Chang 'an, Great Tang.
Huiyuan Bookstore.
Ye Tong lay on the newly made recliner with her legs crossed and swayed.
"Fortunately, I know how to make paper and reduce the cost to make thinner and cheaper paper. Otherwise, I would have starved to death after transmigrating.”
Ye Tong only knew that he had transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty, but Ye Tong did not want to be the Tang Emperor, nor was he interested in being conferred the title of Marquis.
The aristocratic families were so powerful that they had to be conferred the title of Marquis and Minister? Dream on.
He might as well start a small business and become a rich man based on the major events of the Tang Dynasty that he knew.
In a daze, Ye Tong was about to fall asleep when she heard a call,
"Boss!"
Ye Tong woke up in a daze and saw a fairy looking at her with a smile.
"Fairy, what's the matter?" Ye Tong was confused.”
"You!" The person's expression changed drastically.
Ye Tong was startled awake by the noisy person. Only then did she see clearly that there was a handsome Taoist priest standing in front of her. Where did this fairy come from?
Remembering how he had addressed her as a fairy, he smiled awkwardly.""So it's an earth-shattering handsome Taoist priest.”
The Daoist frowned and thought for a moment before saying,""So the shop owner's surname is Ye. Shop owner Ye, I have a mission here.”
Ye Tong scratched her head." This isn't the Mage Guild or the Adventurer's Guild. Why would I accept a mission?"”
"()?" Mage Guild? Is there such an organization in the world?"
" Haha!" Ye Tong hurriedly tried to salvage the situation." I'm just joking. Could it be that you want to print a book?"”
The Taoist priest shook his head.”
"Oh?" "How many words?" Ye Tong tapped the abacus. What content? A custom-made book was very expensive. It cost at least 200 taels.”
Two hundred taels, one tael of silver was one thousand and three hundred wen, a novel was only seventy wen, five huge steamed buns were only one hundred wen, and even five steamed buns in a grain-producing area were only twenty wen!
Ye Tong habitually asked for an exorbitant price.
The Daoist priest's eyes lit up. Two hundred taels is fine!"
"Don't worry, I'm talking about the price of the custom-made books. You have to pay extra for the sales of the printed books.”
"Sure!"
"Please speak, Daoist Priest." Ye Tong was overjoyed. This was simply a heaven-tier fat sheep!
"Boss Ye, please help me find someone to write a book about the Black Buddha. There's no limit to the content or the subject matter."”
Ye Tong thought for a moment and nodded." Sure, but Taoism is so powerful. What's there to slander about Buddhism?"”
The emperor of the Tang Empire claimed to be a descendant of Lao Tzu and Li Er, so he respected Taoism as the national religion. It was only after Wu Zetian ascended the throne that the situation changed.
The current Buddhism was not a match for Taoism at all, so why did they slander him?
The Taoist priest smiled and took out a bag."This is a deposit of 100 taels. After the book is completed, the rest will naturally be paid.”
Although Ye Tong didn't know what this Daoist and Black Buddha were doing, he still couldn't help but gasp when he saw him take out a hundred taels of silver without hesitation.
In the current market, the price of a book was about seventy wen, and one tael of silver could be exchanged for one thousand and three hundred wen.
What did a hundred silver taels mean? Opening a bookstore, he wouldn't be able to earn a hundred taels in fifty years.
"Daoist Priest, please wait!"
When the Taoist priest who was about to turn around and leave heard this, he seemed to have recalled something terrifying. His body froze, and then he turned around."What can I do for you, shop owner Ye?"
Ye Tong scratched his head.”
"I'm called…Ji Yunxiang."”
"Ji Yunxiang? Brother Ji!" Ye Tong cupped his hands.
Ji Yunxiang cupped her hands in return.”
Ye Tong grinned and whispered,"Sit down and talk?"”
"Please." Ji Yunxiang sat on the chair.”
"Brother Ji, how far do we need to go to get the Black Buddha?”
"Naturally, I'm going to make it worse."
"In that case, I'll give Brother Ji an idea."”
"Oh? Shop owner Ye, do you have any good ideas?"
Ye Tong: " Since you want to go all out, it's too boring to do a one-time deal. I can help you find a full-time writer to write a novel about the Black Buddha. It'll be divided into nine volumes and two hundred chapters…"
"Nine scrolls and two hundred chapters?" "Then…" Ji Yunxiang's eyes floated up.
Ye Tong beamed with joy and continued to recommend,"Let's divide the story into nine volumes and two hundred chapters. We'll publish them one by one. Then, we'll let the storyteller set up a stall in a teahouse and restaurant. We'll repeat it again and again and tell it for 49 days.”
"This way, it's better than a book!”As Ye Tong spoke, she thought about the 200 taels of money for each volume and felt very happy.
"Alright, we'll do as shopkeeper Ye says. But what if no one reads it?" Ji Yunxiang nodded.”
"Don't worry, it'll definitely be good. The book still looks good!”
Ye Tong comforted Ji Yunxiang while asking,"However, Daoist Priest, what did these bald donkeys do to offend you that they have such deep resentment?”
Ji Yunxiang: " Tang Sanzang's Water and Land Spiritual Conference is about to begin. We can't let them carry on smoothly…There's no need for shop owner Ye to know about the cause and effect during this period.”
Ye Tong was stunned after hearing that.
"Tang Sanzang? Aquatic Conference? Was it the Tang Monk who was born in Jinshan Temple?”
"Yes, Tang Sanzang."
Ye Tong felt terrible. Didn't they agree on the Tang Dynasty…
How did it become the world of Journey to the West?
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