Wang Can was waiting in the living room, and time passed by little by little. When a burst of rapid footsteps came, Wang Can's spirit perked up. He knew that someone must be here, and it must be an attendant to report the news.
Sure enough, an attendant came in and reported hurriedly: "Uncle, a group of people are coming outside. The leader said he is from a wealthy family with five surnames and seven hopes. He asked you to come out of the house to greet them."
Wang Can said: "Don't worry about them."
As for Wang Can, he has no intention of getting used to these people with five surnames and seven looks.
Because as soon as these people arrived, the confrontation had already begun. If Wang Can went out to greet them in person, it would be equivalent to losing his prestige, affecting his morale, and making himself lower than the opponent. This is what Wang Can does not want.
The attendant went out to get the news, and after a while, he came to the gate. Looking at the group of people arriving at the entrance of the king's house, his eyes fell on the leader, an old man.
The old man's name is Wang Shenfu.
Born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, he is the representative of this group of people.
Wang Shenfu is already in his early sixties, almost seventy years old. He is the uncle of this generation of the Wang family, and the only remaining fruit of the older generation of the Wang family, so Wang Shenfu is personally responsible for the negotiations.
Previously, it was Wang Shenfu who asked his attendants to inform him.
So the attendant said: "Our young master is in the lobby. If you want to visit, just go straight there. The young master is busy now and has no time to greet you."
The servants in the house are all members of the Li family.
When meeting Wang Can, they all call him uncle, but when talking to outsiders, they all call Wang Can son.
This is Li Zongyue's order.
Take care of Wang Can’s face.
After all, as soon as he is called uncle, some people will know that Wang Can is his adopted son-in-law, and it is inevitable that he will be despised by others. Therefore, people in the family always call Wang Can son-in-law when speaking to others.
The king's talisman is in the Wang family, and it belongs to the elders.
In an aristocratic family, he is the senior.
He has always been accustomed to the attitude of an old man. Even when he saw the emperor, Wang Shenfu never made a big salute, but only bowed slightly to salute. Therefore, in Wang Shenfu's view, he had revealed his identity, and Wang Can should come to greet him.
This is due to identity.
Especially when Wang Shenfu was in the palace, he heard what Li Shimin said, saying that Wang Can, on behalf of the imperial court, was negotiating with the people of the fifth surname Qiwang, hoping that the aristocratic family members headed by the fifth surname Qiwang could donate food to support the imperial court.
To help the people.
Wang Shenfu did not directly reject the emperor, but in his heart, he did not have a good impression of Wang Can. An unknown person who was an enemy of the five surnames and Qi Wang was seeking death.
Wang Shenfu's demeanor fell into the eyes of Fang Xuanling on the side, and a touch of joy flashed in his eyes. The emperor did not come to the royal residence, but Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui did.
Fang Xuanling said: "Master Wang, do you really have no time?"
The attendant said: "Yes, the young master has already said that if you want to go in, go in. He is waiting in the hall."
Comparing this statement with the previous one, one can see that Wang Can did not come out on purpose.
Fang Xuanling looked at Wang Shenfu with a smile on her face. Faced with a person like Wang Can, Wang Shenfu was really angry. Wang Shenfu was furious, but he didn't show it. He just had a gloomy face and said
Entering, he said: "I would like to see what kind of person this Wang Can is, who is so arrogant."
He strode inside.
The rest of the people also followed in.
Everyone entered in a mighty manner. There were dozens of people in this group. They entered in a swarm and the formation was huge.
After a while, a group of people entered the hall.
Wang Shenfu was walking at the front. When Wang Shenfu's eyes fell directly on the top of the hall, he saw Wang Can at the front. He said solemnly: "Are you Wang Can?"
"yes!"
Wang Can replied calmly.
Wang Shenfu sneered and said disdainfully: "Speaking of which, you, Wang Can, are a young man under twenty years old. In terms of age, you are a junior; in terms of guests and hosts, you are the master; in terms of status, you are
It's Bai Shen. No matter which one, given your situation, you should go out to greet me. However, you are so self-righteous that you don't even go out to greet me. Wang Can, you are so disrespectful of etiquette."
King Talisman attacks directly.
This is to take a preemptive strike and suppress Wang Can from the beginning so that he can negotiate with Wang Can later.
In fact, Wang Shenfu was not willing to negotiate with Wang Can. Especially since Wang Can put on such a posture, given Wang Shenfu's nature, he even planned to turn around and leave.
It's just that when the emperor arranged for someone to deliver the letter, he took a book "Compendium of Materia Medica" to show to the Wang family. At that time, every word in the book was the same size and there was no change at all.
This is clearly printed.
It's not transcribed.
Not to mention the content of the "Compendium of Materia Medica" itself, the printing method alone has already made the Wang family a little constrained. They want to find out what it is, so Wang Shenfu patiently negotiated.
Wang Shenfu needs to be sure whether this can be printed in batches.
If the imperial court can print books in batches, it will have a huge impact on their aristocratic families. Because as long as the imperial court can print books in batches, it means that the cost of studying will be reduced a lot, which will have an impact at least on the aristocratic families.
Powerful.
Wang Can is like an old fox.
When he heard Wang Shenfu's words, his expression looked very calm and he said calmly: "Who is your Excellency?"
Wang Shenfu raised his head and said: "I come from the Wang family in Taiyuan, and my name is Wang Shenfu."
Wang Can nodded and said: "I didn't expect that he was actually from the Wang family in Taiyuan. Wang Shenfu, you are also a very old person. Logically speaking, this person is very old and should have gone through many vicissitudes and thought things through.
You are a very understanding person. But now it seems that you have not thought things through clearly. You do not think about many things."
"What are you here for?"
"We're here to negotiate."
"This negotiation is not about family life, it is not about gathering friends, nor is it about seniority. It is just like on the battlefield. It is about bargaining and confrontation."
"There are no fathers and sons on the battlefield!"
"Similarly, this negotiation is the same."
Wang Can talked eloquently and stared at Wang Shenfu. His aura was not weak at all. Even the momentum Wang Can displayed at this moment was completely crushing Wang Shenfu.
The aura that Wang Can exudes is not something that a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old possesses, but it is completely natural.
Wang Can continued: "This negotiation has nothing to do with age, guest or host, or identity. It is a negotiation between both parties. Each party is its own master and negotiates independently. There is no distinction between guest and host. Wang Shenfu, if even this
, you can’t figure it out, and you don’t have a clear characterization, then you are too bad.”
Wang Shenfu's cheek twitched.
He didn't expect that Wang Can's mouth would be so cunning and he would retort eloquently.
The rest of the aristocratic families looked at Wang Can with fear in their eyes. You know, Wang Shenfu is a very aura person. He is so menacing that it is difficult to breathe. But Wang Can calmly dealt with such a situation.
It's almost unbelievable to everyone.
Fang Xuanling found it funny and even more interesting. He and Du Ruhui looked at each other. The two of them were like bystanders, watching quietly from the side.
Wang Shenfu took a deep breath, recovered, and sneered: "I didn't expect that you, Wang Can, would be so sophistry at such a young age. No wonder the emperor asked you to be responsible for negotiations."
Wang Can said: "Whether it's eloquence or sophistry. In short, this is a skill. At least, you, Wang Shenfu, have lived for most of his life, and now half of his body has been buried, but no one has this ability.
"
Wang Shenfu was so angry that he could barely breathe.
This kid Wang Can was obviously going around the corner and scolding him that he was about to die. It was simply unreasonable.
Wang Shenfu snorted, said no more, and led everyone to sit down. Immediately, Wang Shenfu continued: "Wang Can, stop talking nonsense and get back to the point. The emperor took out a "Compendium of Materia Medica" and
Let us negotiate, and they also intend to ask us to provide food. I and everyone else are curious, why do you ask us, a big family, to provide food and support to the court."
Wang Can said lightly: "Speaking of it, this matter is actually simple! The book "Compendium of Materia Medica" has countless contents, and these contents are all printed, not written word by word. Moreover,
This kind of printing is extremely fast.”
"Come here, bring out a stack of books."
Wang Can immediately gave the order.
As Wang Can finished speaking, he saw the attendant at the door carrying a pile of books into the hall. He placed the pile of books in the hall, turned around and left.
This pile of books was redeemed by Wang Can from the All Heavens System. They are "Laozi" one by one, but the content is incomplete. Each book is not thick, only about twenty pages.
However, the "Laozi" produced in a notebook and thread-bound format was all printed using movable type printing.
Wang Can waved his hand and said: "Come, everyone, take a look."
As Wang Can's words fell, Wang Shenfu and the others picked up the books one by one. They all frowned when they saw the same content and the books.
Because Wang Can took out another batch of books.
And they're all exactly the same.
Shocking.
Wang Shenfu thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "Wang Can, even if you come up with such a batch of books, what can you do? For us, even if the imperial court introduces such a
How many people can actually be affected by many books? Having books may not necessarily be able to affect our wealthy family. Your idea is too naive."
He still remains strong.
Because of this negotiation, Wang Shenfu not only wanted to counterattack the other party, but also took away the means of publishing such books, and then brought them back to the Wang family.
So much so that all the big families like the Five Surnames and Qi Wang must have this printing method. Then, it is ensured that the big families like the Five Surnames and Qi Wang can take advantage of this and make countless money.
