I became famous for writing ridiculous stories in ancient times

"Have you heard about it?"

"Are you talking about the incident at the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion? I heard about it, it's said to be exactly the same!"

"It's incredible!"

"Yes, yes, I heard about it too, several people said it, it's exactly the same as what's written in the storybook. I didn't expect that the old lady Shen, who is known for her kindness and is said to have donated money to the temple all year round, is actually such a person."

"You can't judge a person by his appearance."

"Yes, tut tut tut."

The people who spoke looked at each other and laughed, looking like they were watching a good show.

If you want to say what the people in Beijing are most concerned about recently, it is undoubtedly the Zhenbei Marquis's family. Because as one of the hot topics in Beijing in recent years, Zhenbei Marquis Shen Yiluan has found his long-lost wife and daughter!

And he found it through a storybook called "Give You Five Thousand Taels, Leave My Son". It is said that a friend of Zhenbei Marquis accidentally saw the storybook and felt that the things written in the storybook were very similar to Shen Yiluan's experience, so he showed it to him. Shen Yilun was shocked after reading it, and went to Liuzhou overnight.

Then he successfully brought back his wife and daughter.

As soon as the news came out, the people in the capital were all excited.

Because the Marquis of Zhenbei lost his wife and refused to remarry, and he was about to have no descendants, his several half-brothers have been fighting for the right of inheritance in recent years, trying to adopt their sons to the "descendant" Shen Yilun.

In this way, when Shen Yilun died, the entire Marquisate would belong to their family.

For this reason, they either united or tripped each other up, causing a lot of strange things and jokes. Anyone who has lived in the capital for a long time knows more or less.

Unexpectedly, the Marquis of Zhenbei did not lose his wife, but was separated.

It's not that he didn't marry, but his daughter was already so old.

They were tossing in vain!

Some people curiously asked, was the story written by the wife and daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei?

But soon someone answered that it was not.

When the Marquis of Zhenbei brought his wife and daughter to the palace to meet the Empress a few days ago, other noble ladies also asked similar questions. But the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei said that she had never told anyone about her origins. It was only after she saw the storybook that she found that the content on it was similar to her own experience.

Before she could ask clearly, the Marquis of Zhenbei appeared.

Listen, listen!

"Similar", that doesn't mean exactly the same!

On the day the news spread, the remaining more than 100 sets of the storybook "Give You Five Thousand Taels, Leave My Son" were sold out in an instant, and the remaining sporadic stories that Fu Wenyu had sold before were also sold out. Those who didn't buy it rushed to pay the deposit, just to see the magical storybook one day earlier.

Everyone was curious about the love story of the Marquis of Zhenbei and his wife.

They were also curious about why they broke up.

So when the reputation of Mrs. Shen as the "evil mother-in-law" resounded throughout the capital, Fu Wenyu, who was far away in Liuzhou, also received a letter from Gong Wenbin, saying that the storybook was sold out and asked them to send another 2,000 sets.

So Fu Wenyu and Zhang immediately pulled the 1,000 sets of stock from the printing house to the dock for loading, and then urged them to work overtime to print new books, and make sure to sell more storybooks before the heat faded.

The two stood on the roadside and watched the boat go away.

Then Zhang suddenly said, "I didn't expect that Madam Li was actually the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei."

When he was doing the storybook of "Rebirth Treasure Map" and Zhao Yunfei's clothes, he had dealt with that Madam Li. Now that he knew that the other party was actually the Marquis' wife, he couldn't help but sigh.

You know, there are still many people wearing those clothes in Liuzhou now.

Fu Wenyu also sighed, "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."

Because the Marquis of Zhenbei found Madam Li in Liuzhou, the news from the capital reached Liuzhou at the fastest speed and spread throughout the city at a rapid speed. The power of the Marquis's secret after being pushed by someone with a purpose was extraordinary, and his storybooks were sold out. As for who linked the two together, it was nothing more than the family of the Marquis of Zhenbei who had just left.

Fu Wenyu thought they should use this to suppress Madam Shen, and after exposing her true face, Madam Shen would never be able to use "filial piety" to hold the three of them hostage again.

He was lucky.

At Rongsheng Bookstore, Shopkeeper Xu and Scholar Sun looked at each other.

Shopkeeper Xu was confused, "How could it be so coincidental?"

After they tried their best and used all their previous relationships, they finally caught up with the gap of more than 500 sets, no, it later increased to more than 800 sets. But then the "Love Story of the Marquis of Zhenbei" came out, which attracted everyone's attention to Kaiyuan Bookstore and Fu Wenyu's storybook.

Shopkeeper Xu could already foresee the scene of Fu Wenyu's storybook being sold out.

This made him feel like a lump in his throat.

Scholar Sun was turning around anxiously, his face gloomy.

He suddenly stopped and gritted his teeth and said, "We can't go on like this. If we let them sell like that, we will definitely lose this bet!"

Manager Xu's eyes flashed, and he said, "What do you mean?"

Sun Xiucai took a deep breath, "We have to sell too, and we have to sell more!" This is related to whether he can make money by writing storybooks in the future, and he must not lose!

So the two of them gathered together and whispered.

It was a few days later that Fu Wenyu found out that something had happened at Rongsheng Bookstore.

He was busy dealing with the thank-you gift from Zhenbei Hou recently.

Shen Yilun found Lady Li by relying on the storybook, so in order to express his gratitude, he gave Fu Wenyu a thank-you gift before leaving, and rejected Fu Wenyu's refusal.

That is a Zhuangzi.

Because there are many olive trees on the nearby mountains, it is called "Little Olive Village".

Although Fu Wenyu used to write bloody novels in modern times, he often wrote that the protagonist bought several Zhuangzi, how many Zhuangzi were included in the dowry, and when a certain family was divided, how many Zhuangzi were allocated to each house or person, etc., like Zhuangzi Worthless things can be found everywhere.

But after traveling for so long, this was the first time he saw a product with ancient characteristics like 'Zhuangzi'.

Zhuangzi is also called farm or manor.

It is a place with fields, houses and buildings, and its own farming slaves, that is, farm servants. It can be simply summed up as a self-sufficient village, but this village belongs to an individual.

Fu Wenyu was surprised when he saw the land deed and the attached deed of sale, because the village given to him by the Marquis of Zhenbei contained more than 500 acres of farmland. More than 300 acres of it have been cultivated and turned into fertile land after years of cultivation. The other 200 acres are still in a state of desolation because the owner does not pay attention to it and there are not enough servants.

In addition, there are two mountains, a small village with more than 20 households of servants, and a manor with a second-level house, with an overall value of nearly 5,000 taels.

This thank-you gift put a lot of pressure on Fu Wenyu, who still thinks like a modern person. If he hadn't later learned that the gift from Zhenbei Marquis to his daughter Li Xin was 20,000 taels of pocket money, he would probably have returned it.

Now he could only comfort himself that this amount of money was really not worth mentioning in the eyes of the other party. Let's just think that Zhenbeihou was another angel investor after Tang Yuanwai.

With the idea that the other party was an angel investor, Fu Wenyu met with the head of Xiaoxi Village, the man who had previously managed the estate. And from the other party's mouth, he learned that they did not belong to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, but were bought by the other party from the former master's house and packaged for him.

Fu Wenyu could only lament that he was rich and wealthy.

Perhaps the surprise given by Zhenbei Hou was too great. Fu Wenyu was not surprised at all when he heard that shopkeeper Zhang told Zhang Er that Rongsheng Bookstore and Sun Xiucai had hired someone to boost sales.

"How many people did they find and how many did they brush?"

Zhang Er said happily: "They should have found three to five people. Now the story books have been sold for more than half a month. According to our past experience, few people will buy more than 300 sets at this time because they are worried about selling. Don’t go out. You can’t eat or drink anything. If you can’t sell it, it will all be lost.”

"But recently, people have come to Rongsheng Bookstore one after another to buy storybooks. One ordered a thousand sets, another an eight hundred set, another a seven hundred set, and two others ordered a five hundred and three hundred set. They came in. Then he took out the money to buy the storybook without asking anything, which is really suspicious.”

"And they are not foreigners!"

Fu Wenyu and Shopkeeper Zhang looked at each other and felt that they were inseparable.

Five local people bought a total of 3,300 sets, making the total sales of "A Tale of Two Sisters" surpass that of Fu Wenyu's storybook, which is really suspicious.

At the same time, Fu Wenyu was also stunned by the other party's generosity.

You must know that when signing the gambling contract, in order to prevent cheating, the two parties also agreed that the final sales volume of the storybook would not only be calculated based on the customer's receipt, but also be supplemented by 'physical objects'.

In other words, it is not true that five thousand sets were sold on the account, but five thousand sets were actually sold. There must also be a signature and a pledge from the printing room to prove that five thousand sets were actually printed. The purchased paper, ink, etc. must also be Five thousand sets. It's okay if one or two sets are missing, but if the difference is too big, it won't count.

So if the other party placed orders for 3,300 sets, they really had to print 3,300 sets.

So much, I'm afraid I have to win the bet to settle the account.

After a change of thought, Fu Wenyu laughed and said, "Uncle Zhang, I have an idea here."

Since Fu Wenyu made everyone a fortune every time he came up with ideas, shopkeeper Zhang asked out of curiosity, "Wenyu, your idea must be a good one. Can you tell me about it?"

"Let's do it too!"

Fu Wenyu said: "In another month, Uncle Zhang, you will release the news that another order has been placed in the capital, this time for a thousand sets. Then in half a month, another thousand sets will be ordered."

"As for paper and ink, Uncle Zhang, you can ask the printing room to buy some more and save them for later use. Then ask the workers in the printing room to pretend that they can't finish printing, and light the oil lamps at night. "

“If the other party follows suit, then they are fooled.”

Shopkeeper Zhang's eyes lit up, "Yes, yes, this is a good idea."

"If they don't keep up, they will definitely lose. If they bite the bullet and keep up, two thousand units is not a small sum. Add to that the 3,300 units they had previously made empty. Although they won't go bankrupt, it's not far off."

After all, all that was spent was real money, and if the book could not be sold, it would not be sold. Even if it could be sold in the future, it would only be a very small amount, and there would be no hope of getting the money back.

This is equivalent to a net loss for Rongsheng Bookstore and Sun Xiucai.

As for the bet...

Since they already know the news, they only need to send someone to follow it when it is officially delivered to see where they have hidden the extra scripts, and they will be able to reveal it.

At the end of the two-month period, it was Fu Wenyu who won the bet.

So the two discussed some details, such as whether 2,000 sets were enough. The conclusion was that it was enough, because if it was too much, the other party would simply give up and not follow up, which would be meaningless. So 2,000 sets were just right, and the news would be released half a month later, so that the other party could just print all the previous quantities.

It would hurt, but it would not be impossible to complete.

After discussing the matter, Fu Wenyu returned home.

Although they had bought the silk and satin shop of the Li family, their family still lived in Fujia Village. As for the house behind the silk and satin shop, they planned to move in after the mourning period.

Although some of the people who served the Li family before and the guys in the silk and satin shop went to the capital, some people stayed, including the female shopkeeper of the silk and satin shop who was a local of Liuzhou.

Fu Wenyu discussed with his mother and sister, and did not make any changes to the operation of the silk and satin shop. He still handed it over to the female shopkeeper, but re-determined her performance.

As for the maids who did not go to the capital and did not leave with the indentures given by the mother and daughter of the Li family, but chose to stay, Fu Wenyu asked two of them to help with the housework, and the others were also handed over to her for management. Of course, the indentures no longer exist in the Fu family. They have all been changed to employment, and different monthly wages are given according to different positions. If you want a higher monthly wage, you should study hard and make progress.

However, Fu Wenyu still underestimated the curiosity of the people about the secrets of the nobles.

Originally, "the capital has placed an order for another two thousand sets" was just a cover, but I didn't expect that the people of the capital would rush to buy, so later Gong Wenbin really placed an order, and it was not two thousand, but three thousand.

When he received the news, Fu Wenyu began to sympathize with Sun Xiucai.

I heard that he sold the house again.