Yi Song

Chapter 116 The big secret in Zhongxin Bookstore

"It will be spring in three or four months. There are now more than 10,000 candidates from various states in Bianjing City, and there will be another six to seven thousand in the spring. They are all heroes of the Song Dynasty. But tomorrow in spring, Jinshi will only take one or two thousand People, most people are afraid of losing their reputation.

On the contrary, my side is very short of people. Brother Zhengdao, please help me and ask if there are any talented people who are willing to submit to my place. Do it first, Chunwei will continue to take the exam, and everyone will be happy if you pass the exam. If you fail the exam, if you continue to make achievements with me, you will naturally have a sponsor. "

"That's a good thing."

"Brother Zhengdao has traveled all over the country and met all kinds of people. His eyes are poisonous. Help me find some suitable talents. There are no other requirements. They must be able to do practical things."

"No problem, let me ask you." Zhang Zeduan replied, looked around, and asked, "Erlang, where are we going?"

"Go for a walk on Xingguosi Street."

"What are you doing there?"

"My mansion is magnificent, but empty and full of tackiness. Wu Niang has told the master of the courtyard many times. While you are here, accompany me to Xingguo Temple Street. There are many bookstores and painting shops there, help me with advice. Buy more books and paintings, fill the bookshelves, and hang them on the walls, so that no one will say that I am ignorant and vulgar."

Zhang Zeduan laughed loudly: "Okay! But I won't accompany you for free. You have to give me a set of books and a painting, and you pay for it."

"No problem, let's go!"

I visited six bookstores, four painting shops, and three antique shops, and bought thirty sets of books, twenty-five volumes of paintings, and fourteen pieces of antiques. I also entered two stationery shops and bought the four treasures of the study and some rice paper.

"No wonder we have similar interests! In addition to history books, Erlang also likes to read miscellaneous books. In addition to "Historical Records", "Hanshu", and "Books of the Later and Later Tang Dynasties", "Book of Pansheng", "Qi Min Yaoshu", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" ", "Gan Shi Xing Jing", "Mo Jing", "Kaogong Ji", "Shui Jing Zhu", "Yuanhe County Chronicles", in the eyes of scholars, they are all absurd miscellaneous books."

"Yeah, in my eyes, these books are much more interesting than the Four Books and Five Classics. It's a pity that the "Yuanhe County Chronicles" of the former Tang Dynasty lost the album and became the text version of "Yuanhe County Chronicles" .”

"Yes, "Yuanhe County Chronicles" is a very good geographical map book. Our dynasty's "Taiping Huanyu Ji", "Yuanfeng Nine Regions Chronicles" and "Yudi Guangji" are also very good. I owe it to Erlang You are already an official, and you should start from the fifth grade Fei Pao, otherwise you cannot buy these three books, together with the "Seven Books of Martial Arts"."

"Haha, I never thought that buying books requires not only money, but also status." Liu Guozhang looked at the two ox carts behind him, two-thirds of which were books, and nodded with satisfaction.

"In front is Zhongxin Bookstore, which is also a miscellaneous bookstore."

Zhongxin Bookstore can be regarded as a transfer here.

"Okay, Brother Zhengdao, let's go in and have a look."

The layout of Zhongxin Bookstore is similar to other bookstores. As soon as Liu Guozhang and Zhang Zeduan entered, a neatly dressed Huo family hurriedly greeted them.

"My dear guests, what books do you need to find?"

"Do you have "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"?" Liu Guozhang asked.

"Yes! But you have to pay a deposit and it will be available in half a month. There is no ready-made product."

"how much is it?"

"The deposit is fifty guan, and the final payment is 110 guan."

Not the most expensive, nor the cheapest. It seems that the fourth one just now is the cheapest, I will go there to settle down later.

"Zizhi Tongjian" was originally only a set in the palace, and a set is hidden in Luoyang, Xijing. However, once the book was completed, it became famous all over the world, and many famous Confucian scholars wanted to buy a copy. Many dignitaries also hope to collect a set for decoration.

So the servants stole the engravings and asked the engraver to carve two more sets. First it was done secretly, now it is done openly.

"Where are the geography books?"

Huo Jia reported a few names, all of which he bought at the previous bookstores.

These miscellaneous books are not many in the first place.

"What about arithmetic?"

Hearing the names of several books reported by the Huo family, Liu Guozhang was stunned and blurted out: "Do you actually have "Ten Books on Calculation" at home?"

"Yes."

"The "Ten Books of Calculation" used by the Imperial Academy of Accountancy in the former Tang Dynasty?" Liu Guozhang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, that's right. The one I have is the engraving of the Imperial Academy of Calculation in the 9th year of Yuanfeng. It's just that "Chuoshu" has been lost, so we can only use "Shushu Jiyi" to complete the ten books."

"It doesn't matter, buy it!"

"Okay, sixty-five sticks in total."

"Brother Fei, give me the money!"

Seeing that Liu Guozhang gave money easily, but was an extremely rare "miscellaneous book buyer", the Huo family tentatively asked: "Sir, I have "Mengxi Bi Tan" at home. Would you like to see it?"

"What book are you talking about?"

""Mengxi Bi Tan", "Meng Xi Bi Tan" written by Mr. Yuhang Mengxi in Runzhou."

"Do you have this book at home?" Liu Guozhang's voice changed slightly.

"Yes." "I want to see your boss!"

"Okay! Please wait a moment, sir!" The Huo family led Liu Guozhang and Zhang Zeduan to a side room.

After waiting for a while, the boss arrived in a hurry.

"My Excellency, Xu Sixian, the owner of Zhongxin Bookstore, may I ask what these two officials are called?"

"This is Zhang Zhengdao, who is waiting for the imperial edict from the Hanlin Academy of Painting, and is in charge of the affairs of the Military Inspection Academy. I am Liu Guozhang, and everyone calls me Liu Erlang."

Xu Sixian's Adam's apple moved up and down a few times, and he asked with some horror: "May I ask if it's Liu Erlang who fought against Yujinyuan?"

"Exactly."

Xu Sixian's legs went weak and he almost knelt down. Fortunately, Liu Guozhang held him up.

"I didn't expect that Liu Erlang, who is famous in the capital, is good at reading miscellaneous books." Xu Sixian, who sat down and thought about it for a long time before slowly regaining his composure, couldn't help shaking his head and said.

"It's easy to talk. I heard that your store has Mr. Mengxi's "Mengxi Bi Tan", so I invited Mr. Xu to come out and have a chat."

""Mengxi Bi Tan"? Yes. Mr. Mengxi is my uncle. He received his teachings since he was a child. He also studied in Mengxi Garden in Runzhou for three or four years. I witnessed my uncle working hard to write this book.

Later, he took over the family's Zhongxin Bookstore and couldn't bear to see his late uncle's works lost to the world, so he obtained engravings of the book from his cousin and printed several sets. "

"That's it. Mr. Mengxi's work should be passed down to the world."

Xu Sixian cupped his hands and said, "My uncle, I'm sure I will be relieved to hear Erlang's words."

Shen Kuo had good knowledge, but his character was somewhat disdainful. He betrayed his friend Su Shi, which led to the Wutai Poetry Case, and his reputation among scholars was not very good.

Next to him, the Huo family whispered something in Xu Sixian's ear.

"So it turns out that Erlang is good at reading arithmetic books?" Xu Sixian was even more surprised.

In my previous life, I was also a crispy college student who graduated from 211 Polytechnic University. I often used it at work, so I still remember many basic knowledge of advanced mathematics.

You should first read the current arithmetic books and figure out the routines. In the future, you can write a few mathematics books in your spare time. It would also be good to be the father of modern mathematics and calculus.

"Easy to say, easy to say. Mr. Xu, how much does this set of "Mengxi Bi Tan" cost?"

"I want Erlang to know that this set of books by my uncle includes thirty volumes of "Zhengbi Tan", three volumes of "Supplementary Bi Tan", and one volume of "Continued Bi Tan", a total of thirty-three volumes. There are words and pictures in it. I'm asking for it. Several well-educated gentlemen corrected the original text and reengraved it, which cost a lot of money, so the book fee is more expensive, so please forgive me."

"how much is it?"

"Three hundred and fifty strings."

Zhang Zeduan's expression couldn't help but change. This was very expensive. It was actually twice as expensive as "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".

But you can understand it if you think about it.

The more people bought "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", the more copies were printed, so the cost was diluted. "Mengxi Bi Tan" is a rare book, so the cost is naturally much higher.

"Buy!" Liu Guozhang said in one word.

After the negotiation was concluded, Zhang Zeduan volunteered to follow the Huo family to inspect the books. He mainly wanted to see what this set of books, which sold for 350 pieces, looked like.

Only Liu Guozhang and Xu Sixian were left in the side room, talking and talking about allusions from other books.

Taking advantage of the gap, Liu Guozhang suddenly asked: "Dong Xu, do you still have Fengcheng's things in your hands?"

Xu Sixian's expression changed, he stood up quickly, walked quickly to the door, opened a crack in the door, and looked sideways. Then he turned around and asked softly.

"what?"

"I don't know. Fengcheng only told me four words about Zhongxin Bookstore before he died."

"So it turns out that Liu Erlang destroyed Manjintang and rescued a group of righteous men. Is it true?"

"Yes. Fengcheng and Tian Guang also followed us out of Manjintang. They didn't want to be silenced by a group of killers in the deserted temple outside the city."

"Fate, it's all fate. But with one drink and one peck, Fengcheng lost his life, but he gave the news to Liu Erlang. Your name is like thunder in my ears. You hate evil as much as hatred, and your righteousness is as thin as the sky. With you in the forefront, the people of the southeast will, I'm afraid it can be saved. Wait a minute, I'll get it right away."

"Not in the store?"

"How dare you keep something as important as this in the store?"

You guys are so cautious, no wonder even if the extremely smart Cai Laosi took action, he didn't even touch a thing.

I'm very curious about what Fengcheng hid and what Cai Laowu tried so hard to get.

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