Zeng Shuzhi and Li Cai have been reading books in the Gewu Bookstore for the past few days, and because they were afraid that there would be no space, they lined up in the bookstore early with water bladders and baked cakes.

When the clerk opened the door, he pasted a large piece of paper on the wall next to it.

Everyone took a closer look, and the word "manuscript" at the top was the most eye-catching.

There are also a lot of words below: The book shop will publish the "Gewu Monthly" every month, please actively contribute. Contents: Poems, articles, scripts, paintings and other skills are acceptable. Manuscript fees will be settled on a regular basis. For more information, please visit the right wall of Zhizhi Garden.

Everyone was curious, and when they entered the small courtyard behind the suite of Zhizhi Garden, there was indeed a wall with paper pasted on it, and various matters were written clearly. There is a large box under the wall, with the word "submission box" on it, and a small lock on the door. There is a gap on the top of the box that is more than two fingers wide, and there is a small print next to it: "Manuscripts can be stuffed here." ”

Submission Rules:

1. If you submit your own manuscript, you can write a password when you receive the manuscript fee, and then please press your fingerprint at the payment office.

2. If you ask someone else to write for you, remember to press your fingerprint.

Li Cai couldn't help but touch Zeng Shuzhi with his elbow, and said with some excitement: "It says that the script is selling well, and you can actually have a share!" ”

Another text is also very conspicuous: as long as there is a unique skill, the benefit of the people, can be widely advertised, the minimum manuscript fee is 800 words. Signature.

Zeng Shuzhi frowned: "I actually let people give their unique skills, although the source can be indicated, but only 800 yuan is given." Just use this money to buy a recipe, and tell the world? "Even the aunt who sells baked cakes on the street won't sell the secret of making her own delicious baked cakes for the sake of these 800 dollars!

A middle-aged man next to him saw some doorways: "If someone really submits this monthly newspaper and informs the world of their skills, won't everyone benefit?" The world will get better and better! ”

An old man dressed in brocade nodded: "It is not easy to break this kind of barrier, and the head of the Lan family really has some ideas. ”

Gewu Bookstore can read books for free, and it has become popular throughout Pingyang Mansion.

The middle-aged man and the old man in brocade turned around the bookstore, and a scholar in brocade exclaimed: "Di Zhifu!" ”

The identity was revealed, this brocade old man was Di He, the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture, and the middle-aged man next to him was Bian Yue, who was Di He's adjutant and served as a fellow intellectual.

Di He waved his hand and signaled the other party to be quiet. However, the brocade-clothed scholar's voice was louder, which attracted everyone's attention, and then everyone came to see him.

The clerk hurriedly informed the bookstore's shopkeepers Lan Rongzhuan and Lan Rongzhuan about the incident, and the two hurriedly came over to fight Chaohua.

Di He and Old Marquis Lan are old acquaintances, and they also know Lan Ronghe. Now he looked at Lan Rongzhuan and the chubby Lan Rongzhuan with some surprise, why didn't these two look as good as Lan Ronghe, or even as good as Lan Laohou.

"I don't know if the prefect Di has arrived, Lan has missed the distance, and I ask for forgiveness." Lan Rongzhuan's attitude is neither humble nor arrogant, not too flattering, too

does not have the lofty momentum of being a Hou Ye back then, and the whole person is very peaceful, and it seems that he really thinks he is the shopkeeper of an ordinary bookstore.

Seeing this, Di He was a little relieved. It seems that Mrs. Lan has a good child and can quickly recognize the form in front of her, which is the best.

"I received a letter from Mrs. Lan, and I came to read it." Di He slowly paced to visit.

In fact, he received letters before the bookstore was open. He was very surprised that Mrs. Lan was able to get the support of Master Tao and Xiao Changshan, and a large number of donated books could give the bookstore a foothold, and it was beneficial for students to borrow books for free.

What's even more interesting is that Mrs. Lan seems to have written a lot of letters out, and even the Xie family invited them to donate books.

The Xie family is a family in Youzhou, a scholarly family, and when Mingde College was renovated, they also donated a lot of books. However, the Xie family does not seem to agree with the Lan family's approach, and a few days ago, the Xie family, who was on an errand in the prefect's mansion, also discussed this matter, thinking that the Lan family used the Xie family's books to sell their reputation, which was very insidious. If he hadn't accidentally passed by and heard about it, he wouldn't have known about the Lan family's wide scattered network!

The Xie family has deep roots in Youzhou, whether it is the government or outside businesses, there are many children of the Xie family. Hearing the talk of the children of the Xie family from the government, it seems that the Xie family does not agree.

The Xie family firmly grasps the resources of the upper class, and now that the Lan family is intervening, the children of the poor family have the opportunity to strive for the top, which is to share the resources of the Xie family. Will the Xie family make any moves?

Di He was about to leave, but he heard the two clerks in front of Guanlan Garden shouting: "Please line up, everyone has a sign, because there are too many people recently, and they can't sit down." Only those who get the number plate can enter the book for half a day. ”

Everyone hurriedly lined up, but fortunately it was still early, and everyone who came got the number plate.

Those who came a little late were told that they could not go in in the morning to read, but they got the number plate to read in the afternoon, so they had to go back in a huff.

The scholars, who arrived later, were disappointed when they were told that they could not enter the book today. They secretly made up their minds to come early tomorrow and line up.

Pingyang Mansion now knows that Gewu Bookstore is going to publish a monthly magazine, but everyone is in the wait-and-see stage. There are also scholars who want to be eager to submit papers, firstly, to make a name for themselves, and secondly, to earn some manuscript fees to live.

There are still very few books sold in Gewu Bookstore, but the most sold are the four treasures of the study, and at the end of the month, they barely paid a few employees a monthly fee. And Lan Rongzhuan and Lan Rongzhuan's wages can't be paid, these two brothers were full of enthusiasm at the beginning, and they often heard scholars praise Gewu Bookstore, this spiritual food is indeed slow. But after working for a month, I couldn't even get the money, which was a little uncomfortable. Although they don't like the monthly money of these two silver...... But I can't help myself!

I don't know how the news got out, and the reactions from all sides were mixed.

Yang Yizheng informed Xiao Yuanmao of this matter, but Xiao Yuanmao didn't care: "That old lady Lan can come up with this idea, it can be seen that she is a person with hills and valleys in her chest." She must have a trick. "Even if the Lan family has more property, it is impossible to continue to lose money all the time. Besides, I heard that the Lan family has already scattered all their property in the capital, so I'm afraid there won't be too much money.

Yang Yi said: "The Lan family is soliciting articles for Gewu Monthly, and unless this monthly magazine sells well, it will be difficult for this cost to go down. ”

Xiao Yuanmao looked at his disciple and suddenly smiled: "Master Tao and I are ready to contribute, you are already very good at learning the Ming Sutra, it is better to pass on your experience to others!" ”

Yang Yi was stunned, did the master want him to contribute as well?

When the disciple left, Xiao Changshan slowly poured a cup of tea, feeling the warmth of the room like spring.

At present, only his study and bedroom have been changed. The craftsmen were still working to help the other masters change the floor.

Now he doesn't even want to leave the study, it's so comfortable!

Just rushed to the ground kang and the fire kang, how many people did the Lan family save this winter!

In the past, there were always some old and young people who couldn't survive the winter, and I hope it will get better this year.

I heard that it is not difficult to make ondols and ondols, even if you are not a master of carpentry and housemaking, you can get started after a few more times. There are many people who can earn money to support their families by doing this.

The imperial examination of Tai'an is easier, but the Jinshi is more difficult, so the custom attaches importance to the Jinshi and ignores the Mingjing. Therefore, there is a saying that "thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi", and the master asked him to write it to scholars who have not yet entered the ranks.

Xiao Yuanmao is also considered, although Yang Yi is rich in knowledge, he is a person. Scripture writing is the best. As long as Yang Yi's manuscript is published, he will write another manuscript, and then other people in the academy will follow suit and submit, at least the "Gewu Monthly" will support half of it.

This matter is beneficial to the Lan family, and it is also beneficial to the academy. Students are vying to submit papers, and they will inevitably devote themselves to academic research.

As long as Gewu Monthly does well, he will find a way to sell it to other states and counties, not only to make Mingde College famous, but also to attract other outstanding students. Although in the end, these students will return to their own states and counties to participate in the imperial examination, it cannot be regarded as the performance of Youzhou. But once these people were admitted to the imperial examination, they were labeled as Youzhou Mingde Academy.

As soon as he thought of this, Xiao Yuanmao couldn't help but smile. I hope this Lan family won't let him down!

Ten years ago, he came to Youzhou, and everything was waiting to be rebuilt. He has tried his best, but only a handful of Youzhou students can go to the palace to take the test, hey!

Song Rong brought Qiu Da and a middle-aged man to the barracks at this moment.

Song Guan is forty-five years old, tall, strong and cheerful. Because of the perennial exposure to the sun and rain in the feng shui at the border, people are tanned and look old. When he heard that his uncle had brought outsiders into the barracks, his brows tightened.

The middle-aged man who followed Qiu Dalai was called Zhan Xing, and he was a down-and-out person. He likes to write scripts and earn enough money for his family. However, the literati were light, although he used the pen name "Mr. Weiguo", but the paper could not contain the fire, and the matter of writing a script spread. Since ancient times, literati have treated each other lightly, and his behavior is insulting and ostracized. But he didn't care, he went to the academy to be a master before, and he was not bored teaching. He also tried a few times and failed. simply started to make a living with some scripts, which is much more comfortable than teaching.

Later, he sold the book to the teahouse, so that the storyteller could tell the story, and his income also increased, and the family could finally see meat.

"Others only know the bitter cold of Youzhou, but they don't understand the difficulties of Youzhou soldiers. The old body wants to use the story to tell everyone that no matter where the soldiers are, they are flesh and blood. When Mrs. Lan said this, Song Rong was very moved.

Song Rong volunteered to provide materials, and also found Zhan Xing, and decided to take him into the barracks, and then look for the subject matter of the story.

When Song Guan heard the reason, he pondered for a moment and proposed, "It's feasible." However, I would like to see it before it is published. He also read the book written by Zhan Xing. The storyteller in the teahouse added his own words to the book, what kind of general holds a hundred-pound hammer in his hand, and steps on auspicious clouds and so on...... Just listen to it. If it is really published on paper, it is too exaggerated, and you may even worry about your life! wrote the general as a god and made a taboo, will the emperor be happy when he sees it?

Song Rong happily responded: "That's it, it's also a story written for the Youzhou Army, and you, the general, must know it in advance." ”

As a result, Zhan Xing was qualified to set up a stall in a tent in the barracks. It's just that the sign of "ghostwriting and writing" has been replaced with "tell your story". At first, all the soldiers didn't know why, even if it was acquiesced by General Song, no one stepped forward. Usually I am tired half to death from practice, and I finally have time to rest, who is impatient to come over and sit and chat.