Chapter Seventy-One: The Treasure Trove
"Whew-"
Putting down the two manuscripts in his hand, Fan Lao was a little unsatisfied, and looked at Situ Xi who was sitting on the side drinking tea, he was very sure that these two books were from his hands, and he knew this handwriting, which was really amazing.
"Nine kings are too worried, these two collections of words should be able to be printed, printed and sold, this matter will be handled by the old man, if you are in a hurry, I can immediately go to a bookstore, and then find a craftsman to make engravings."
got Fan Lao's affirmation, Situ Xi put his mind at ease, and it was good if he could do it.
However, the subsequent texts of these two books were relatively long, and he may have published some other books later, so if he really wanted to buy a bookstore, movable type printing would certainly be much more efficient than engraving.
"Don't be in a hurry to make engraving in advance, let's use movable type instead, and I'll sort out the details of this printing method and hand it over to you in a moment."
"Yes, I know." Since Situ Xi said that he would explain to him in a while, Fan Lao didn't ask anymore.
"By the way, you told this jade wine house not to use the names of Brother Zhang's father and daughter when registering, so whose name should it be?"
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law! Are you there, little brother will take you to a fun place! In the courtyard, the sound of running and shouting rang out at the same time.
"Well, this man is not coming."
It just so happened that Zhong Limo also promised to do something for himself last time.
……
It was an extraordinarily crowded and noisy street, and when Situ Xi followed Zhong Limo in, he found that the streets on both sides were full of merchants who were obviously different from their skin color.
On the side of the wall at the intersection, seeing Situ Xi appear, Zuo Minglizheng and Zuo Shenyan immediately leaned over.
"Brother Situ, you are finally here, Your Highness and I have been waiting for a long time."
stopped Situ Xi's salute, and Zuo Mingli handed a rope chain to Situ Xi's hand.
"Brother Situ, I'll hand over this little deer's to you, you have to treat it well."
Feeling the pull of the rope in his hand, Situ Xi squatted down and looked at the little chow chow, which was sitting on the ground licking its brown and white hair, looking cute and cute.
I can be regarded as having a dog clan now, and when I go back later, I will gather everyone to choose a name for this new member.
"I like it very much, thank you, Your Highness."
"Eh, you're welcome, this king won't break his word." Zuo Mingli opened the folding fan and fanned it twice on his chest, "Let's take a look around this city first, there are many rare things that are not usually seen." ”
"Let's go! I felt the wind chill when I went to Chu and missed it, but today I must have a long experience. Zhong Limo had already taken the lead in rushing into the crowd.
The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and followed his footsteps towards the vendor on the side.
These merchants were tall and dressed very differently from the Chu people, and they all spoke fluent Chinese when communicating with their guests.
The bearded merchant in front of him seemed to have just sold a few goods, he was in a very good mood, and was playing a little song with a little smile, when he saw Situ Xi and the others approaching, he hurriedly shouted and beckoned them over.
"A few guests, you can buy some jade, I have a few good red jade here."
Situ Xi walked to his stall and glanced at the goods on display, jade, spices, pearls, coral, it was indeed some of the more valuable things, but these things were really not unusual to him.
"It feels a little ordinary, but this ivory looks good." Zhong Limo directly reached out and held an ivory in his hand.
Seeing that Zhong Limo was a little disappointed in his eyes, Zuo Mingli smiled and patted him on the back.
"Look at your urgency, the real good goods are not on these stalls." After saying this, Zuo Mingli looked up at the bearded merchant again, "Moss, I haven't seen you for a year, haven't you recognized this king?" Take this king to your master. ”
The merchant heard that the two sons in front of him were belittling his goods, and he was about to argue, but he heard Zuo Mingli's words again.
The bearded merchant was immediately stunned, stared at Zuo Mingli for a long time, and suddenly opened his eyes and bowed in surprise: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness King Geng!" ”
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The four followed the merchant named Moss to a shop at the end of the street.
They stood in the hall, and Moss went upstairs to inform the leader of their caravan.
"How can Your Highness be so familiar with these merchants?" The first to wonder was Zuo Shenyan, these merchants had just arrived in Xuan'an this morning, and how did Zuo Mingli meet them?
"They're just the businessmen who came back in the last year, so you shouldn't be impressed." Zuo Mingli didn't explain much.
Footsteps came from the second floor, and a blue-eyed man with curly white hair was coming down the stairs, his body was extremely fat, and his belly was erect.
As soon as Zhong Limo saw him appear, he subconsciously touched his belly, and suddenly felt that his figure seemed to be perfect.
"Meet His Royal Highness King Geng!" The fat man quickly ran down the stairs, knelt down in front of Zuo Mingli, and bowed to him gracefully.
"Norn, it's been a hard journey, can I bring back the things I entrusted you to buy this time?"
"Your Highness, you have brought them all, and please come into the house with your friends to have a look." Norn took out the key from his waist and opened a side door.
As soon as he entered the house, Norn lit the lights in the house, and Zhong Limo immediately let out an exclamation sound.
Situ Xi was also surprised, this room was like a treasure trove at this time, and there was no extra space for people to stay.
More than a dozen treasure chests were neatly stacked on the ground, the lids were all turned open, and the jewels and agate inside glistened in the light.
On the shelves by the wall were cloth bags that seemed to contain some medicinal herbs and seasonings, and Situ Xi could smell the thick fragrance mixed in the air.
In the center of the room was a metal sword stand, on which hung a row of Western swords, four of which were of different lengths, wide and narrow.
"Not bad." Zuo Mingli nodded with satisfaction, but then shook his head at Norn again, "But the most important thing is that the king hasn't seen yet, what about the pair of glazed longevity peaches you said?" ”