A caravan from Weiguo entered Qufu City in a mighty manner after paying the fee.
They transported linen, various medicinal materials, leather, lead, tin and other commodities from Weiguo, and planned to sell some of them in Qufu City.
Similarly, they will also purchase some Lu silk in Qufu City, and then go to Qi State to purchase sea salt and other goods, and then return to Wei State.
The so-called Lu silk is a thin layer of white silk, which is the Lu silk that is at the end of the strong crossbow and cannot enter the Lu silk.
The Weiguo caravan has traveled this trade route many times and is already familiar with it.
Logically speaking, at this time, the partners in Qufu City should have arranged manpower waiting at the door.
But when the caravan entered the city, there was no one to receive it.
The accompanying leader of the guard approached the caravan manager, "This city gate area should be bustling and lively, but there are not many people here. Is there anything going on?"
As caravans travel throughout the world, they naturally encounter all kinds of things.
Even in the city, you may encounter rebellions, riots by Chinese people, mutinies, etc., etc.
Once encountered, a caravan carrying a large amount of high-value goods and property will usually not end well.
The steward first turned around to look at the defenders on the other side of the city gate. After looking at them for a while, he simply shook his head, "Nothing."
If something big happens in the city, this key point will definitely be the first to suffer.
Even if the city gate defenders are bribed, nothing will be the same.
Fortunately, at this time, people arranged by the local partner had already hurried over.
The visitor apologized profusely, saying that he was fascinated by the storytellers at Baijia Lecture Forum and missed the time.
In business, for partners, as long as it does not affect their own interests, they will usually try to calm down troubles as much as possible, and naturally they will not hold on to them.
On the way to the accommodation, the manager and the contact person chatted, and naturally they started talking about the story telling of Baijia Forum.
"It's Kong Zhongni who bravely captured the assassin of the late emperor last year."
The contact person walked happily and said, "He has opened a forum and is currently telling the story of King Zhou Mu going to West Kunlun to meet the Queen Mother of the West..."
The manager silently wrote it down in his mind.
A few days later, after completing the sale and acquisition of goods, the general manager relaxed and went to the Baijia Forum with several leaders of the caravan to listen to novel storytellers.
There was no such thing as telling stories in public in the Spring and Autumn Period.
In this era of lack of entertainment, Li Yunze naturally attracted countless attention by doing something like this.
Not to mention that the stories told are very exciting, they are still very popular stories about gods and monsters in this era. Even if he tells a story about a family in the countryside, I guess there are people who will listen to it with gusto.
There is no way, the entertainment life in this era is really lacking.
When the caravan group arrived at an open space near Jisun's residence, the place was already crowded with people. From what they could see, there were people everywhere, at least hundreds of people.
Among them there are many noble people dressed in beautiful clothes.
With Li Yunze's temper, it was naturally impossible for nobles to invite him to their homes to tell stories or something.
Not to mention the nobles, Duke Lu couldn't even invite him.
The nobles have never encountered this kind of street storytelling. Since the novelty and the stories are really good, they are naturally willing to gather here with the common people and wait.
Seeing so many Lu nobles waiting here, the caravan manager was slightly surprised: "That Kong Zhongni, you are so proud."
It’s not that Li Yunze is too proud, but it’s really a rare new thing, and the story is really nice.
The bustling crowd waited for a while, and then saw someone getting on the temporary platform and starting to place things.
Needless to say, I know that this person must be Wen Mao.
After Wen Mao finished his work, Li Yunze stepped onto the platform step by step.
The onlookers below suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers.
Li Yunze, with a smile on his face, bowed his hands in salute to everyone, and then picked up the stone inkstone on the desk in front of him and patted it: "Everyone, today we will continue to talk about King Zhou Mu's journey to the Kunlun Mountains to meet the Queen Mother of the West..."
To be honest, Li Yunze's storytelling ability is only average. In the modern world, he would never have the chance to appear on stage.
But why is there a lack of entertainment here in Lu State? Even if the storytelling level is ordinary, it still makes the onlookers listen with interest, as if they are immersed in the scene.
After finishing today's paragraph, the audience cheered to Li Yunze and asked him to say another paragraph.
Li Yunze waved his hand and said nothing more.
However, Wen Mao came to the front with a stack of books and shouted to everyone, "The complete volume of King Mu of Zhou, Yaochi and Queen Mother of the West is here. If you are interested, come and buy it."
Wen Mao shouted enthusiastically, but only a few responded.
It’s not that they don’t want to buy it, but those who are willing to buy it have already bought it before.
Li Yunze's main purpose is to promote official script, and the price is not expensive. Everyone likes this story, so naturally those who can buy it have already bought it, but no one will buy more sets.
"This gentleman."
The caravan manager squeezed to the front of the stage and stared at the book in Wen Mao's hand in surprise, "What is this?"
This was definitely not the first person to ask, so Wen Mao responded calmly, "Paper is similar to parchment and silk. You can write directly on it."
After that, he took out a volume and handed it to the manager, asking him to read it more carefully.
The caravan manager, however, was not in a hurry to read the contents of the book. Instead, he stroked the book in his hand, gently opened the pages and looked at them carefully.
Wen Mao saw this man rubbing the pages of the book with his fingers, and immediately laughed out loud, "Stop touching it, it's useless. The skilled craftsmen of Lu State have tried it, and no one can imitate it."
The manager who was exposed was not angry and asked with a smile, "Dare you ask about this..."
"Stop asking."
Wen Mao shook his head repeatedly, and only said one sentence that made the manager confused: "You are silent, your strange power is messing up your mind."
Perhaps feeling that now was not a good time, the manager quickly bought a copy and then turned around to find his partner.
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In Ji Sunshi's house, Ji Sunshi, who has been very comfortable recently, shook his head repeatedly, "No one can get the production method from his hands, don't think too much about it."
When doing cross-border business these days, it is absolutely impossible to do business without the cooperation of local cowards.
And the Jisun family is the partner of this caravan from the Kingdom of Wei in the Kingdom of Lu.
"But Young Master is the head of the Three Huans..."
Hearing this, Mrs. Ji Sun waved her hands repeatedly, "Don't harm me, and don't think about using any means. Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences. I will not take care of it."
Mr. Jisun knows these people very well. When he sees the paper and sees the business opportunities in it, he will definitely do whatever he can to do it.
For the sake of many years of cooperation, I took the initiative and kindly reminded him, "Don't provoke him, really, otherwise you will be miserable."
The manager did not give up. After running for two days to get the news, he took the manpower and boxes of goods and went straight to Li Yunze's school to find someone to lead the way.
There is already a plaque on the door of the school, which reads "Sanwei School" in gilded characters.
At the same time, long plaques were also hung on both sides of the gate.
On one side it says, 'The sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, fills my ears.'
On the other side, it says, 'Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, care about everything.'
However, Li Yunze wrote in official script, and the manager and others did not recognize him.
After announcing the entrance, you will see two trees, one big and one small, in the courtyard.
The big one is a peach tree. It is the time of spring when the flowers are blooming. The beautiful peach blossoms cover the entire courtyard in beauty.
As for the one on the other side, it was a small sapling, looking dry and as if it would wither at any time.
The manager and others looked surprised, wondering what kind of Feng Shui tree the owner used.
All the way to the backyard, what I saw at the entrance was a dozen young guys, shirtless and exercising.
Some are exercising with stone locks, some are jumping around with their hands behind their backs, and some are holding iron frames to support the iron rods up and down.
Wen Mao, who was leading the way, smiled and explained, "This is a student from the school who is studying."
The manager was surprised, "Which school is this? I have never seen such a school."
Wen Mao touched his nose awkwardly, "It's Confucian."
As for why he had to study like this, he really couldn't explain it.
The reason is very simple, because Li Yunze said, "A gentleman is magnanimous. Since we need to learn to be a gentleman, we must be magnanimous and put away the noise of the world, that is, take off our clothes."
He also said, 'The first lesson for beginners in Confucianism is to be able to fight. Those who can't fight will go back to where they came from. If you can't win a fight, why are you still reading!'
Wen Mao was really embarrassed to say these words to outsiders.
Arriving at a side room, Li Yunze sat down at the desk and gestured for several people to take their seats.
After everyone went through the ceremony and took their seats, Li Yunze said very neatly, "I know your purpose of coming. You don't know how to make paper, and you don't sell paper on a large scale."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the caravan looked disappointed.
They travel between countries all year round and are unusually sensitive to new products.
Like a thin book, so many words can be written on it, which is enough for them to understand the value contained in it.
As long as the price is not as exaggerated as parchment paper and silk, this thing can become a powerful tool for attracting money!
After all, in this era, those who can read and read are basically rich people.
People without money have difficulty even having enough to eat. How can they have the time and energy to become literate?
It's a pity that they rejected it as soon as they met.
As for using means, it is not uncommon for caravans, but it can also attract people.
In the past two days, they had also investigated Li Yunze in detail and found out that this man was extremely powerful. He had single-handedly taken down the assassin who assassinated Duke Lu. It was said that he was also a very famous thief leader.
If that's all, then that's it.
But it is said that this person has a deep relationship with the Jisun family, so there is no way to use means.
That Jisun family was the real local leader of Lu State.
However, Li Yunze's next words took a turn for the worse: "However, I can give you the exclusive rights to sell books."