The three of them rarely go shopping on non-holidays and holidays. The main reason is that we didn't live in the palace in the past, and there was no so-called after school. That is, there were still many things to do after school and office, and we were still working overtime.
, there is no time to go out at all.
Imperial Physician Lu and Imperial Physician Liu are still locked up in the Imperial Mansion. Man Bao doesn't have much to do. She usually handles official duties at the Imperial Hospital in the morning, occasionally takes orders to see a doctor, and goes to Chongwen Hall to study in the afternoon, so she is off now
The yamen can play now.
Bai Shan's time is more flexible. He can be busy even if the Imperial Academy says he is busy, and he doesn't have to be busy even if he is not busy.
The three of them had eaten outside, looked around and decided to take a leisurely stroll to the bookstore.
Bai Erlang and the others were very familiar with the shop. The owner of the bookstore at the door recognized them and immediately greeted them with a smile, "It turns out to be Mr. Bai. Oh, there are also Bai Hanlin and Mr. Zhou. Please come inside quickly."
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The owner smiled and asked: "What do you want to buy? We have new Duan inkstones here."
Bai Shan smiled and said, "Are there any new books recently?"
The boss asked with a smile: "I don't know what book Bai Hanlin is talking about. There is one travelogue and two collections of essays, but they are not published by the adults in the court. You also know that the books by the adults in the court are
Anthologies are always published first by yamen bookstores, so it’s good if we bookstores can get a share of them. There are quite a few storybooks, but..."
He looked at Bai Erlang and sighed: "But it is still very different from the one written by Second Young Master Bai. The best seller in my bookstore now is the biography of Young Master Xiang written by Second Young Master Bai."
After many years, this book by Bai Erlang is still the best-selling, which shows how popular this book is.
Of course, there are reasons why it has always been on the best-seller list. First of all, the cultural level of the person who wrote it is not low. Bai Erlang was a student of the Imperial College at that time. He had read books for more than ten years, and his cultural level was still sufficient. What's more,
There were also Bai Shan and Zhou Man making suggestions;
Secondly, this is a biographical novel with a true story as the background. Xiang Mingxue is real, and King Yizhou is famous throughout the country. It not only involves the resistance of poor families to the powerful, but also involves elements such as rebellion, family hatred and national hatred.
Not to mention scholars like them, even the common people have no resistance to such stories;
Finally, it also artistically processed the true story, otherwise Xiang Mingxue would not read the book as someone else's story, because what he wrote was mixed with half-truths and half-falsehoods.
That fake one is very exciting.
Beijing is a big city, and new people come here every year, and a large number of them are students who study abroad or come for the imperial examination. Therefore, this book sells very well. No matter how new the novel is, it cannot keep up with it.
There were also people who made up a character based on Xiang Mingxue out of the blue, and there were blood feuds, and there were also all kinds of bizarre final revenges.
The sales volume was pretty good, but still not as good as this biography.
The bookstore owner felt that the fundamental reason was the first and second reasons. The book was written by an educated person like Bai Erlang, and the story was true.
He really wanted Bai Erlang to continue writing, "I heard that Mr. Xiang has achieved success in business now. How about Mr. Bai write about how Mr. Xiang cheered up and started doing business?"
Bai Erlang: "...You can't always catch someone harvesting wool, right? No, no."
Bai Shan asked him, "Are you free to write a storybook now?"
Bai Erlang was still a little bit technical, so he heard this and said: "I have already passed the Jinshi exam. I will just pass the civil service exam next year. I think it should not be difficult to pass the exam with my status."
At that time, he was already married to Ming Da, and he was the emperor's son-in-law. Even if he didn't take the civil service examination, it would not be difficult to become an official.
Bai Shandao: "If you do poorly in the exam, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the emperor and Ming Da?"
Bai Erlang couldn't help but feel his heart tightening, "What you said makes sense, so I'll continue reading recently."
After passing the Jinshi exam, he relaxed a lot. If he could write, he would never do his homework. If he could read, he would never write. He was very perfunctory, but it was strange. His husband didn't slap him recently. I don't know if he was secretly collecting his mistakes, and then once
Suppressing sex can lead to great consequences.
Bai Erlang shook his head and said immediately: "When I get back, I will take out the books you read for the Civil Service Examination and read them, but I am still itching to write a storybook."
He said: "If I were to enter the Hanlin Academy, do you think I would be able to compile history books, annotate scriptures, or compile almanacs and agricultural books?"
Bai Shan was silent.
Bai Erlang said: "Look, look, you also think that I can't do these things, right? I will definitely be looking for information for the Hanlin officials. It's boring just thinking about it, so I might as well write a storybook to pass the time when I'm bored.
time."
The boss on the side had bright eyes and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, these words are just for passing time. The person who wrote it is passing time, and the people who read are also passing time. You see, it is no different now than it was a few days ago.
When was it convenient for you to study? At that time, you were so busy and could still write a lot in one month."
Bai Erlang became excited and more confident, and discussed with Bai Shan Zhouman, "Do you think I made up a story myself, or wrote something else?"
Man Bao said: "Our lives are very peaceful, what is there to write about? Well, how about we write about our journey westward last year."
Man Bao perked up and said, "Isn't this the most exciting business? We have fought in wars and brought back a recipe for cowpox."
Bai Shan also nodded, "This is good. We can start from the time when smallpox appeared in Xiazhou. Well, we were ordered to go to Xiazhou to treat smallpox when we were in danger, and then we went to the Western Regions to find prescriptions."
The boss on the side had his eyes shining brightly and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, just write this, just write this."
When the time comes, he will put up a sign, telling how the world-famous goddess doctor found the recipe for cowpox; how Bai Jinshi defeated the enemy and captured the city, and finally the emperor's grace was so great that he was granted the title of Viscount...
The boss excitedly said to Bai Erlang: "If Mr. Bai can write it down, I will still split the score 50-50 with you."
"That won't work." Before Bai Erlang could speak, Bai Shan had already taken over: "The Bai Er of today is no longer the Bai Er of the past, and his writing style and identity are all different. What's more, it's us who are writing this time.
Naturally, we can no longer follow the same rules as before."
So the three people who originally came to browse the bookstore went back and forth to bargain with the bookstore owner, and finally got back a contract signed by both parties.
Bai Shan and the other three are refreshed and in a happy mood. It's another income. It's great to have money.
Zhou Lixue and three others, who brought the copied books to hand in the assignment, witnessed the whole process at the door and were dumbfounded.
Man Bao turned around and saw them, and said hello casually, "Come and hand in your books, hand them in, hand them in, we are waiting for you and we will go home together in a while."
The three of them silently stepped forward and handed the copied books to their boss.
The boss flipped through it casually, and found no obvious errors or omissions, so he took out sixty cents and distributed them to them, twenty cents per person, which was the price of copying a book.
The boss smiled and said to them: "What book will you choose next?"
The three people said sadly: "Let's stick to the "Warring States Policy. Eastern Zhou Policy".