Many people came to watch the fun these past two days. In order to avoid trouble, Xu Jiang locked the door and went to work. When the crowd saw that there was nothing to watch, they all dispersed.
However, this commotion is not without benefits for the bookstore.
The paper sheets Xu Jiang had previously given away were gaining popularity at this time, and the recipients took advantage of the excitement to bring Xu Jiang's paper sheets to various gatherings. They also spread the word that this set of paper sheets was the origin of the grass and flower paper sheets in the capital, and that it was a limited edition, making it famous.
Songchuang Bookstore and Zhenxi Bookstore also struck while the iron was hot and jointly released a new paper collection, which they generously named Zhanchun Bookstore.
Because it had published "New Collection of Elementary School" together with Zhanchun Bookstore, its credibility was much higher than that of Bandoushan's execution first and report later. Those who could not get the paper and album published by Zhanchun Bookstore, upon hearing the news, flocked to his bookstore and bought his paper and album to comfort themselves.
It also saves you from the worry that the money comes from an illegal source, and you can bring it to banquets or gatherings openly without being laughed at.
"Only those who are upright in body, mind, conduct, and path can achieve long-term success." Ji Shan sighed as he read Xu Jiang's annotations, "Now Ji Sheng and Ban Dou Shan have both failed to achieve anything good, and have only ruined their reputations in vain. They can be considered to be reaping the fruits of their own actions."
"Who says it's not?" Deng Yuechuan sighed as he helped Liang Mo bind a collection of poems. "Who would have thought that a dispute would result in two small bookstores becoming the winners?"
Xu Jiang originally wanted to avoid visitors in order to get some peace and quiet, but the two men knocked on the door and watched her work, which made her feel quite amused.
"I didn't expect that you two gentlemen are so clear about the current situation in the capital."
"Everyone loves to watch the fun. We two old men have nothing to do now, so naturally we have to find some fun to pass the time." Ji Shan saw that Xu Jiang's work was almost done, so he carefully moved the "Grammar" she had annotated to him and looked at it. Then he said to her, "I will copy this book. Please help me cut the paper."
Xu Jiang left as she was told.
Just at this moment, Zhong Lu came to the door. When he entered, he saw Deng Yuechuan first, and hurriedly said "Ouch" and walked forward to greet him.
"I didn't expect to meet Mr. Deng here today. Are you all right, sir?"
Deng Yuechuan raised his hand to give him a slight support and said with a smile, "I'm fine, no need to be so polite, Kushiya."
Zhong Lu turned around and saw Ji Shan there, so he bowed and said, "Hello, Mr. Ji."
Ji Shan waved at him, "What a coincidence that we bumped into each other today. Come and sit down."
Liang Mo immediately stood up to distribute tea cups and serve tea to Zhong Lu.
Zhong Lu saw that he looked unfamiliar, so he took a closer look and asked, "Who is this?"
Xu Jiang came over holding a piece of paper and said, "This is my new apprentice." Then he introduced Liang Mo, "This is Mr. Zhong Luzhong."
Liang Mo bowed and said, "I am Liang Mo, the humble one, and I pay my respects to you, sir."
Zhong Lu smiled and said, "No need to be polite."
Xu Jiang asked, "Sir, are you here to inspect the county annals?"
Zhong Lu nodded. "Last time I heard you say it would be finished this month, so I came to take a look while I had some free time."
It seems the three of them were here today to supervise the work. Fortunately, I've taken advantage of the past two days of avoiding trouble and have finished the remaining volumes. All that's left is transcribing and binding them.
Xu Jiang brought out the box containing the county annals and presented the twelve repaired volumes to Zhong Lu in order for his review. Zhong Lu carefully read each volume and nodded as he read.
"good."
Deng Yuechuan said from the side, "This job has been delayed for so long, but it's finally done." Then he shook his head and said, "These young people in the History Museum are really getting worse and worse. They only take the easy tasks and avoid the hard ones. What will happen to them in the future?"
"It's not entirely their fault," Zhong Lu sighed. "Over the past two years, staff has been reduced, and the workload has been overwhelming. They simply haven't had time to take care of time-consuming and laborious tasks like repairing the lost county annals. That's why it's been delayed again and again."
"Reduction in staff?" Deng Yuechuan frowned. There were not many historians in the History Museum, so how could the number of staff be reduced?
"You were once the Director of the History Bureau, so you must know better than anyone how complex the affairs of the History Bureau are. It's only natural that you can't handle it and feel uneasy. When you were here, we could at least keep some of the things under control. After you left, many of them left too. Those who stayed were those who had been working there for a long time and were too worried to leave because they were tied to the work they were doing." Zhong Lu's face was full of worry. "Right now, the Ministry of Rites is assessing the new Jinshi candidates, and the Chief Cultivator has submitted a petition to the Saint requesting more staff. I don't know how many people can be assigned here, and how long they can stay."
Hearing him mention the Ministry of Rites assessment, Xu Jiang couldn't help but prick up his ears.
Deng Yuechuan said, "The Ministry of Rites is implementing the examination precisely because they have admitted too many scholars but not enough positions. Since the Chief Cultivator has submitted a petition, I believe the Ministry of Rites will make its own considerations and allocations. There's no need to worry."
"You don't know, from what I've seen of this class of scholars, there are very few who are content, and those who are content are out of our reach."
The Ministry of Rites' assessment was to compete for the lucrative positions in the Secretariat and the Chancellery, so how could it be their turn as the History Museum?
Not to mention the three successful Jinshi in the first class, even among the other twenty or so Jinshi graduates, who would be willing to come to his history museum to do such trivial work?
Xu Jiang couldn't help but think of Hu Xu. If he were asked to go to the History Museum... Stop!
She knocked her head, trying not to let her thoughts wander. With Hu Xu's talent, wouldn't it be a waste to end up in the History Museum? Besides, he was the top scholar, so this assignment shouldn't have been his.
Zhong Lu sighed to himself, then said to Xu Jiang, "Manager Xu, it seems I'll have to ask you to help me with my worries from now on."
Xu Jiang's expression froze, and he chuckled twice, "Mr. Zhong, you're welcome." Then he looked at Liang Mo.
Liang Mo looked expectant.
Very good. Xu Jiang thought to herself: She must teach Liang Mo as soon as possible, so that she can have a helper when she takes on the work of the History Museum in the future.
After Zhong Lu finished inspecting the county annals, he said to Xu Jiang, "Now that the annals have been edited and annotated, please find a day to deliver them to my house after you finish copying them. I can also sign my name and receive my wages while I'm there."
"That's a relief." Xu Jiang nodded in agreement, and then carefully put away the county annals one by one.
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