Facing Yue'er begging her to go to the city together like a spoiled person, Li Ling thought for a moment and shook her head and rejected: "No, it's better for you to stay here."

"Why?" Yue'er suddenly became a little anxious, her big eyes blinked and her meaning was a little red.

"After all, I'm not familiar with the place. I'm going to take the exam, leaving you alone in the inn alone. I'm not relieved."

"Ko... it will take half a month for you to leave. You'll be relieved to leave me alone at home?" The little girl was able to speak well in order to go to the government office with her brother.

Li Ling had already thought about it and smiled and said, "This is different. This is our family after all, let alone I didn't leave you alone at home."

"Hmm?" Seeing Yue'er a little confused, Li Ling explained again: "I plan to entrust you to Brother Gu and the others to help take care of you. Didn't you say that Sister Gu treats you well before? This time I can go with her. Be good, I'll bring you good things when I come back this time."

The relationship between Li Ling and Gu Yuezi continued to deepen through repeated interactions, and it was already considered a good match for the Tong family, so it was not abrupt to entrust her sister to his family when she left the county town. However, Yue'er still couldn't accept that she and her brother had been separated for more than half a month. She looked at him pitifully again and begged: "Brother... let me go with you. I must be obedient and don't have any gifts..."

"You have to listen to me this time, otherwise you might even share my heart. You don't want my brother to fail even a scholar because of your relationship, right?" Seeing this, Li Ling could only take out his killer move.

Sure enough, after hearing what he said, the little girl finally didn't dare to persevere anymore. She was still very sensible and knew how important this exam was. However, while nodding, her eyes were still red and she seemed very unhappy, as if she had been abandoned.

When Li Ling saw this, he quickly slowed down his tone again, said softly to comfort him, and then said, "In this way, I promise you that you will come back as soon as possible after you know the result. Also, you didn't miss your sister before, but when I came back, I will take you to see her..."

"Really?" the little girl sniffed and asked expectantly.

"Of course, when did I lied to you?"

"Then brother, you must come back soon..."

Seeing that Yue'er finally accepted it, Li Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his little finger: "Let's pull the hook, now you can feel completely relieved. I will come back immediately after passing the scholarship."

"Yeah." Yue'er also stretched out her small fingers and hooked with Li Ling's...

...

The next time passed quickly. In a few days, Li Ling would occasionally go out to meet Xu Cang and others, or go to the county government to take a walk, and more often he would continue to prepare for the exam at home.

Because he knew very well that every level on the road to the imperial examination would be more difficult than the previous level, and the competition would be greater. Moreover, when he arrived at the palace examination, he would not have a big backer like Wei Liang to protect him, and he would no longer be a home court battle like a county examination. Therefore, he had to improve his abilities as much as possible in order to break through the siege.

At this time, the last volume of "The Romance of the Gods" which Li Ling had completely finished after the New Year was finally published. Because of his previous reputation, the final volume was completed again, the new book attracted a lot of buying it again. I heard that some books even spread to other counties, which made the influence of the Gods continue to expand, and Xiaoyaozi's reputation began to truly spread outside Jiangcheng County.

So when Li Ling went to see Gu Yuezi the day before he left and asked him to help take his sister in half a month, while Lao Gu agreed with a smile, he also expressed his concerns: "Brother, I'm going to tell you, I originally planned to sell your books to neighboring counties and even the capital city, but recently, a batch of novels about the Gods have appeared in Jiangbei and other counties. Although it is not very complete, I don't think it will take long for them to sell your books in their entire set. In this way, our losses will be quite large."

Li Ling scratched his head with some embarrassment: "I have considered this before, but the government doesn't care about it. Is there any other way?" Now there is no copyright for later generations, and it is already a rule for a book that became popular and reprinted everywhere. It is indeed difficult to ban it. In fact, even in later generations, the piracy problem on the Internet has been repeatedly banned, and the more bans it, making the life of the young author more and more difficult (passerby: Just like me, it's hard...)

"It's not that the government cannot control it, but no one forces them to do it. Of course, ordinary businessmen and authors don't take it seriously." Gu Yuezi said carefully.

"Hmm?" Li Ling immediately heard a hidden meaning from his words, "Ge Gu means that you can let the government come forward? Can I ask the county master to post a document from Jiangbei County?"

"That's useless. The county magistrate is just my Jiangcheng County Magistrate, but I can't control Jiangbei."

"Then..." Li Ling suddenly understood again, "Do you want to start with a higher-level yamen? But how easy is this?"

Indeed, if the government office comes forward to report and then publishes novels through normal channels, Li Ling and Gujia Bookstore will naturally make considerable profits. But how could they let the officials of the government office stand up for this? Even if they give money, it would be difficult to deal with it.

"I actually thought about one way, that is, to recruit people to join the gang," Gu Yuezi said. "Please work with those who can speak in the government office to publish and sell your gods in various places in the eight counties of Hengzhou Prefecture. In this way, with the yamen as an endorsement, ordinary merchants will not dare to steal the prints."

"Will people with this ability be willing to cooperate with us?" Li Ling said something and suddenly thought of something, "Brother Gu, have you found someone to cooperate with?"

Gu Yuezi nodded a little embarrassedly: "It was someone who took the initiative to find me, saying that I wanted to release the book "Fengshen" in the whole mansion. I was really a little moved. But I still have to ask you what you think, after all, this book was written by you..."

If he is an ordinary author, even if the works he wrote are popular, he will not ask for his opinions because of the subsequent series of operations after he has been bought out by the bookstore. But Li Ling is no longer comparable to ordinary authors, and his relationship with Gu Yuezi is more friends than business dealings, which makes him have to first ask Li Ling's feelings.

Li Ling thought for a moment and asked again: "Who is the other party? Could it be that he has other intentions?"

"It shouldn't be that, after all, the other party has just entered this industry and wants to take this opportunity to open the door. As for his identity, you have actually seen him, brother."

"Hmm?" Li Ling changed his mind and combined with several characteristics, the people from the city had a considerable status and knew him, so there was only one answer left: "Brother Gu, have you met Wan Lang?"

Gu Yuezi nodded and admitted: "He came to the store to see me earlier and even talked to me. Although he is from Wanjia, he is a good person and is quite honest and kind. I think he can trust him."

"Then what?"

"Then two days ago, he sent someone to see me again, saying that he wanted to open another bookstore in Fucheng to try it out, and it was a new store that had nothing to do with the original Wanjia Bookstore Bookstore. He also liked our Fengshen, wanted to get the author's permission to release it there as an authentic version, and then use this to open up fame and sales."

Li Ling frowned slightly surprised: "Well, why didn't he come to me?" He also had contact with Wan Lang, and the two sides were somewhat intimate, but why did he forget himself?

"Well, he doesn't seem to know that the book was written by you, and I didn't tell him. Brother, if there was no such thing as other county towns, I wouldn't have to cooperate with him, but now it seems that working with him is a good choice. Even if he is from the Wan Family, it is much more reliable than Wanai and the others."

Li Ling lowered his head and pondered for a while: "It's not impossible to cooperate, but the specific situation needs to be discussed carefully before deciding. And I think you still have some things that you didn't expect..."

“Which aspect is not considered thoroughly?”

"One is the attitude of Wanjia. After all, he is a long-standing housekeeper, and the third house is in charge of the bookstore. Now you have cooperated to build a bookstore, just grabbing your own business..." Speaking of this, Li Ling's expression condensed, and he vaguely felt something strange about it.

Although Wan Lang only saw him once, he looked a little frivolous, but he was definitely not a person who had no brains and ignored the overall situation. When he suddenly put forward such an idea, did he hide a deeper purpose?

Gu Yuezi also showed deep thoughts when he reminded him: "This matter is indeed a bit strange, the water is a bit deep."

"Of course, we can ignore this point, but the more important thing is that since you want to open a store, it is not enough to rely on a god-making book. You must have a more competitive work. Can you take it out now?"

Gu Yuezi smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Of course there is no such thing." As she said that, she looked at Li Ling: "Brother, do you have a solution?"

Li Ling smiled, "It's been a while since the Gods were finished. I've actually been thinking about preparing the next book and writing some, but I just don't know if it can be as popular as the Gods. And..."

“And what?”

"I won't mention this for now. Let's do this. This time I happened to go to Fucheng, so I simply went to meet Wanlang and talk about cooperation. Brother Gu, you will also go to Fucheng after the third day of next month. Let's meet and discuss things completely. How about it?" The third day of the junior high school is the day of the mansion examination. Li Ling naturally had to prepare for the exam before, and then he could negotiate the business before the list was released. As the saying goes, the business of the exam is flourishing...

"It's true, I'll be there in the fourth day of the New Year, and I'll meet you at that time. By the way, since you have to go to the capital city, there are always a lot of chores. Why don't I send someone to my family to take care of you? Who do you think is suitable?"

"Then I'm thankful for Brother Gu." Li Ling did not refuse and replied with a smile, "Then let Gu Gang go with you, but I want to hire another coachman to drive." He really needs a helper. Although Gu Gang is not too smart, he is reliable and familiar, and he is quite obedient. Of course, he has to change people to drive, which is really unbearable.
Chapter completed!