Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 904
But Zhang Dai shook his head: "Whether the Australians are overseas barbarians or Miao descendants of the Song Dynasty, I don't dare to say anything, but in terms of literary talent and knowledge, they are not necessarily vulgar and ignorant."

As he spoke, he took out a book from his hand: "Brothers, please read it."

Everyone saw that he took it out of an exquisite bamboo book case, and knew that it must be his most precious book.Sun Chun had always had a good relationship with him, so he was the first one to take it, with a surprised expression on his face, and silently flipped through the pages—after turning a few pages, he couldn't help sighing and shaking his head.He handed it to Wen Huai who couldn't hold it anymore.

Wen Huai was also taken aback when he took it, first read it over and over several times, and then read it carefully.He read it very carefully. He actually read a dozen or so pages like no one else, and finally patted the armrest:

"It's really unexpected!"

Wu Zhixiang had been full of curiosity for a long time, and he had somewhat understood it—this was probably written by an Australian.Although he often goes in and out of Ziming Building, he is used to seeing all kinds of "Australian goods". "Australian paper" has always been known for its whiteness, crispness, wide variety, and low prices. In the Guangzhou market, all kinds of local papers have been smashed, but Australian books have never been seen-he was born in a rich man, and he is very interested in books. The class has never cared about it, and never thought about it.This will be ticked off by people, but Baba also wants to take a look at this "Australian book".

However, Wen Huai was fascinated by reading it, not only did not put the book down, but shook his head while reading it, and sometimes he simply groaned.It's like reading the book in one bite.Seeing that Wu Zhixiang was scratching his head, Zhang Dai coughed, and Wen Huai came to his senses, and handed the book to Wu Zhixiang in embarrassment.

Zhang Dai smiled and said, "How is this book going?"

Wen Huai shook his head and sighed, "My brother is beyond hope."

Sun Chundao: "Don't talk about how many of us are there, how many of you in the society can do it? This is probably done by the great Confucianism of the Australians."

They were chatting so loudly that Wu Zhixiang couldn't bear it anymore.He took a look and saw that the book was heavy in his hand, and the binding was simple and beautiful. The cover was thick paper with dark flowers printed on the snow-white paper. .The title of the book is "Mencius Justice".

When he opened it, he couldn't help secretly exclaiming - he was used to the delicate and beautiful Australian products, but he didn't expect Australians to be so good at printing books, with snow-white paper and black Times New Roman characters.The characters are much smaller than ordinary books, and some words used for notes are extremely small, but the strokes are as clear as iron hooks and silver strokes.The typesetting is even more refreshing, and there is no ink stain on the paper.Each page has a page number, and there is a table of contents and a summary in front, which is extremely detailed.

Wu Zhixiang has never been interested in "elementary school" and has no research.So I don't understand the content of the article, but in terms of wording and sentence making, it is really hard to say that it is "unreasonable".The biggest difference is that there are sentence punctuation throughout the book.

Unexpectedly, Australians still have this ability-Wu Zhixiang was originally a "pro-kun faction" type of figure, but after reading this book, he has become more and more enamored with Guo Yi and others.

Wen Huai asked, "Brother Zongzi, where did this book come from?"

"It was sold by the Wanbi Bookstore in Qinghefang." Zhang Dai said proudly, "I heard that it was opened by a man from Guangli named Zhao. All the books and literary toys sold were Australian. Mizhi lost the telescope, so I sent A young man went to see if there was anything there, but he never thought that this killer would bring back such a rare book for my younger brother."

"Wanbi Bookstore?" Wu Zhixiang was a little surprised.So far, the Gao family and the Li family are the main sellers of all Australian goods outside of Guangdong.Neither of these two companies has published Australian books.He had also been entrusted by Pei Lixiu to purchase some books for Australians in Guangzhou—mainly Taoist books.Now Australians actually print their own books!

Although the printing industry in Lingao had existed for quite a while, the books were all for their own use, and except for a small number of crudely produced pamphlets, no books had been formally sent to the mainland.

Because of Pei Lixiu's relationship, he has made a lot of money by investing in several transactions of Zizihao.But from the beginning to the end, I just paid money in advance and got bonuses afterwards, and I never directly got Australian products to do business.Unexpectedly, the Australians quietly sold the books to Hangzhou!
Thinking of this, he became more and more curious about this perfect bookstore.I was thinking about how to go and have a look, only to hear Zhang Dai say: "My brother heard that this Wanbi Bookstore was built according to the Australian pattern, it is very innovative, and I am thinking about going to have a look, do you know if you are interested in going with me?"

With such a beautiful Western scenery, everyone is of course willing to go with it.Wu Zhixiang naturally did not refuse.So I decided to go to Wanbi Bookstore the next day to have a look.

Early the next morning, a group of people gathered at Zhang Dai's home and came to Qinghefang in sedan chairs earlier.

Wanbi Bookstore is located on a not so lively street in Qinghefang.Although Zhang Dai is from Shaoxing, he has lived in Hangzhou for many years, and he is also a playful person. He always looks for historical sites in the streets and alleys, even the poor streets and back alleys.So I am very familiar with the urban environment.He knew that there was a large abandoned garden near this place.If you want to open a big bookstore, it will probably be on top of this abandoned garden.

As soon as the sedan chair reached the street, they recognized Wanbi Bookstore—indeed, this Wanbi Bookstore was so special that they could recognize it from the surrounding houses at a glance.

A stone building with a domed roof stood, with a stone arched gate set on three tiers of stone steps.The facade is not big.Because the house is not built according to the pattern of Chinese-style houses with columns and bays, it is impossible to tell how many bays the facade is.Wu Zhixiang reckoned that it was the second room.

The gate does not have a door panel, it is just an arched gate. The gate is actually not high, but the stone decoration and the stone carving patterns on both sides make it look majestic.A wooden vertical board hangs next to the gate, with the words "Wanbi Shufang" written in black on a white background.Other than that there is no frills.Although the signboard is plain and almost shabby, it looks very solemn when matched with the door.

The gate is open now, and there are two huge flower pots on the steps on both sides of the gate, but the black-green cycads are planted, which grow very lushly.Everyone was puzzled, not knowing what kind of tune it was.

Wen Huai said with a smile: "I see the strange customs in Australia! How can anyone hold a big iron tree seed pot and put it on the left and right at the gate like this?"

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "There may be another deep meaning in it." He glanced at the four words "Wanbi Bookstore" on the signboard, and smiled thoughtfully.

A group of people climbed up the steps, and a few guys had already greeted them from the door, and they came forward to greet them warmly.Zhang Dai said with a smile: "You don't need to say hello. I hate people talking too much." Seeing that they are of extraordinary background, the guys hurriedly retreated one by one, leaving only one clever one to wait on him, ready to listen to orders at any time.A few people didn't care and walked into the door.I saw that the door inside the gate is a whole large glass screen, except for the marble base, there is no other decoration.The glass screen is polished with a large landscape.Zhang Dai's knowledge is very profound, and he can tell at a glance that this is "A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains" drawn by Jiang Can in Song Dynasty.

"They don't forget their ancestors all the time. But this house will never be a Song Dynasty building." Zhang Dai thought to himself, playing with the fan in his hand.

Behind the screen is the shop.Zhang Dai often visits various bookstores.Because the customers of the bookstore are all scholars, they are extremely ingenious in the display and display, in order to win the favor of literati.

But they have never seen such a bookstore: it doesn't look like a shop, but like a hall.From the outside, the main entrance is not very wide, but the area inside is very large.There are no beams and columns in the hall, and a large chandelier made of black iron is hung with iron chains under the circular stone vault.There are many tall windows on the walls on both sides of the hall, and many strange patterns are decorated around them.The windows are all inlaid with large pieces of glass.The sunlight came in from the windows, casting light and shadows on the ground paved with green bricks.

The light in the shop was so abundant that Shi Zimen, who was used to the dim light in the room, blinked his eyes involuntarily.Wu Zhixiang is used to Australian houses, but Zizihao's houses are still improved on the basis of traditional buildings, and it is not like this complete re-starting.So it feels very fresh.

"Who is this from Guangli, he must be a real Australian!" This thought flashed through his mind.However, he did not show any signs of expression. Australians are special in Daming Province right now, and whether they are exposed or not has a lot to do with it. It is best to pretend that they do not know.

"It's really extravagant!" Wen Huai couldn't help being speechless, "How much money do you need for these big glasses alone! Even the palace can't afford it..."

Speaking of this, he felt that he had made a slip of the tongue—shut up.

But Zhang Dai didn't care: "There are so many large glasses, I'm afraid there is nowhere to find them if you have money! They are transported from Guangdong for thousands of miles, and the cost on this journey is appalling!"

Wu Zhixiang, however, knew that glass was nothing to Australians—he had heard people say: Australians have a large glass workshop in Lingao, which can produce countless pieces of glass every day.In Lingao, even ordinary businesses have installed glass windows.

I just heard Sun Chun say: "The glass is just rich, but the hall and the dome are all made of stones without a single beam. I don't know how to erect them?"

Zhang Dai didn't take it seriously: "This is the Westerner's house-building technique, not the Australian's unique skill. I saw that the house in the Catholic Church is also built in a similar way. Thinking about it carefully, isn't this the same as the stone arch bridge over the river? It’s just that we use it to build bridges, and Westerners use it to build houses.”

　"Mencius Justice" was written by Jiao Xun in Qing Dynasty.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)