Chapter 676

This person was none other than the Prince of Wu, Li Ke.

Although he was a prince, he had poured his heart into this bookstore.

Hearing Qin Mu's words, he looked him up and down.

"What business? Could it be that you want to stock goods from my bookstore?"

Stock goods?

Qin Mu laughed in spite of himself.

With these trash-like books selling for such an exorbitant price, only a fool would stock goods from here!

He didn't know where his confidence came from.

"Not stock goods, but supply them! I am a Great Qin merchant with channels for high-quality books."

"High-quality books?"

Li Ke was so shocked his eyes widened.

His reaction to this news was very intense!

"Young Master, what channels are you using to get them in? Great Qin has always forbidden high-quality books from flowing into Great Tang territory!"

Channels?

Qin Mu rolled his eyes.

The rules were set by him, so naturally, he could do as he pleased.

Previously, forbidding these books from flowing into Great Tang was to prioritize the domestic market of Great Qin.

Now, since the cultural export strategy had been initiated, exporting books and pop song albums naturally meant relaxing the restrictions.

"Owner, you don't need to be so suspicious, right? Since I said I have them, I naturally have my channels. How about it, shall we do this business?" Qin Mu was very confident.

As long as he threw out this business, there would be plenty of people in the world scrambling to do it.

Li Ke also couldn't resist this temptation.

"What is the price of your books?"

"Wholesale, two hundred wen per book!"

Qin Mu confidently stated his price.

He had only decided this after looking at the pricing of the books here just now.

In Great Qin, a book only sold for ten wen.

A wholesale price of two hundred wen was already a twenty-fold increase—a proper windfall!

At this price, if placed in Great Tang, it could squeeze out all the local Great Tang books until they had no sales.

It could stifle the source of Great Tang's cultural industry.

Killing two birds with one stone!

Li Ke was truly tempted.

Two hundred wen was acceptable.

He ran the bookstore not to make money, but to develop Great Tang's cultural industry and cultivate more scholars for Great Tang.

"Young Master, please come inside for tea!"

Li Ke invited Qin Mu into his study.

Two cups of fragrant tea were placed before them.

Li Ke didn't dare to believe Qin Mu's words so easily.

The incident of the noble young ladies being abducted had just occurred.

He still wanted to probe Qin Mu's background as much as possible.

"Young Master, you dare to bring Great Qin books to Great Tang to sell; aren't you afraid of being caught by the government?"

Qin Mu smiled.

"You might not know yet, but the government just issued a proclamation that has already relaxed the restrictions on books. You don't need to worry about the issue of channels at all."

Oh?

Li Ke couldn't help but praise.

"The Great Qin Huang is actually so enlightened? This kind of magnanimity to benefit the world and bless the common people is truly admirable!"

Qin Mu wanted to laugh upon hearing this.

This was the second time he had heard someone praise him since arriving in Great Tang.

Without knowing his identity.

This feeling was quite good.

"Owner, you seem to have some admiration for our Great Qin Huang?"

Qin Mu had had this feeling since he first walked in.

The New Literature Bookstore gave people the feeling that it was very much like a Great Qin bookstore. Moreover, some of the imitation novels produced here were also referencing Qin Mu's books.

Li Ke raised his head slightly.

His face was full of admiration.

"The Great Qin Huang appeared out of nowhere. What a great change he has brought to this world!"

"All his ideas are so idealistic, restoring the world to cleanliness and purity."

"Excluding the noble families and advocating for new culture—these are the two things I admire most about him!"

Qin Mu had actually already known the owner's identity when he came to the New Literature Bookstore.

The Prince of Wu, Li Ke!

He was just deliberately pretending not to know.

Hearing Li Ke say this, he felt quite surprised.

He had thought that, as Li Er's son, he should have some hostility toward Great Qin.

Yet he didn't expect it to be admiration!

Qin Mu picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"Since you admire our Great Qin Huang, then I will cooperate with you. My books will not be given to anyone else; I will let you be the general agent for Great Tang."

"Really?"

Li Ke appeared very pleasantly surprised.

"Then thank you, Young Master!"

Li Ke had worked hard for a long time to set up such a bookstore.

The impact it could have was still very limited.

If he obtained a source of Great Qin books, there would surely be a new atmosphere.

"By the way, Young Master, you know about those few songs that have become popular in Jin Ling these past two days, right?"

Qin Mu nodded casually.

"I know."

Li Ke asked.

"Young Master, do you have the music scores for these new-style pop songs?"

Qin Mu gazed into Li Ke's eyes.

He wanted to see if he was probing him or if he was truly interested in the music scores and happened to ask about them.

But seeing that Li Ke didn't seem to have much of an ulterior motive.

Qin Mu then slowly spoke.

"The music scores exist. The people who wrote these songs also have some connections with Great Tang."

Li Ke suddenly leaned forward, moving closer to Qin Mu.

"Then, Young Master, do you know that Great Qin secret agents used these music scores to kidnap over a dozen young ladies from the major Great Tang noble families in one go?"

Qin Mu remained calm.

"I heard, so what?"

Li Ke chuckled.

"We Great Tang people are obsessed with these new-style songs. Those dozen noble young ladies were also kidnapped because they were obsessed with these songs."

"Therefore, I want to buy more music scores to bring back. In the future, I can prevent such incidents from happening again!"

Qin Mu almost spat out his tea.

This child was a bit naive!