The one that people outside the door were snatching up was, of course, "Surprise".
When He Liangjun opened the door, the servants who were grabbing "Surprise" immediately stopped. One of them, a handsome man with a white face and no beard, shouted to He Liangjun:
"Dad."
This man was an actor who was trained by He Liangjun since he was a child. He was also a popular actor when he was in Songjiang Mansion.
He Liangjun named him "Xiaoxiang" and began to train him to sing at the age of seven. He was the leading male actor in his troupe.
Xiaoxiang took "Surprise" from the arms of another young man, handed it to He Liangjun with both hands and said:
"Dad, Xiaoxiang read a wonderful article and wanted to dedicate it to dad."
He Liangjun took over the yellowed tabloid, and he was curious about what article could make Xiaoxiang and the others grab it so much.
You must know that at that time, someone paid thousands of taels of silver to buy He Liangjun's theater troupe. The theater troupes he trained personally could be sold to the homes of high-ranking officials in North and South Zhili, and there was a lot of daily etiquette training.
And Xiaoxiang is his most valued male protagonist. Not only can he read and write, but he also has a very high level of appreciation of drama.
"Du Shiniang sank the treasure chest in anger"?
It sounds like the title of a legendary play.
He Liangjun quickly flipped through it and was quickly fascinated by the story.
He stood directly in front of the door, read the entire story, and couldn't help but said: "What a great article!"
Xiaoxiang glared at the other servants and said to He Liangjun: "Dad, can this article be changed into a play? I want to act!"
He Liangjun was stunned. It seemed like it was really possible?
There are a lot of dialogues in "Du Shiniang Angered and Sinking the Treasure Box", and the plot is compact and ups and downs, which fits the form of a drama very well.
In fact, "Du Shiniang Sinks the Treasure Chest in Fury" was changed into a drama in the late Ming Dynasty, and was even made into a movie in modern times. This article itself is a good script, and even some lines are not changed, just directly You can sing.
It seems to work!
He Liangjun thought carefully and felt that this script adaptation was feasible. Not only was it feasible, but it would definitely become a hit when rehearsed!
As a dramatist, He Liangjun naturally knows what a popular play means.
When he thought of this, He Liangjun couldn't wait to rush back to his study and take up the pen to change "Du Shiniang Sinks the Treasure Box in Anger" into a play.
Wait, if you want to change the text of the play, you must agree with the original author.
He Liangjun quickly looked at the author of this article. He must be a local celebrity who could write such an article.
Su Ze?
He Liangjun had never heard of this name before. He didn't even wear a hat and rushed to Chen Moqun's room with "Surprise".
"Brother of silence!"
Jianzhi is Chen Moqun's cousin. In the Ming Dynasty, scholars who had good relationships called each other by their cousin names. It would be disrespectful to call people by their first names.
Chen Moqun saw that He Liangjun was not even wearing a hat and asked in confusion: "Brother Yuen Long, why are you in such a hurry?"
As a great scholar, Chen Moqun has very high requirements for etiquette.
If one of his students comes to see him disheveled, he will definitely reprimand him severely.
In the etiquette of scholars in the Ming Dynasty, clothing is one of the most important parts.
In the Jin Dynasty, clothes and hats referred to scholars, and the clothes and hats in the so-called "clothing and hats crossing to the south" referred to the scholars and nobles who fled to the south at that time.
The crown in clothing refers to the hat.
Who wears what kind of hat, how to comb their hair and wear a hat, these are all very particular. It is actually very rude for someone like He Liangjun to be disheveled.
However, Chen Moqun and He Liangjun are good friends, so they will naturally not accuse him of being disheveled, but Chen Moqun is also curious about what happened to make He Liangjun so gloomy.
"Brother Shen, please read this article!"
Handing the tabloid to Chen Moqun, He Liangjun waited quietly for Chen Moqun to finish reading, then hurriedly asked: "How is it?"
Chen Moqun said without finishing his thoughts: "What a great article!"
He Liangjun added: "I want to change this article into a play. What does Brother Jin think?"
Chen Moqun nodded. This article is indeed a good opera script. It only needs some simple processing and it will definitely become a famous opera piece that is popular all over the world.
He Liangjun added: "I just want to adapt it, but I also need the consent of the original author. Does Brother Jin know the author of this article?"
Chen Moqun quickly looked through the author's name. When he saw the word Su Ze, Chen Moqun was stunned for a moment.
"Do you know Brother Jian?"
Chen Moqun nodded and said, "We know each other."
"Since we know each other, please introduce me to Brother Jian."
Su Ze's face appeared in Chen Moqun's mind, and his words of "returning to the original way" came to mind, and he said to He Liangjun:
"This son is a disciple of the county school teacher Yu Haigangfeng, but he does not live in Nanping City. If Brother Yuanlang wants to see him, he will have to wait until the end of the month when he goes to the city to study."
"A student from the county school?"
Chen Moqun said with some embarrassment: "You can't be considered a county school student. This Su Ze comes from a poor family and has no fame. He is the seed of a scholar discovered by Haigang Peak."
He Liangjun said: "I didn't expect that there is such a genius in Yanping Mansion! This article alone is enough to become famous in Jiangnan!"
Citizen literature in Jiangnan developed rapidly. Before the Japanese pirates invaded, some people spent a lot of money to buy He Liangjun's plays.
With articles like Su Ze's, booksellers can get past him.
He Liangjun thought about it and still felt that he could not wait until the end of the month. He said to Chen Moqun: "Brother Jin, I am going to visit this Su Ze!"
Chen Moqun knew that his friend was obsessed with drama, but he didn't expect that he would be so anxious. Chen Moqun thought for a while and said, "Then we have to wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow, I will ask Haigangfeng for Su Ze's address. I’ll just accompany you there.”
"Thank you so much, Brother Jin!"
At the same time, it was getting dark, and at this time on weekdays, the Yu family's bookstores were already closed.
But today, many people gathered in front of the bookstore, all wanting to buy "The Surprise".
Su Ze asked Lin Xianliang to sell tabloids in front of the bookstore. Lin Xianliang naturally followed suit and placed "Surprise" in the most obvious place in the bookstore.
However, when it first opened, no one cared about "The Surprise".
Lin Xianliang saw that the tabloid could not be sold, so he quickly found his clerk to discuss a solution.
It was Su Ze who suggested staying at the bookstore. He was very grateful to Su Ze and had been very diligent in his work recently.
This guy had also been in the bookstore business for several years. He suggested: "The shopkeeper, I think it's best to mark the price."
Lin Xianliang suddenly realized, yes, if you don't mark the price, people won't want to buy the printing paper if they see it.
Lin Xianliang immediately asked his clerk to make a price sign and put it next to "Surprise", and put up a low-price sign of three cents of silver.
Sure enough, after the sign was played, a young man dressed as a servant stopped.
Fang Aizhu is a servant of Magistrate Fang's family who works outside the home, and he is also the scholar who accompanies Magistrate Fang's son to study.
Since he is a book boy, Fang Aizhu is naturally literate. When he saw the three-money "Surprise at the Case", Fang Aizhu, who went out to buy it in the morning, couldn't move.
Fang Zhifu and his daughter both love books. Fang Aizhu has never seen any books, but he has never seen a book like "The Surprise". It is really strange that the four large pages are not cut and bound.
Fang Aizhu picked up "Surprise" and flipped through it casually.
"Du Shiniang sank the treasure chest in anger"? It turns out it is, the name is quite interesting.
Fang Aizhu quickly read on.
Fang Aizhu also learned to read sentences, but this strange sentence-breaking symbol is so comfortable, and there is no need to break sentences in advance.
The article is in vernacular, and Fang Aizhu reads it very quickly.
When he saw Du Shiniang take out the treasure box and ask Li Jia to pay for her redemption, Fang Aizhu was completely immersed in the story.
At this time, the bookstore clerk appeared at the right time and interrupted him.
"Master, three cents of silver per share? Do you want to buy it?"
Only then did Fang Aizhu remember that she was still in the bookstore.
Three denarii? so cheap?
He quickly took out three coins and said: "Buy! Buy!"
The waiter happily accepted the money and finally opened today.
Fang Aizhu left in a hurry with the newspaper under his arm. As the low price sign of three qian silver attracted some literate people, some customers gradually gathered in front of the bookshelf of "The Surprise".
The clerk observed each customer. Whenever the customer showed an immersed expression, he would interrupt the customer and ask the customer to pay. These customers would pay as quickly as Fang Aizhu. In less than half a morning, the goods were sold. Twenty copies of "Surprise" have been released.
A copy costs three taels of silver, and twenty newspapers are worth six taels of silver.
Morning is never the peak sales period for bookstores. Scholars in the city usually go to bookstores after dinner to search for new books.
Being able to sell so many newspapers in the morning is considered a good start.
After noon, another group of customers came in who wanted to buy "The Surprise". Now the clerk also realized that something was wrong.
It was just a tabloid that sold for three cents, and someone actually came over to buy it.
By the afternoon, there was already a queue in front of the Yu family bookstore, and these people were specifically coming to buy the "Surprise" newspaper.
Fifty newspapers were not a lot, and they were sold out soon after noon. Faced with the constant stream of customers wanting to buy "The Surprise", Lin Xianliang and his clerk explained until their voices became hoarse. In the end, they had no choice but to hang up a sign "The Surprise is Sold" "Running out", and then coaxed away the customers who were queuing up to buy books.
Neither Lin Xianliang nor the waiter expected that those customers who queued up but failed to buy a book were so unwilling that they would eventually pick up a book from the bookstore and go back. Today, the bookstore's sales have been rising steadily!
In the evening, many people still came over to ask if they had "Surprise". It wasn't until it was completely dark that the bookstore closed.
Under candlelight, Lin Xianliang and his clerk checked today's turnover. They were dumbfounded when they saw the turnover of more than one hundred taels of silver in the account.
Although the Yujia Bookstore makes money, sales will only come when the latest popular books are available.
These books in the bookstore are all old books, and you can make so much money by selling newspapers!
The clerk immediately said to Lin Xianliang: "Shopkeeper, do you still have this "Surprise"?"
Lin Xianliang shook his head and said, "Brother Aze will give me fifty copies."
"Shopkeeper, go back and restock quickly!"
Lin Xianliang slapped his head and said quickly: "I will go to Changningwei tomorrow to purchase goods!"
Su Ze, who was in Changningwei, had just finished reading at night when a prompt popped up from the system.
[Small literary name, article circulation reaches 100 points, literary skill experience +20, Lv3, 26/300]
Su Ze opened the system in confusion. Has his literary skill increased?
Su Ze looked at this record carefully. "Article circulation rate"?
Su Ze suddenly understood that his literary skills had to improve so much!
That’s right! When later generations of writers compete for reputation, aren’t they competing for book sales? ?
This literary skill depends on the communication degree, which is reasonable!
Su Ze didn't expect that the tabloid he created would accidentally lead him to find a way to improve his literary skills!
And this literary skill seems to be very easy to master!
If you print fifty newspapers, you will gain 20 experience points. If you sell a thousand newspapers, won't it directly reach level 5?
Wait, it doesn’t seem to be calculated this way. This literary communication degree does not seem to be newspaper sales, but may be some other algorithm.
But as the name suggests, newspapers sell reading. The more people read newspapers, the faster their skills will definitely increase!
When he thought of this, Su Ze became excited. It would be great if he found a way to experience liver disease, but he was afraid that he didn't know how to have liver disease!
"Literature" is a very important skill! Regardless of whether you are rebelling or doing something else, visibility is very important.
Besides, how can one travel through ancient times and not become a copycat!
More newspapers will be printed tomorrow!
Su Ze didn't know about the huge sales of newspapers in Nanping County. He just wanted to print more newspapers and sell them to other towns so that he could improve his literary skills as soon as possible.
Su Ze opened the panel. Now the two skills of "Calligraphy" and "Art of War" have reached Level 4. He can reach Level 5 with just two months of hard work.
After Jianxi was dredged, Changning Guards and Beishan Village were not prepared to let go of these Black Mountain bandits. Although these guys did not directly kill anyone, they also robbed many people around Black Mountain and followed Xue Gao to do evil for a long time.
The old man discussed with the Chen family chief and asked them to continue to build water conservancy projects in Changningwei and Beishan Village.
However, these people are also refugees trapped by the Black Mountain bandits, and many of them are ordinary people who cannot survive in nearby villages.
The old man and the Chen clan leader also decided to allocate some thin fields to them for farming after he completed the water conservancy project.
According to Su Ze's plan, after the construction of these water conservancy facilities is completed, the two villages will have nearly a hundred acres of high-quality paddy fields.
"Water Conservancy", "Literature" and "Mathematics" have all reached Level 3. Water conservancy and literature have skills. As long as we continue to plan and build water conservancy projects, water conservancy skills will increase.
It's just that the growth of "mathematics" has encountered a bottleneck. Su Ze plans to go to the county next time to find a book on arithmetic to see if answering questions can increase his math experience.
In addition, the two skills of "Medicine" and "Swordsmanship" have also been raised to Level 2.
Last time he returned to Changningwei with medicine, Su Ze also opened a medicine shop in Changningwei.
Level 1's medical skills only have simple prescriptions, but this is enough in Changning Guard.
Su Ze prepared some medicines to treat common diseases such as diarrhea, wind and cold, and difficult and complicated diseases could only be seen in the county seat. These medicines were enough for Chang Ningwei.
The sword skills were mastered in the school grounds. Although he was only at level 2, with the blessing of Su Ze's 9 points of strength, he was able to fight back and forth with the soldiers of Chang Ning Wei, which made Lin Mojun look at him like a monster. She really couldn't understand how Su Ze's sword skills, which he had practiced for a month, could be compared to those of regular soldiers who had been practicing martial arts since childhood. This made Lin Mojun doubt his life.
There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, Su Ze took the little carrot heads to the edge of Jianxi River. The hydrograph of Changningwei was really rough. Su Ze needed more accurate hydrograph to build irrigation facilities. Diagrams and survey drawings.
Just in time to explain arithmetic to these little carrots, Su Ze was busy in the fields with these children, and a soldier found Su Ze.
Changningwei has a visitor.
(End of chapter)
