Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 128 Buying and Selling Books

Zhu Ge wanted to turn to the third page of the "Imperial List," but two words immediately appeared on the book in front of her.

One gold.

One coin!

One gold coin can buy a low-grade spirit weapon.

But here you can only buy a book that looks like a newspaper?

Zhu Ge sighed.

It's still too poor.

The fisherman in the straw raincoat gave him a substantial inheritance, albeit passively.

The inheritance contained a total of sixteen coins.

Sixteen coins!

You should know that even in Yuanyang City, where the prefect of Honghe Prefecture is located, a house can be bought for only seven or eight silver coins.

And is this book by the singer only worth one coin?

However, considering that the book in front of her was written by someone like the Grain Rain Official, the True Lord of the Lantern, who was in charge of recording things, Zhu Ge felt it was all worthwhile.

"etc----"

Zhu Ge suddenly remembered what the Lantern-Carrying True Lord had said.

"To leave a mark in the annals of history —"

What the Lamp-Carrying True Lord meant earlier was that it is very difficult to leave a mark in the history books.

Could it refer to leaving one's name in the "Imperial Register"?

Zhu Ge looked up at the bookshelf, which was full of the "National Ranking" for each of the four quarters of the year. She didn't know how many volumes there were in total or when the records started.

After all, the "List of State Affairs" was written by historians. Could the idea of ​​leaving a mark in the history books, as mentioned by the True Lord of the Lantern, be related to the "List of State Affairs"?

You should know that the True Lord of Annihilation had previously said that as long as Zhu Ge could leave a mark in the history books, he would keep him by his side.

"How about we buy a copy?"

Zhu Ge gritted her teeth and finally decided to buy a copy.

This "List of State Affairs" has many benefits. It can broaden Zhu Ge's knowledge, let him know the paths and deeds of the world's outstanding talents, and also make him aware of his own shortcomings.

However, Zhu Ge put the book back first and would buy it again if she didn't need anything else after the event.

He then looked at the next book.

"The Rise and Fall of the Great Zhou Dynasty", "Notes on Dali", "History of the Southern Yue and Burmese Wilderness" —

Then there are some martial arts, Confucianism and Taoism techniques, but the prices are all five gold coins or more.

So he picked up the books one by one, and then put them down.

Even if he only reads the first two pages or the preface of most books, he can still gain a lot of new knowledge.

In the end, he took three books.

The Spring Rain List in "Yunjiang Zhi", "Sheji Bang", and "Yuan Chu Notes".

"The Chronicles of Yunnan" tells the story of the humanities and geography of the three prefectures of Yunnan, namely Honghe, Dali, and Dianchi, which is very helpful to Zhu Ge.

Similarly, "Yuan Chu's Notes" tells the story of a great man named "Yuan Chu" who measured the world with his own feet and then recorded notes on mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, and all the tribes under heaven.

These three books are what Zhu Ge relies on to build his worldview!

To Zhu Ge's surprise, the "Sheji Bang" required one gold coin, while the "Yunjiang Zhi" and "Yuan Chu Biji" only required one silver coin, three copper coins, and sixteen copper coins, respectively.

It should be noted that, although ten copper coins seemed to be able to be exchanged for one silver coin in terms of exchange rate.

However, in the market, one silver coin can be exchanged for ten copper coins, but ten copper coins may not be able to be exchanged for one silver coin.

The exchange rates are different.

Therefore, in terms of value, the seemingly thicker "Yuan Chu Notes" appears to be less valuable than "Yunjiang Chronicle".

But Zhu Ge also understood that this was because for those who could afford books, especially families, almost every household had a copy of "Yuan Chu's Notes".

After all, the geographer and historian named "Yuan Chu" may already be dead, and the manuscript may have already been finalized.

Moreover, this book was published by Yuan Chu himself after he traveled the world, without expending the resources of the Great Sheng Dynasty.

The "Yunjiang Chronicles" was compiled and updated by people sent by the Great Sheng Dynasty, which means there were costs involved.

Therefore, the "Sovereign Ranking," which is collected and updated every quarter, is even more expensive.

Of course, Zhu Ge was quite happy after deciding to buy the book.

Only by understanding this world can one form a certain worldview.

A person who lacks a worldview, or whose worldview is too narrow, will not go far.

"Sir, I'd like these three books."

Zhu Ge brought three books to the boss, and was very respectful and polite. Then he took out the silver and copper coins.

It is clear that the price of these books must be paid in money, silver, and copper coins.

"Hmm." The shopkeeper didn't even look up, just waved his hand and took the money.

Then he waved his hand, and three streams of spiritual energy struck the three books, immediately dispelling the restrictions on them.

Sensing the fluctuations in spiritual energy, Zhu Ge realized that the boss in front of her was actually a Golden Core cultivator at the second level of the Immortal Path.

However, it seems that he has learned a forbidden technique, and Zhu Ge cannot sense his cultivation level.

This also made Zhu Ge realize that the true war potential of Jianshui City had not yet been fully unleashed.

The real crisis will probably come when everyone is conscripted.

Of course, this is normal; few of the demons led by the Plague God Sparrow are truly willing to fight desperately to attack the city.

The human race's determination to defend the city is tied to their lives.

"By the way, boss, do you buy books here?" Zhu Ge asked.

"You have books?" The bookstore owner looked up in surprise. "Is it on regular paper or spirit paper?"

There are still spirit paper items?

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ge replied, "They're all ordinary paper."

He took out several books, all from the collection of the fisherman in the straw raincoat.

He has now thoroughly mastered and integrated several martial arts manuals, and has basically finished reading the other books as well, so there's no point in keeping them.

The boss was slightly surprised to see these books.

He glanced at Zhu Ge's extremely shabby clothes, and then sensed the faint literary aura within her. He couldn't help but frown: "The source of the book is—"

Seeing this, Zhu Ge calmly said, "I picked it up from a corpse in the suburbs."

"Found it?" The boss frowned upon hearing this, pondering as he looked Zhu Ge up and down, clearly weighing something in his mind.

Then he inadvertently noticed the muscles on Zhu Ge's arm, and stared at Zhu Ge's calm eyes for a while, seemingly lost in thought.

"Alright, let me set a price first, sir, please take a look." The shopkeeper shifted his attention from Zhu Ge to the book: "Hmm, 'Xu Family Swallow Fist', Mid-grade Spirit Level —"

The boss estimated the price of each book he picked up, and in the end, it came to a whopping fifteen coins!

The most expensive item is the "Xu Family Swallow Fist," a mid-grade Spirit-level martial art. The shopkeeper gave it a full ten gold coins, while all the others combined only cost five gold coins.

Zhu Ge naturally saw that the price was low, so he argued his case and forced the price down to eighteen gold coins.

Judging from the boss's appearance, he could still make a profit even with eighteen coins.

But for Zhu Ge, it doesn't matter how much money he has now; what matters is that he can turn that money into real power.

The shop owner also said that we could try selling them in the bookstore, and no matter how much money they made, the shop owner would only charge one coin as payment.

But Zhu Ge didn't have time to wait for others to buy books, and it didn't look like she could set up a stall outside.

So once he set the price at eighteen coins, he stopped haggling and handed the book over, saying, "Deal!"