Chapter 19: Little Alpaca: Is "A Dream of Red Mansions" written for me?
The luxurious palace is worth about 300,000 taels of silver, so Li Changan's wealth ranking has improved significantly.

There are quite a few rich people in this world. The wealth of the wealthy class is at least over a million taels, and the assets of big businessmen are tens of millions taels.

[Your wealth ranking rises to 3950th! ]

[Your power ranking rises to 180th! ]

Li Changan's power ranking has not improved substantially, mainly because he has no actual power.

It's really not easy to make progress.

Among the five dimensions of power, wealth, force, romanticism, and literature and art, force is the most important, and Li Changan has never stopped practicing.

Now that he has the system, Li Changan must of course reach the top of all five rankings, so establishing power is the most critical.

As the saying goes, food and fodder must be sent before troops move out. The foundation of building power is money. Without money, it is impossible to support so many people.

The fastest way to accumulate wealth is to do business. Once you have your first pot of gold, you can make more money.

Therefore, the first thing Li Changan had to do was to earn his first pot of gold without arousing Emperor Qing’s suspicion.

Although the official system of Qing Kingdom is somewhat similar to that of the previous Ming Dynasty, the restrictions on princes are not as strict.

It was taboo for princes to make friends with court officials in private, but it was allowed to do business and invest.

Many of Li Changan's abilities can be used to make money directly, especially since he is well-known for his talent. Combining poetry, calligraphy and painting will surely sell for a high price.

The "A Dream of Red Mansions" that was originally planned to be published could also be sold together with calligraphy and paintings, combining the bookstore and shop into one.

Among the ten evil spirits in Luowang, there was a spy who was good at calligraphy. Li Changan called him the Book Evil.

He could develop the calligraphy and painting business, and then cooperate with Zhao Gao to gradually establish an intelligence network in the capital.

As for the remaining nine villains, Li Changan gave them some money and asked them to establish strongholds in several major cities in the capital, Nanqing and Beiqi.

These people have extremely high talents in espionage, and also possess a third-rate talent in blacksmithing, medicine, business, carpentry, etc.

With Li Changan's financial support, they can take root in various places first, laying the foundation for their network to penetrate everywhere in the future.

Half a month later, a calligraphy and painting shop named "Sanyong Pavilion" opened in a prime location in Kyoto.

When Sanyong Pavilion opened, it was very low-key, with not even an opening ceremony. It sold only ordinary calligraphy and paintings, and its business was not very prosperous.

This name is too common. Li Changan became famous for his Sanyong at the age of five. The Sanyong Pavilion on the street is as common as the Renhe Supermarket in ancient times.

A month later, Sanyongge launched the vernacular novel "A Dream of Red Mansions", which only contained the first ten chapters of the first volume.

In the third month, the first thirty chapters of three volumes of "A Dream of Red Mansions" were published, which finally caused a huge sensation in the whole Kyoto!

In Prince Yong’s palace.

Li Changan is practicing painting desperately. His calligraphy has reached the ninth level, and now his painting ability is about to reach that level as well.

A few hours later, Li Changan added the final touch and said, "Finally it's done!"

Xiren, who was serving him, immediately brought him tea. She looked at the lifelike paintings of flowers and birds with admiration in her eyes.

"Your Highness's painting of flowers and birds is simply better than any other painting in the court. Combined with your unique thin gold style, this painting is simply a work of heaven!"

Li Changan had all the talents of the ninth grade. He had hired someone to teach him in the palace, and after leaving the palace he often visited famous masters.

Coupled with the memory of Zhao Ji's famous flower and bird paintings in his previous life, he has completely mastered the calligraphy and painting skills of this king who lost his country. At the end of the practice, Li Changan discovered that this unique form of calligraphy and painting requires a wealthy mentality from childhood to master.

In other words, his current calligraphy and painting skills are unique in the world, and it is not easy for others to imitate!

At this moment, an excited voice came from outside the door, "Uncle Yong! Uncle Yong! The Story of the Stone is written for me, right?"

Li Changan looked outside the door and saw Li Chengze, a handsome boy with an alpaca hairdo, running towards Li Changan's study in a hurry.

Behind him followed Qingwen, who had no time to inform others, and the eunuchs and palace maids he brought with him.

The second prince was dressed in a gorgeous red robe with a light blue long shirt underneath, looking charming and noble.

He was holding three well-preserved volumes of "A Dream of Red Mansions". After entering the room, he grabbed Li Changan's sleeve, and the enthusiasm in his eyes almost burst out!
"Uncle Yong, the author of The Story of the Stone, Mr. Sanyong, that's you, right?"

"I really can't imagine who else in the world could have such talent except Uncle Yong!"

"My nickname is Stone, so is The Story of the Stone written for me?"

"Today, Sanyong Pavilion is going to release the fourth volume of The Story of the Stone. My mother and I went out of the palace to grab it!"

Li Changan was expecting Li Chengze's enthusiasm. After all, both mother and son were lovers of literature and art.

Li Chengze, who is just eleven years old now, has not been used as a whetstone yet and is still relatively pure, which can be seen from his eyes.

Li Changan pushed him to sit on the chair, then said with a smile, "Chengze, where is Concubine Shu? Did you come here by yourself?"

The second prince said anxiously, "My mother is waiting at the entrance of Sanyong Pavilion. She still doesn't quite believe that the author of The Story of the Stone is you!"

"But I know that the names of the characters in the book are exactly the same as your Twelve Golden Hairpins. This book must have been written by you!"

Li Changan did not answer, but looked at Qingwen who was panting, "Qingwen, what's the situation at Sanyong Pavilion?"

Qingwen quickly replied, "It's crazy! They're all crazy! It's just a sea of ​​people!"

"Sanyong Pavilion hasn't even opened yet, and the whole street is already lined with people. If someone hadn't notified the Kyoto Prefecture to maintain order, I'm afraid there would have been a fight!"

Li Changan said, "I didn't say anything. It's just that the fourth volume is being released today. Who spread the news?"

Hearing Li Changan's words, Li Chengze became even more excited. It seemed that he was right. This book was written by Li Changan!
Qingwen blinked her beautiful big eyes, looking quite proud, "The first three volumes of The Story of the Stone are updated on the 15th of every month. Those who buy books have heard about it!"

Li Changan turned his gaze towards Li Chengze and said with a half-smile, "One volume has ten chapters, a total of 80,000 words. How can I write all that in a month?"

"The previous three volumes were all my savings from the past few years. Now they're all used up, and I can't get the next volume!"

Li Chengze's eyes were actually filled with tears. "Uncle Wang, then Sanyong Pavilion will not be open today?"

Li Changan said seriously, "Open it, of course, I want to sell books to make money."

"Didn't you finish writing the next volume? Then what are you going to sell?" Li Chengze looked puzzled, and a glimmer of hope arose in his heart.

"I'm selling the 31st and 32nd chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions at double the price!" Li Changan answered readily.

Li Chengze jumped up immediately, "Uncle Wang, you are so cruel, the content is only one-fifth of the first volume, and the price is doubled!"

But then, he showed a flattering smile again, "Good Uncle Wang, we are uncle and nephew, Uncle Wang, please give me a copy!"

(End of this chapter)