[017] Six hundred taels into the belly, life can't help
When Su Ping came to visit again, Shopkeeper Liu, who was already skinny, already looked a bit out of shape.
That look in her eyes made her look like a resentful woman who had been a virgin for ten years.
This time Su Ping did not continue to torture him, and the words he left behind were originally called "The Princess's Personal Bodyguard"
The content is that the mysterious number one killer in the world was tired of wandering, and by chance he became the princess's personal bodyguard.
Although it is only a part, it can be said to be enjoyable from beginning to end and should allow Shopkeeper Liu to have a good night's sleep.
Su Ping didn't go on the fourth day.
Until the fifth day of the agreement with Shen Yushu.
As soon as Su Ping entered the door, he was pulled by shopkeeper Liu to greet him and invited him into the inner hall.
"Master Su, please speak frankly."
Shopkeeper Liu got straight to the point, "Wuya Bookstore can bear half of the publishing costs of these three story books, and the sales proceeds are only 20%. What do you think?"
After a day of thinking, he decided to kill first and tell later, no matter what, he would win the Zi Xing of these three story books.
"Haha, the shopkeeper is so eager, aren't you afraid that Su will sit down and raise the price?"
Su Ping twitched the corner of his mouth maliciously.
"To be fair to Mr. Su, only Wuya Bookstore in Quan Yangjing can afford this price."
Shopkeeper Liu smiled conceitedly, "Besides, I'm always very accurate in judging people. Mr. Su is not a greedy person."
"interesting."
Su Ping raised his eyebrows and said, "I can promise you, but... I need to advance an amount of money."
Shopkeeper Liu's smile suddenly froze on his face.
In his opinion, advance money to publish a book is enough to show sincerity. Only people who know scripts can get this kind of treatment.
What's more, the profit share has been reduced to 20%, which is definitely Yangjing's only share.
Advance money... there is no precedent.
Is it because you need money urgently?
Shopkeeper Liu frowned slightly and asked, "How much does Mr. Su want?"
Su Ping wanted to say three hundred taels, but he was afraid of scaring others.
After thinking about it for a moment, I remembered the book "The End of Everlasting Sorrow" and suddenly had a good idea.
"Shopkeeper Liu, Zi Xing has been doing Wuya Bookshop for a long time, right?"
Su Ping asked.
The jumping question and answer made shopkeeper Liu unable to react for a moment. He was stunned for a moment before nodding: "It started after I took over. It's exactly the tenth year now."
"Well, no wonder."
Su Ping nodded and asked again: "So, those so-called everyone wrote the story book at once, and then the bookstore copied the entire story into a book?"
"That's it. Is there any problem?" Shopkeeper Liu became more and more confused.
"hehe."
Su Ping was determined and pretended to be profound: "If my storybook is reduced in price and divided into multiple parts for publication... what do you think?"
Shopkeeper Liu was completely stunned.
He has been a bookstore shopkeeper for more than ten years, and after Su Ping nudged him a little, he completely responded.
Selling the whole book or selling it in separate volumes at reduced prices seems to have little meaning.
But if it were placed in a story book like "The General", which is always gripping, it would be completely different.
I haven't thought about food or tea these past few days, and I can't even sleep well, which is the best evidence.
Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Liu's heart beat violently.
At the same time, Su Ping's image instantly grew taller in Shopkeeper Liu's eyes.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you."
Su Ping spoke calmly and added, "These three novels all have more than 500,000 words."
Shopkeeper Liu was stunned.
Su Ping's words were like the last straw, crushing his last psychological defense.
Common storybooks on the market usually range from 30,000 to 50,000 words. A popular novel like "The End of Everlasting Sorrow" only has about 80,000 words.
But Su Ping's three novels can actually reach 500,000 words?
Leave Zihang again...
What is this concept?
Shopkeeper Liu's thoughts were racing and his face was cloudy and uncertain.
Su Ping was not in a hurry, and just waited quietly for Shopkeeper Liu to digest it.
After a long time, shopkeeper Liu seemed to have made some important decision. He slowly exhaled and said, "One thousand taels. The most I can give you is one thousand taels in advance."
Hiss~!
Su Ping's eyes widened and he took a deep breath.
One thousand taels?
Did I hear it correctly?
Although it was nothing in Yangjing, for him, who was born in Xiaohe Village, one thousand taels was undoubtedly a huge amount of money.
This is more than twice the three hundred taels he expected!
Seeing that Su Ping didn't speak, Shopkeeper Liu was worried that Su Ping would just slap his ass and leave, so he quickly explained: "It's not that I can't advance more, but the money in the account is not enough, and I still have to keep a part of Zi's jargon book, so I can only take out this for now."
many."
In just a few moments, he had already settled the score in his mind.
A storybook with 500,000 words, divided into 20,000 words per volume, is twenty-five volumes. Even if it is sold for only one tael of silver per volume, it is still twenty-five taels.
The three story books add up to seventy-five taels.
Ten people chasing after it would be seven hundred and fifty taels.
One hundred people is seven thousand five hundred taels!
In such a big city, he couldn't believe that he couldn't find a hundred people who liked these three novels.
An advance of one thousand taels is not too much.
"The shopkeeper misunderstood, I am not too little."
Su Ping calmed down and asked, "It's just this matter. Why don't you ask the boss for permission?"
"No, I can make the decision."
Shopkeeper Liu waved his hand nonchalantly, "My boss may not be able to come even once every half a year. I can't afford to wait for you."
"Then do you want to change these scripts?"
Su Ping was a little surprised, "For example, a marquis, a princess, a general, etc."
Although there are fictional dynasties and characters in it, they all have relatively high status, and many of them are villains, for fear of attracting the displeasure of the big shots.
"Master Su is too worried."
Shopkeeper Liu smiled mysteriously, but didn't say much.
In the end, things were settled like this.
Shopkeeper Liu took out the written deed that he had prepared, and he and Su Ping signed and fingerprinted it.
The one thousand taels advanced in advance were naturally not cash, but ten banknotes from the official Daqing bank.
After Su Ping accepted the banknote, he showed part of the newly written storybook.
As for the sales time and early publicity, shopkeeper Liu decided independently, and Su Ping didn't bother to pay attention.
Shopkeeper Liu was excited about the rest of the story, and it wasn't until Su Ping left that he saw something was wrong in the contract.
The signature is written with a ‘su’ and a ‘?’.
He naturally recognizes the word Su, but what is the word ‘?’?
Is this how the story is written?
Su Ping had already expected shopkeeper Liu's doubts, but he didn't care so much.
With the banknote in hand, the Duke's government no longer had any legitimate reason to restrain him.
Even if he pays off his expenses in full for these days, there will still be a lot left over, which he can use urgently, enough to finish the provincial examination and the general examination.
On this day, Su Ping slept very peacefully.
…
At midnight the next day, Shen Yushu arrived with his servants as promised.
The marriage document was placed in front of Su Ping again.
"Here are six hundred taels, which is more than enough to cover my expenses for this period of time."
Su Ping took out the banknote from his arms and stamped it on the marriage certificate.
With enough banknotes, Su Ping became rich.
The most important thing is that he doesn't want to be talked about by Shen Yushu anymore.
Isn’t that just eating yours, drinking yours, and using yours?
Can I pay in full?
Three hundred taels? I’ll double it!
Let's see what else you have to say.
"Six hundred taels..."
Shen Yushu glanced sideways at the bank note, feeling a little strange in his heart.
As early as when Su Ping proposed the five-day period, he had guessed that Su Ping was planning to find a way to pay back the money.
At that time, he did not think that Su Ping could get three hundred taels in just five days.
But now, a full six hundred taels of silver notes were placed in front of him.
A mere six hundred taels was naturally not worth mentioning to him, but without his status as the Third Young Master of the Duke's Mansion, he thought he would not be able to do this.
Moreover, the nursing home will report Su Ping's itinerary every day, which is nothing more than eating, drinking, listening to books, and visiting bookstores.
In the past five days, Su Ping had not had frequent contact with anyone, but he only went to the bookstore four times.
But the shopkeeper of that bookstore has a good background. It is impossible for such a person to give Su Ping money for no reason.
So, Su Ping earned 600 taels of silver in five days while perfectly hiding it from the nursing home?
"call……"
Shen Yushu slowly exhaled a breath and said: "No wonder you are never greedy for money and power, even the Duke's government doesn't take it seriously."
Five days and six hundred taels, this can fully prove Su Ping's ability.
Such a person cannot be at ease wherever he goes. Why should he enter the Duke's mansion?
"pity……"
Shen Yushu sighed and turned his back to Su Ping, "What's the use? Sometimes life is like this, and no one can have any autonomy."
Su Ping was stunned and didn't understand.
He didn't understand, but the servant next to him did.
The servant took the bank note with lightning speed, tore it into pieces in an instant, and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation.
By the time Su Ping came to his senses from being stunned, the entire six hundred taels had been completely swallowed by the servant.
"..."
Su Ping slowly stood up, his eyes extremely cold.
In fact, it's not like he never thought that even if he took out the banknote, he still wouldn't be able to leave Yangjing.
But he thought that with these six hundred taels, he could at least let the Duke's government think of another way, without forcing him as hard as now, and he would have room for mediation.
However, I never expected that it would be such a naked and undisguised method.
At this moment, the servant took out another document from his waist and placed it next to the marriage certificate.
"Slave deed or marriage certificate, you have to choose one."
Shen Yushu still turned his back to Su Ping.
Pa~pa~
Su Ping clapped his hands repeatedly: "What a great Duke's mansion, what a way to repay kindness. Duke Ding is such a heroic figure, but the mansion is full of monsters and monsters."
Shen Yushu sighed in his heart.
"After signing the marriage contract, can I leave?"
Su Ping asked again.
Now that the matter has come to this, I must not make any move, otherwise, those young ladies in the back house may become really impatient.
"Limited to Yangjing."
Shen Yushu answered.
"What a joke! How can I take the county examination without leaving Yangjing..."
Su Ping suddenly narrowed his eyes mid-sentence, "Did you transfer my household registration to Yangjing?"
Unless you are not afraid of forcing yourself to death, you cannot leave yourself no thoughts at all.
Since my household registration is in Anping County, I cannot take the Jingxian County Examination unless I have changed my household registration long ago.
"On your first day in Yangjing."
Shen Yushu turned around and gave Su Ping a meaningful look.
Su Ping felt chills all over his body instantly.
On the first day, the household registration was transferred to Yangjing, but I didn't know it at all...
I regret it...this is simply a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.
No, even at the beginning, I had no choice.
This person has determined himself from the beginning.
But it was only today that he completely took off his disguise and revealed his sharp fangs.
After a long silence, Su Ping finally spoke, his voice hoarse and low, as if he came from Jiuyou.
"You said before that as long as I agree to marry into the family, we can negotiate any conditions, right?"