Chapter 195 Shelves
The guests watched the strong men move the boxes into the backyard, and then took out some thin, square-shaped notebooks from the backyard and put them on the shelves.
The people in Chang'an are more knowledgeable, and there are many poor scholars who can stroll in department stores for cheap prices.
It was soon recognized by someone: "This is a book! A book made of paper!"
The paper has not yet penetrated into the homes of ordinary people and is a high-end product that only rich people can afford to play with, such as princes and nobles.
And due to technical limitations, whether it is writing or other uses, it is actually not as good as bamboo slips and cloth. If it is used less, ordinary people will naturally not recognize it.
But I don’t know that the word “paper” and “book” can still be understood.
Everyone was in a hurry.
"Did Dahan Department Store actually sell books?"
"What a valuable thing a book is? How can it be placed on the shelves and sold with oil, salt, sauce, rice and ordinary snacks!"
"Let's not talk about this for now. Is the Book Budou carved from bamboo slips? How come he looks like this?"
"Even books written in cloth are all written in volume!"
"Hey, you don't understand this, right? My third uncle's grandson's classmate works in Shaofu. He heard that Shaofu is developing a paper that is a hundred times better than bamboo slips and cloth!"
"Nothing nonsense, the paper is soft and crisp, and it dissipates as soon as it is touched. How could it be easier to use than bamboo slips!"
"Oh, if it's really that good, the price of this book must be very high. I am afraid that the poor students can't afford it."
A young scholar wearing a turban on his head just finished sighing when he heard someone exclaiming.
"Shopkeeper, did you mark the wrong price? How could such a precious thing in the booklet be so cheap!"
"Yes, the store owner, hurry up and change it, otherwise you won't be able to pay for the loss!"
Tang Qi was clearly standing at the door of the store, but no one greeted him, whether it was the scholars who were discussing the hottest or the customers who were looking at the freshness inside.
It seems that he does not exist.
This is because those who can "shop in supermarkets" themselves are either ordinary people or poor scholars, or even businessmen and craftsmen with a lower status.
The status difference is too big, and there is not even the qualification to curry favor with the Marquis Anding!
Tang Qi made a gesture of not giving a tribute early and paying more attention to my new products.
No matter how ignorant a person is, he will not dare to bother him at this time.
This has resulted in the effect of a dignified Guannei Marquis who was actually ignored by these people and peaceful scholars.
Hearing someone questioning, Tang Qicai explained lightly: "The pricing is right, and the discount on member prices will not change."
Of course, An Dinghou will not lie. If you say you are right, you are really wrong.
The people watching in front of the shelves were shocked: "How could it be, how could it be so cheap!"
"Hey, how cheap!"
The people who were squeezed outside were unhappy and shouted.
The spacing between the shelves is so big. Every time the clerks place a row, dozens or hundreds of people gather around them. Most of them can only see a shadow!
"One hundred dollars!"
"Such a delicate book can cost only one hundred dollars!"
In order to prevent people from maliciously destroying books, or just for free and not buying them, Tang Qi specially spent system funds to put plastic seals on each book.
If you don't buy it, you won't be able to see the contents inside.
But this does not prevent people from being shocked.
One stone stirs up a thousand layers of waves!
"One hundred coins, a set of books actually costs one hundred coins? You're right!"
"It's right, it's just a hundred dollars. The marquis said it personally, and the members are even discounted!"
"What kind of book, let me see it!"
"Do you buy it or not? Don't surround me if you don't buy it. Let those of us who want to buy it first!"
"Who said I won't buy it? The store owner, give me ten sets!"
"Can you finish reading the ten sets? Don't waste it if you can't finish them. Leave some for us!"
"I'm not the only one watching. I have money and I'm willing to buy more and give it to my relatives and friends to see it. You can do it!"
"Hey, you are a rough man and don't recognize words. You bought it and fell into dust when you go home!"
"I don't recognize words now, but my child still doesn't recognize words in the future!"
Everyone is crazy!
No one even cared about Anding Hou Tang Qi. No matter how the peddler and the pawns were waving the copper coins in their hands, calling the sky and the earth to buy books.
If you don’t have enough money, you will ask someone to borrow it. If you really can’t borrow it, you will run home.
A book of one hundred coins!
No matter what book it is, even if it is a calendar book, it is also a word and article!
What's more, someone has long read the title of the book - "Youth Science Popularization Reading Book"!
I don’t know what popular science means, but everyone still understands “young” and “reading books”.
It's just a book for young people!
Young people, aren’t they books for children to preach their education, but at least they should have articles from famous artists?
Such a book can be bought for only one hundred dollars!
Do you know what this concept is?
These days, a pound of mutton costs 150 yuan!
Ordinary people can earn two staples of money a month if they work hard.
Placed elsewhere, even a book like "Thousand Characters" costs thousands of dollars even if it is a inferior manuscript!
Although such a beautiful book now looks a bit thin, it is written on paper!
Written on paper is the same as those written on cloth. Can it be compared with bamboo slips?
It's a big profit!
For a time, the Dahan Department Store was crowded with people, and guests who heard the news kept coming in.
Regardless of your status and status, how much money you can earn every month, you have to buy at least one copy. If you can’t see it, you can leave it to your children and grandchildren!
From now on, our old X family will finally have books that can pass on their families!
The crowded scene made Lei, who was worried about Tang Qi's safety, had to be tough, and he dragged his marquis who wanted to watch the fun and moved his position.
"No matter what era, people's desire for knowledge is the same."
Tang Qi shook his head, and finally couldn't resist Lei Que and others, and left the store with emotion.
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Weiyang Palace.
The residence of the eldest prince.
Xiao Liu blinked his big eyes, holding the book of not thick and thin in his hand, and asked the person in front of him curiously: "Do you think this is the book that the gentleman went to Dahan Department Store and put out to sell?"
The young man in front of him was panting, and it was obvious that he was rushing over from outside the palace.
"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes!" Xiaolangguan raised his head, and it was Wei Qing's eldest son Wei Kang. "I still rely on the guards to squeeze in. I finally snatched one!"
Wei Kang is only about his early 10 years old this year, and it is logical that he is not as old as a man when he entered the palace.
But probably because he thought that Liu Ju was going to leave the palace to become a disciple, and later he studied with Tang Qi, Liu Che still called the eldest son of the confidant general in an extraordinary way, as Liu Ju's companion to study for extra-sanctions.
"Since you only sell a hundred books for such an exquisite book?" Liu Ju opened his mouth in surprise, "It's a waste!"
Chapter completed!