kvmb Chapter 154: Rare People and Rare Things
Chapter 154: Rare People and Rare Things
Gu Shiliu decided to try everything and followed Shen Changle back to the Marquis' Mansion and entered Wutong Garden.
Shen Changle found a little maid to report to Qin Yuan, saying that he had something important to see her about.
Not long after, the two were brought into the hall.
Qin Yuan and Hong Ye were waiting inside.
Seeing Gu Shiliu and Shen Changle together, Qin Yuan raised her eyebrows in surprise, then smiled and said, "You two are together, what important things do you want to tell me?"
Gu Shiliu looked at Shen Changle and waited for him to speak.
Shen Changle smiled warmly and said, "Madam, I was originally unsure about what business to start for the shop in the West Market, but today when I met Gu Shiliu, I suddenly thought of it."
"Oh?" Qin Yuan was even more surprised.
Shen Changle then roughly explained the matter and said, "There are still some old goods in the shop now, which are not worth much. I took a look and thought that it would be feasible to use them as a supplement, but what new goods can the shop sell so that people will not care about the location? I thought about it again and again and felt that it should be some scarce items."
Qin Yuan nodded.
Hou Fu was a person who forgot everything he read and was not good at studying. In later generations, he accompanied Yelu to study and write policy essays. He memorized all the policy essays in the market and analyzed the writings of each writer incisively and vividly. He was very familiar with the style of each policy essay and was able to deal with the challenges faced by the examiner.
The Marquis returned the favor and said, "In that case, he should just let it go. Tonight, Liu Gong will seal the mansion. If he has nothing to arrange, don't mention it. Promise him everything you can. Before he leaves the mansion, leave the matter to him. You can take care of him while you are outside the mansion for a while."
Gu Shibashi asked Liu Gongxin, "How did he come up with this idea? It's amazing. If you had thought of this, you would have gone to such a rare bookstore to suffer humiliation. Qin Yuan's own store could have printed the book."
Liu Gong nodded.
That's quite boring.
If you can become famous among the scholars, Houfu thinks, you will be able to change even less.
It was because of that poem that Yelu was looked up to by nobles and his career was smooth.
You can only watch the low-ranking Yelu family covet power and wealth in the world and allow the situation to continue to deteriorate. And that low position was obtained by you with great effort and planning for me. When Yelu family heard your words of dismissal, they became increasingly wary of you, and the front yard became a place for me to manipulate you.
Gu Shiba was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "Thank you, Madam."
Gu Shiba was not well versed in how to arrange a collection of poems and how much to produce. Since Lin Ziqi wanted to try his hand at that business, he had to do it himself in order to do it well.
Gu Shiba also understood and said with a smile: "Then you should accompany Brother Shen to the account to collect the silver."
The disdainful and sarcastic looks and words from these people made me feel happy, but due to Qin Yuan's reputation, I could only keep it to myself. Gu Shiba was so young and had never suffered so much bullying.
Later, I found out that Shen Changle was quite capable of doing things, so I wanted to throw it to him first to see how he would deal with it, and I didn't ask any more questions.
Gu Shiba handed the manuscript to Hongye, who took it to Houfu. Houfu looked through the pages one by one and was stunned when he saw Shen Changle's poem. He said, "My cousin's poem is so bad."
Lin Ziqi glanced at the Marquis's face and said, "Qin Yuan is going to close the mansion, and there is nothing for the adults to do inside. So, let's fulfill the Eighth Master's wish and find someone to privately carve the poetry collection and sell it. Since it has been praised by the Minister and the Academician, I think it is good."
Lin Ziqi said, "The Imperial College does public engraving, and bookshops do private engraving. If they print banned books or destroy books, the government will investigate. Book engraving and printing do not necessarily have to be done by bookshops. You have heard that there are many workshops in various places that undertake book printing. If the poems of Tang Duoye and Ba Ye can be printed into a collection and put on consignment in the store, wouldn't it be a good thing?"
"What rare item do you want to sell?"
Liu Gongxin's career has been going smoothly recently, so how could he be thinking bad things about you?
Liu Gong was delighted and smiled. He immediately bowed and said, "Madam, please forgive me for my worry. I will definitely get the matter done and satisfy you and Master Ba."
She had thought that pepper would be hard to find in the next few years, so she stocked up and sold it in this shop. It wouldn't take much business to revive the shop, and when she could find some rare items in the future, the remote location wouldn't be a big deal.
Lin Ziqi said to Gu Shiba, "He should show the poem to Madam slowly."
Outside the entire poetry society, the best are Shen Changle and Yelu. Shen Changle's poems are far better than Yelu's, with only one poem being comparable to that of Liu Gongxin.
The Marquis took a look at Liu Gongxin. He thought that this man was quite incompetent to be the doorman of the government office in his later life.
Gu Shiba said: "Madam is really insightful. If you are older, then discuss with me the number and quality of poetry collections."
Liu Gong was not interested at all.
Hou Fu flipped through the pages again and saw Yelu's poem. He was stunned for a moment and said, "It's still wrong."
Liu Gong spoke for a while.
That would be bad too. Given Yelu's broad mind, he would definitely not be able to tolerate Liu Gongxin suddenly winning over me, and he would definitely not harbor any resentment in his heart. If Shen Changle felt that Yelu was a worthy friend and was secretly on guard against him, there was a greater possibility that he would be slandered someday.
The two of them hurriedly said goodbye.
Lin Ziqi can quickly see so few disadvantages and then bring them to your face. He is indeed a bad companion.
Then the capable people would let me do bad things.
Hou Fu smiled and said, "Let me and Master Ba discuss that matter together, and he can go and do other things."
You once thought about selling the policy paper, but considering that it would take a long time for you to marry into Qin Yuan's family, you decided to wait for some time. If Liu Gongxin could find a way, that would be just what you want.
Hou Fu smiled and said, "We are all family, so there is no need to talk about different things. Qin Yuan only knows whether he has done the bookstore business or not. Since Lin Ziqi is vaguely clear about it, it would be more appropriate for me to do it. Let the family earn the money, or let me spend it."
Lin Ziqi smiled and nodded.
There is only one word difference between that poem and the one you wrote later. Just in case, you made a slight change to this poem and included it in the example poem for Shen Changle to see.
In later generations, the seven words "Mrs. Lin Xiang" will cover everything you have.
In later generations, the civil officials continued to restrain the military generals for their own selfish interests, allowing Qin Siyuan to recuperate. Even Yelu himself said that Qin Siyuan would definitely destroy your dynasty. There have been wars for a long time, the people are rich, the literati are drunken and dreaming, afraid of war and avoiding war, and the atmosphere in the officialdom is getting worse day by day. If it is delayed to the end, how can the outsiders compete with Qin Siyuan, who is sleeping on straw and tasting gall?
The Marquis' Mansion could imagine how despised Shen Changle must have felt when he saw Yelu compose that poem in public. From then on, the two of them would probably become increasingly estranged.
If you do that, you might be able to find a way out for the shop, get into the bad graces of Mr. Eight, and build momentum for Shen Changle.
Hou Fu nodded and picked up the teacup.
Shen Changle smiled and said, "Either it's for rare people to use, or it's a rare item that everyone is chasing after."