Dong Xianliang left Prince Ping's Mansion and took three agreements from Xiaohunhou, Xingye hurried to meet his mentor Kong Hanyou to discuss countermeasures.

Kong Hanyou read the three agreements proposed by Xiaohunhou, and the blue veins on his forehead burst into flames and was furious.

This is clearly a cheating agreement!

The first agreement was to sell Dong Xianliang.

In the second agreement, Xiaohunhou helped the Censorate break through the "annual system", but the next chief examiner would give it to Xiaohunhou.

Xiaohunhou must use this exam to achieve his ulterior motive.

The third agreement made him feel even more heartbroken.

Xiaohunhou was willing to help Confucianism prosper, but he wanted to be the "deputy leader" for ten years. What the hell is this? Does Xiaohunhou want to be the spiritual leader of Confucian scholars in the world? This is selling Confucianism.

As the leader of the Confucian school in the world, how can Kong Hanyou not be angry?

He can't sign any agreement!

"Mr., what do you think?"

Seeing that the teacher's face looked very ugly, Dong Xianliang couldn't help but ask carefully.

"Xiao Hunhou, a big playboy in Jinling, must have a different heart if I am a member of my party. We Confucian scholars should do it ourselves. This matter cannot be depended on others. Joining forces with Xiao Hunhou... is just a scam with the tiger!"

Kong Hanyou suppressed his anger and shook his head and said slowly.

He was not willing to pay such a huge price without being forced into a desperate situation.

Dong Xianliang felt a little uncomfortable in classical Chinese.

He was quite looking forward to fighting side by side with Xiao Hunhou.

However, Xiaohunhou only talked about the price, and his mentor was not willing to pay this price.

"Yes, my teacher! On the day of the great court struggle, my disciples will go to the battle first, and my teacher and the Censorate will go to the next!"

Dong Xianliang bowed and said resolutely.

...

Chu Tianxiu didn't know whether Dong Xianliang was scared by the price, or whether Kong Hanyou was hesitant and unwilling to pay the price.

There was no news after going there.

It is estimated that there is still half a month left, so the Censor is not in a hurry!

This disappointed Chu Tianxiu, who was holding the "Da Chu Mansion Newspaper" and was about to sit firmly on Diaoyutai.

However, he was not idle either.

The first half of "The Story of Stone" has been printed forty chapters, and two thousand volumes have been printed.

It will be sold publicly in Jinling City soon.

As for why Chu Tianxiu used the title of "The Story of Stone", rather than "Dream of Red Mansions", which is widely known in later generations.

This is purely to commemorate Mr. Cao Xueqin.

The old man was born in Jinling City and wrote the first eighty chapters, using the name "Stone Story".

Later, the version written by Cheng Gaosheng added the following forty chapters before it was changed to the 120 chapters of "Dream of Red Mansions".

Chu Tianxiu made a lot of publicity in the "Da Chu Mansion News" in advance and will officially start selling a shop under the name of Li Yu, the princess of Danyang.

This day.

Early in the morning.

Chu Tianxiu and Li Yu took Zuer and Dier to Changle Street to see how the sales of "The Story of Stone" were.

But I saw that the bookstore had not yet opened, and there was already a large crowd outside the door.

Many of the crowds were the daughters of wealthy families in Jinling City, and were extremely obsessed with "The Story of the Stone".

There were also groups of clans invited them to buy books.

Xie Lingyun and a group of scholars came to buy books in person.

There are also groups of Jinling Confucian scholars and hundreds of them.

There are more maids and servants sent by those wealthy families.

The servant sent by Prime Minister Hu Yong of Xie’s mansion and the maid sent by the second wife of Prince Ping’s mansion. The master was not easy to show up, so of course he asked the servants to come and write.

Although half a chapter of "The Story of the Stone" is published in each issue in "The Great Chu Di Daily", it was serialized too slowly. It took ten days to be serialized before the fifth chapter was serialized.

The serialization slowly makes people wait for this very anxious!

Some handwritten manuscripts that were privately circulated in Jinling City were gone at most in twenty chapters. It is said that Xiao Hunhou hid the manuscript in order to keep it secret and prevent people from reading it.

This "Stone Story" is the first carved and published book in the Great Chu Dynasty. Before that, no one sold books, and they were all hand-copied books copied by scholars themselves.

Moreover, this is an unprecedented novel.

Not to mention anything else, the collection value alone is extremely great!

Of course, I just bought the books and read them.

"Everyone, the first half of this "Stone" is two taels of silver per book. One thousand copies are sold today, and there are a lot of them, so don't squeeze them."

As soon as the door of this bookstore opened, the owner shouted.

Everyone rushed forward eagerly.

Many bullshits!

Only a thousand books were sold! There were more than one or two thousand people outside the bookstore. The crowded crowds were sold out slowly and there was no more.

This is just a small number of people in Jinling City have come, and even more scholars want to buy it, they can’t buy it.

"The silver is here, get the book!"

Xie Lingyun and other groups of scholars rushed to the front with great momentum.

These scholars are so noble, with many powerful people and others dare not compete with them.

"I've got the book, let's go and read it together!"

In the blink of an eye, the scholars snatched hundreds of copies of "The Stones", all of whom were ecstatic and left with their longevity.

After these scholars left.

Those daughters, Confucian scholars, servants and maids were even more anxious.

"Shopkeeper, come and give me a book called "The Story of the Stone"!"

"Don't rob, oh, I'm stepping on my feet!"

"The demeanor, keep the demeanor of our Confucian scholars! How can we ignore our elegance so much!"

Jia Sheng was anxious in the crowd and shouted loudly, his hat was squeezed out and his clothes were messy. In the end, he quickly grabbed a book called "The Story of the Stone".

Jia Sheng was holding a thick book and smelling the fragrance of ink, he couldn't help but feel happy.

He finally bought a copy of "The Story of the Stone" without hiding his wife, saving money and using two taels of silver hidden under the bed for many years.

Now, he will be able to read this book of stone day and night in detail when he goes back, and he will be able to enjoy it for at least a year.

"Jia Sheng, aren't you taking the lead in criticizing "The Story of the Stone", why do you still come and rob it?!"

There was a scholar who had not been snatched and was very angry. Seeing that Jia Sheng had grabbed one, he couldn't help but say angrily.

"What do you know? If you don't read it, how can you criticize it? When I go back tonight, I will read it with candles at night and criticize "The Story of the Stone" carefully!

How can reading books be confused with criticism?

After I finished reading, I went to the "Da Chu Di Daily" to submit the article and criticized it severely."

Jia Sheng hummed, put his messy clothes on and swayed away.

The "Da Chu Di Daily" accepts scholars' submissions. Not only does it collect, but it also pays. A short article of hundreds of words can earn more than a dozen coins.

During his spare time in private schools, he had already published an article criticizing the "Story of Stone" in the "Da Chu Palace", and severely criticized the indifference.

This article has caused a lot of controversy in Jinling City, and even many scholars and Confucian scholars often quarreled.

Maybe he could still earn the two taels of silver by writing articles criticizing Xiao Hunhou and "The Story of the Stone".

As for why the newspaper sponsored by Xiao Hunhou will publish articles criticizing "The Story of the Stone"?

Jia Sheng came up with an incredible experience.

Xiao Hunhou was completely shameless. In order to sell books, he wanted everyone to quarrel and hype the popularity, and everyone knew it.

In order to earn this bad money, Xiao Hunhou wanted to scold himself - but this was too naked. So Xiao Hunhou was hoping to be scolded by someone.

Since that's the case, of course, Jia Sheng is not polite.

He is now the Confucian scholar who scolded "The Story of the Stone" in Jinling City. He has already scolded him as the number one expert, and his fame is also rising!
Chapter completed!