The thousands of miles of Yellow River that stretches across the Tianren Continent is frozen in February this early spring... On the shore of the pier, rows of willow trees have just sprouted new buds. The merchants who were standing under the trees and their carriages could only stop on the shore and wait for the ice to melt.

"Please be quiet, everyone, our prince is also trying to find a way!"

Grand Secretary Ye Hongye did not expect that because of his own words, the merchants recognized Su Lin's identity. Or to put it another way, Su Lin has been so popular and famous recently. Perhaps the people of other prefectures in the Wu Kingdom do not know Su Lin's name as a genius, but these merchants walking around are the most informed.

It is absolutely impossible for them to know that the Wu Kingdom has produced a genius like Su Lin.

"Crown Prince Su! It's better to put this matter of frozen Yellow River aside first! I happen to have a child in my family who will take the county examination next year. I want to ask for a painting of Prince Su's calligraphy, so that my child can also get involved in Prince Su's talent..."

"I want too! I want too... Prince Su, my three sons in my family are about to be in the year of taking the exam. They read Prince Su's poems "Autumn Ci", "Yanqiu Ci", "Praise for the Farmers", "Summer Quatrains" and other poems. They admired him very much and regarded Prince Su as an idol. I dared to ask Prince Su for a calligraphy piece, and I could write anything casually. When I went back, I could encourage my three sons..."

"Yes, yes... Prince Su, I won't ask for your calligraphy in vain! Every word, I... I will pay a thousand taels of silver..."

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Su Lin was so lively around him. The merchants and shopkeepers rushed over. They formed a circle in front of Su Lin, asking Su Lin for his handwriting. Some merchants even offered a price and wanted to buy Su Lin's words for a price of one thousand taels per word. This was really a thousand gold medal.

It is no wonder that these merchants are so crazy. Although Su Lin writes a lot, there are not many handwritings that are actually given away. Moreover, those Confucian scholars who received Su Lin's handwriting and calligraphy gifts usually collect them tightly, and there are no extras to sell.

Just like the many copybooks written by Su Lin in the mansion, he finally got cheaper. He stole the second uncle Su Zhong and took them back to the mansion to carefully study Su Lin's calligraphy and the thoughts contained therein. Therefore, it is really not easy to want a self-written copybook outside.

It can be said that it has reached the point where there is price but no market. Every copybook by Su Lin starts at least 100,000 taels. With such a high price, the local rich man and the gentry are still happy to compete.

Just kidding, this is the calligraphy of the prince Su Linsu who won the case in half a year. Not to mention Su Lin's handwriting is originally a natural, even the calligraphy master Cai He and Cai praised him, just because Su Lin's name is now a genius. His calligraphy is definitely the Wenbao that those merchants with descendants in their families want to participate in the imperial examination are most keen to buy.

Because of this, a servant who had been doing odd jobs in Jian'an Prefecture Court accidentally collected a few copybooks that Su Lin used to practice and took them back to his home. After replacing the goods, he sold more than 200,000 taels of silver and became rich in an instant. So the servant ran to the prefecture court overnight and searched carefully in various garbage dumps, but unfortunately he could no longer find Su Lin's handwritten calligraphy.

So, when these merchants saw that Su Lin was coming, they could understand their excitement. When they encountered such an excellent opportunity, of course they would not miss asking Su Lin for Mobao.

"Old Ye! Send these merchants away quickly. I'll ask the boatman at the dock. Usually when encountering this situation, how do they deal with it."

For these profit-seeking businessmen, Su Lin really has no way to meet their needs. If he occasionally encounters one or two people seeking calligraphy on the road, Su Lin may consider that meeting is fate, but now there are so many businessmen, not thousands or hundreds. If he really sets a precedent, he will probably have to write a letter to each of them.

The most important thing now is to solve the problem of freezing on the Yellow River in front of you. Therefore, Su Lin of course, he must first find the old boatman on the Yellow River Wharf, and understand the situation before he can prescribe the right medicine.

The scene of these merchants chasing Su Lin by the river shocked the dragon clan princess who were observing the situation at the bottom of the river. She was stunned for a moment before asking Prime Minister Turtle beside her, "Prime Minister Turtle! That Su Lin is just a mere juren. Why do those merchants who come and go so much respect for him?"

"This... the old minister is not very clear about the great princess. However, it seems that those merchants are asking Su Lin to leave their words, but he is a mere juren, what qualifications are there to write inscriptions for others? You must know that among the Confucian scholars of the human race, at least the words written by the Grand Secretary or above have the potential to become a literary treasure."

Prime Minister Turtle was also confused and said, "What's more, the merchants on the Yellow River are all very sensible. How could they rush to ask for a juren like Su Lin? Unless..."

"Unless what? Su Lin really has many strange things!" The dragon princess was arrogant and curious, and asked afterwards.

"Unless Su Lin's handwriting is very special and he has the name of a genius himself. In this way, his handwriting will be valuable. Otherwise, even if he is a genius juren, the words written cannot be turned into essay treasures and have no value at all!"

Prime Minister Turtle’s guess is not wrong. Originally, after the Confucian scholars write, they can become literary treasures to a certain extent after they are filled with holy power. However, this can only be the Grand Secretary who has already been chasing the truth, and can use his writing to create calligraphy, painting, and literary treasures.

Neither Juren nor Jinshi have this ability, so the calligraphy and paintings written by Jinshi and below have no additional power and can only be used as a seal, so they naturally have no value. However, Su Lin is completely different. Although the handwriting he wrote cannot be considered as Wenbao, combined with his unique Yan style characters and the thoughts that are filled into it, as long as he has long been observed, it will be subtle and helpful to Confucian scholars who practice thoughts.

Not to mention, even if Su Lin’s name is famous, even if he draws an egg, it is valuable, and he sells only a genius reputation.

"These human businessmen are all those who cannot afford to get up early. Since they are so crazy about Su Lin's handwriting, there must be something special. Prime Minister Turtle, if we have the chance, we will also get a few Su Lin's handwriting and study it carefully."

Seeing the crazy appearance of the merchants on the shore, the dragon princess Ao Xin became even more curious about Su Lin.

At this time, Su Lin was walking to the dock and found the old boatman who had just persuaded the merchants not to go down the river easily. He bowed and asked:

"Old man! I am Su Lin, the prince of the Su family of Jian'an Prefecture. I have been ordered to cross the Yellow River to the capital. But now the Yellow River is frozen, how should I break the ice and cross the river?"

"It turns out that it is the famous Su Maocai. I have seen Su Maocai!"

The Yellow River Wharf is only a thousand miles away from Jian'an Prefecture, so the old boatman has also heard of Su Lin's talent and literary reputation. Especially in the last Jian'an Prefecture trial, Su Lin said nothing about the cauldron, and finally he raised 3927 large cauldrons, which made him famous. The old boatman was also shocked when he was sending Confucian scholars across the river.

"Old man! Our prince just passed the provincial examination and won the Jieyuan exam. Now he can't call him Su Maocai. He should be Su Jieyuan or Prince Su!" Grand Secretary Ye Hongye finally comforted the merchants and persuaded them to die to ask Su Lin to write the inscription. After rushing over, he corrected the old boatman with a smile and said.

"I'm so blind! Please forgive me."

The old boatman accused him of crime and then continued: "If Su Jieyuan wants to cross the river, the only way is to break the ice surface so that the ferry can be allowed to travel. Otherwise, if you drive rashly from the ice surface, there will inevitably be a weak spot in the river surface that is more than ten miles wide. When the person and the car fall into the ice hole, there will be no life..."

"Of course we know that the best way is to break the ice and then make a ferry. But now the river surface is frozen for dozens of miles, so we are here to ask about the method of breaking the ice."

Grand Secretary Ye Hongye said impatiently that the noise from the merchants just now was already annoying enough.

"Old man, did this happen before? Or, in the past, if the river surface was frozen in winter and there was an urgent matter to cross the Yellow River, what did you do?"

Su Lin thought that in early winter, the current situation would definitely occur on the surface of the Yellow River, which was that the ice surface was not up or down, it was not convenient for the ferry to cross the river, and it was not possible to drive over directly. So he wanted to ask what it was done in the past.

"Reported to Su Jieyuan, this late spring cold has happened several times, but the cold is not much, which is not enough to freeze the ice surface. However, in early winter, the river surface has just started to freeze, and this is the case. Generally speaking, we usually start to stop. When the ice on the river surface becomes thicker, the merchants coming and going can drive over directly. If there is an urgent matter, we will report it to the prefect of Guide Prefecture, and he will naturally send someone to use the thawing poem to break the surface of the Yellow River..."

The old boatman said truthfully, "After we found that the river surface was frozen this morning, we had already sent someone to report to the prefect. I believe the prefect will send someone to come soon."

"So that's the case. It seems that it really needs to be used to thaw the poem. However, since their local magistrate has a solution, Lao Ye doesn't seem to need us to come forward. Anyway, it won't take long, and our Sulin car is faster than ordinary carriages and will not delay the trip..."

As soon as Su Lin finished speaking, the merchants on the shore became noisy.

"The magistrate of Guide Prefecture is here... and he also brought the students of the prefecture. This time, the river surface is hopelessly thawing..." (To be continued...)

ps: Today's shutdown! The fifth-end explosion! All are written now, and there are four updates in the next! Are you ready? What kind of thawing poem will Su Lin write? You can guess!
Chapter completed!