Chapter 164: Very Important
The highest price of a book in Lanling Bookstore is only 200 Wen, and in half a day, it is a sensation in the city!
Every household rushed to the five urban districts of the capital, east, west, north, south, and central to rush to buy books.
Fortunately, Lanling Bookstore issued a first-time regulation that each person was limited to one set, and reminded everyone: Books with less than 200 yuan will be sold for a long time, and malicious hoarding of books will definitely lose money.
Even so, there are still many people who drag their families and go to buy a complete set of books, eleven books each, for fear of buying less.
Some people buy a set, go to their homes to store it, and then take a carriage to another city to line up.
At present, the books on the market start with thousands of texts, and used books can also sell for hundreds of texts.
These people are preparing to go out, and they all want to take these books to resell them in other places before the news spreads, and they will definitely make a profit!
Considering the current printing pressure, Liang Xiao did not print "Journey to the West".
Otherwise, "Journey to the West" is enough to be divided into several volumes and printed in several volumes.
The promotion of serious books is the top priority.
In the secret room of the Duanmu family, representatives of various families gathered together, and even important ministers of the imperial court such as Tuoba Lie, Duanmu Jie and Duanmu Cao were on the scene.
"This Liang Xiao is simply unforgivable!" Duanmu Cao finally couldn't bear it anymore and almost gritted his silver teeth.
Duguchen said in a deep voice: "Everyone, Shibo is angry! At present, Liang Xiao should be stabilized, and then immediately send people to study technology and strive to reduce labor costs as soon as possible! ”
Tuoba Jun said with a solemn expression: "I already have an idea, maybe the problem is in the ink and stereotype, use better materials to engrave iron, copper or wood, and then match it with reconstituted ink, you can try." ”
Only then was everyone relieved, and Tuoba Lie asked, "Who is going to talk to Liang Xiao?" ”
Duguchen volunteered, with a meaningful smile on his face: "It's time for me to meet here, see how many catties and taels he has!" ”
In the Marquis of Lanling's mansion, in Liang Xiao's courtyard, Duan Yunsleeve snuggled in Liang Xiao's arms, looking happy.
Jiang Fuxue saw it in her eyes, surprised and delighted.
If only every future sister-in-law had her eldest sister and second sister so worry-free!
"Brother Xiao's bookstore is open, my imperial sister and the prime minister are not to mention how happy they are! Brother Xiao is the most powerful~"
"There is something I want to confess to Brother Xiao...... Actually, the silver tickets that were given to you for the first time were the pensions that my imperial sister asked me to give you! ”
"Oh?" Liang Xiao seemed to be smiling, looking at the meek girl like a kitten in his arms.
"My imperial sister's budget is for me to hand over a pension of 5,000 taels to 20,000 taels of silver to Brother Xiao one after another, so as to ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. Then, in the name of paying you to write poems, I will give you 1,000 taels first, and then continue to give you when you are short of money. So, in fact, I deceived Brother Xiao, even if you didn't write poetry, the money would have belonged to you......"
Between the words, the girl was ashamed and didn't dare to look directly at Liang Xiao.
"I see." Liang Xiao sighed.
"If Brother Xiao is angry, can he punish others......" Duan Yunsleeve snorted weakly.
Liang Xiao stroked her green silk and smiled, "How can I bear to be angry with you?" Those poems should have been given to you for free. ”
Duan Yunsleeve was overjoyed in his heart, but unexpectedly, Liang Xiao's words changed.
"But now you have to say something to make Brother Xiao happy."
When Duan Yunsleeve heard this, he raised his head and looked at his face with affection, seeing him staring at him, his heart was immediately confused, and he mustered up his courage, kissed him on the neck, and rubbed it into his arms.
A moment later, a girl's delicate voice came from Liang Xiao's arms.
"Husband ~ Jun ~ I ~ Good ~ Joy ~ Joy ~ You ~~~"
Jiang Fuxue and Feiyun, who was guarding behind Duan Yun's sleeve, were dumbfounded, only to feel that their teeth were about to sore.
Whose princess is this, so brave?
Liang Xiao's bones almost melted, and he said with a righteous face: "Xue'er, this goblin dares to be a brother's heart, you avoid it, the poor monk must be punished slightly!" ”
Feiyun turned around in amusement, Jiang Fuxue got up and ran back to his room, secretly opening the window to watch.
The moonlight illuminates the snowy night, and also illuminates the gentle couples in the courtyard.
It wasn't until Duan Yunsleeve was about to run out of breath that Liang Xiao reluctantly let go of her lips.
Duan Yun's sleeves were flushed, his eyes wandered, how dare he look at Liang Xiao.
Just now, she had a brain fever for a while, and she forgot that Jiang Fuxue and Feiyun were present, and she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
Between the grinding of ears and temples, Duan Yunsleeve heard Liang Xiao's whispering.
"I'm so happy with you every moment, how can I be angry with you."
The girl was full of emotion and was about to continue kissing, when Gu Pingxiu's call came from outside.
"Master Hou, Duguchen asks to see!"
Why is this Xuanwei captain so annoying!
Duan Yunsleeve suppressed the resentment in his heart and said softly: "Brother Xiao, I'll go to accompany Xue'er~"
Liang Xiao understood, so he let go of Duan Yun's sleeves and asked Feiyun to take her to Jiang Fuxue's room to hide, before calling out to Gu Pingxiu outside: "Bring him here to see me." ”
Duan Yunsleeve and Jiang Fuxue were curious for a while, and hid in the window to observe secretly.
In the courtyard, Duguchen and Liang Xiao looked at each other, and their expressions were calm.
After a long time, Duguchen finally couldn't stand the silent atmosphere, and said with a smile: "Marquis Lanling, the book of 200 texts is too cheap?" ”
Liang Xiao smiled and said, "Is there a problem with being cheap?" ”
"Big problem! How can you get along with money? Duguchen said in a deep voice.
Liang Xiao said with a sincere face: "Then I have to listen to the views of the young Confucian in Jiangbei." ”
Duguchen said bitterly: "The hand-copied books on the market start with a thousand texts each!" These books published by your bookstore are of good quality, and at first glance they are good books that can be preserved for a long time, and the difference between the two is more than 800 wen, how much of them can be profitable, you are selling them too hastily! ”
"Da Zhou's book industry has always been jointly controlled by several of us, we are very clear about the distribution of those readers and rich families in China, as long as you and I cooperate, your book will be sold to us for 300 yuan, and we will start selling it for 500 yuan, so why not sell it all over the country!"
"Three hundred wen to sell to you?" Liang Xiao squinted slightly, staring at Duguchen.
Gu Pingxiu gritted his teeth secretly.
In the afternoon, he saw that his lord and the princess were crying with joy, but his eyes were already red.
Promoting education is the grand wish left by Gaozu at the beginning of the founding of the country!
This group of people from the big family still can't sit still after all.
"Not bad! Not to mention how much you save by earning an extra 100 yuan, and we only earn 200 yuan of hard-earned money, everyone is mutually beneficial, and we will be friends in the future! However, the premise is that we need to sign a contract, as long as we sell a few consignments, other merchants, including Lanling Bookstore, can no longer sell your books. Duguchen nodded.
"Nope." Liang Xiao shook his head.
Duguchen had already expected it, and hurriedly said: "If you are not satisfied with the three hundred words, we can talk again!" You can also put forward some substantive conditions, and we can satisfy you as much as possible, including but not limited to court support! ”
"I said, no." Liang Xiao looked calm.
Duguchen said earnestly: "Marquis Lanling, this is a good opportunity for you and the various families to release their previous suspicions and turn enemies into friends, from now on, we will cooperate seamlessly and make a fortune together, isn't it?" ”
Liang Xiao shook his head again and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter to me how much money my books can make. Reconciling with the family and getting rich together is not important at all. ”
Duguchen also said sincerely: "Then ask the Marquis of Lanling for advice, what's important?" ”
Liang Xiao looked at Duguchen with a smile, and said word by word: "Without your family's book industry, it is very important to me. ”
Duguchen's breath stagnated, and a cool breath rushed straight to the heavenly spirit cover.
At this moment, he met Liang Xiao's gaze, and inexplicably felt like falling into an ice cave.