On the last night before returning home, Jinghong had insomnia.

It is rare that he began to adapt to the new environment in the past two days, but thinking that he would be able to return to the county government to reunite with his parents and family in the coming day, Jinghong couldn't sleep on the couch over and over.

Zhu Hao, as always, went to the door and sat down after finishing writing.

Now there is no wall for him to ride, and there is no way to secretly observe the movements in the palace, he can only wonder if he will live here in the future...... The courtyard where I live at present is the duty room of the palace guards, and even if few people come at night, there is a sentry outside, and it is easy to be found when you go out.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet? Oh yes, what happened to the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"? Jing Hong pretended to be concerned, got up from the couch, walked to the threshold on Zhu Hao's side and sat down, and couldn't help but ask him about the story in his heart.

Zhu Hao said: "In the end, the forty thieves managed to find the place where Ali Baba lived, and Ali Baba and his wife and maid escaped and left the country, and the forty thieves occupied the city. ”

“……”

Jing Hong was speechless.

Apparently the story ended very differently than he had imagined, and after a long silence, he asked, "How is this possible?" Alibaba is so brave and smart, why ......"

Zhu Hao looked at the starry sky and said quietly: "One fights forty, what's the use of being brave and smart?" Isn't that the ending you want? ”

Jing Hong shook his head again and again: "How can this be the ending I want?" ”

Zhu Hao smiled: "The story, it's either a good ending, a bad ending, or ...... The open-ended ending leaves the listener to the fantasy of the storyteller.

"Anyway, it's not a real story, it's just a story of my casual nonsense, if you think Alibaba finally won the forty thieves, you don't have to keep asking me about the results, right?"

"You ask me what the finale is, and I can only tell you one that is different from what you imagined...... There are always two sides to things, and stories are no exception. ”

Listening to Zhu Hao's words, Jing Hong's whole person was restless.

I'm just an eight-year-old, what are you telling me that there are two sides to everything?

When you are reasoning, should you consider whether my little brain can accept such a complicated thing?

"I don't think that's how the story really ends!"

Jing Hong said seriously at Zhu Hao, but he didn't argue, and he knew that Zhu Hao wouldn't tell him a good story, so he got up and went back to the couch to lie down.

Zhu Hao continued to look up at the bright galaxy, trying to find his own one from the thousands of stars.

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……

Early the next morning.

Before the day was completely opened, Zhu Hao got up to clean up, put his things in order, and went out, without waiting for Jinghong to leave the palace together.

As the guard of honor in the palace, Lu Song didn't have much time to be on duty at night, and Zhu Hao didn't see him that morning.

When they came out of the west gate of the palace, several guards on duty looked curiously, but they knew that it was a day of rest, so they didn't come out to stop it, and let Zhu Hao leave.

When he came to the street outside, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and seeing the farmers who got up early in the dark in Anlu and entered the city to catch the morning market as soon as the city gate opened, Zhu Hao accelerated the pace of going home.

Not surprisingly, the old lady Zhu Jiashi entered the city last night, lived in the East Chamber, got up early this morning and dressed neatly, just waiting for her grandson to come back and ask about the situation in the palace.

Zhu Hao didn't have a chance to talk to Zhu Niang and Aunt Li, so he was called into the hall by the old lady alone.

“…… I am now studying with the prince, and I don't know what his real name is, we are used to calling him Zhu San, and it is not clear if he has siblings. ”

"As for the teaching, we call him Mr. Sui, and in addition, there has been some tension in the palace in the past two days, probably because of the fire before......"

Zhu Hao didn't bring out much information, it was much the same as last time, Zhu Jiashi was not very satisfied, and asked again and again.

Zhu Hao adheres to the principle of not harming the palace, does not entangle the identities of Zhu San and Zhu Si, and if he asks about the relevant content, he will say that he doesn't know, the old lady has nothing to do in the face of such a sleek and sophisticated child.

"Grandmother, I found out something, it seems that the palace is going to change the teaching...... I listened to the guards, but it's not necessarily accurate. ”

Zhu Hao finally said a piece of information that satisfied Zhu Jiashi.

Zhu Jiashi frowned and pondered for a long time, then got up and went out.

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……

Waiting for Zhu Niang to send Zhu Jiashi away, she hurriedly entered the hall and took her son's hand and asked, "Xiao Hao, this time you enter the palace, no one embarrass you, right?" ”

Zhu Hao grinned and said: "No, mother, I ate well and lived well in the palace, and I started to study...... I have learned several articles of the Analects, don't you believe I will recite it to you?" ”

Zhu Niang said: "No need, as long as you are safe and sound...... Hungry, right? Have you had breakfast? I'll ask your aunt to make something to eat for you. ”

The small courtyard became busy again because Zhu Hao came back.

Zhu Niang encountered a little trouble in her business, but in order not to distract her son, she never said it to Zhu Hao, but Zhu Hao still noticed a hint of clues.

"Mother, is there something wrong with our business?" Zhu Hao asked.

Zhu Niang smiled bitterly: "The output of the salt pan has plummeted...... There has been no rain recently, but at the end of July, the weather was cloudy and sunny, and the harvest was not as good as in the summer. ”

Zhu Hao thought to himself, of course, you can't measure the output of the salt pan throughout the year by the output in summer, that is when the sun is the most intense, maybe it is too fast to make money at that time, Zhu Niang thinks that it should be like this all year round, but in fact, once it is autumn and winter, the salt will usher in the off-season or even the harvest will be out of harvest.

"Mother, what's going on with the loose salt we sell?" Zhu Hao asked.

Zhu Niang shook her head and didn't speak, meaning that the retail business was still unsatisfactory, and after going through too many things before, the neighborhood business of the shop was actually unsustainable.

Zhu Hao pondered carefully.

In fact, it's okay to return this shop to the Zhu family, anyway, it won't make money, but it is necessary to firmly control the salt drying business outside the city, so that you need to have a lot of helpers, and you can't let the specific handlers see the difference.

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……

After breakfast, Zhu Hao brought Yu San over.

Yu San saw Zhu Hao's smiling face, and his mood was relaxed for no reason, in his eyes, this little shopkeeper had a lot of ideas, and it was worth his special trip.

"Little third brother, there is something I want to discuss with you...... But don't tell my mother, this is our secret, you see, okay? Zhu Hao stepped forward, looking mysterious.

Yu San was a little nervous and asked, "Brother Hao, you know that I don't have much ability, don't scare the little ones." ”

Zhu Hao said: "How can I scare you?" I have something good to do with you...... That's the case, I got a few book reviews from the palace, they are all very good books, if we open a bookstore in the city, do you think there will be a future? ”

Yu San's face was puzzled: "Bookstore? ”

looked at it with confused eyes, as if asking, little ancestor, what are you going to make trouble?

Zhu Hao took out a cloth bag from his arms and opened it, and there were some scattered pieces of silver inside, all of which were the pocket money that Zhu Niang usually gave and he had worked hard to accumulate.

"I have saved a little money here, and it is useless to keep it in my hands, so I might as well use it for a small business...... Isn't there a large vacant lot on Wangfu West Street? You go and build a wooden shed, and find a storyteller with a loud voice...... Little third brother, it seems that you are also literate, you can go up if necessary!

"At the beginning, when others came to listen to the book, we didn't charge money, and when the business was on the right track, one person received one penny, and the relatively high position received two to three wen. As for the front near the table, you can arrange a few rows of seats, put a few tables, and provide tea and dried fruit snacks. Those who have money and leisure can listen to books while drinking tea.

"The bookstore talks about a dozen times a day, and the latest one can even be delayed until the second watch, anyway, isn't there no curfew in Luzhou City, which can just enrich the nightlife of the people in the city...... Little third brother, you take care of everything, is it okay? ”

Zhu Hao is trying to pull Yu San to partner with him in business.

Yu San was puzzled: "I'm afraid it's not easy, the cost is ...... Young and old. ”

Zhu Hao said: "I have calculated, the venue or something, it may take a tael of silver a month, after all, we don't need a house, plus the addition of tables, chairs and benches, it shouldn't take three taels, recruit a storyteller, pay him a monthly salary, you can give him a tea commission, as for the two of us...... You don't have to pay, just be responsible for contributing, let's open three or seven when you make money, I'll give you seven and you three, and give you an extra four dollars of silver every month, what do you think? ”

Originally, Yu San didn't want to engage in any partnership with Zhu Hao, firstly, because he had no capital, and secondly, it was not necessarily beneficial to run errands for others.

But he heard that he didn't have to pay for it, and he had a fixed salary to get it, so he had no reason to refuse this kind of good thing.

"This ...... Yes, but it doesn't work out. ”

Yu San didn't dare to say it full.

Zhu Hao smiled: "Anyway, I'll just spend these five taels of silver, and I'll finish it after spending it, and I should buy a thought after tossing it, of course, the most important thing is to say that it's good, and someone will come to cheer for it!" As long as the fame is opened, I am afraid that the people in the city will come to cheer, and then we will add the show every night. ”

The reason why Zhu Hao opened the bookstore was because it was too boring in the palace.

has a relationship with Lu Song, in fact, it is not too difficult to leave the palace at night, for Lu Song, it is just to prevent him from entering the palace to do that bad thing, you have to leave the palace...... Be my guest.

Although Zhu Hao has the conditions to escape the night, there must also be playable items outside for him to spend time.

There is an even bigger reason, there is indeed a lot of vacant land on the side of Wangfu West Street.

Zhu Hao inquired, there was a fire here in the last years of Hongzhi, and a large area near the west gate of the palace was burned to the ground. The poor also have concerns, if they build their own houses here, the future expansion of the palace and the expropriation of their own houses, it is impossible to say that they have to toss, so they simply avoid it as soon as possible.

Yu San originally had a lot of ghost ideas, but when he heard Zhu Hao's words, he became excited, and his eyes lit up.

Zhu Hao said: "I don't have to go back to the palace today, so I will accompany you to Zhang Luo." You first find a tooth to choose a place, and then find a craftsman to build a shed, build a table, chair and bench, and when everything is done, I will tell you how to set up the ......."

Zhu Hao thought of it and had to do it.

Enrich the daily entertainment life of the local people in Anlu, and by the way, let yourself have some fun, and maybe make money, why not?

If it is about those clichés, naturally not many people will listen to them, but Zhu Hao has written a lot of wonderful stories during this time.

In this era, people have free time but do not have enough entertainment, and if there is a place for them to listen to books for fun, even if they spend a penny or two a day, they will rush to it.