning

Meditation is self-indulgent, and reading is virtue.

Gong Shengming, Lian Shengwei.

Not for profit, but for kindness.

Do not harm righteousness with selfish love.

Justice is not lost from above, and private deeds are not lost from below.

Most of these slogans are to persuade people to be kind, and more are the way to be officials!

Zeng Shuzhi suppressed the excitement in his heart, and Li Cai each chose a book and continued to move forward.

Walking to the third Ziming Garden, Xiao Er pointed to a wall next to him: "Two sons, please see, the book in your hand was donated by the above people." ”

Zeng Shuzhi took the top three articles in recent years, while Li Cai took "Fu Zi" in the first part of "Zijing History Book".

Li Cai was the first to speak: "Oh my God, this book was actually donated by Xiao Yuanmao." "Xiao Yuanmao is the dean of Mingde Academy, the highest institution of learning in Youzhou, no wonder he has these there.

Zeng Shuzhi's eyes widened, he couldn't believe his eyes, but Li Cai exclaimed: "Brother Zeng, the set in your hand was actually donated by Mr. Tao." ”

This Mr. Tao is a great Confucian in the world, he was a two-term emperor, and now he is almost eighty years old! I can't imagine that the shopkeeper of Gewu Bookstore can actually persuade these people to donate books.

When they entered Ziming Yuan with an extremely excited mood, they suddenly found that they had to go up two steps to enter, and it was actually very warm inside.

There are several rooms here, and there are three low screens in each room, and when you sit down, you can't see the situation on the other side very clearly, and it won't affect you.

As soon as they were seated, a clerk handed them pen and ink: "Please fill in your name and time in the blank space of the last page." ”

They turned to the last page in amazement, and there were columns, one with their names and the other with the time.

"So you know which sons have read these books. Maybe Mr. Tao will see it in the future! The clerk said with a smile.

Zeng Shuzhi wrote down his name and the time of reading the book very carefully, "October 7 of the first year of Kangchun".

"If Childe wants to copy a book, we can provide paper. It's just that there is one point, how much paper Childe uses, he has to help copy other things. The clerk continued.

"What do you need us to copy?" Li Cai's eyes lit up, not only could he read, but he could also copy, and he could actually save paper money.

The clerk smiled and said: "Every time I arrange something to be copied, sometimes it will be the "Three Character Classic", because the shopkeeper will give books to the children in the countryside. That book has your name written on it. ”

Oh my God, you can still sign it.

"Think about it, if one day you pay your respects to the prime minister, and a young student holds a copy of the "Three Character Classic" to thank you, that scene will definitely be touching." The clerk smiled and said, "But it doesn't have to be copying, maybe it's drawing, it depends on your specialty." Sometimes you need to help you write other things, you can rest assured, we are serious businessmen and will not let you scribble. ”

Zeng Shuzhi and Li Cai looked at each other and smiled, happy.

At this time, a scholar said strangely: "Have you seen a charcoal basin?" ”

Another scholar looked left and right: "It seems that I haven't seen it all along." ”

Zeng Shuzhi and Li Cai looked at each other, as if they had never seen the charcoal pot and did not have any smoke.

"Little Er, no...... Clerk, why is this room so warm? After a scholar was sure that there was indeed no charcoal basin in this room, he couldn't help but ask.

The clerk was Jiao Er, and he replied: "Because the floor of the room is re-raised, hollow, and built into a flue, it becomes a 'ground kang', and there is a clerk in another place who is burning a fire to raise the room temperature." ”

"How else?" A scholar said in surprise.

Jiao Er smiled: "In addition to the ground kang, there is also a kind called fire kang, which can be warmed by sleeping on it." The proprietor had just pasted the drawings outside the store, and a few sons could see them when they went out. ”

Everyone was a little surprised, but Li Cai put it in the book and rushed directly to the outside of the store.

There were several large drawings on the wall near the entrance of the store, but the people were crowded, and he couldn't squeeze in at all. Now that the bookstore has been made public, sooner or later he will find out. Now the most important thing is to hurry back and read the book, the "Fu Zi" in the first part of this "Zijing History Book" is very expensive, he only asked the price last year, and it cost five taels of silver.

Gradually, there were more scholars from Mingyuan reading books, and even the corridor was full of stools. Seeing that they couldn't sit down, some scholars came over with a stool and asked in a low voice, "Brother, can you set up a stage?" ”

After some time, Li touched Zeng Shuzhi's elbow: "Are you hungry?" ”

Zeng Shuzhi was shocked to realize that his stomach had already been empty.

Li Cai whispered: "I asked the clerk just now, if you leave, you have to hand the book back." But I was afraid that I would come back when I had my stomach full, and the book was borrowed by someone else, and there was no place for it. ”

Zeng Shuzhi was reluctant to put down the book in his hand, and he was about to speak, but Li Cai had already spoken up: "The clerk said that he could provide multigrain steamed buns, one penny." But I didn't bring a copper plate with me when I went out......"

Zeng Shuzhi felt in his pocket, but fortunately he brought three copper plates.

Li Cai soon came back with three multigrain steamed buns. The weather is cold, and the multigrain steamed buns will get cold after a while. Then the clerk came and reminded them to put away the books, and then put down the two bamboo cups.

"A few sons, you can bring your own food next time, but oil cakes and the like can't be, so as not to get oil stains on the book. When you return the books, the small ones will be checked. If anyone stains the book, write it next to the name and date. In the future, whoever reads this book will know who stained a certain page, and maybe the person who donated the book will also know! The shopkeeper said.

Oh my God, if you accidentally stain a book, everyone who reads it later will know that you have soiled it. If Xiao Yuanmao or Mr. Tao and others, who were donated, knew, wouldn't they lose face.

It seems that in the future, whether it is eating or drinking, you must put away your books so as not to stain them, and you must be 120,000 careful.

The clerk's words were so sober that everyone became cautious.