Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

Shen Feng raised his eyebrows and swept Li Shuilian up and down: "Is this from the Spring Breeze Pavilion? You have to inquire clearly if you are looking for business. Our shopkeeper is an out-and-out little brother, but we can't enter the door of your building."

These words hurt, not to mention Li Shuilian, even Li Xi, Li Liang and even Qiao Mo were all stunned, and then there was laughter.

"You!" Li Shuilian recovered and was furious, blushing and pointing at Shen Feng, wanting to scold but didn't know how to reply.

Li Shuilian insisted on following Ma He, and Ma He treated him very well, thinking that sooner or later he would enter Ma's house, so he not only dressed pompously, but also paid attention to his words and deeds when he was outside. He didn't want to be looked down upon.So at this moment, he was obviously very annoyed, but he could only swallow back the curse words in his stomach, and his expression became more and more ugly.

The servant next to him is very knowledgeable and can relieve the master's worries, even if he stands up and opens his mouth, he will scold him.However, just as he opened his mouth and hadn't made a sound, he was suddenly stopped by a voice, and his face was as red as his master's.

"Although I'm just a small shop here, I'm not playing tricks on people!" Naturally, it was Qiao Mo who spoke. Shen Feng, as his own employee, defended his boss in his own shop but was bullied by others. What else does he have as a boss? face?Don't say that you are not capable, it is too irresponsible to keep silent.

When Li Shuilian saw him, she snorted coldly and said, "Is recruiting such a person really a clerk? I don't think this person looks like a clerk, but a scholar, right? Shopkeeper Qiao is so honorable that he can invite scholars to come. Lin Zheng is not at home right now." , you can make whatever you want.”

Qiao Mo could naturally hear Li Shuilian's insinuations, but he was still slightly surprised.Unexpectedly, in just a short period of time, Li Shuilian has learned to speak like this. In the past, the other party was blunt and undisguised.As for Li Shuilian's allusion, Qiao Mo didn't care at all.

"It's none of your business to hire anyone. Go straight out, your shop is opposite!" Qiao Mo said with a smile on his face, but he was not polite when he spoke. Anyway, the relationship between them is there, so there is no need to make a superficial appearance effort.

"It's rare for me to come to your place. I'm here to send wedding invitations. My shop will open tomorrow morning. I'm doing business with the opposite door. You are welcome to come and have a seat." Li Shuilian finished speaking with a sigh of relief, and made a piece of red paper The easy post still turned away on the counter.

Li Xi watched it happily, and then asked in confusion: "What is he doing here? Are you really sending wedding invitations?"

Ale sneered at the side: "I don't understand this at all. It's obviously for showing off, but it's a pity that I didn't show off."

Isn't it.

Qiao Mo thought of the news that He Yun had inquired about before, and always felt that Li Shuilian knew very little. If Li Shuilian knew about it, he would never be in the mood to provoke him.He decided to see the other party again next time, and said it directly in person, and he could still appreciate Li Shuilian's wonderful expression.

After staying in the shop for a while, Qiao Mo was invited to the Song family.

I used to go to the back door when I came to Song's house, and I saw very little. This time I walked through the door.As soon as he entered the gate, Qiao Mo became attentive. Ale led the way, bypassing the front hall and heading for the back house, meeting the servants of the Song family from time to time on the way.Those people are well-trained, and when they see a guest, they stand sideways by the road and wait for them to pass without squinting.After walking for a while, I finally came to a small courtyard. Over the white wall, you can see lush green bamboos, tall phoenix trees, and a small red building hidden in the green.

"This is the son's yard, please shopkeeper Qiao." A Le introduced.

After entering the gate of the courtyard, the first thing you see is a lotus pond. In the middle of the lotus pond is a four-cornered gazebo, and a cross wooden bridge runs through the river.A gravel path was paved around the lotus pond, with flowers and plants planted on both sides, so Qiao Mo walked along the gravel path by the lotus pond, leading directly to Song Han's residence.

Song Han's house is not a small carved building, but very grand and grand.There are three main rooms on the front, the middle is only slightly separated by azure curtains and assorted racks, which are used as a small hall for receiving guests and a study room, and he lives on the second floor.There are three or four small houses on the west side of the courtyard, where tea is cooked and attendants live on weekdays.

Although the Song family's house is big, it doesn't show wealth and luxury everywhere, on the contrary, it is worthy of the fragrance of books. There are flowers, plants and trees everywhere, quiet and simple.

"Treasurer Qiao." Song Han had already stood at the door to greet him, and was very happy to see him.

"Little boy."

Song Han invited him into the hall to cook tea and offer fruits, and he did not neglect.

Qiao Mo smelled the fragrance of tea, and out of politeness he had to ask, "Do you have to visit Lingtang for the first time?"

Song Han waved his hand: "That's not necessary, my aunt is not at home, he went to the temple a few days ago." After offering tea, he went straight to the point: "To tell the truth, shopkeeper Qiao, I am really bored at home. That's why I want to ask you to come and talk, and I also want to ask your thoughts."

"Please say."

"The last time I talked about doing business, it wasn't my whim. I've thought about it carefully these days, and I want to open a bookstore. What do you think?"

"Bookstore? That's fine. Your family is originally a scholar, and besides, you have an academy with many readers, so you don't have to worry about business." Qiao Mo can guess the reason why Song Han thinks so, but...Chi doubts Said: "Could it be that your family doesn't have a bookstore?"

"Where can it be? In this county, including our Song family, there are three major bookstores. I don't know about other ones, but I asked my elder brother. Although our store will not lose money, it will not lose money." As for how much money to make. Our family has always had a rule that bookstores are only allowed to sell books at a small profit, saying that reading is not easy, and there are still many people who cannot afford books. After my elder brother took over the shop, he allowed those students to buy books in the shop for free Copy the book."

"Then you still want to open a bookstore?" Qiao Mo knew that he opened the store to make money, and it was enough for the eldest son of the Song family to do public welfare undertakings.

Song Han's eyes were bright, and he asked, "Shopkeeper Qiao, what do you think of me opening a bookstore to sell all kinds of travel notes and unofficial histories? I also accept some good calligraphy and paintings for consignment. In addition, our family has always run an academy, and the bookstore of the imperial court. There are a lot of contacts, and I can get many good books printed by the Imperial College and Jingchang, and our family also has private engravings, and some good books will be engraved, I can get them."

Qiao Mo understood that Song Han didn't want to sell the canonical books that scholars used in the imperial examination, but specialized in novels and popular collection books.This can indeed make money. After all, books are expensive, and anyone who has the conditions to collect money has money.

Qiao Mo said casually: "Well, I think it's pretty good. It's very convenient for you to engrave your furniture. You can see that people can engrave more books that they like to read. They will definitely sell well. Like you said, the travel notes and unofficial histories have everything. It’s a story, so we can carve more novels…”

"Fiction?" Song Han shook his head: "That's not easy. No serious scholar wants to write that kind of book. I usually have to search for a long time to read one."

"Is there really such a shortage of this kind of books?" Qiao Mo's eyes lit up, thinking that this is a great business opportunity.

Song Han nodded, and seeing that he didn't seem to understand, he explained: "Nowadays, the books outside are all collections of classics and history, medical and agricultural books, Taoist and Buddhist scriptures, or poetry and essays of contemporary people and historical imperial examination questions. On the contrary, they are popular novels. I like them all, but there are very few such books. Scholars nowadays regard such books as nonsense and disdain them, and those who are willing to write do not have the ability, so it is really difficult to find one.”

After hearing this, Qiao Mo asked with a smile: "Have you read a lot of books? You can write it yourself, as long as you don't reveal your real name, just give it a code name."

"Me?" Song Han's eyes were full of surprise, he didn't expect him to have such a bold proposal, so he couldn't help shaking his head.Although he felt that this move was very inappropriate, he was not without a trace of temptation in his heart, but the problem came again, he was powerless.So he sighed with a bitter face, "It's easy to say, so what if you have read a book? I can't write either."

"You can call for papers." Qiao Mo enthusiastically suggested: "You can find someone to tell you a story, any dreams, adventures, or earlier legends are welcome, as long as you pay a small amount, most people will tell you stories. You I’ve listened to it a lot, and when I come back, I’ll sort it out and process it myself. Isn’t there a book? Besides, there are several academies in the city. Your Song family’s academies alone have many students from poor families. You can ask them to contribute articles, and they don’t use their real names when publishing. Who knew they wrote it."

The more Song Han heard it, the more he felt that the idea was good, and he seemed to understand it very well, so he said quickly, "Why don't we open a shop together."

"Me?" Although Qiao Mo was a little tempted at first, he thought about it and let it go: "I'll just give you advice, and I can't help you otherwise. Besides, it's inconvenient to have two bosses in one shop. "

If there were a lot of novels and stories in Qiao Mo's space, he would have agreed, but he didn't.Although he has a good memory, he didn't work hard on those aspects. The novels he has read are limited, and he can't memorize them from beginning to end without omission, so he doesn't bother with that effort.

Song Han didn't force much, he thought about what he said carefully, and wished he could do it right away.

"But according to what you said, it's not a short-term thing. It takes a long time." Song Han doesn't understand, it's just that the time is too long. I'm afraid that he hasn't made an appointment or even married yet. If it doesn't work, then wouldn't it be impossible to achieve the real purpose he wanted to achieve?

"Then...you can run a short-term newspaper first." Qiao Mo didn't understand some things in this era, so he just suggested that whether it can be run or not, ultimately depends on Song Han's own efforts.

Next, I will tell Song Han what newspapers are, their benefits and troubles, and so on.

"I think this is good, so let's do this first." Song Han now only wants to do something that can show results in a short time, so he immediately decides to start a newspaper first, and it will be a semi-monthly magazine.He thought that besides unofficial travel notes, street stories, current lawsuits, etc., the largest page should be the serialized novel that Qiao Mo said.

Who should I ask to write this novel?

Although it is easiest to find the elder brother to solve it, but this time it is different, even if you hold back your energy, you can't find the elder brother.

"How much do you plan to pay for the manuscript?" Qiao Mo asked suddenly.

"Why, do you want to write?" Song Han knew that he could read and write, and his experience had been twists and turns, so he thought he had a good story, and immediately lifted his spirits.

"I'm just asking. If I meet a suitable person, I can tell others." Qiao Mo just thought of Shen Feng in the store, and felt that the other party must be in financial distress, so he had no choice but to apply for a job as a waiter.It's not that he's meddling in other people's business, but that there are ready-made people in front of him, just pulling the strings, who can solve Shen Feng's financial problems and solve Song Han's lack of manuscripts, killing two birds with one stone.

"...I have to ask my elder brother about this. I haven't done it before, and I don't understand." Song Han didn't speak rashly.

"Well, we have to think about it." Qiao Mo thinks it's a good thing that he is so cautious, after all, if he wants to do business alone, he can't always be careless and ignore the future.

It has been two hours since Qiao Mo left the Song family. He ate two plates of snacks and poured a pot of tea. Apart from discussing business matters, he chatted about things afterwards.As a result, Qiao Mo's understanding of Song Han and even the Song family deepened, and he also accidentally learned some small news about several big families in the city, and even learned about the origin of Mr. Zhou who personally conveyed the expulsion order to Lin Gui. Ordinary people.

If you say why Song Han is familiar with that Mr. Zhou, it is not only because of the good friendship between the two families, but also because Zhou Ming has been Song Han's teacher for two years.

Seeing that it was getting late, Qiao Mo simply stayed to guard the shop and asked Li Liang and the others to go back early, so that they would not have to come here tomorrow.In addition, let Li Liang send a letter to the Liu family and his wife who stayed at home, lest they wait all the time.

Seeing that Zhang Xia wanted to stay in the city overnight, he hurriedly went to the small kitchen to prepare dinner.There were only two bedrooms, one was specially reserved for Qiao Mo, and the other was for Li Liang and the others to stay in when guarding the store. There were two beds in it, obviously it was impossible to accommodate so many people.In the end, Zhang Xia built a bed in Qiao Mo's room, and Liu Shi and He Yunhe Yu squeezed together.

It was dusk, most of the pedestrians went home, and some shops on the street were closed.

Qiao Mo's shop is usually guarded at night, so it is open as usual. Although Qian Xiao and Shen Feng are trainees, because they are both from the city, they stayed behind tacitly.Qiao Mo didn't say anything, and only asked Zhang Xia to prepare two more dishes.

"How is business today, are you still used to it?" Qiao Mo asked leisurely.

Qian Xiao smiled and said, "It's nothing I'm not used to. It's much easier to wash dishes here than in the back kitchen. There are either snacks or candies in the shop. It smells fragrant all the time. Tonight it's delicious even in dreams."

Qian Xiao's words made Qiao Mo laugh.

Although Shen Feng is very satisfied with the current job, he is even more grateful for the five hundred Wen that Qiao Mo lent him before. The money may not seem like much, but it is undoubtedly a life-saving money.But he is not a person who is used to talking about gratitude, he just does things seriously, and he will repay today's kindness when he has the ability.

At this time, a guest came, but Qian Xiao greeted him.

Qiao Mo asked him suddenly: "I have a friend who wants to open a bookstore and sell some popular novels, but he has no manuscripts. I see that you have read books. Are you interested in writing? Your real name will not be used for imprinting." , just give it an individual number."

Shen Feng was only surprised when he heard it at first, but he didn't have any other high-minded thoughts, even if he really wanted to say it, he just felt happy.The most important thing for him right now is to make money. He has already deeply realized the difficulty of not having money. He still needs a pen to write popular novels. Deeply ashamed, many people are alienated.

This is the first day.

"I don't know how to calculate the remuneration? What kind of popular novel do you want?" Shen Feng restrained his messy thoughts and asked in detail one by one.