Lord of Earth Fiend

Chapter 119

As one of the five famous families, the Wang family has a large population, and naturally divided into direct and collateral lines.

Wang Junru belongs to the collateral line of the Wang family. He was a scholar at a young age, and he thought he would make a difference, but after more than 30 years, he is still a scholar.

The road to the imperial examination is full of thorns, and it has always been one in a hundred. I don’t know how many people were blocked on the road, stopped moving forward, and cut off their future.

For many scholars, the imperial examination is almost the only future; but there are also some wealthy families, if they fail the exam, they will go home to inherit the property and become a dude.

As a collateral line of the Wang family, although it can't compare to the scenery of the direct line, Wang Junru's life is still leisurely and leisurely. When he was young, he was traveling in the mountains and rivers, enjoying the wind, flowers, snow and moon. .

He has always pretended to be romantic, even though there are many entertainment activities, his body is still strong, and it seems that he can play until he is seventy years old.

Recently, Wang Junru fell in love with a girl from another family, she was twenty-eight years old and quite pretty.The other party's parents said that they only need 50 taels of silver to be employed as a concubine.

This little money is nothing to him, the main reason for his hesitation is that he has taken a fancy to another girl from another family...

Today, Wang Junru went out in a sedan chair, and then went to see the two girls, which was a bit like "shopping around", and then made a decision on which one to marry as his third concubine.

The streets are bustling with vendors hawking and pedestrians coming and going.

Wang Jun got off the sedan chair, and was going to pick out an ornament from a roadside stall, and buy it as a gift to the girl's house.

So, should I buy a fork, a hairpin, or a mirror?
A man appeared suddenly, wearing a bamboo hat and a green shirt, and he came straight to Wang Junru.

The strange thing is that Wang Junru seems to be unable to see the other party at all.

Not only he couldn't see it, but neither could the long followers around him, nor could the many people on the street.

There was a soft chirp!

A rusty copper hairpin pierced Wang Junru's throat fiercely.

The sudden heavy blow frightened him, and he wanted to call for help, but his throat made a "clucking" sound, like a duck whose neck was pinched.

The hairpin pierces deeply...

Wang Junru didn't even have the strength to pull it out. He bent over and fell down, knocking over the stall in front of him.

At this time, the bearer came to his senses.

"It's dead!"

Street vendors screamed harshly, and the streets were in chaos.

……

The wind blew, and there were waves on the surface of the river, one after another, and the waves were blooming.

"Young master, are you back?"

Seeing Chen Jin, Xiaoqian exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Jin held a big bag of ingredients in his hand, and said with a smile, "The matter went well."

Xiaoqian took the ingredients: "You didn't eat, did you? I'll cook right away."

"it is good."

To be honest, Xiaoqian is really a smart girl, she has high savvy and can learn things very quickly, especially in cooking, she is definitely talented.

At the beginning, the main reason for accepting her was that she couldn't get rid of the favor of returning Yang Dan from ghosts and animals. I thought it would be a burden, but now it seems that it is good.

Which man doesn't like to be served?

Especially a smart and beautiful girl.

Since her lifestyle has gradually become normalized, Xiaoqian has slowly opened her eyes, with big eyes, long black hair, and even baby fat on her cheeks.At first glance, there is actually a bit of Two-dimensional loli style.

Very seductive.

Counting the time, she has crossed the 15-year-old threshold.As long as there are no major accidents, you can be the same as normal people.

In fact, Xiaoqian has thoroughly comprehended the "Bones Without Phase Great Freedom Mantra", and if she cultivates the ghost mother into a phaseless bone, then not only will she not die in a short life, but she will also live a long life.

But these are things for later, it depends on her good fortune.

After eating, Chen Jin said, "Xiaoqian, I'm going to open a shop on the street."

"Open a shop? A bookstore?"

"good."

"Oh, that's good."

Xiaoqian had no objection, and it was impossible to object.In terms of affiliation, Chen Jin is her master.

But Chen Jin never made any excessive demands on her, instead he took good care of her.

To open a bookstore, you need a place; to find a shop, you have to go to a dental store.

But this time Chen Jin will not buy it directly, but choose a lower-cost lease. After all, opening a store is just a transition.

The dental man Xue San was still in charge. When he faced Chen Jin, he was all smiles and extremely polite.

Chen Jin gave his request, mainly in two points: one is to be on Confucian Temple Street; the other is to have a bigger place.

"no problem."

Xue San specialized in this business, and soon took Chen Jin to see the shop.

Half an hour later, a shop that met the requirements was rented.

This place was originally a book shop, but it was transferred due to poor management.

Therefore, in addition to renting the place, Chen Jin also took over the pen, ink and books from the store.Although the extra cost is not small, it also saves trouble.

The sign must be replaced.

Xue San asked: "Chen Butou, do you want someone to retouch your pen? I have an introduction here. You can invite famous people, or you can invite adults from the yamen."

Runbi is an industry practice, paying a high price to ask someone to inscribe a sign board can quickly establish a reputation.The higher the status and name of the person invited, the higher the style of the shop.

Chen Jin replied: "No need, I will write it myself."

"Write it yourself?"

Xue San was a little surprised, although the Chen Youchui in front of him looked gentle, but a youcup and a scholar were two different things.

In fact, I don't understand Chen Jinlai's way of opening a bookshop.Wandering arrest is a business of beating and killing. When did it get involved with pen and ink culture?

However, Xue San is professional and never asks questions. The customer just pays, so what do you care?
Did not do anything illegal.

After tidying up, Chen Jin spread out the paper, Xiaoqian rubbed the ink, and after a while, wrote four large characters: Sanwei Study.

Then he took out the seal and stamped it.

This is my first street work.

Dry the ink, put it on the plaque, hang it up again, and the new store opens.

Xue San stared blankly at the side. On the one hand, he felt that the opening was too simple and there was no disturbance;

In the Qian Dynasty, being able to read and write was a threshold, being able to write was another threshold, and being able to write well was another threshold.

One weight after another, the threshold is high.

Chen Jinlu's move was enough to stun Xue San, and he didn't even dare to ask what "three flavors" were.

Next, start to adjust the layout of the bookstore.

Chen Jinnong's store is different from the traditional way. It not only sells books and the four treasures of the study, but also provides lending services, commonly known as "rental bookstore".

This is an industry that will be eliminated in later generations, but in this time and space, it is very rare.

Although there was a printing industry in the Qian Dynasty, the development was quite backward, resulting in high costs, which made manuscripts popular, and a large number of poor scholars made a living on this.

Books are valuable, so the owner naturally cherishes them and refuses to lend them to others for fear that they will be damaged or even lost.

As the old saying goes: Borrowing books is an idiot, and returning books is an idiot.

The same is true of personal relationships. Those who open a store and do business are even more reluctant to read or borrow books in the store.

If you want to read a book, there is only one way to buy it.

Anyway, Chen Jin walked all over Confucian Temple Street before, and the results of various investigations all showed such a business model.

When I open my own store, I want to "innovate".

There is nothing wrong with the book rental business, as long as the deposit is enough, Chen Jin never thought of making a fortune through this, but just used it as a gimmick to attract popularity.

In fact, selling books and consumables is also a superficial effort, and his ambition is not here.Opening a store itself is also for a reputation.

Chen Jin needs a proper title for the outside world, and wandering arrests are easy to cause misunderstandings, and it does not conform to the main purpose of "Li Yan Pian", so he has to return to the scholar.

He can make his debut as a down-and-out scholar, but the starting point is too low, all kinds of troubles, he can't really go to the street to open a stall to sell characters, there is no need for that.

Therefore, it is still in place in one step, directly opening a store as the owner, as for the products sold in the store, except for ready-made ones, Chen Jin will complete the rest, so as to achieve self-production and self-sale.

In this regard, he had thought about it several days ago.

In addition, opening this store can be regarded as fulfilling a long-cherished wish in his previous life. He has experienced the era of renting bookstores.

On the first day of opening, I didn't make a single business. Instead, I heard a lot of gossip and criticism.

Some people said that the geographical location here is not good for Feng Shui. It has closed down three times in a year, and has changed several bosses.

This frequency is not insignificant.

The location of the store, on Confucian Temple Street, does seem a bit off.

Chen Jin chose this place because he thought it was close to his home, and there was an alleyway at the back, through which he came to the riverside, and after a short walk, it was the house.

In this case, it is convenient to go back and forth.You must know that there is no place to live in the bookstore.

Some people were amazed at Chen Jin's youth, felt curious, wanted to find out his origin, and when they learned that he came from the south of the Lingnan, they showed more or less disdain.

In the Central Plains, people's impression of Lingnan is nothing more than barbarians and frontiers, either barbarians or exiled criminals.

These impressions are deeply ingrained and difficult to change.

Chen Jin didn't even think about changing it, he just patted away his gossip as dust fell on his body.

That night, I bought a lot of delicious food and celebrated with Xiaoqian.

Well, there is also Hanhan.

At night, in the room, under the lamp.

Chen Jin began to write with a brush, and Xiaoqian was in charge of grinding the ink, which seemed to be adding fragrance to the red sleeves.

"Life is like a traveller in the world."

This is the first one.

"Wine and song, life geometry."

This is the second one.

He wrote five pieces of characters in one breath, absolutely high-yielding, and the fonts of each piece are different, which seems to be a show of skill.

The main reason is that the content of these words and sentences is well-thought-out, so naturally it doesn't take much trouble to write them.

Chen Jin thought about it. It is difficult to break out of the encirclement with fonts alone, so the blessing of content is also needed.

Content should be king.

If you write well, you can attract people who know the goods.

"Young master, you write really well."

Xiaoqian's rainbow fart has been presented.

Chen Jin asked with a smile: "Do you understand?"

Xiaoqian replied: "Some don't understand, some understand. For example, this sentence: 'Thinking of you makes you old, and the years are too late'."

Chen Jin laughed, the girl's gaze was indeed unique.

Xiaoqian asked again: "Are these characters going to be sold?"

"good."

"Pity."

Chen Jin said: "There is no pity. If the works are not sold, how will they reflect their value?"

Xiaoqian puffed up her mouth and asked questioningly: "But in my reading, it is always said that a scholar should be noble, have a strong character, and treat money like dung, and only then can he be a benevolent person."

Chen Jin laughed loudly: "I'm not a benevolent person."

Xiaoqian blinked her eyes: "Hee hee, talking about benevolence and righteousness has to eat and drink, so the book is wrong."

Chen Jin: "..."

This little girl's thinking is novel in this era.

Write well, put a stamp on it, and don't mount it.All because mounting itself is a complicated craft, and most people can't do it.

Xiaoqian asked: "My lord, how much do you charge for a single character?"

"What do you think?"

"Ten taels?"

Chen Jin: "..."

He explained: "I am not a benevolent scholar, let alone a famous writer."

Xiaoqian said, "But I don't think 100 taels is too much."

Chen Jin sighed and asked the girl for her opinion just for fun, her understanding of commodity prices was not the same thing.

Xiaoqian asked, "How much does the young master want to sell?"

"About one or two."

"One tael? So little?"

"It's quite a lot. At this price, no one may want it."

Chen Jin's self-awareness is very clear.

In the cultural market, the core element is fame. If the unknown people want to be recognized, they are doomed to go through a lot of hardships. Even so, they may not be able to emerge in the end.

Fame is a process of accumulation. The so-called "rising to fame" often requires a good opportunity, and it may be praised by people.

With Chen Jin's situation, who would come to praise him?

Master Su Xiaowen is a good candidate, but he has already become a soul.

Chen Jin didn't feel anything about it, he was more willing to rely on himself.

The next day, Chen Jin took Xiaoqian to the store and opened for business.

Xiaoqian carefully placed the five characters written by the young master in the most conspicuous position in the store, and placed them again and again until she was satisfied before stopping.

Chen Jin wrote a signboard at the door, mainly introducing the business of the store, especially highlighting the service of renting books.

Having said that, although you can rent books, the selection of books available is lackluster.

Mainstream and serious articles are basically available for scholars who are interested in imperial examinations. It is impossible to spend money to rent them. There are only three or five kinds of travel prose, not to mention other miscellaneous books, which are very scarce.One or two rare books have already been torn apart.

Without new books and new and interesting content, it will not be able to attract readers.

It's difficult!

After thinking about it, Chen Jin simply wrote the pen by himself and started the business of copying the public.

But which one to write is very particular. Writing "Three Kingdoms" will be regarded as borrowing from the past to satirize the present; writing "Water Margin", isn't that courting death?Writing "Red Mansion" is too esoteric, I'm afraid I won't be able to write that kind of charm; "Journey to the West" is a good choice, but there are also many metaphors and irony in the plot.

I have no choice but to keep up with the trend and write a romantic classic that has several floors of artistic elements and digs deep into human nature.

　The heartfelt voice of this chapter can only resonate in the street...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)