At this time, Jia Lian couldn't help but said: "Shopkeeper, if you have any good books in this bookstore, please don't keep them secret. My third brother is a talented poet and is famous in the imperial city!"
The shopkeeper quickly asked: "I wonder what your surname is?"
Jia Lian replied: "My surname is Jia."
The shopkeeper looked at Jia Huan and asked in surprise: "Could it be Jia Zi's Siyan's Jia Sanshu?"
Jia Lian nodded and said, "I didn't expect that even the shopkeeper knew my third brother's name."
The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Oh, I never expected that Jia Sanshou, who is famous all over Kyoto, came to our store. I am so ashamed and ashamed. Jia Caizi can take whatever book he likes and take it. Today, my host, I will invite you." ”
Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Thank you for your kindness, shopkeeper, but I don't need this host. I want a lot of books today. Well, give me a set of all the current affairs printed in your store."
You actually want so much?
Their bookstore has more than a hundred collections of contemporary anthologies, but they really can't afford this shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper ordered the boy to get the books and said, "Jia Caizi, I really can't afford to pay for so many books. However, I can give Jia Caizi a 20% discount."
Jia Huan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, shopkeeper."
For Jia Huan, it doesn't matter whether it's a 20% discount or not, since he doesn't pay for it himself anyway.
Jia Lian next to him was very happy.
Today he was shopping, and if the money passed through his hands, he would have made a fortune.
He didn't expect that his third brother would buy hundreds of books at once, and the shopkeeper would give them a 20% discount.
Needless to say, the remaining 20% discount will definitely fall into his hands.
Books are very expensive nowadays. A book costs about four or five taels of silver.
More than a hundred books would cost about five to six hundred taels, and the two-fold discount would be more than a hundred taels of silver.
How could Jia Lian not be happy when he unexpectedly received more than one hundred taels of silver?
After the bookstore clerk wrapped the books and delivered them to the car, Jia Lian happily paid the bill.
After Jia Lian and Jia Huan left, the shopkeeper was also very happy.
What made him happy was not the sale. Regardless of how expensive the books were, in fact their costs were also high.
From paper to molds to ink to labor, the cost is also quite high.
At 20% off, they make almost no money.
But Jia Sanshou and Jia Caizi actually went to their bookstore to buy books. This was what made him happiest!
He quickly ordered the waiter: "Hurry up and customize a plaque, and write on it the four sentences of Jia Zi and the three poems of Jia Zi. Jia San is a frequent visitor to our store, and then put this plaque at the door."
The waiter said quickly: "Yes, from the shopkeeper."
The shopkeeper is very excited. With this plaque, their bookstore will definitely attract more customers, and the business will definitely be more prosperous in the future.
This is the third poem of Jia Zi's four lines. With this plaque, if nothing else, it can at least attract many brothel girls and official ladies.
The shopkeeper of the bookstore is the one who pays the most attention to the movements of scholars. He certainly knew how popular Jia Sanshou's name was in the boudoir.
Especially since he just wrote a poem yesterday: "If Life Is Only Like the First Meeting." How many top brothels and rich ladies want to meet Jia Sanshou and Jia Caizi for the first time?
Although he is only the shopkeeper, he still gets a share of the profits. The better the business, the more money he can get.
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Jia Lian sent the carriage back directly to his home and sent the book back first.
Jia Lian said to Jia Huan: "Brother Huan, I told you this morning that I would like to treat Brother Huan as a host today. Come on, I will take you to a good place."
Jia Huan hasn't had a good tour of Kyoto since he traveled through time.
This time Jia Lian was inviting guests, and he was afraid that he had something to talk to him about, so Jia Huan did not refuse, but went happily.
Not long after, Jia Lian brought Jia Huan to Cuiyun Tower.
This Cuiyun Building is not just a place to eat, nor is it a simple brothel, but a combination of the two.
Jia Lian brought Jia Huan here and prepared to invite his talented third brother to eat meat.
These are things that a brother can do, but Jia Lian is a bad person, so it is not surprising that he can do such a thing.
When the two of them arrived downstairs and were about to go upstairs, they were unexpectedly stopped.
"Second Master Lian, Third Master Huan, hurry up and save Second Master Bao. Second Master Bao is being surrounded and beaten upstairs. If you don't save him, he may be beaten to death!"
Um?
Baoyu is being beaten upstairs? what is going on?
The two looked around and didn't see who was calling them.
The next moment, they heard a sound coming from the ditch in front of the door.
"Second Master Lian, Third Master Huan, the younger one is here, in this ditch."
The two walked to the ditch and found Mingyan lying in the ditch. Her legs might have been broken and she couldn't climb out for a while.
Jia Lian jumped into the ditch, pulled Mingyan out, and then asked: "Mingyan, you just said that Baoyu was surrounded and beaten by people upstairs? What happened? Who is so bold and dares to beat Baoyu? "
The Jia family is a noble family with two fathers, and is one of the four princes, eight princes and twelve princes of the founding lineage.
Although the Jia family is now in decline, the Jia family's connections are still there. In the capital, whoever wants to mess with the Jia family has to consider whether they have the strength.
Hearing Jia Lian's inquiry, Mingyan cried and said: "Second Master Lian, it's like this. Uncle Xue is here to treat us today. We've invited Second Master Bao and an actor named Jiang Yuhan to have a drink here."
Hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but laugh.
In Dream of Red Mansions, Xiren ends up following Jiang Yuhan.
And now, because of his spoilers, Xi Ren was kicked out of the house early.
I don’t know if Xiren will follow Jiang Yuhan in the end.
If Xiren still followed Jiang Yuhan, it would be interesting for Jia Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan to drink together now.
Then Ming Yan continued: "Uncle Xue has invited Miss Ruyan, a steward of the Qing Dynasty, to accompany him..."
Hearing this, Jia Lian couldn't help but ask: "I heard that Miss Ruyan is the number one in Cuiyun Tower and can easily disappear. How could idiot Xue invite Miss Ruyan?"
Beside him, Jia Huan couldn't help but look at Jia Lian, thinking that you are very familiar with this news.
Just listen to Mingyan say: "Originally I couldn't invite you, but Uncle Xue said that he is the cousin of Jia Sanshou and Huan Sanye, and Baoyu is the biological brother of Huan Sanye, so we can invite Miss Ruyan out." ”
Okay! He turned out to be the reason why they were looking for the top card.
Mingyan continued: "Originally they were having a good time drinking, but it happened that Zhou Tong, the grandson of Duke Zhao, also came here to drink, and they named Miss Ruyan to accompany them."
"Cuiyunlou didn't dare to offend Zhou Tong, so he had to go to the private room to beg Uncle Xue and Second Master Bao, but Uncle Xue and Second Master Bao were not willing to comply."
"As a result, Zhou Tong rushed into the private room and beat Uncle Xue and Second Master Bao severely. The younger ones went up to protect Second Master Bao, but they threw them directly from the upstairs."
Oops!
It turned out that Mingyan was in the ditch and was thrown directly from the upstairs. Is her leg broken?
(End of chapter)
