Hearing that Pang Feiji agreed simply, Yuchi Jingde couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Xiaoxuan, Pang Feiji will be allocated to you in the future. If someone comes to make trouble, just ask him to come forward. If it doesn't work, I still have you, so why not Your Majesty. As for the Wuhou Mansion and the Ministry of War, I will report it myself, so you don’t have to worry about this!"
"Thank you, Uncle Yuchi, but wouldn't this be too intrusive? After all, Qiqi Culture is just a bookstore!"
Li Zexuan expressed his understanding of Yuchi Jingde's kindness, but asking Pang Feiji, the "director of the local police station" to be the "security chief" of his store, was a bit too pretentious.
Yuchi Jingde said with a sneer: "You guys are really intimidated. Do you know how many people's interests your cheap books have harmed? These include many aristocratic families, courtiers, bookstores, and wealthy businessmen. It's not like I didn't do anything back then. Having experienced these intrigues, I know the faces of those people much better than you!"
"So what? Do they dare to do anything illegal under the emperor's feet?"
Yuchi Jingde shook his head and said: "Hey, if you can't do it in the light, you can do it in the dark. Anyway, you must be more careful lately!"
Li Zexuan nodded thoughtfully.
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Dongshi, South Street.
Mingde Book Store.
In the past, it was true that "there were scholars talking and laughing, but no white people coming and going", but today it is really deserted. Not only are there no scholars, there are no white people either. Two waiters in the shop were sitting boredly in front of the door, looking at the few pedestrians on the street, and occasionally swatting away a few mosquitoes on the table. Sitting inside was a middle-aged man in purple, who was frowning at the moment. Suo looked at the empty bookstore and was speechless. The atmosphere was very dull for a while.
"Hey, guest sir, what books do you need?"
At this moment, a scholar in white suddenly came in from outside, and two boys quickly stood up and greeted him.
The middle-aged man in purple clothes also quickly put away the sadness on his face and stood up to greet the scholar.
The scholar nodded and didn't say anything else. He went straight to the bookshelf to look for books. After a while, he came out with a copy of "Zuo Zhuan".
"Shopkeeper, how much does this "Zuo Zhuan" cost?"
The middle-aged man in purple clothes quickly smiled and replied: "My guest, this "Zuo Zhuan" is priced at 1,700 yuan. If you sincerely want it, I can sell it to you for 1,600 yuan!"
He also saw that today's business was really bleak, so he temporarily lowered the price, hoping to retain this customer.
The young scholar frowned and said displeased: "Although my family is not short of money, I don't want to be tricked by you for nothing. I heard about the interesting culture not far from here. "Zuo Zhuan" only sells for one hundred and ten. Wen, if you sold it so expensively before, why can you still bully customers like this now! I won’t buy it!”
After saying that, he walked away!
"Hey! Sir, it's not what you think! Alas!"
The shopkeeper hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, but to no avail, he could only sigh.
"Shopkeeper, this is the fifth guest today who has said this!"
A boy couldn't help complaining.
"I want you to talk more! I sent Afa to find out the news. Why hasn't this kid come back yet?"
The shopkeeper scolded angrily, and after saying that, he glanced anxiously outside the door.
"Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, the young one is back!"
At this moment, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside, and then a boy wearing a navy blue coat and hat ran in.
The shopkeeper hurriedly pulled him over and asked, "Afa, how is it? Can you find out any news?"
"Hoo~! Hoo~!"
Afa patted his chest several times with his hand, took a few breaths, and then said: "Shop manager, there is a long queue at Qiqi Culture. Their books are indeed very cheap. The price is even It was less than 10% of ours, so many people started fighting over the books! Even the people in Wuhou Mansion were alarmed!"
When the shopkeeper Ziyi heard this, his expression suddenly changed. After a moment, he asked word by word: "Then how many books like this do they have?"
Ah Fa scratched his head and said: "There shouldn't be many, probably three or four hundred copies, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people fighting for them!"
Shopkeeper Ziyi was obviously relieved. Another boy next to him asked: "Shopkeeper, should we also lower the price? Otherwise, no one will come to buy books!"
"Snapped!"
The shopkeeper angrily slapped the boy on the head and said angrily: "Down, down, down, how? If you drop like them, we will be killed! Go to work quickly and wipe the bookshelf, I I don’t believe that Funny Culture can have so many cheap books! Besides, since they sell them so cheaply, the quality of the books must be shoddy. In the future, those who want cheap books will wake up and have to come to us to buy books!"
"What the shopkeeper said is that you are a wise old man!"
The boy rubbed his head and quickly took the other two people to clean the bookshelf.
This situation is common in other bookstores in Chang'an City. The impact of books on interesting culture on the entire book market is beginning to appear!
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Taiji Palace, Ganlu Palace.
Li Er had just left the morning court and was about to come over and change into his regular clothes. At this time, Zhao Song hurriedly came over and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, news has just arrived that a large-scale collective brawl occurred in Dongshi City. Old General Yuchi has personally led the Youwu Houwei. Go quell the riot!”
Li Er paused for a moment, and then said with an ugly face: "Chang'an, Chang'an, long-term peace and stability. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the court has been putting a lot of effort into the security of Chang'an City. It has been greatly improved in these years. Why is there such a thing today?" So many people are gathering to cause trouble, Zhao Song, can you find out the reason?"
"Back to Your Majesty, it is said that because of the interesting culture opened by men in Li County, a large number of cheap books were sold today, and the price was less than 10% of other bookstores. Therefore, it attracted many people in Chang'an City to loot. During the looting process, some people were afraid that they would not be able to grab it. , couldn’t help but quarreled until they started taking action, which led to a large-scale riot and fight!”
Zhao Song said clearly.
"Haha, I didn't expect this brat to move so fast? He just made a paper machine a while ago, and he has printed so many books in just a few days! Not bad, not bad!"
Li Er praised in surprise, then he frowned and thought: "Zhao Song, immediately draft a decree to reprimand Li Zexuan, a man from Lantian County, for not doing his job properly, opening a shop without permission, failing to restrain customers, causing crowds to fight, disturbing public order, and leaving him behind closed doors to think about his mistakes. Seven days, three months of salary as punishment!"
"promise!"
Zhao Song accepted the order, but he was a little confused. Li Er didn't seem angry because of this matter, but why did he still issue an order to reprimand Li Zexuan? Although he had doubts in his heart, Zhao Song did not ask them out because he understood his duty.
After Zhao Song withdrew, Li Er leaned on the brocade couch and murmured: "Hey, I'm doing this for your own good. You kid, don't be ungrateful!"
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I went to attend the briefing. The first update was a bit late. Sorry!
Thank you Shitai Yanliang for the reward again and again!
(End of chapter)