Is Yikuang a scholar? Anyway, I know Chinese characters, I also studied in a government school, and I also have a big study room in my palace!
But all this is just a show. The rare books in those study rooms are more about price than cultural value.
Anyway, he knew that Song editions of books were more valuable than Ming editions, and if he could get his hands on Sui and Tang manuscripts, they would be priceless. In Yi Kuang's mind, books were not meant for reading at all, but were immediately equivalent to silver.
Books are collectibles, just like his drawer of Tianhuang stones. They must be valuable to be useful. As for the knowledge in the books... Grandma, let the Han people read it. How many minions does the iron hat king have to help him with the work? Are you still using your brain?
It was precisely because of greed that when he heard that a Buddhist scripture cave had been unearthed in Dunhuang and that all the Buddhist scriptures from the Jin Dynasty had become available, his eyes suddenly turned into nothing.
Money, that’s all money! Just one book can be exchanged for tens of thousands of taels of snowflake silver, my money!
There are many people who think the same as him. In fact, in the entire Eight Banners noble system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there are not many fat-headed guys who are really educated. Most of them are just like Yi Kuang, who are desperate to make money.
Today, when I heard that Xiao Letian was so overbearing and didn't even give him a copy, and even threatened him with the distribution rights, his nose became so angry that he suddenly opened the door and barged in regardless of his identity.
Shopkeeper Lao Wang smiled, stood up and cupped his hands, without even kowtowing. "Oh... Your Highness has shown up in person? This is not in line with the rules of the Four-Nine Cities. Didn't you Manchus say you are not allowed to do business?"
"In this big trading house in Forty-Nine Cities, is that slave who is not yours holding dark stocks? Isn't it disrespectful to see a stinky businessman like me today?"
"Be careful to let the censor know and read your copy!"
Ouch? The little businessman was so bold. Prince Qing shouted, "How brave! You don't kneel down when you see me? Come on, hold him down and kowtow!"
Shopkeeper Lao Wang was used to this kind of lustful and angry roars. He took off his melon-skin cap and threw the cap with fake pigtails on the ground.
"Haha... you see clearly, my lord, I have cut off my braids a long time ago. I just passed the Chinese citizenship test three months ago, and I am a proper Chinese citizen of the province..."
"I kowtow to you? Do you care about me?"
"Ouch! You're so brave, come on, arrest me..." Yikuang was so angry that he jumped three feet high, and a group of minions rushed in following his words.
In the whole room, Dexi was the only one who was more or less calm, because he helped the prince with a lot of business and had been to the Tanggu Special Administrative Region many times, so he knew how powerful these people were.
Dexi hugged the prince's legs, knelt on the ground and begged, "Calm down, prince, please calm down...don't do anything, don't use violence!"
"This shopkeeper Lao Wang will control the future distribution rights of foreign guns! And he really has the ability to stop our current business!"
"When there is no more goods to take, where will we make money?"
Shopkeeper Lao Wang laughed and said, "My opponent! This is the one who understands... Prince Qing, I want to tell you clearly that not only can you not reach out to these Dunhuang documents, but you must also be responsible for informing all the royal nobles in Beijing!"
"Whoever dares to reach out, the Chinese dare to cut off anyone's wealth! Don't you know how much business you have done with our special zone behind our backs?"
"Do you mind, let's publish it in the People's Daily? If you detain me today, tomorrow the People's Newspaper will serialize it in the Qing Dynasty, exposing all the business dealings that you Eight Banners nobles secretly have with the Chinese!"
"When the time comes, let's see what the court and the people will say about it? Do you want to try..."
"I...fuck...you..." Prince Qing Yikuang's stomach suddenly deflated like a defeated rooster. This move directly blocked his lifeline.
Dexi quickly waved to the thugs and slaves at the door, "Let's go, let's go out, no one is allowed to chew their tongues!"
"Shop Manager Wang, for the sake of years of cooperation, can you tell us the truth? How big is this matter? Please tell the prince clearly. The prince is not an unreasonable person!"
Shopkeeper Lao Wang finally sat down and drank a glass of wine. Looking at Yi Kuang's deflated appearance, and then at Dexi's groveling appearance, he felt as excited as if he had drank honey.
Ancestors, please open your eyes! Look, this is the prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. I can actually make an iron-hatted king feel so defeated. There is nothing he can do about me!
Guangzong Yaozu, Guangzong Yaozu! Following the Führer, in just a few years, we can make slaves and untouchables like us feel proud!
The iron hat king, Prince Qing Yikuang, is usually visible to us untouchables. When walking, we have to kneel in the water tank on the roadside and dare not raise our heads. But today, I rushed to follow it. The angry toad has become a virtuous person.
Shopkeeper Lao Wang leaned his back firmly on the chair, "Your Majesty, if I don't explain this clearly, the lamp won't turn on, and the casserole won't leak until it's fried... Since you asked, I'll tell you the truth!"
"My head of state burned, killed, and looted the entire French capital for this little heirloom from China. He killed so many French people with big noses and piled up corpses like mountains!"
"Do you know how much the head of state loves you? With these Dunhuang documents, whoever reaches out will cut off his hand... It's still a small thing if he cuts off his wealth, don't end up cutting off his own job!"
"How brave! How dare he, Xiao Letian, to rebel!" Prince Qing was so frightened that he trembled in his heart.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... How do you say this? Of course my head of state is not willing to rebel. He can't live a good life, so why fight?"
"But if we don't start a war with the Qing Dynasty, doesn't that mean we won't start a war with you? Hahaha... I think it's worth the effort to use the entire Chinese nation to torture a prince like you!"
"This iron hat is good and can be passed down from generation to generation, but the head is made of flesh, so how can it last forever... You said that if there is something wrong with this meat head, I think the people who want your iron hat position will be gone. Yes, what do you think?"
"I..." Yikuang wanted to have a fit but had no strength at all.
This is the truth, the truth! The iron hat is hereditary, but the meat head is not hereditary. If you take away a Yikuang, you will still have the iron hat of Prince Rendingqing. ,
"Okay, that's all I have to say. As long as you don't reach out to the Dunhuang documents, it will be easy to talk about anything, including business matters!"
"Let's make money together! But if you reach out, don't blame our head of state for being rude..."
"You have to be responsible for informing all the royal nobles in the four and nine cities about this matter. We don't have the patience to notify them one by one... Farewell!"
