There are fifty times of the new white snake. It took Li Shen more than ten days to finish dictating. Wu Mei spent three days sorting out and polishing. And in the past half a month, Li Shen has asked people to carve two sets of commonly used word boards. Each set is more than 3,000 words. Five or six craftsmen were employed. These craftsmen are all from Li Shen Zhuangzi. There is no problem with loyalty. And Li Shen also gave a very high hush money.

Everything was ready, Li Shen arranged for people to prepare a special factory in the papermaking workshop as a workshop for printing books. And recruit workers, craftsmen, and prepare for printing.

Inside the Liangyi Palace. Li Shimin is dealing with Li Chengqian. Suddenly, Li Shimin said: "Gao Ming." Has there been no news of Li Shen for almost a month? Have you ever seen him?"

"Aye, Erchen hasn't seen his tenth brother for a long time." Li Chengqian hasn't seen him for a long time.

"Ang Lee, what is King Ji doing now." Li Shimin looked up and asked Li An. Ang Lee is in charge of Li Shimin's intelligence system.

"Back to Your Majesty. King Ji hasn't been out of the house a few times this month. It's been in the palace all the time. Heard... I heard...."

"What did I hear," Li Shimin scolded angrily when he saw Li An's hesitation

"I heard that His Royal Highness King Ji is telling the people in the house. And let the subordinates record it and prepare a novel. Ang Lee still said it. (The term novel has been around since the Tang Dynasty.) Or even earlier. It's not that the author writes nonsense. ）

"Bastard thing. A dignified prince, who is not doing his job, even tells his subordinates. How could he still go to a restaurant to be a storyteller? When Li Shimin heard this, his blood immediately surged. This Li Shen can't be normal. (Storytelling was supposed to be called talking in the Tang Dynasty, and it was a form of performance.) Similar to later storytelling. The purpose of using storytelling here is to avoid misunderstanding by readers. ）

"Aya, the tenth brother is just young and playful. It will be fine after a while. Li Chengqian was on the side to dissuade him.

"Hmph, he doesn't know how much it costs to print a book. Even if paper is cheap now, printable engraving is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Expensive. Let's see who he sells it to."

At the beginning of September, the first batch of White Snake Legends printed by Li Shen was completed. Ready to go to market. But first of all, we have to do publicity. Li Shen is ready to add storytelling to his flavor hall. Storytellers originated in the Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there were only similar forms of performance, but they had not yet entered some public places in restaurants.

Li Shen opened a sect in advance, Li Shen recruited a few people from Huangzhuang who could speak well to teach them to tell stories, Li Shen actually didn't learn it but listened to it.

He only said the request and let them understand it themselves, and several people were also literate after hearing Li Shen's request. After pondering it for a few days, it looks like it, Li Shen thinks it's almost enough, and let them improve the rest later.

On this day, guests of the Flavor Pavilion noticed that the layout of the first floor had been changed. In the hall there was a singing stage. There is a table on it. Just when everyone was curious, a middle-aged man came up.

Dressed suavely, he walked to the stage with a folding fan in his hand. Picked up the waking wood and slapped it with a "snap". Then he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, our flavor hall will tell stories and tell you every day from now on. You may not have seen it before.

But it doesn't matter, you'll know after a long time. Some people asked what they were talking about. Then let me tell you about it today, I was thinking that there was an Emei Mountain. Strange flowers and fruits on the mountain, all kinds of beasts live together. Because hunters often hunt here. There is a hunter in one day...... The shepherd boy interceded and the hunter agreed....... Thousands of years of cultivation turned into a human form...... Meet by the West Lake... If you know what will happen in the future, please listen to the next breakdown. After the storyteller finished speaking, he slapped Xingmu with a snap.

Where have people heard such a beautiful story? Those who are listening are energetic, and those who tell stories are not talking. So they shouted, "Hey, don't go." How did Xiaoqing test Xu Xian. ”

"yes, yes. Let's talk about the following. ”

"I'll reward you with 200 dollars, you can talk about it for a while"

"Give me two hundred dollars."

The shopkeeper saw that the situation was a little out of control, so he came to the stage and saluted everyone. "Ladies and gentlemen. It's been going on for half an hour. This person can't stand his throat, but he can't stand it. Ladies and gentlemen, let him go down and rest. It's past noon. Otherwise, I won't be able to talk about it tomorrow. Everyone's forgiveness, forgiveness. ”

See the shopkeeper said so. Diners aren't dwelling on it either. Some are ready to come and listen in the afternoon

In the evening of the Lizheng Palace, Li Shimin was tired from a day and was ready to rest. But I saw the eldest grandson queen reading a book. He didn't even notice when he came in. It was Li Mingda who shouted Aya to wake up Empress Changsun.

"Guanyin. What books are you reading so fascinating. Li Shimin said with a smile

"The legend that Shen'er sent to the palace today. I've been watching it for a day. It's really well written, and Shen'er is really talented. Empress Changsun said again and took off her coat for Li Shimin.

Li Shen wrote. Let me see. He also writes books? Li Shimin didn't believe it, picked up the book on the table and read it. After a while, Li Shimin put down the book and said, "This Li Shen does have some talent. But it didn't work in the right place. It's okay what's the use of writing this kind of monster novel. Li Shimin is not very interested in this kind of book.

"Erlang doesn't like it, forget it. How can you still say that Shen'er only has some talents. Such a strange book, the folk must like it. Now the harem concubines are all in their hands. Love. You can eat first, I'll watch for a while. "Empress Eldest Sun ignored Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's mind is full of black lines. Just a book. It's all to blame Li Shen and Li Shimin thinking that Li Shen is twelve or thirteen years old, should he arrange something for him to do. lest they spend all day doing nothing, and making up things that are useless.

After a few days of fermentation, the stories that spread from the mouths of the diners of the flavor hall are popular in Chang'an. That's when news came out. Datang Paper began to sell the legendary original book of the White Snake. The price is only 300 Wen.

Books were too expensive during this period for ordinary people to afford. A book of Analects also costs a few dollars. If it's the kind of spring and autumn period, the kind of volume that has a lot of money may cost ten times. Engraving was too expensive during this period. Therefore, many scholars can support themselves by copying books by hand.

Li Shen originally only planned to invest 5,000 copies to sell in Datang Paper. Although 300 wen is very cheap, 300 wen is still relatively expensive for ordinary people. I didn't expect it to be sold out in half a day. Li Shen hurriedly asked people to work overtime to print. Moreover, Wang Hongfu also told Li Shen that many businessmen were ordering, and at least 100 copies were needed.

Li Shen didn't expect that just a copy of the White Snake would make the readers of Datang fascinated. Many people who have a little savings will also buy a copy to read at home. In one month, Chang'an sold more than 20,000 copies. Foreign merchants have ordered more than 150,000 copies. Li Shen himself thought it was incredible.

Just when Li Shen was complacent, the people of the family gathered again. They also bought Li Shen's books. Although they hate Li Shen to the core. But I have to say that Li Shen's writing is really good.

"Everyone, do you think King Ji is idle and panicked, what is he doing when he has nothing to do with writing books. And he lost money and made 300 articles for a book. What the hell is he trying to do? "Wang Weiwei has the most right to speak. His family's Qingyun Bookstore can't sell a single piece of paper except for selling some books.

"I'm thinking about that too. Do you think he's going to work out new printing technology again? Cui Renzhi said.

"No way, we're all in the printing business. Craftsmen are also improving. Unless it's cheaper to copy by hand. It can't be that low price. I think King Ji wants to be famous, and he is selling at a loss. He is rich but not famous. Lu Chengqing analyzed

"That's the best. News from the clan. Let us and others promote the peace of Tibet. When the time comes, we should agree that it should not be a big problem. The clan has been doing business with Tibet for many years. I don't want Tubo to meet the Tang Dynasty swordsmen. That would affect our business. Cui Renzhi said

"Of course, we know that. Soon the envoy of Tibet will enter Chang'an, and this matter should not be a big problem. The crowd agreed

(The word storytelling.) I checked. Originated in the Song Dynasty. But there were similar performances during the Tang Dynasty. Called to speak. However, in order to speak, the word is a bit misunderstood. So change it to storytelling)