In the evening, at Wang Weiqu's mansion, the officials of the family gathered here in a solemn atmosphere.

Wang Weiqu broke the silence: "Tomorrow, the royal palace will start selling books, and we have to think of a way now." You can't be so passive all the time.

If we continue to sell books, our advantage will become smaller and smaller, and we may not be able to have a place in a few decades. ”

"What the prince said was very true. It's just that I don't know how much the books printed by Ji Wangfu cost, or if he is really different from our printing technology.

The printing house was heavily guarded, and it was unsuccessful to try to go in and find out. Their technicians are all in the palace of King Ji, and it is not easy to obtain information. And I observed that there seemed to be a group of people who were dedicated to monitoring the craftsmen. Wei Ting answered

"Now this new technology, I think the palace also knows about it. Even if we destroy the printing plant, it won't help, at most it will start again in a few months, we can't keep it like this, we have to find a way to close the printing plant. Cui Renzhi suggested

"This is not easy to say, we have not been impeached, but we have all been left by His Majesty, and there is no effect at all.

We all know that the one in the palace has always wanted to kick us out of the court, how can we let it go this time. Wei Ting said with a sigh

"Wei Gong, I've come up with a solution." Wang Weiqu said to Wei Ting

"I don't know how."

"I read the newspapers today, and there are only 10,000 books of each. Did we ask someone if they only sold 10,000 copies of each book because of the cost?

Or for other reasons, I think this matter is still Lord Wei who came forward. Let Wei Guifei help, after all, Guifei is also from a family, and her words will definitely work. Even if you can't stop, you can find out the cost. Wang Wei gave Wei Ting an idea.

"The concubine lives in the palace, and King Ji has been out of the house for two years. Wei Guifei may not be able to control King Ji. Wei Ting said uncertainly

"You don't know this, King Ji has always been filial, and he enters the palace several times a month after leaving the palace. Every time something is delivered, it is pulled by a horse-drawn cart.

In order to let the concubine be valued in the harem, the twenty percent dividend of the paper mill is still in the hands of the concubine. I heard that the concubine has already given hundreds of thousands of yuan to His Majesty.

The reason turned out to be because there was so much money that there was nowhere to put it. So Wei Guifei's words are better than anyone else's," Wang Wei explained to Wei Ting.

"I don't think it's better to do this, tomorrow we will send someone to pretend to be a foreign merchant and buy all these books from him. Let's see if there is anything behind him, even if we have more money to buy and sell, we won't lose money. Cui Renzhi said

"But that's too much, as mentioned in the article, it's all in two volumes, a total of eighteen books. If you buy them all, it will cost 1.8 million yuan. That's not a small amount. Lu Chengqing came out and asked

"Each family is only two or three hundred thousand. It should be ok. It's just that I'm afraid that he will have something to do the day after tomorrow," Wang Weiqu felt that it was not so simple.

"I thought I'd give it a try. Brother Wei will also go to the palace tomorrow to give it a try. It's really not good, we can buy and sell without losing money. Cui Renzhi thought about it and said

"Well, in that case, we'll buy his book tomorrow. I'm going to see how much it costs. In the end, everyone agreed.

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The next day, there was already a lot of people in front of the Datang Bookstore next to Datang Paper. Many students from the neighborhood came here as soon as they got the news. And businessmen from all over the country also come here. Ten yuan is a book, and it is more than half cheaper for the imperial examination.

As soon as the bookstore guy opened the door, countless students stepped forward, but fortunately, the bookstore sent guards to prevent someone from making trouble.

"I'm from Gangnamdo, and I want a thousand copies of everything." Said the man dressed as a businessman at the head of the line

"Lang Jun, we only have 10,000 copies in total, and you want a bit too much. Or you wait for next time, the price can be cheaper. The guy reminded

"No need, I'm going back to Jiangnan today, so I'll take it all with me. We have been doing business with the royal government for a long time. The palace will not sell it to us. The merchant said deliberately loudly, and the merchant in the back immediately noticed the situation in front.

"This...."The guy didn't know how to pick it up

"Since this Langjun wants it, then sell it to him. Pay the money and pull the goods on the side. At this time, Wang Xuance walked out as a temporary shopkeeper

"Yes, Shopkeeper Wang. This Lang Jun can bring cash. Each book has a total of 180,000 copies, which is not a small number. After hearing Wang Xuance's words, the guy. thought that Wang Xuance used the method of cash to make the businessman retreat. Who has nothing to do with 180,000 Guan out.

"No problem, I'll pay it in gold." The merchant said that although silver was not in circulation at this time, gold was in circulation. One or two gold can be as low as six to ten dollars, mainly depending on the nearest market.

Hearing that someone wanted to use gold, Wang Xuance's eyes lit up, his prince has a soft spot for gold, Li Shen once said that copper coins will depreciate, try to ask for gold and silver. However, as a seller, Wang Xuance will definitely suppress the price of gold.

Wang Xuance personally took this merchant to discuss the exchange of gold, and finally exchanged it at the price of seven yuan and one tael of gold. One catty, sixteen taels, and the last thousand, six hundred catties of gold, were directly sold.

The next thing was the merchants, who bought the books and brought them with cash, and the five hundred and one thousand were sold out in a few moments. Many students in the back are quitting. began to shout: "Didn't the palace deceive the scholars, they didn't sell us a single one, they all let the merchants buy it, and they said that it would benefit the people and deceive us." ”

"Yes, yes, I suspect that those merchants were arranged by the royal government."

"An explanation must be given today."

"Ladies and gentlemen, 10,000 copies of every book in our palace have been printed. There's really no stock in the store. You should also know that printing is expensive, and the newspapers are all written on a first-come, first-served basis, and we can't help it. "Dude explains this.

But there were thousands of people here, and no one listened to him. Many people shouted that they were going to rush into the bookstore to check, and if it weren't for the guards with knives, they would have gotten out of control a long time ago.

At this time, Wang Xuance said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry, I'll go back to the palace to ask the prince, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." After speaking, Wang Xuance left.

When these people heard Wang Xuance's words, their emotions also went down. After all, the prince is still relatively scary in this era. There was no choice but to disperse, but the reputation of the palace plummeted in these readings.

At the court the next day, a group of imperial historians and family officials led by Cui Renzhi began to impeach Li Shen and deceive the world's scholars. Moreover, the DPRK and the CCP are all scholars, and in order to maintain their status as scholars, they must not let Li Shen bully scholars like this.

"Your Majesty, King Ji's behavior is really insulting, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." Wang Weiqu requested

"Please condemn your majesty," the ministers chimed in

"Come on, go and recruit King Ji." Li Shimin also saw yesterday's newspaper.

I thought it was a good thing, but I didn't expect it to be like this, there must be a reason for it. Li Shimin guessed that it should be related to the family, but he didn't know how Li Shen would deal with it. Deceive the world's readers, this is a big deal, and scolding can scold you to death.

Half an hour later, the sleepy-eyed Li Shen came to the Taiji Palace. Li Shimin was even more angry when he saw Li Shen like this. It's been a while, and I'm still sleeping. So he shouted:

"Li Shen, you are guilty."

"Son convicted ~~~"