I’m Marquis in Great Tang

After Du Qi left the Crown Prince Mansion, he took the Carriage and went straight to the tea shop. Today, Qianxue is in charge of the tea shop. With Qianxue in the tea shop, Du Qi can listen to music and pass the boring time.

In this era, there is no Electric Apparatus brain, no Electric Apparatus vision, and no entertainment projects. So Du Qi is fine, and can only listen to music to pass the time. However, when Du Qi arrived at the tea shop, he saw Xiao Er who was in the Zhenying tea shop and asked about Qianxue's situation.

In the past, Qianxue used to sit in the lobby.

Today, no one was seen.

Xiao Er, the shop owner, replied that Qianxue was in the elegant room on the second floor. Du Qi nodded, go straight to the elegant room on the second floor. When Du Qi entered, Qianxue was immersed in reading, sometimes frowned, sometimes with a happy expression, already intoxicated, and did not find Du Qi coming.

This situation makes Du Qi curious.

What kind of book can make Qianxue intoxicated, even unable to extricate herself.

Du Qi walked over quietly. He stood beside Qianxue, looked down from a high position, and saw the contents of the book. Although Du Qi didn't look at it from the beginning, he roughly understood it after reading some.

This is a novel.

Even so, in Du Qi’s view, the plot of this novel is like a running account, with no tension, that is, a man and a woman. It’s a book like this that makes Qian Xue see it. as if drunk and stupefied, I was drunk in it.

This surprised Du Qi very much.

Du Qi shook the head, simply walked to the side, sat down, closed his eyes and rested, waiting quietly.

Time is passing by.

After nearly two quarters of an hour, Qianxue was lost after reading it, and said to herself: "Ai, this Erlang and Tuoba Lady, it’s a pity that they didn’t come together. Ah!"

Zhang Erlang is the male lead.

Lady Tuoba is a woman.

The running accounts of two obsessive men and women, in Du Qi's view, are groaning without illness, but in the eyes of readers like Qianxue, they are like treasures, and they can't put it down.

After Qianxue sighed, she suddenly saw Du Qi sitting not far away, and said in surprise: "Ah, Noble Son, why are you here. Why didn't you say a word when you came to the tea shop?"

Du Qi has a joking expression on his face, saying: "I have been in the elegant room for a while. Seeing you are looking enthusiastic, so I didn't bother you."

Qian Xue blushed when she heard it.

She didn't expect to read a book by herself, but it was discovered by Du Qi, which was really embarrassing.

Qianxue explained: "Noble Son, this is a new book published by Xiaoxiaosheng. The copied books are only two to three hundred copies. I finally got one. This book, and it’s a relationship with an acquaintance. Xiaoxiaosheng’s books are extremely popular, not easy to buy, and they are sold out as soon as they come out."

In this era, there is no movable type printing, mainly Engraving printing. However, engraving and printing are very slow and easy to blur, so in most cases, you have to rely on handwriting.

Booksellers who sell books can take a lot of effort to copy these books and then sell them. This is also the case, it seems that books are precious.

In fact, it is still much better now, after all, there is engraving printing. Compared with the period of the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty, writing was mainly made on bamboo slips. At that time, there was no mature paper and reading was even more difficult.

Nowadays, there are all kinds of paper.

So the cost of studying has been reduced a lot, and it is no longer like the difficulties of the Three Kingdoms period in the late Han Dynasty.

This is so, and it is not easy.

Du Qi pointed at the book and beckoned, Qian Xue handed the book to Zhang Xiu's hand. Du Qi glanced at it roughly. This book is not thick, not many words, and the copied words are not neat, especially the plot is very strange.

On the contrary, Qianxue can see with keen interest pleasure.

Alas, it is still material and cultural life. It is too scarce to make it so rare.

Du Qi rubbed the book in hand, but he had an idea in his heart. The memory in his mind is very clear now, it is almost like there is a library, there are countless libraries, there are countless novels, there are idiotic men and women, and there are heroic and magnificent martial arts stories.

These books are all available.

Du Qi's tea shops and restaurants are now officially open. He had nothing to do, so when he saw the books in Qianxue's hands, he was already thinking about building a Bookstore to sell books.

This is an opportunity.

Not only can it enrich the material and cultural life of the people of Great Tang, but it can also make him a lot of money.

Du Qi had a plan in mind, so he returned the book to Qianxue, saying: "The standard of a book like yours is really bad. I will read the book in the future and find some good-looking ones."

"Yes!"

Qianxue lowered his head slightly to answer.

For Qianxue, although she is obsessed with this novel and book, in fact, reading such a book is really not very good. So her understanding of Du Qi's words is to let her read some useful books, not such idiotic books.

Du Qi stood up and said: "The tea shop, it's up to you, I'm going back."

"Yes!"

Qian Xueying Next, he immediately asked: "Since Noble Son is here, won't you rest in the tea shop?"

"No, there is still something to do."

Du Qi said. Then he left the tea shop and took the Carriage to the restaurant. Today's restaurants are already on the right track, and even large-scale banquet reservations have been arranged after half a month, which can be described as extremely hot.

After all, the restaurant's dishes taste great.

This is the result of word-of-mouth fermentation.

So countless people hold banquets, no longer do it by themselves, but come to the restaurant. Because holding a banquet in a restaurant is more upscale and more face.

Du Qi made a brief tour after entering the restaurant. In the entire restaurant, all personnel perform their duties and are busy with their own affairs, while Jin Wuque is responsible for controlling the overall situation.

When Jin Wuque learned that Du Qi was coming, he ran over quickly. He came to Du Qi and asked: "Noble Son, you came to the restaurant today, what's the matter?"

Du Qi asked: "Lao Jin, where are the main booksellers in Chang'an City?"

Jin Wuque replied without hesitation: "Noble Son, this Chang'an In the City, the main booksellers are concentrated in East Market and Xi Market. East Market mainly consists of some classic books, such as "Spring and Autumn", "Analects of Confucius", "Tao De Jing" and other books. These books are generally compared It’s more expensive. After all, every book is copied out. It’s not easy."

paused, Jin Wuwei continued: "There are also some popular books that sell some classic books. Booksellers, these people are mainly concentrated in the Xi Market. Among these popular books, there are many idiots and complaints. Although these popular books are not up to the grade and difficult to be elegant, it is true, and many people like to read them. Often a book has just come out, it has been sought after by countless people, and it is very popular in Chang'an City."

After hearing this, Du Qi pondered and said, "You are concerned about these situations. , Understand?"

Jin Wuwei said: "I have some understanding, not much!"

Du Qi said: "This Noble Son's current plan is to acquire a bookseller . Do you know that there are any booksellers that can't keep running. This Noble Son is ready to sell books after the acquisition."

"Ah!"

Jin Wuque heard After that, wrinkled frowned.

He shook his head like a rattle, and said hurriedly: "Noble Son, you can’t make it, it’s hard to make it. You are not familiar with the management of books at all, so you rush into it, and you will definitely lose money in the end. "

Du Qi said: "How do you know This Noble Son will lose money?"

Jin Wuwei said: "Noble Son, the Xi Market bookseller’s business, mainly It’s people who have written books under their names. These people write books, so they can sell them continuously and make a lot of money."

"The problem is, buying a bookseller that is about to fail. , It’s useless. In the words of Scholar, it’s chicken ribs. It’s a pity that it’s tasteless."

"Noble Son, please think twice!"

"Operating Bookstore , It’s not so easy, there are quite a lot of problems. Whether it’s tea or a restaurant, there are very good things that no one else has."

Jin Wuque said resolutely: "Yes. This book is different."

He does not approve of Du Qi's involvement in the book-selling industry, thinking it is a loss-making business.

Du Qi said: "Like tea and restaurants, This Noble Son operates Bookstore and has exclusive books. You don't have to worry about that. What I am asking you now is, do you know such a person? "