Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

According to Chen Yang's order, the soldiers brought up all the paper books and spread them out in front of everyone.

Cao Ang was in charge of opening the book and showing them the clear text on the page, so this scene shocked all the readers and boiled at the same time.

"These are also books? This kind of book is amazing, and it's very light. A book records much more than a bamboo brief!"

"Not only is it very light, but it is also very convenient to carry, and you can read it at any time!"

"Look again, the words on the page don't look like they were handwritten, how did they do that?"

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The scholars walking in the front row all picked up a book, read it carefully, and all made a sound of shock, and then the voices of various discussions became louder and louder.

Kong Rong first picked up a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" and read it for a while, his eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe that the scene in front of him was real.

The same was true for Dong Cheng, even more surprised than Kong Rong, a faint despair arose from the bottom of his heart, this time he was about to lose the bet, and he came to his senses, as if he had jumped into Chen Yang's trap on his own initiative.

Destroying books and making paper is a trap!

Besides them, there were Mi Heng and Yang Xiu, including that Mr. Cai, whose hands holding the paper books trembled slightly.

Mi Heng and the others are also readers, and they know the advantages of paper books.

"My lord, how did you write the words on the book? It doesn't look like I wrote it by hand." Kong Rong also noticed that the font was a bit wrong, so he asked curiously.

"This is not handwritten, but printed. It is a printing technique invented by shopkeeper Chen. Many books like this can be printed in a day." Cao Ang explained.

"Is it difficult to make this kind of book?" Kong Rong asked again.

"It's very simple!" Cao Ang replied again.

Next, Kong Rong asked all the questions in his mind, and Cao Ang answered them patiently.

When all the readers heard their questions and answers, they also fully understood the details of the paper books and their own benefits, and suddenly trembled with excitement.

Finally, Kong Rong asked again: "If you want to sell these books, what is the price?"

It was inconvenient for Cao Ang to answer this question, so he raised his head and looked in Chen Yang's direction.

Chen Yang thought for a while and said: "There is no price yet, but books can be mass-produced. Once the quantity increases, the cost will not be too low. Therefore, the price is not expensive, and even ordinary scholars can afford it. I believe it will not be long. , all scholars will not worry about having no books to read."

After hearing his words, the eyes of the scholars present at Chen Yang changed, and turned into admiration.

"it is good!"

This time it was Mr. Cai who responded. He came forward, knelt down in front of Cao Ang suddenly, and said loudly, "I am stupid. I misbelieved other people's rumors and blamed the eldest son!"

The respected Mr. Cai knelt down in front of Cao Ang, and the other scholars hesitated for a while, then all knelt down and apologized.

They are more capable of making trouble, and are easily incited, but after all, they are people who have read a lot of poetry and books. They still have the instinct to distinguish right from wrong, and to correct mistakes.

"Mr. Cai, please get up!"

Cao Ang quickly helped him up, and said, "Mr. Cai, are you still willing to go back to the Cao Mansion?"

"I... am I okay?"

"Of course you can. The reason why Mister left was because of a misunderstanding. Now that the misunderstanding has been explained clearly, Zixiu asks Mister to go back."

"Okay, thank you Eldest Young Master for not forgetting the past!"

Mr. Cai was also completely relieved, and laughed happily, then picked up a book and hugged it in his arms, tears welling up in his eyes.

"My lord, can you sell me a set of these books first? I am willing to buy them at a high price!" Kong Rong said suddenly.

"Of course, I will send someone to Mr. Kong's house!" Cao Ang nodded.

The original scene of exposing the teacher to ask the crime suddenly turned into a sales scene for Chen Yang and Cao Ang.

Uncle Dong Guo didn't expect this scene, he kept silent while grieving, and wanted to leave the crowd.

"Uncle Dong Guo, please wait a moment!"

Seeing that he was about to sneak away, Chen Yang strode forward to chase after him, but Ye Shun had already led several people to stop them.

"Chen Yang, what else do you want?" Dong Cheng gritted his teeth.

"How dare I do anything? I just want to remind Uncle Guo that I won the bet this time, so should you hand over your salt sales channel to me?"

After a pause for a while, Chen Yang said loudly on purpose: "Could it be that Uncle Guo wants to play tricks? Many people heard it that day."

As soon as this was said, everyone looked at Dong Cheng at the same time.

Dong Cheng's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water, he couldn't afford to lose face, so he could only say: "Of course not!"

Chen Yang said with a smile: "That's it, Wen He, you will follow Uncle Dong Guo back later, and take over the channel for selling salt."

"Yes!"

Jia Xu beside him stepped forward respectfully and nodded.

Dong Cheng held back his anger, snorted coldly, and wanted to leave again.

"The decree has arrived!"

At this moment, Eunuch Zhang's voice suddenly sounded from the field, and then everyone knelt down to welcome the imperial edict, and Dong Cheng had no choice but to stay.

Chen Yang already knew the content of this imperial decree in advance, and even knew that Liu Xie had prepared two imperial decrees this time.

The first one, if Chen Yang failed, he would use the imperial decree to scold Chen Yang, just to cater to those scholars.

The second one, if Chen Yang succeeds smoothly, he will praise him and reward him with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.

The imperial decree had already been drawn up, but Liu Xie was not in a hurry to send it out. Apart from perfunctory Dong Cheng and others, he still wanted to see what the final result of Chen Yang would be.

However, the situation was good. Chen Yang thought a little differently.

"Thinking of Chen Yang's contribution to protecting Xu Du, and now benefiting scholars all over the world, so..."

When he read this, Eunuch Zhang's voice became trembling, and he said again: "Chen Yang is specially appointed as the right general..."

what?

Just hearing this, Chen Yang was stunned for a while, he couldn't listen to the following content, his brain was buzzing.

General You, ranked in Jiuqing, this official position is not small at all.

However, Liu Xie gave Chen Yang this official position!

Is Liu Xie trying to do something?

Not only Chen Yang, but people like Dong Cheng and Kong Rong were also deceived.

This decree came too suddenly.

Soon, Eunuch Zhang finished reading, his hands were still trembling, and he happened to meet Chen Yang's cold gaze again, so he could only shake his head helplessly.

This imperial decree had just been rewritten, and Eunuch Zhang was about to deliver the decree before he could pass the news to Chen Yang, so he panicked a lot.

Facing everyone's eyes, Chen Yang had no choice but to take over the imperial decree, and Eunuch Zhang hurried back to the palace with relief.

Dong Cheng took a deep look at Chen Yang. With a gloomy face, he left here first.

"Congratulations to shopkeeper Chen, no, it should be called General Chen in the future, haha..." Kong Rong stepped forward and said with a smile.

The corner of Chen Yang's mouth twitched, he had a feeling that he was going to be tricked by Liu Xie, but he also smiled and said: "Master Kong, you are welcome, if there is nothing else, I will go back first, you all go away!"

Those scholars saw that the bustle was over, so they didn't continue to surround them, and went back to their homes.

"Mr. Chen!"

At this moment, the sprayer Mi Heng knelt in front of Chen Yang, lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong!"