Summer begins in May.

The sun is shining.

There has been a significant increase in the number of merchants in Jixian County.

With the spread of war in the north, the major wealthy states and counties in the south resumed trade with Youzhou.

In addition to the business of medicinal materials and cloth, small bits and pieces of local characteristics appear in Jixian County.

Recently, the price of green plums has been a little longer, and green plums from all counties have been bought and sold in Jixian County.

I heard that Jixian County's new sour plum soup is famous, and its sales are excellent, attracting all families to follow suit.

For a time, it became popular for the people of Jixian County to drink a sip of sour plum soup in the hot summer.

Although there are many vendors who can imitate sour plum soup, no one has been able to imitate the taste of the little sister of the Qu family.

The four words of this composer and little sister have become an iconic signboard.

A group of green plum farmers entered the city, followed by a carriage carrying books, which was inconspicuous in the dense flow of people.

Qingmei stopped in front of the sour plum soup shop of the little sister of the Qu family, and the carriage carrying the books went all the way forward, heading towards Xiangyang Street.

On Xiangyang Street, the skin of chickens and ducks under the sun emitted a foul smell, which caused the merchants on Xiangyang Street to be extremely disgusted.

When everyone saw this, they wanted to burn down this person's house with a fire, and because of this family, the whole street could not do business.

The Oriental girl stayed in the store, couldn't sleep all day long, and finally solved the book ban movement in the city, thinking that she could do business as usual, but she encountered Miss Chen's target.

The smell next door is stinking, even if Wang Xiaohua talks as usual every day, the business is far worse than before.

For several days, the store did not sell a single table of food.

This made Dongfang Bai really uncomfortable, and what was even more annoying was that because she had been guarding the shop all day, after a long time, she couldn't smell the stench next door, which was an irony.

Just after noon, Bai Song came leisurely.

Dongfang Bai couldn't hold it back for a few days, so he hurriedly asked: "Bai Gongzi, you have also prepared for a long time, how to solve it next door, is there a way?" ”

"I've waited for so many days, why not a day or two in front of us?" Bai Song replied easily, it could be seen that Dongfang Bai's expression was really ugly, so he comforted him kindly, "Don't worry, the bookstore next door won't last a few days." ”

Seeing that Bai Song was so confident, Dongfang Bai was a little relieved, and pointed to the other side: "How to solve the stench next door?" ”

"Why do we need to solve this problem?"

"What do you mean?"

"Miss Chen's move seems to be clever, but it is actually a public outrage. This stench affects not only us, there are so many merchants on Xiangyang Street, there are always people who are forced to be anxious and not afraid of things. We just have to wait, someone will teach her a lesson for us. ”

"Really?"

Dongfang Bai looked suspicious, but as soon as he finished speaking, there was a shout outside.

"It's on fire! It's on fire! ”

The two of them hurriedly ran out, and saw that the house next door was on fire for some reason.

Three old women slaughtering poultry desperately went to water and extinguish the fire, fetching water and shouting for help from the people around them.

In normal times, there would definitely be someone to help put out the fire, but for this family, everyone around was indifferent, and seeing their panicked appearance, they were a little gloating.

Bai Song also looked at it with a smile, turned around and asked Dongfang Bai: "Did you see it?" It's not called not reporting that the time has not come. ”

As he spoke, a carriage heard the main street of Xiangyang Street.

……

And at this moment, in the bookstore next door, Chen Xirong had just heard the news that his subordinates had returned from outside.

Chen Xirong threw down the account book and stared at the messenger in dismay: "What did you say?" Didn't see the Three Kingdoms in other counties? ”

The subordinate nodded yes, saying that he had gone to see several county seats, but he had not heard of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

In ancient times, news transmission was very slow, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was popular all over Jixian County, but not many people outside Jixian County had heard of it.

Chen Xirong realized that something was wrong, and grabbed his subordinates by the collar: "When you heard such news, why didn't you report it early?" ”

The subordinate was very aggrieved: "Miss, you said that time is urgent, and you must determine the shop of the new store as soon as possible, so ......"

"How many shops have you rented?"

"A total of thirteen ......"

"How much did it take?"

"The deposit was spent, and a total of more than 1,700 taels of silver was spent."

Chen Xirong's face turned pale, let go of the subordinate and took a few steps back, and sat back in his place a little dazed.

At this time, another person came to report that the house next door was on fire and needed someone to put out the fire.

Chen Xirong didn't have the heart to care about this, and directly told the man to go down and find a way, while he continued to think about what might happen.

By this time, Chen Xirong had already felt that he had fallen into the trap of a traitor.

No one in other counties is selling the Three Kingdoms, which proves that the news of the Lin family in Pixian County is wrong.

What is the purpose of the other party?

Could it be that the other party just smashed nearly 2,000 taels of silver to lay a channel to sell the Romance of the Three Kingdoms outside?

These two thousand taels of silver do not mean that there is no gain, even if the Lin family does not plan to sell the Three Kingdoms in other places, her Chen family can also run this business, with recent observations, Chen Xirong believes that this Three Kingdoms has a market anywhere in the Tang Dynasty.

"Miss, there's a carriage from the Lin family in Pixian County parked outside."

At this time, I don't know who said it, and immediately pulled Chen Xirong back to reality.

Chen Xirong was taken aback, the Lin family's carriage, which had never appeared in Jixian County, suddenly appeared here?

After a pause, Chen Xirong hurriedly chased out, and saw an unmanned carriage parked in the middle of Xiangyang Street.

Chen Xirong came out, and Bai Song's voice immediately came from his side.

"Miss Chen, how are you doing?"

Seeing Bai Song, Chen Xirong's brows immediately furrowed.

Chen Xirong didn't speak, but Bai Song walked to the carriage with a smile: "The goods in this carriage are just a little gift for Miss Chen, and I ask Miss Chen to accept it." ”

"You don't have to pretend to be a ghost! What's the trick? ”

"Sincerely give Miss Chen a little good things, why be so hostile?"

Bai Song opened the curtain of the car, and there was no one sitting inside, but took out a book from it.

Chen Xirong didn't see anything unusual about the book, until the moment he held it in his hand, he immediately felt a little different.

Although this book is also printed with the cover of the Three Kingdoms, it obviously feels much lighter and more delicate to the touch than any book seen in the world.

Bai Song smiled: "With Miss Chen's intelligence, you must know what's the difference, right?" ”

Chen Xirong didn't speak, and turned a few pages.

If you look at the paper inside, the difference is even greater.

The paper used in this book is completely different from what you see in the world.

Not to mention that the paper is lighter, the color is whiter, and the texture is fine, as soft as a woman's skin.

The ink smudges less on the paper, the handwriting is clearer, and smaller fonts can be printed.

This is no small matter, for the same size, a smaller font size can be printed, proving that a book with the same number of words requires less paper, which can save a lot of money.

This booklet can only record the content of one chapter when it is replaced with the previous paper, but it can be replaced with new paper, which can record the content of two chapters.

Chen Xirong was very surprised, he had never seen such a high-quality paper, and looked at Bai Song with twisted eyebrows: "How did you get it?" ”

"Hey, I was also forced to have no choice, the price of paper raw materials in Youzhou is so high, and the paper is sold at a loss, so I have to find another way and use other papermaking technologies. Miss Chen has the convenience of Shangxian Books, and she should be no stranger to paper, today is the same Miss Chen's staff officer, see how the new paper made by Bai is? ”

"The paper is good, but the process is inevitably complicated, and the raw materials are precious......"

"Miss Chen, wouldn't you be surprised if I said that such paper was made from bamboo all over the mountains, right?"

"What?!" Chen Xirong finally couldn't stand it anymore, and her face changed greatly, "This ...... This is made of bamboo? No way...... It's absolutely impossible! ”

Bai Song was very happy to see the other party's surprised expression, and smiled: "I came today to show Miss Chen, this car of books on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms should be a meeting gift for Miss Chen, if you need to contact the bamboo paper at any time in the future, the price will definitely be cheaper than the current leather and hemp paper." ”

After speaking, Bai Song stopped staying, turned around and returned to his restaurant.

Under the scorching sun, the fire next door was finally extinguished, but most of the house was burned down, and several old women were scorched black and didn't know how to report, so they could only scold the street in the courtyard, saying that the people around them were inhumane, and no one came to help.

On the same day.

There are more than a dozen stalls selling books in Jixian County, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms printed on the latest bamboo paper only sells one volume in forty texts.

The booklet is of high quality, the printing is legible, and the price is even cheaper.

As soon as the book was introduced, it caused an uproar throughout the county.

The main reason is not the people, but the merchants who have hoarded paper raw materials.

The appearance of bamboo paper immediately alerted them.

This paper is better and cheaper than the original paper.

It has been hyped to the point that the bark and other things are inflated, and soon someone is in a hurry to make a move.

If one person wants to make a move, the others will follow.

The bark collapsed two days later.

At this moment, Chen Xirong woke up from his stunnedness.

In order to hoard raw materials, the Chen family spent more than 5,000 taels of silver.

At present, the bark, hay, and rattan are sold at a price a day, and the price drops at a rate like a free fall, and it will return to the initial price in two days, and it will be lower after that, and it is estimated that it will be thrown into the stove as firewood in the future.

Most of the more than 5,000 taels of silver are going to be wasted.

……

Three more days passed.

"Bai Song! You come out for me! ”

An abrupt voice appeared in the backyard alley of Bai Song.

Xiao Cui opened the door and looked at the woman outside without showing weakness: "Who are you?" What are you yelling about? ”

"I'm Chen Xirong, the eldest lady of the Chen family, call your master out!"

As soon as she heard that it was Miss Chen, Xiaocui was also frightened, and she didn't understand how the dignified Miss Chen family could appear at the door of her house in person.

But she didn't think much about it, and was about to go back to call her uncle, when she saw her uncle and young lady walking out side by side.

Chen Xirong saw Bai Song's face full of anger, regardless of Xiao Cui, and broke in directly.

"Oops, what are you doing?!"

Xiao Cui wanted to stop it, but was interrupted by Bai Song with a smile and raised his hand.

"It's okay, I'm friends with Miss Chen."