Chapter 1011 This Is a Beacon in the Dark Night! Please Copy the Book for Datong Shengshi!

Looking up at the four golden characters, everyone couldn't help but feel doubtful, and a whisper sounded under the ring steps:

"The Qin Wang Furnace and Qin Wang Pig, which will surely go down in history, benefit the people, and be appreciated by the people, were all developed by Chang'an Jun. Chang'an Jun generously gave them the name of Qin Wang, and now Chang'an Jun named this palace after Chang'an, which shows that Chang'an Jun attaches great importance to this place!"

"Bookstore? 'Dian' refers to the earthen platform for placing food and wine vessels. Because merchants often put goods on the 'dian' to sell, it can also be called Si and Ji. How can such vulgar words be connected with books?"

"Books are the words of saints, how can they be sold with money like ordinary goods! Chang'an Jun is a gentleman of the time, and he will never do such a thing that insults saints!"

There are no bookstores in the world today. Even the predecessors of bookstores, bookshops, and bookstores, only began to sprout during the Western Han Dynasty.

Therefore, both the common people and the common people can only interpret the words literally.

But they dare not believe their inner understanding!

Books carrying the words of the saints need to be requested, how can they be bought!

Qi Diaoli and Gong Yangba walked down the ladder and bowed in front of Ying Chengjiao with excited faces: "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!"

After Ying Chengjiao bowed in return, he said in a gentle voice: "Thank you both."

"Please stand behind me and promote my work."

Gong Yangba laughed dumbly: "Being able to stand behind Chang'an Jun is a blessing from Chang'an Jun, how can it be Gong Yang who promotes Chang'an Jun?"

Qidiaoli also stroked his beard and smiled: "It is a blessing for Qi Diao to be able to participate in such a literary event! Qi Diao should thank Chang'an Jun for giving me this opportunity!"

In the eyes of others, the two great scholars seemed quite respectful in front of Ying Chengjiao, and did not hesitate to Ying Chengjiao's instructions, and directly stood on the left and right sides behind Ying Chengjiao.

Ying Chengjiao then cast his eyes towards the bottom of the palace and spoke loudly: "I have long heard that Linzi is a place of great literary prosperity."

"Therefore, even though Linzi was not the territory of our Great Qin, nor was it my fief, after I developed and made Chang'an paper, I still gave priority to transporting Chang'an paper to Linzi to meet the needs of Linzi's sages."

Ying Chengjiao's words were quite sincere, and the sincerity in his tone was particularly emphasized when his family soldiers sang the words.

Although the important reason why Ying Chengjiao chose to sell Chang'an paper to Linzi first was that the Great Qin was too poor and the ancient Qi was too rich, even if it required long-distance transportation, it could still earn high profits.

But the fundamental reason why Ying Chengjiao gave priority to supplying Linzi City with Chang'an paper was that the people of Qi and Lu respected culture and books more. The possibility of the people of Qi and Lu using Chang'an paper to wipe filth was almost non-existent. Ying Chengjiao needed to use the literary atmosphere of Linzi City and the endorsement of great Confucian scholars to strongly associate Chang'an paper with high-end elements such as books and literary atmosphere, and eliminate the chance of Chang'an paper becoming toilet paper from the beginning!

Under the ring steps, all the people of the old Qi raised their heads proudly, looking around with pride.

Look! Even the ancient gentleman Chang'an Jun who forced the old Qi to surrender recognized that Linzi City was the place of literary atmosphere in the world!

I am proud!

Ying Chengjiao continued to speak in a gentle voice: "How lucky! I can get Linzi as my fiefdom!"

"I am willing to use my own limited strength to help Linzi's literary prosperity."

"Therefore, I specially ask the king to build Chang'an Bookstore in Linzi!"

"I specially bring 1,592 volumes of various books such as "Qin Law", "Lüshi Chunqiu", "Gongyang Chunqiu", "Qi Diaozi", "Lancet" to Linzi."

"All the books will be placed in Chang'an Bookstore!"

Before Ying Chengjiao finished speaking, there was an uproar and exclamation from the steps.

"One thousand five hundred and ninety-two volumes of classics?! The entire Chunyu clan has only more than four hundred volumes of books, but Chang'an Jun has twice as many books in his mansion with his own efforts!"

"No wonder there are so many talented people in the Qin Military Academy! With so many classics to read, even an ordinary scholar can become a great scholar!"

"Don't forget, this is just the collection of Chang'an Jun when he moved to Linzi. The collection of books in Chang'an Jun's mansion must be many times more!"

"Such a large number of classics contain so much wisdom of sages! I really can't imagine that there can be so many books in the tiger and wolf land of Guanzhong! No wonder Chang'an Jun is not only a gentleman of ancient times, but also can win battles and work continuously!"

No wonder everyone interrupted Ying Chengjiao's words without caring about his feelings.

The news Ying Chengjiao said was really too shocking!

In Ying Chengjiao's opinion, the collection of Chang'an Bookstore is only equivalent to that of a small bookstore in the previous life, and it can't even reach the tail of a medium-sized bookstore.

But this is the Warring States Period!

Even in the Western Jin Dynasty, when there were already bookstores, paper, and professional copyists, the collection of Fan Ping, the famous book collector and governor of Linhai, was only 7,000 volumes!

In this era, the collection of more than a thousand volumes of books is not only a crushing blow to individual book collectors, but also a crushing blow to various schools and families. It is like a bright light in the dark, attracting moths that yearn for light!

After quietly waiting for the noise to subside, Ying Chengjiao smiled and said, "I forgot to say that."

"More than 60% of the books I brought to Chang'an Bookstore were copied on Chang'an paper. Even the most magnificent works would only be bound into one volume, counted as one book."

"If all of them were copied on bamboo slips, it would be about 6,000 volumes."

These words exploded like thunder in the old Qiwang City!

Everyone's head was buzzing!

Six thousand volumes? That's six thousand volumes!

The veterans were excited. Although most of them were illiterate, their children would definitely have the opportunity to read these books in Chang'an Bookstore in the future, based on Chang'an Jun's kindness to his old comrades!

The Confucian scholars were trembling with excitement. More than 6,000 volumes of books! They could not finish reading them in this lifetime! If they could recite the words of the sages in Chang'an Bookstore to their heart's content, they would die without regrets even if they never stepped out of Chang'an Bookstore in this life!

However, the faces of some people turned ugly.

Ying Chengjiao's words and actions had already made them have a bad guess.

As expected, they then heard Ying Chengjiao continue to speak: "Yao Jia, the prime minister of our Great Qin, was born in poverty, but he was a virtuous man who had read a lot of classics and had a profound mind."

"I have also taught all the soldiers in the army to read and write, and in just over a year, I have trained thousands of officials for our Great Qin."

"Therefore, I believe that the words of the sages are not only the principles that can be understood by the rich, and books are not only owned by the common people. The wise principles and the words of the sages should be heard by everyone, so Only then can we create a prosperous era of Datong!"

Ying Chengjiao raised his voice further: "Therefore, I smashed the threshold of this place!"

"From now on, Chang'an Bookstore will also have no threshold!"

"All the people of our Great Qin, regardless of their status, can enter the store to read books without paying any money, repairs, cloth, grain, etc.!"

"The door of Chang'an Bookstore will be open to every Qin person!"

Almost all the Confucian scholars from poor families had blurred eyes, and tears fell to the ground like rain.

For the powerful and the great Confucian scholars, borrowing books is a good story and an elegant thing.

But only those who have books will think that borrowing books is an elegant thing, and for readers who don't have a collection of books, they don't know how much dignity and flattery they have to pay, and even have to pay their own political loyalty to get the right to borrow a book!

Today, Ying Chengjiao did not humiliate their dignity, did not need their flattery, and did not need them to become his disciples and bear his mark, but gave them the opportunity to read widely.

What a great favor! !

All the Confucian scholars and veterans spontaneously bowed their hands and shouted sincerely: "We, thank Chang'an Jun for his great favor!"

Ying Chengjiao pressed down with both hands to stop the crowd's shouting, and continued: "I deeply feel that I am weak alone. Even if I try my best, it is difficult for me to create a prosperous Datong by myself."

"I need Linzi, a place with prosperous literary fortune, as a base, and I need the help of all the wise men!"

The Confucian scholars could not help but step forward and wait in full battle array.

Chang'an Jun has shown such a great favor. If we don't repay him, how can we be at peace!

The veterans took two steps forward and blocked the Confucian scholars.

Chang'an Jun is our Chang'an Jun. If Chang'an Jun needs anything, we should charge for him!

Facing the determined eyes, Ying Chengjiao said sincerely: "I hope that you talented people will copy books for Chang'an Bookstore after reading books."

"Anyone who is willing to copy books for Chang'an Bookstore will be provided with the pens, ink, paper and inkstones needed for copying."

"After verification, Chang'an Bookstore will give you a fee to get the book back, put it in the store for others to read, or transport it elsewhere."

"I ask you talented people to squeeze out some time to bless the place where the literary fortune is poor!"

"I thank you two or three sons!"

Hearing this, the Confucian scholars and veterans who were originally eager to fight were stunned.

We are ready to fight for you, but you ask us to copy books?

"This, this, this, are we really helping Chang'an Jun?"

"What a fool! This is clearly Chang'an Jun helping you and me! You should know how much bamboo slips and Chang'an paper cost, and you know how expensive pens and ink are. Now Chang'an Jun is asking us to copy books for him, but he is actually giving us pens, ink, paper and inkstone for free to help us practice writing!"

"Not only do pens, ink, paper and inkstones cost nothing, but we can also get a monetary reward. Although I don't know how much this reward is, it is still an income. From now on, my mother can no longer say that I have wasted the family's money and food for twenty years but have done nothing!"

"This is not us helping Chang'an Jun, this is Chang'an Jun helping us!"

The wise and intelligent people explained the doubts, and all the Confucian scholars and veterans understood what the deep meaning of Ying Chengjiao's move was and what benefits it would bring to them.

More importantly, Ying Chengjiao used the word "please" instead of "sigh", giving them sufficient respect and dignity.

Such courtesy and unrequited kindness made everyone shout in unison more sincerely:

"Thank you, Lord Chang'an!"

"Lord Chang'an's kindness, we will remember it for the rest of our lives!"