Ten Miles of Red Makeup: The Legend of Ming Yu

Chapter 19 Illusion
He rode over from there, handsome and handsome, with an extraordinary appearance, he saw Ming concubine from a distance, even though she was wearing a veil, he still recognized her.

After getting off his horse, he walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Cousin is shopping?"

Ming concubine took a look at Qing Yaxuan and smiled slightly, "Let me pick some books."

Su Yang raised his eyebrows, and said, "Cousin wants to read, why don't you tell me, the books Qingyaxuan has are available in the house."

"I just thought of it," Ming said with a smile, "Cousin, go get busy if you have something to do. I'll be back in a while."

Su Yang coughed lightly, and said, "I'm here for Qingyaxuan."

Xi'er stood aside and asked, "Master Biao, did Qingyaxuan Kyoto's No. [-] Bookstore really get snatched away by Zhuangyuanfang?"

In fact, there is no need to ask, seeing that Yaxuan is so deserted is enough to explain everything.

It's just that Xi'er can't believe it, she and the girl have only been missing for a month, why did it happen like this, almost has the illusion that one day in the mountains, a thousand years have passed in the world.

Su Yang nodded lightly, and said sadly, "Qingyaxuan's business is [-]-[-]% worse than a month ago."

Ming concubine looked at Su Yang, saw the helplessness in his eyes, and asked, "How could this be?"

Su Yang sighed softly, "It's a long story. Grandma is seriously ill. If anything happens, my uncle and third uncle will resign and go back to the mansion to observe their filial piety. Three years is not a short time. The court... "

The matter in the court hall was too complicated, Su Yang was afraid that the concubine would not like to hear it, so he omitted it directly, and said, "Zhuangyuanfang has long wanted to compete with Qing Yaxuan, and it has been planning for the past year. , killed the Su family by surprise."

Su Yang also read Zhuangyuanfang's book. In all fairness, the paper is slightly better than Su's, and the price is [-]% cheaper. If it were him, he would also choose Zhuangyuanfang.

They walked in, and the manager of Qing Yaxuan came over and said, "Third young master, why are you here, where is the second master?"

Su Yang said, "There are distinguished guests in the mansion, but father can't leave, so let me go, what's the matter?"

The steward said with a headache, "This time, Zhuangyuanfang will bring down our Su family even if it loses money. The price offered by Zhuangyuanfang is high. Those scholars who have copied books for Qingyaxuan for three years want us to raise their prices too, otherwise we will Don’t do it, a few of them have already left, and there are still a few in the backyard, no matter how much I persuade them, I can’t keep them.”

The price offered by Zhuangyuanfang is high, and it is understandable that people ask for a price increase, but the Su family does not make much money. They are all a group of noble gentlemen. They are first-class when it comes to writing articles, but they are not as good as a few when it comes to drilling. Ma'am, and the old man likes to collect books, especially rare books and paintings by famous masters. I don't know how much it costs.

If it continues like this, within three months, Qing Yaxuan will not be able to sustain it and will close down.

The second master's coming may not be smooth, so let the third young master come over, and the third young master is too young to do anything, so what's the use of it.

But even if it didn't work, Su Yang's attitude was eager, and he went directly to the backyard, and Ming concubine naturally followed to have a look.

The backyard is not small, the weather is good, and there are young men drying books, and the smell of ink is very pleasant.

In the main hall, there were six plainly dressed scholars, some with ink stains on their sleeves. When they saw Su Yang coming in, they all got up and saluted, and then looked at him.

Ming Yu was attracted by the pile of Ren Gao's books on the side, so he picked up a copy and flipped through it. The traditional Chinese characters could barely be understood even by guessing.

Those scholars bowed to Su Yang and thanked them first, "Qingyaxuan has always been more generous than other bookstores, the money for each book is no less than them, and they allow us to borrow books from Qingyaxuan, we are very grateful, but we have to support our families , each book in Zhuangyuanfang is [-] Wen more than Qingyaxuan, and we are allowed to borrow books, we..."

Su Yang came to persuade them, but as soon as he entered the door, he was persuaded by them.

He looked at the person in charge, and the person in charge shook his head, saying that the price must not be raised.

Su Yang was in trouble. The Su family couldn't afford to raise the price. If they didn't raise the price, they would stop copying books. Qingyaxuan had no books to sell, so it couldn't keep going.

Ming concubine wanted to hear how Su Yang persuaded them to stay, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't say a word. Although silence is golden, you can't give these scholars such silence as gold.

Ming concubine shook her head amusedly, took the book and walked over, said with a smile, "You guys should know that Zhuangyuanfang gave you such a high price in order to bring down Qingyaxuan. Will you be treated so well?"

Several scholars looked at each other, obviously knowing that they would not, but one of them shook his head and said, "We don't understand business."

Ming concubine smiled lightly, turned a few pages of the book in her hand, the ears of the scholars looked at with pale jade fingers, and Ming concubine said, "It can't be said that Zhuangyuanfang will definitely not do better than Qingyaxuan. In the future, you I won’t keep copying books to support my family, maybe I’ll go to high school in one fell swoop.”

(End of this chapter)