"Wow haha, you guys finally did something good." Just as Zhang San handed the Three-Character Sutra to Kong Yingda, a burst of exaggerated laughter suddenly came from outside.
Before I saw him, I heard his voice first. Cheng Yaojin's voice was still so powerful and loud.
"Hello, Uncle Cheng." Changsun Chong, Fang Yiai and others outside bowed and saluted.
"Dad, why are you here?" Cheng Chumo said angrily.
"Why, I'm late, Mr. Xian?" Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened, and Cheng Chumo, like a little quail, shrank his neck and did not dare to speak.
"Hello, Uncle Cheng, please come in quickly!" Zhang San quickly ran out and greeted Cheng Yaojin.
"My nephew has done a great job, he deserves to be my queen." Cheng Yaojin patted Zhang San on the shoulder hard, almost knocking Zhang San to the ground. As expected, not everyone can bear Cheng Yaojin's enthusiasm.
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"Who said Zhang San is your general? Zhengzheng is the representative of our literati youth." Kong Yingda also heard Cheng Yaojin's voice, closed the Three-Character Sutra and walked out.
"Kong Ji, please drink. Zhang San, his son and brother are all fighting for the country, why are they not behind the generals?" Cheng Yaojin saw that Kong Yingda was also here, he was curious and said with fists in his hands.
"Okay, uncles, sit inside and have a cup of tea." Zhang San said quickly to smooth things over.
"Mr. Cheng Mang, why are you here?" At this moment, Fang Xuanling also came to the door and called from behind.
"Hey, I can come whenever I want. Is this owned by your family?" Cheng Yaojin turned around and saw Fang Xuanling baring his teeth and saying.
"Hello, Uncle Fang."
"Father, you are here!"
Zhang San, Fang Yiai and others quickly paid tribute to Fang Xuanling.
"It's really a great addition to our Sanwei Bookstore that these elders can come here!" Zhang San said with a happy smile, sitting where the others were.
The fact that these three people are here today makes Sanwei Bookstore even more powerful. Zhang San is naturally very happy.
"My nephew is really a great talent. This "Three Character Classic" can be said to be the best reading book for children's enlightenment. The words are simple and concise, and the meaning is far-reaching!" Fang Xuanling sighed after looking at the Three Character Classic handed to him by Kong Yingda.
"Uncle Fang was so impressed. My nephew also suffered from not having the opportunity to study when he was young. Later, he was lucky enough to learn literacy with the little Taoist priests at Xuande Temple. Now that he has some skills, he thought of writing a book suitable for children.
The books you read are hard to reach the level of elegance."
"Xiaosan, you are too modest. If this book can't be recognized by the public, what other book can be considered? It's a good thing for young people to not rely on their talents and be arrogant, but they shouldn't belittle themselves!" Kong Yingda said.
"I asked you to say something that I can understand. I think the illustrations here are quite good. Did you draw this, Xiaosan?" Cheng Yaojin also took the Three-Character Sutra and flipped through a few pictures and said.
"You are just a killer, but you can't recognize the good things." Fang Xuanling said angrily.
"Uncle Cheng, these were painted by my family Xiaoyu, and then they found someone to carve out the molds and print them out." Zhang San explained with a smile.
"Okay, not bad, the illustrations are nice to look at, unlike those books where the words are actually giving people a headache." Cheng Yaojin praised again.
"The book is not for you to read. Besides, can you understand it?" Kong Yingda scolded with a smile.
"You guys, now you have done something impressive. Remember to do it well and never give up halfway." Fang Xuanling told Fang Yiai and others.
"Father, don't worry, we will definitely do a good job. Didn't we do well in today's opening event?" Fang Yiai asked.
"Yes, it's refreshing. Did you come up with all of this?" Fang Xuanling nodded in approval.
"The mistress came up with it all, we are responsible for doing the work."
"Oh, mistress, do you know how to be a merchant?" Fang Xuanling looked at Zhang San and asked.
"This little trick was made by the brothers together, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do it by myself just from exhaustion today." Zhang San replied.
"The guests are here, why is everyone here?" At this time, a voice suddenly came from the door, which made Fang Xuanling and others startled. Why is this person here?
"Hello, distinguished guest, please come inside. Our lordship and several young masters are chatting with several noble people inside." Shopkeeper Sun said very politely when he saw the extraordinary temperament of the visitor.
Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yaojin, Kong Yingda and others ran out quickly, and Li Shimin came unexpectedly, which was really beyond everyone's expectation.
When Fang Xuanling and others saw Li Shimin wearing ordinary clothes, they consciously did not salute him. They just raised their hands and said hello: "I have met Li Erlang."
Zhang San, Fang Yiai and others stood behind and followed their example and bowed with their hands.
"Have a look inside." Li Shimin led two servants and walked inside first.
Zhang San waved his hand and hurried all the people inside to the front hall. He and Fang Yiai waited on him personally, serving tea and water.
Li Shimin didn't drink water, so he first asked Zhang San to take him around the bookstore. Seeing that Zhang San was very satisfied with the layout of the bookstore, especially the division of different functional areas, Li Shimin was full of praise.
"Your benefits of free reading and occasional lectures from your husband are also very good. Remember to keep this up so that more people of the Tang Dynasty can have the opportunity to learn knowledge."
Li Shimin and others returned to the reading room and sat down, praising Zhang San.
"Damn it, then you should allocate some money to me, and that's it for you?" Zhang San said in fear.
"Okay, Wei Chen and the others will do their best to do this well." Zhang San answered with cupped hands.
Li Shimin later praised Zhang San's Three Character Classic and asked Kong Yingda to make arrangements to promote this enlightenment book throughout the Tang Dynasty. Of course, he never mentioned financial compensation to Zhang San, which made Zhang San complain again.
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"What? The emperor went to the Sanwei Bookstore?" At this time, Changsun Wuji heard the butler's reply and asked in surprise.
"Yes, sir, I sent someone back privately to tell you." The butler bowed and replied.
"Quickly, drive to Sanwei Bookstore." Changsun Wuji immediately ordered.
At this time, I felt a little regretful. At that time, my son invited me to go to the opening of the bookstore to help stand up. I did not go because I had a conflict with the aristocratic family because of taboos. Now that I heard that the emperor also went, Changsun Wuji felt very regretful.
It seems that the emperor's position is very clear.
"Prepare the car, I'm going to Sanwei Bookstore." Yuchi Gong also ordered him to leave immediately after hearing the servant's report.
The same scene happened in many places.
"Xiaobao, your father is here, where did you die?" Yu Chigong is relatively close to here and came first. Of course, although he is tall and thick, his brain is not slow. He pretends not to know that Li Shimin is here. He has not yet
He yelled as soon as he entered the door.
At this time, since Li Shimin was here, Zhang San asked shopkeeper Sun to end today's activities early and disperse those who were still watching the fun, fearing that there would be too many people and something bad would happen.
"This black guy is still so hot-tempered." Li Shimin laughed when he heard Yu Chigong's voice.
Yuchi Baolin, Zhang San and several other juniors hurried out to greet Yuchi and invited Yuchi Gong into the house.
Just as arrangements were made here, another sound of horses neighing was heard over there. Changsun Wuji stepped out of the carriage and looked up at the signboard of Sanwei Bookstore and the couplets on both sides. His eyes suddenly lit up. The word "Yan"
Written by Shigu? It seems that there are still some people behind Zhang San.
"Father, you are here." Changsun Chong quickly ran to Changsun Wuji and said.
This was the first time that Zhang San met Changsun Wuji. When he heard Changsun Chong's address, he quickly greeted him and said, "My dear Zhang San, I have met Zhao Guogong."
Fang Yiai, Cheng Chumo and others who followed behind also greeted him and said, "Hello, uncle eldest grandson."
"Okay, you are a man from Zhang County. You are indeed a talented person. You and Chong'er are both good friends. You can just call me uncle like Fang Yiai and the others do. Don't be so unfamiliar." Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and said with a smile.
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Zhang San knew that Changsun Wuji was expressing goodwill to him. Ever since Li Shimin arrived, Zhang San had thought that many people might come today.
So Zhang San quickly called out: "Hello, Uncle Changsun."
"Okay, let's go in and have a look." Changsun Wuji laughed loudly and walked toward the reading room surrounded by Zhang San and others.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Shigu and Yu Shinan, two people who had a close relationship with Zhang San, also arrived one after another. Only then did Zhang San know that the couplets on the door and the words on the door were both written by Yan Shigu, and he quickly
He expressed thanks: "Thank you, Mr. Yan County, for the gift of calligraphy."
"Mr. Zhang County, you're so polite. I admire your talent very much. After I saw that couplet, I was really impressed. It's so wonderful!" Yan Shigu praised with a smile.
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In the Zheng family, Zheng Xuan and Cui Dian were sitting in the living room. Both of them looked gloomy. They originally looked down upon Zhang San, but who knew that this clown could have such energy.
Just now I heard that the servants came to report that Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others went to Sanwei Bookstore one after another, which made Zheng Xuan feel a kind of crisis.
So he immediately sent someone to call Cui Dian to discuss how to deal with Zhang San. The activity page of the bookstore was also placed in front of the two of them. Looking at the welfare activities above that they were jealous of, Cui Dian became angry.
Medium burn.
One of the Cui family's main industries is the printing shop, and several of the more famous bookshops in Chang'an are also secretly supported by the Cui family. Now that Zhang San's bookshop opens, it will have a great impact on his own bookshop.
Zheng Xuan was also very shocked at this time. Zhang San could actually make paper, which was one of the lifeblood of his family. In addition, the conflict between Zheng Shide and Zhang San some time ago made Zheng Xuan even more angry.
"Brother Zheng, are we going to respond?" Cui Dian asked gloomily.
"This matter needs long-term consideration. Now the emperor is very hostile to our family. He is just waiting for us to make mistakes so that we can catch them all. Don't worry. The bookshop will only open today. Let's wait and see for a few days." Although Zheng Xuan was angry, but
At this time, he said calmly.
"Let's forget it? Will this make people think we are afraid?" Cui Dian obviously had a different view.
"We can't just let it go. When we get back, let the bookstores in the city jointly expel the Sanwei Bookstore. I don't believe that Zhang San, who has just established a bookstore, can have much strength to support our encirclement and suppression."
Zheng Xuan took a sip of water and said calmly.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Cui Dian said and hurried out.