Chapter 841: bookstore with books

"Artificial life form? What are you talking about?" Mo Yun asked with a

puzzled face.

"No, it's nothing." Xia Fan skipped the topic and said, "Tomorrow is the

departure day, but it's a pity that apart from Suzaku, the other organs are

too late to accept the transformation."

"It's not a big problem," Mo Yun shrugged. "As long as you can take down a

port, the subsequent supplies will be sent to Yama."

After accumulating a lot of experience in inland navigation, the Bureau of

Mechanical Engineering has been able to build simple cargo ships for crossing

the strait. The naval training has also cultivated a group of fledgling ocean-

going sailors. For the time being, whether they can undertake the

responsibility of naval warfare, it is more than enough to control a cargo

ship.

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The next day, Noah's tree boat slowly left the east bank of Jinxia and sailed

towards the depths of the sea as usual.

Due to the need for strategic secrecy, necessary camouflage and concealment

were carried out during the preparation and assembly process of the team. For

example, all the organs and animals were shipped in wooden boxes, and the

soldiers were dressed as fishermen to board the ship. Therefore, few people

know the destination of the Noah this time. Not a fishing ground, but the

island of Yamama across the sea.

Inside the tree boat is not only the fully armed Jinxia First Division, but

also most of the elite alchemists of the Privy Ministry. Gan Yu Yan Qing, Du

Ye Taki and others stayed in Jinxia as guards, monitoring Qi Xing's every

move.

Operation Overlord officially kicked off in this quiet atmosphere.

...

The people of Jinxia City were unaware of the impending war.

In the eyes of most people, today is another peaceful and comfortable day. The

market area was crowded early with merchants who came to choose the best fish,

and there were also many residents in the teahouses and restaurants. Many

migrants have settled in Jinxia for a period of time. After time, they will be

surprised to find that they don't have to worry about their future life all

day long as they did in the past. Whether it is the jobs provided by the port

terminal or the small workers recruited by the street shops and inns, they all

follow the minimum wage standard stipulated by the bureau, and as long as they

work hard at this standard salary, they can save a lot of money every week.

money to come. In addition to the necessary food to fill their stomachs, the

money allows them to pursue things other than survival, such as delicious

refreshments and new clothes.

The topic of discussion is no longer how much rent the government collects,

and whether there will be a major disaster or labor this year, but gradually

become where to work, how much wages, and whether there are benefits. If you

can say that you are working in the bureau, you will definitely attract a

burst of envy.

Of course, not everyone is getting better.

The shopkeeper Zhang of Fengming Bookstore was an exception.

"It seems that no one is coming today." The second shopkeeper leaned lazily

against the door of the shop, nibbled melon seeds in his hand, and said,

"Uncle Zhang, why don't you close today, so I can go out for a walk. "

"When it's closed, you know it's closed!" Shopkeeper Zhang glared at the other

party. This guy is also surnamed Zhang and his name is Yuan. However, the

advantage of letting him be a junior is also obvious, that is, he doesn't have

to pay another salary, and he can only cover food and shelter.

Speaking of salary, Manager Zhang couldn't help but feel a pain in the flesh.

The bureau first launched a new type of banknotes, and then stipulated that

the salary of Jinxia City should not be less than 500 per month. Anyone who

violates the regulations will be fined more than ten times as long as they

report to the bureau. Five hundred taels of silver is not a small sum. In the

past, only dozens of copper plates and white rice porridge could be used for

salary, but now it needed a few taels of silver. This difference was

tantamount to worsening the situation for Fengming Bookstore, which was going

downhill.

"If I close the door, what are you going to eat? I still eat melon seeds on

the street. Do you know that this is a bookstore? The bookstore pays attention

to an elegant style.

"Come on, everyone knows that the books you sell are not read at all. Even if

I burn incense and recite sutras at the door of the store, it's useless."

Zhang Yuan pouted, "Uncle, it's better to close the door earlier, or I can go

somewhere in the port. Make a living. Not to mention earning a lot, and still

enjoying the support of the government, isn’t it better than being a

shopkeeper?”

"You... it's the other way around!" Manager Zhang stomped his feet again and

again.

Zhang Yuan sighed, this is not the first time this kind of dispute has

occurred, "I'm just telling the truth, uncle, why don't you understand. When

you didn't join the school as a bookseller, you were destined to be defeated.

Guandou, you can't beat them."

Shopkeeper Zhang was puzzled.

It was the last word he wanted to hear.

However, he also knew that what the other party said was the truth. Now if you

want to ask what is the best-selling printed matter in Jinxiacheng, it is

undoubtedly Shenjin Weekly, followed by school textbooks. As for the ancient

scriptures and poetry and classics, in just a few months, no one cares. Even

the bookstore's most prosperous business in the past-the poetry collections

printed by scholars at their own expense and written at parties, It's nowhere

to be seen now.

Back then, the Secretariat had invited Fengming Bookstore to participate in

the supplier negotiations, but when Mr. Zhang heard that he would have to pay

a large deposit and that the Secretariat would get a part of the bookstore's

shares, he did not sign the agreement in the end. This shop is the ancestral

business of the Zhang family that he inherited, how can he hand it over to

others?

Of course, judging the battle situation is also one of his biggest mistakes.

In any case, Mr. Zhang never expected that Princess Guangping not only

established a firm foothold in Shenzhou, but also completely overthrew the

original government, making the Bureau a new yamen in power.

He couldn't buy old books, and he couldn't print and sell new ones, so

Fengming Bookstore became an outlier in Jinxia's steamy image.

"I know uncle, you are reluctant to bear it, but short-term pain is worse than

long-term pain." Zhang Yuan advised, "The main business of the bookstore is

printing, but the printing workshop behind you hasn't started work for two

months. Turn over? Unless Her Royal Highness falls—"

Before he could finish speaking, the shopkeeper rushed over and covered his

mouth.

"Don't implicate me if you want to court death!"

"Cough cough..." Zhang Yuan broke free~www.mtlnovel.com~ I just used it to

describe the impossibility of this matter. Uncle, it's really good to be a

small restaurant after tidying up these rooms. As long as the house is there,

why not inherit the ancestral property? "

This statement made the shopkeeper hesitate.

Catering is indeed the most prosperous business in Jinxia City recently. Even

if the scones and noodles are well done, it can attract a large number of

customers who are willing to pay.

At this moment, there was a banging sound from outside the front yard, and it

seemed that someone was knocking on the door plaque of the bookstore.

Is there a guest coming?

But why didn't he come in directly?

Without thinking too much, the shopkeeper pushed his nephew and said, "Come

and have a look." He sorted out his clothes and sat back in front of the

counter pretending to be tidy.

After a while, Zhang Yuan touched his head and walked back from the street.

There was no second person following him, but there was an extra book in his

hand.