The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 28 The Story of the Stone

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Ever since Xie Shen accepted the special training from Confucius with great joy, he felt that his whole body seemed to be out of his body, and he wobbled when he walked.
Confucian edicts are indeed the edicts of the county school, and even the method of teaching and educating people is so different.After Xie Shen went to school every day, he had to review the Annotations of the Four Books according to the key points drawn by Confucius.This process is extremely painful, because Xie Shen's foundation is not solid, and when he sees a certain part of the Annotations of the Four Books, he will not be able to reflect its specific position in the Four Books.

Pushing backwards is an extremely exhausting and physical work. Fortunately, Xie Shen is a person with ideals and pursuits. He firmly believes that surprise revision is the fastest way to improve grades!This is the truth derived from practice!

Counting the time spent studying with his classmates in the academy, Xie Shen has spent as much as five or six hours on study every day.This is of course an act of diligence, and even Kong Jiaoyu, who has always been unsmiling, boasted about Xie Shen.

Young people, it is good to suffer more.Faced with Kong Jiaoyu's tone, Xie Shen could only shed tears without saying a word at this moment.
Xie Shen is a person with ideals, a person with ambition, and a person who will never give up until he reaches his goal.After several months of special training, Xie Shen's understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism has improved several levels.In this regard, Kong Jiaoyu saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart.

This son is very talented, and now that he has strengthened his foundation, he will definitely make a big difference in the county examination next year.

Kong Jiaoyu has taught in Yuyao County School for many years, and has seen many so-called gifted scholars and prodigies.Many of these people got their names based on their family's fame, and their strength is far inferior to those from poor families like Xie Shen.

People are selfish, and the teachings of Confucius are no exception.

Yuyao is a strong county in the imperial examination, but most of the top three are the children of aristocratic families, and there are not many Jinshi among the children of poor families.

If under his careful training, Xie Shen can win the Jinshi in one breath, then his reputation as a master of Kongde and Taoist imperial examinations will spread throughout the Shaoxing government and even Zhejiang Chengxuan Zhengshisi.

However, these are things for later, so I won’t show them here for the time being.

Xie Shen finished Kong Jiaoyu's special training for the devil, and his whole body lost weight.If it wasn't for Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi who bought a lot of supplements to help Xie Shen replenish his vitality, Xie Shen might really fall ill from overwork.

Who says reading is easy?That depends on how to read it!Only a perverted bull like Wang Shouren can make reading the whole of life as required by Confucius.

Hey, it's a good thing that Wang Shouren and Wang Shouren didn't study in the same discipline, otherwise they wouldn't have been abused and doubted their lives?
The ten days are over, and it's time to rest again.The three of them left the academy together and walked on the street.

Yuyao City in midsummer was very hot, and sweat dripped down Xie Shen's neck.Xie Shen was most afraid of the hot and humid weather in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in his previous life, and now he is even more worried.This is the Ming Dynasty, there is no air conditioner, fan or blower, thinking about sitting alone in the bamboo building, soaked and panting, Xie Shen felt a chill.

For Shui Yun, Xie Shen actually misses him a little bit.Feelings are really cultivated. At first, seeing Shuiyun Xie Shen in Wang's Villa, he just had a good impression, but after a few months, he faintly felt that it was very good to have such a close person by his side.

Anyway, Xie Shen is also someone who can read books at night.

Emotions also need to be maintained. Since Shui Yun is very kind to Xie Shen, the young man naturally wants to reciprocate.

Went to Fengji rouge shop near the street to buy a set of makeup, and went to Chen's silk shop to pull a bolt of Zhejiang flowers to make new clothes for the little lady and sister-in-law, Xie Shen was already satisfied.

But at the moment Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi are staring at Xie Shen in disbelief, this guy is too easy to be satisfied.
"Brother Shen, just buy these, Miss Shuiyun won't be angry."

Xie Pi rubbed his palms together and asked carefully.

Xie Shen rolled his eyes at him angrily and said, "You are a man who is full and doesn't know that a man is hungry. These are all saved by me. It's not like you can wear all kinds of rich clothes with just a few fingers. The style is not heavy."

Wang Shouwen on the side laughed and said: "Brother Shenxian, we also have our own hardships. Marriage is controlled by father and brother. It is more difficult to find a pleasing wife than going to heaven. Unlike Brother Shenxian, who is young and warm bed."

Xie Shen scolded with a smile: "It's not like what you said, forget about chatting with you, how did you talk with them about the manuscript that was handed over to you last time?"

"Um, it's the manuscript of "Story of the Stone". I talked to several bookstores, and they were all scrambling to get it. I thought about finding the one with the highest bid and selling it, but of course it still depends. Brother Shenxian, what do you mean?"

When Kong Jiaoyu gave Xie Shen special training with the devil, Xie Shen also found a way to change his mind.Otherwise, all the four books and five classics are in the head all day long, and sooner or later you will be dazed.

After thinking about it, Xie Shen silently memorized the Dream of the Red Chamber.

After all, among the four classics, Xie Shen is most familiar with Dream of the Red Chamber, and he can recite almost every plot backwards.

The novel industry in the Ming Dynasty was extremely prosperous, and publishing books as a freelance writer seemed to be a good job.A poor boy like Xie Shen can't stand his shoulders or lift his hands, so if he wants to earn some money to support his family, he can only write books.

But he didn't want to delay the imperial examination, so naturally he couldn't use his real name.

"Feng's shop gives [-]% to [-]%, Xue's adds [-]%, and Liu's gives [-]%. But among these three families, Feng's is the earliest in the business, and the most people go to his house to buy manuscripts."

Wang Shouwen spoke in a calm manner, but Xie Shen frowned.

Why are the novel books sold in these bookstores mainly manuscripts?In Xie Shen's impression, the novel industry was developed in the Ming Dynasty, and movable type printing was popularized, so why not use movable type printing to print books.

"These shops are all manuscripts? Why not use movable type?"

Wang Shouwen smiled and said: "Our Shaoxing Mansion is all printed with wooden movable type. If a batch of printed manuscripts cannot be sold, it will be useless. Although hand-copying is slower, but the number of manuscripts can be grasped at any time, so as not to lose money."

That's it!

After all, the Ming Dynasty had no awareness of intellectual property rights and pen names, and most readers read books rather than people.As a result, no one can guarantee sales of a book until it is actually sold.These bookstores are all small businesses, and in order to avoid risks, they naturally chose to sell more secure manuscripts.

"Then let's go to the Feng family. The most important thing now is to let more people see "The Story of the Stone". As for taking less money, it doesn't matter."

Although Xie Shen had already memorized the entire Dream of the Red Chamber silently, he decided to only give ten manuscripts to the bookstore at a time.In this way, once the sales volume goes up, when the bookstore comes to talk with Xie Shen again, he can take advantage of the trend to increase the price!
(End of this chapter)