Mingshi

Chapter 168 Jinyang Mansion

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Looking at the simple and crude book, Luo Xin put it in his arms, pushed the door and went out.The eldest brother and the old man had already gone to work in the field, Luo Xin went directly to the stable to lead the horse and walked outside.

"Xin'er, where are you going?" Luo Shi asked when he saw Luo Xin leading the horse.

"I'm going to the county, maybe I won't go home today."

"Be careful!" Roche exhorted.

"Understood, mother!"

Luo Xin galloped away on his horse, and entered Yanglin County in half an hour. He didn't come to Yanglin County to sell books here. The market here is really too small. He was going to Jinyang Mansion .The market there is big enough, and he believes that there must be a bookstore in Jinyang Mansion that has branches all over the country, and that is the place he wants to go.

But he didn't know the way to Jinyang Mansion, and he didn't know which bookstore was this kind of bookstore, so he had to go to Zhou Yu, who had traveled before.

When he came to the yamen, he jumped off his horse, and a yamen servant greeted him with a smile.

"Master Luo is here."

"Brother Hao De is there?" Luo Xin asked while handing the reins of the horse to the yamen servant.

"Yes!" The yamen servant nodded hastily.

Luo Xin took big strides towards the inside, went straight to Zhou Yu's room, reached out and knocked on the door three times and called out:
"Brother!"

The door was opened quickly, Zhou Yu looked at Luo Xin strangely and asked, "Why are you here today?"

"I have something to do with big brother!"

Luo Xin walked into the room, first poured himself a cup of tea, and then asked: "Brother, have you been to Jinyang Mansion?"

"Of course I've been there!" Zhou Yu nodded and said, "What? You want to go to Jinyang Mansion? You haven't achieved fame yet, so I'm afraid you won't be able to travel around."

"Brother, can't you take me there?"

"Of course!" Zhou Yu's face showed a hint of arrogance.

"That's all right!" Luo Xin's face showed a trace of joy.

"What are you doing in Jinyang Mansion?" Zhou Yu asked curiously.

Luo Xin did not answer his question, but asked: "Which is the largest bookstore in Jinyang Mansion?"

"Zhuangyuan Bookstore."

"Is it the kind that has branches all over the country?"

"Yes!"

"How long does it take to ride a horse to Jinyang Mansion?"

"Hurry up, it will arrive in half a day, slow down, start now, and you can arrive at about sunset."

"Go, accompany me to Jinyang Mansion." Luo Xin jumped up from the chair.

"Tell me first what is going to Jinyang Mansion?"

"On the way! I'm in a hurry!" Luo Xin said as he walked out, "Also, bring money, I don't have any."

After hearing this, Zhou Yu went back into the house, took the silver and came out again.Soon, the two of them rode out of the city on a horse each, and galloped in the direction of Jinyang Mansion.

"Brother Xin, why haven't you told me to go to Jinyang Mansion?" Zhou Yu asked curiously while galloping on horseback.

"Sell books."

Luo Xin didn't tell him in the room just now, because he was afraid that he would be addicted to watching it and delay the time. Now that he is on the way, he doesn't worry anymore.

"Selling books? You wrote it?"

"Ok!"

"The "Five Classics Biography"?" Zhou Yu's eyes showed shock.

Luo Xin's body swayed on the horse, and almost fell off the horse. He stabilized his figure on the horse, rolled his eyes and said:

"Do you think I can write that kind of book at my age?"

"Oh!" Zhou Yu said "oh", thought for a while, and his eyes became excited again: "Is it like "Journey to the West"?"

"Yes." Luo Xin nodded.

"Show me quickly." Zhou Yu immediately stretched out his hand.

"Be careful not to fall off the horse, go to Jinyang Mansion to talk about it." Luo Xin urged him to get off the horse and continue galloping.

"Ok."

Zhou Yu withdrew his hand and urged the horse to follow Luo Xin.Zhou Yu's body was far from Luo Xin's, and when he arrived at Jinyang Mansion, Zhou Yu felt his bones were about to fall apart, so he said out of breath:

"It's finally here, Brother Xin, I said, aren't you just selling books? Do you need to be in such a hurry?"

Luo Xin also slowed down and said: "I'm afraid that the sunset will arrive, and I will waste time."

"Okay, it's past noon, let's go eat first." Zhou Yu said listlessly.

"you please."

"I'll treat."

The two walked slowly along the street towards the front, Luo Xin looked towards both sides of the street, it really deserves to be a prefectural city, much more prosperous than Yanglin County.There are many merchants, shops, and open-air stalls everywhere.

The sound of selling, bargaining, shouting, laughing, chatting, noisy...

Zhou Yu and Brother Luo Xin found a restaurant, and after a hasty meal, Zhou Yu was dragged away by Luo Xin and asked Zhou Yu to lead him to Zhuangyuan Bookstore.After walking a few steps, Zhou Yu stopped and said:
"Brother Xin, let's find an inn first and book a room to wash up. The two of us look a bit down and out now."

Luo Xin lowered his head and looked at himself, and saw that the clothes were covered with dust. He also knew that no matter in that era, people were judged by their appearance, so he nodded in agreement.

The two found an inn, booked a room, and asked the shopkeeper to prepare hot water. The two first took off their clothes, then shook the clothes vigorously a dozen times to shake off the dust on the clothes, and then After soaking and wringing out their towels, they spread their clothes on the bed and wiped them up, and then the two of them began to take a bath.

Half an hour later, Zhou Yu and Luo Xin walked on the street, their faces neat, their sleeves fluttering, and they were suave.

"This is the Zhuangyuan Bookstore, and its scale can enter the top three in the country." Zhou Yu said, pointing to the door of the bookstore.

"Go in and have a look!"

Luo Xin stepped into the door of the bookstore, and saw that the inside was very spacious, and it really deserved to be the largest bookstore in Jinyang Mansion.It's just over ten feet wide, and the inside is very tidy, with elegant and generous layouts. There are bookshelves on all four walls, and there are various books on the bookshelves, classified into different categories, and the faint scent of books wafts in the air.

There are two guys in the bookstore. When they saw two elegant scholars coming in, they quickly got up and greeted them, with warm smiles on their faces and said:

"What kind of books do you two young masters need? We have the most complete commentaries on scriptures, various Daoist Buddhist scriptures, old and new poetry collections, and various short story books..."

Luo Xin scanned the four walls, and soon found the place where novel books were placed, not only "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", but also some booklets.Luo Xin smiled and said:

"We're not here to buy books, we're here to sell books."

"Selling books?" The guy wasn't surprised at all, it seemed that he had encountered this situation before.

"That's right, may I ask if you are in the business of printing books for others?" Luo Xin asked.

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