Important Officials of the Imperial Court Gathered in the Bookstore, Marveled at the Magic of Paper
At Li Si's residence.
After Li Si heard the news, he thought for a while and instructed the servant,"
"Go buy a few books."
"Here."
The servant responded and left the residence, heading straight for the Ye Store.
He paid the money and entered the bookstore. He took a random book and walked back to the counter.
"How much is this book?"
The shop assistant's attitude was neither servile nor overbearing.
"I'm sorry, the bookshop is currently only available for reading.”
The servant was stunned.
He did not know that because the number of books in the Ye Ji Bookstore was too small, Tidas was not prepared to sell them to the public for the time being.
"No, what's wrong with your Ye's Bookstore?”
"I have silver, why don't you sell it?”
The shop assistant was still neither servile nor overbearing.
"I'm very sorry. This bookstore is temporarily selling books.”
The servant was a little annoyed.
"Our master asked me to buy this!”
"If you don't sell it, how am I going to answer to my master?”
"Can you make an exception?"
Seeing the shop assistant's unyielding attitude, the servant thought for a moment and lowered his voice.
"I'm from the Prime Minister's Estate, can you make some concessions?”
The shop assistant did not give in.
This quarrel made the originally quiet bookshop noisy.
The scholars all looked at Li Si's servant at the counter with a frown and a displeased expression.
Li Si's servant was taken aback and his expression turned ugly.
He did not dare to cause trouble.
After all, a bunch of scholars were staring at him.
Moreover, the other party was Assistant Minister Chang.
Although his official position wasn't high, he was still an official.
More importantly, he was representing his master.
If he made a ruckus here and lost his master's face, he would probably have to give up his life.
The servant returned to the mansion with a livid face and informed him of the matter.
Li Si was silent for a while.
Even his name was useless?
He flicked his sleeves and stood up.
"Since that's the case, I'll personally go and see what's so special about this Ye Ji Bookstore.”
...
The leaves in the courtyard swayed and rustled.
Inside the room.
Wei Liao sat cross-legged on a futon, holding a bamboo scroll and sipping tea.
"Good tea."
Wei Liao sighed.
At this moment, a servant walked in and bowed to report.
"Master, there's movement from the Prime Minister's Estate.”
"Oh?"
Wei Liao raised his eyebrows." Ye Ji Bookstore."”
His tone was very certain.
The servant flattered him." Master is extremely smart. You guessed it right. Their carriage is indeed heading towards the bookstore.”
"That's not right. Li Si isn't such an impatient person.”
Wei Liao felt strange.
"I heard that the books in Ye Ji Bookstore can only be read in the bookstore and cannot be taken out or sold to the outside world, so I quarreled with the servant of the Prime Minister's Estate who wanted to borrow books.”
Wei Liao laughed.
" I see. Li Si's servant must have told him his identity, but he still refused to give in. That's why Li Si went personally."”
He put down the book in his hand and stood up.
"Prepare the carriage to Ye Ji Bookstore."
"Let's go and join in the fun."
He also wanted to see what a book made of " paper " looked like.
Wei Liao stepped out of the manor and boarded the carriage, heading towards the bookstore.
......
Other than Li Si and Wei Liao, the other important officials of Xianyang City also wanted to take a look at the Book of Leaves.
The first bookstore in history.
They were very curious.
What did the bookshop look like? What did the books made of paper look like? Were they really as light as those scholars said?
But for the sake of face.
They refused to show their faces.
Therefore, he sent his servant to buy books.
They were rejected just like Li Si's servants.
"He's just a small Vice Minister Chang, yet he feels like he's rejecting me!”
After being rejected, they were extremely angry.
"Master, the one from the Prime Minister's Estate has also been rejected.”
the servant informed.
These words immediately made the important officials of the imperial court feel much more comfortable.
Even that person had been rejected, let alone them.
However, they still had a knot in their hearts.
An ex-merchant, a guy who had won the title of Assistant Minister Chang by presenting a treasure.
How could he dare?
Then what were the books on the " paper " synthesis?
They wanted it but couldn't get it. It made their hearts itch. It was like an invisible feather tickling their itch. They wanted it but couldn't get it.
"Master, you can go to the bookstore yourself. Wouldn't you be able to read the books then?”
the servant reminded.
The imperial court official glared at the servant." What do you know? That bookstore is open in the marketplace. Who am I? What kind of place is that? Do you want me to go to that kind of commoner's place?"”
The servant was speechless.
After a long time, the servant said embarrassedly,"Master, but that person from the Prime Minister's Estate has gone there personally."”
The imperial court officials widened their eyes.
"Why didn't you tell me such important news earlier?”
"Since he's already gone, it won't be embarrassing for me to go. Prepare the car! Hurry up and prepare the car!"
Carriages carrying important officials of the imperial court swarmed toward Ye Ji Bookstore. The wide road became crowded because of the appearance of these carriages.
The commoners on the road retreated to the sides of the road, curiously looking at this formation and discussing it.
"So many nobles are traveling. What happened?”
.....
On the second floor of the restaurant.
Meng Tian heard the commotion below. She turned her head and saw carriages passing by.
These carriages were extremely familiar.
"Isn't this Wei Liao's carriage? Wang Ben's carriage is here too, and that's Imperial Censor Feng Jie's carriage.”
"Where are they going with all this fanfare?”
Meng Tian looked in the direction of their carriage and a word appeared in her mind.
Ye Ji Book Store.
His instincts told him that they were going there.
Meng Tian patted her butt and stood up." Let's go and take a look."”
As she walked out of the restaurant, the glaring sunlight shone down on her. Meng Tian raised her hand to block the sunlight and narrowed her eyes.
"Ye Ji Bookstore, I want to see what this newly appointed Vice Minister Chang's item looks like.”
.....
The entrance of Ye Ji Bookstore was filled with carriages.
A group of important officials of the imperial court stood at the door, staring at each other.
"You're here too?"
"Aren't you the same?"
Li Si looked around with a calm expression. He saw Meng Tian and the others from the corner of his eye and they smiled at each other.
It seemed that they all wanted to join in the fun and see what the bookstore looked like.
"Prime minister, please."
Meng Tian made an inviting gesture.
Li Si walked in and the others followed closely behind.
The shop assistant was terrified.
The scholars in the shop did not expect so many important officials of the imperial court to patronize this small bookstore.
Li Si looked around the bookstore.
Inside the bookshop, there were rows of orderly bookshelves. The bookshelves were filled with books on the so-called paper synthesis side. These books were not big and did not look heavy.
Outside the bookshop, there were rows of long tables and chairs for scholars to sit and read.
"The arrangement is novel and appropriate.”
Li Si thought.
This was the first time Meng Tian and the others had seen such a novel layout and neat bookshop. Their eyes lit up.
They went to the counter to pay the fee, entered the bookshop, and walked in the direction of the bookshelf.
Li Si picked up one of the books.
It was very light.
It was very light.
Its weight was less than one-tenth of the wooden slip.
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