"Bookstore?" Bai Guai looked at Li Yuguo in confusion, but she still didn't ask in detail, but followed him all the way.
This is not an ordinary bookstore, but an underground bookstore. This bookstore was run by Li Yuguo, his confidant Li Zhong. In the entire Jiuxiao City, not many people knew about this bookstore. I think Li Yuguo was still a twelve or thirteen year old at the time. The young man opened this bookstore here to spread "Dajin Fengyunlu", and he used this underground bookstore.
Of course, this is not a counterfeit bookstore, because some of the books are printed here and then stamped and sold in official bookstores, so there is no tax evasion.
It's just that Li Yuguo was worried about trouble, so he didn't bother to do anything. But now he saw that there was indeed trouble, and the trouble was not small, because the people from Tongming Temple came.
The bookstore is not big, but it is not small either. It is located in an abandoned yard provided by Bailong. From the outside, this yard is nothing interesting, overgrown with weeds and deserted, so there are legends in it.
The legend is simple, it is haunted.
People in this era are naturally very afraid of ghosts and gods, so with this rumor of hauntings, people naturally stay away. After all, no one wants to take the risk of dealing with ghosts and gods.
So Li Huguo had people sorting out the books during the day and printing them at night. After printing, they were sent to the bookstore before sunrise for official sale.
Mr. Zhang from the bookstore was originally very curious about the origin of these books by Li Huguo, but Li Huguo gave Li Zhong enough benefits. In the face of enough money, what problem cannot be solved? If it can't be solved, keep plugging it.
Therefore, the secret of the bookstore has been hidden intentionally or unintentionally by Jiuxiao City. People only know that the person who wrote "Dajin Fengyun Lu" is called "One Life Wuyou", but they have never seen him in person.
Some people say that Wuyou is a reclusive master, while others say that Wuyou is a high official who retired from the court. In short, everyone is curious about this "Wouyou" master. , but almost no one knows the true identity of Wuyou.
"Master." Li Zhong lowered his head and said.
Li Zhong was wearing a smart black gown. He was in his twenties. Putting on this outfit, he looked completely different from his usual servant. As expected, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle.
"Stop printing the book for a while. People from Tongming Temple are here to check." Li Huguo put his hands behind his back and spoke in a sophisticated tone, making him look like a weather-beaten old man. Li Huguo kept his mask blank, and Li Zhong They also wear masks. All the people in the underground bookstore wear masks.
Everyone knows that the owner of the underground bookstore is "Worry-free" himself, but no one knows how old he is or what his identity is.
"Tongming Temple? Our Jiuxiao City is a small place anyway. Why would Tongming Temple notice this place?" Li Zhong was puzzled.
Li Huguo said slowly: "It's my problem. I never thought that Dajin Fengyunlu would turn into an anti-book and become the target of their investigation."
"What kind of anti-Confucian book? I think this is simply the strategy of those corrupt Confucians. After those corrupt Confucianists were printed, no one bought it at all. Since the interview with Dajin Fengyunlu, Master, your book has been welcomed by the whole country of Vietnam. Do you want to give up such a good book that has been updated for five or six years?" Li Zhong said with fists.
It must be known that the benefits this book brought to Li Hugo were very great. Even Li Hugo's parents did not know the benefits this book brought.
The printing fee for a book only costs thirty taels of silver, and it uses fine paper and covers, but after selling it, a book can be purchased for thirty taels of silver!
Li Huguo's underground bookstore prints 10,000 volumes each time, and it has the seal and ribbon of the official bookstore as proof, so others dare not fake it, so it updates it every time, which is about a volume, and a volume has about 10,000 words, three The benefits of updating a volume every month to six months are considerable.
It can be said to be pure profit. Even if miscellaneous items such as various production costs are excluded, on average, there must be an income of tens of thousands taels per month.
Bai Guai picked up a book framed with gold thread: "Is this book so different from other books?"
"This is Miss Xiaobai's first time here. This is a deluxe edition, specially sold to the capital and the dignitaries of major aristocratic families. Only a hundred copies of such a book are printed each time. It is still expensive but not marketable. It is sold on the black market. They have all sold three thousand taels a book. Even if they are sold normally, they must be worth a thousand taels a book. The young master is a genius." Li Zhong said.
"Oh my God..." Bai GuAi was shocked. She had regarded one tael of silver as a huge amount of money since she was a child. The difference between hundreds of thousands of taels and one tael was huge, so Bai GuAi was stunned.
At this moment, a masked waiter came in in a panic: "Young Master, the manager... Mr. Zhang heard that the Young Master is here and came here to visit."
"Invite me quickly!" Li Huguo said.
The courtyard that looks deserted on the outside is actually another cave inside. Mr. Zhang is a middle-aged man in his fifties, short and fat, with a very wretched appearance. As soon as he came in, he clasped his fists and said: "Master, you are here. …”
"Master Zhang, are you here for the people from Tongming Temple?" Li Yuguo asked.
Master Zhang was stunned, pinched his mustache with his fingers and said: "The young master's information is really well-informed, it is indeed Tongming Temple... But the people here are not evil. The first thing they did when they came to our Jiuxiao Bookstore was to take the young master's book and interrogate it. Who is the author of the book?”
"Then what did you say?" Li Yuguo said in a gloomy voice.
Mr. Zhang had a flattering smile on his face: "If you dare to say anything, I will just say that this is a book written by an unknown gentleman. We are only responsible for printing, not for asking..."
Li Huguo frowned: "Aren't they here to find out about the printing office?"
"I also asked about the underground bookstore, because people from Tongming Temple came to our printing workshop and searched, but did not find the printing template of Dajin Fengyunlu. They must have known that Jiuxiao Bookstore did not participate in the printing, but it seems ... They are more interested in this book writer." Mr. Zhang said.
Li Yuguo made an invitation gesture and went to the outside living room with Mr. Zhang. At this time, the boy came over to watch the tea. Mr. Zhang wiped the foam from the tea and said with a smile: "This girl is very nice. It seems that she is the new hire of the young master." This girl, looking at her figure, must be a beauty, the young master has good taste."
Seeing Mr. Zhang's lustful gaze, Bai Guai suddenly became unhappy: "Do you have to take care of it?"
"Hahaha! Good temper!" Master Zhang said.
Li Yuguo immediately interrupted Master Zhang's teasing: "Zhang Rusong, isn't he here to track down counter-propaganda?"
"He didn't mention a word about the counter-book, but the other party said he wanted to meet the gentleman who wrote the book." Master Zhang said.
Li Huguo was puzzled: "This is strange. I obviously heard from the news that they were talking about counter-proposal, but now they don't mention it?"
"It's just nonsense. Tongming Temple requires a diploma to arrest people, so the diploma says that an important person in the capital wants to meet Mr. 'Worry-Free', which is you, the young master."