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第四十章 被鄙视的审美观

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朱道临日夜忙于上元门码头和庄园的建造,应大掌柜也没有一天闲着,每天处理的事务和奔走的里程远超朱道临数倍,但他心里非常充实,非常有成就感。更多小说ltxs520.com

老父越来越多的赞许和器重,家族各系的争相恭维攀附,魏国公和隆平侯三天两头的召见,商界同行无法掩饰的钦佩与嫉妒,迅速增加的财富和声望,稳步提升的权威和地位等等,无不令应昌培扬眉吐气之余百感交集。

只有应昌培自己才知道,今天的成就是多么的来之不易,又是多么的幸运与艰辛。

身为江南百年世家应氏家族的庶子,应昌培从懂事开始就没获得过父亲和整个家族的公平对待,在两位长房哥哥面前,应昌培永远是地位低下的庶出子,天生就该是嫡出子弟的垫脚石,哪怕应昌培的学习能力和各方面展现的天赋远在两位长房哥哥之上,可他仍然摆脱不了一次次为两位哥哥做出牺牲的命运。

最后为确保两位长房哥哥的光辉前途,让两位长房哥哥更有把握获得名额稀缺的进士资格,比嫡长子大哥年轻六岁、比嫡出二哥年轻四岁却比他两人更早考取举人资格的应昌培,无可抗拒地再一次成为牺牲品,在父亲和整个家族的“殷切期待”中整整哭了两天两夜,第三天清晨他擦干眼泪,抛开破灭的理想,向威严的父亲、严厉而慈祥的长房母亲、幸灾乐祸的二娘、深感惋惜的三娘和自己强忍泪水的生母磕头致谢,然后默默跟随早已等在堂上的家族商号掌柜们走出家门,开始投入浑身铜臭的贱业之中。

“弹指八年,八年了!一辈子又有几个八年啊……”

躺椅上的应昌培双目微闭幽幽而叹,周围三个烛台九根蜡烛的光芒微微摇动,将他疲惫的脸庞照映得格外清晰。

叹息声未落,为应昌培捶脚的漂亮丫鬟停止了动作,坐在应昌培身边的端庄妻子和娇媚白皙的爱妾也停止讨论茶道,端庄的妻子为自己的夫君奉上杯香茶,善解人意的爱妾为自己的夫君按摩头部,两人的举止非常自然,配合也非常默契,显然平时的日子就是这么过的。

看到丈夫喝下两口茶后,微微转动瘦了不少的身躯将头抬起,伶俐的爱妾连忙拿过边上的缎面方枕,小心地给夫君垫在脑后:“要是太累就早点儿歇息吧,妾身和姐姐不缠着你说话就是了。”

应昌培示意小丫鬟不用捶脚了,温存地握住妻子纤长暖和的小手,眼睛却看向故意被自己识破小心思的爱妾:“是不是这段日子听我说些外面的趣事听惯了,少一晚上不听就睡不踏实?”

一妻一妾齐声轻笑,再次要求丈夫说说今天又从小朱道长那里运回些什么稀奇东西。

应昌培故意拿捏起来,直到两位妻妾急得靠上来娇声哀求,他才心满意足地说出来:

“好吧,告诉你们也无妨,一早我就带上装满布衣、布鞋和被子的十六驾大马车赶往幕府山,卸车完毕立马装上几百个沉甸甸的厚纸箱回城,卸下之后再往幕府山下赶去,还多雇了八辆大车一起去,如此来回四趟,才把两千个沉重的厚纸箱尽数搬回总号后院的仓库里,临别前,还和朱贤弟去他那乱糟糟的码头巡视良久,看时间不早了才赶回来,确实挺累人的。”

“哎呀老爷,你就别吊我们的胃口了,快说纸箱里装的什么呀?”好奇心强的爱妾又开始撒娇了。

应昌培哈哈一笑,不紧不慢地反问道:“那种四四方方的黄色厚纸箱你们可都见过的,估计前院厢房里还存着几个空的呢,原来里面装的什么还用再问吗?”

“绣像话本?”爱妾惊喜地叫起来。

素来温婉和气的妻子也惊呆了:“我的天哪……两千个厚纸箱啊!那得多少套绣像话本啊?”

应昌培得意地伸出两根手指:“两万!整整两万套天枢阁编印的缎面精装绣像话本,一万套《金瓶梅》,一万套《三国演义》,原本打算限制各地书商的求购数量,尽可能由我们墨林斋发卖,这样一来,墨林斋其他生意会更好些,可朱贤弟却建议我尽量卖给各地书商,卖得越快越好,让有利可图的书商去转手倒卖,最好卖到京城去,这样才能让墨林斋声名远播,越做越大。细细一想,还真是这么回事,看来我还真有点儿朱贤弟说的小家子气了,哈哈!”

“妾身也觉得小朱道长的主意不错,我们墨林斋发售的两种绣像话本令人观之爱不释手,画技更是前所未有的精湛,品相华美,字迹清晰,远非时下花本可比,不敢说后无来者,至少称得上前无古人。”

“这样的珍品哪怕加上十倍利润也不愁卖,但若要长久经营,把规模和信誉都做到行业之首,除了走让利多销的路子,还要不断补充新品才行。”应昌培的爱妾这时候表现出她精明的一面,颇具商业天赋。

应昌培大为赞赏,忍不住捏了捏爱妾白皙的脸蛋:“有见识,不错!朱贤弟已做出承诺,春节过后元宵之前,再运来五万套新书,包括通俗话本和绣像话本两种,书名他说了一遍,有言情话本《红楼梦》、鬼神话本《聊斋志异》和《白蛇传》,好像还有一本人鬼相恋的,叫什么《倩女幽魂》,都有通俗话本和绣像话本两种版本,除《红楼梦》是十册一套之外,其他大多是单独成册,正是时下读书人和大户人家的女子最喜欢的类型,估计销量不会小。”

两个妻妾听了高兴不已,恨不得马上就能看到,当即要求丈夫新书运到就拿回家来。

看到两位妻妾娇滴滴的着急样子,应昌培乐得不行,心中大为受用,高兴之下竟然说起好兄弟朱道临的糗事:“还记得上次朱贤弟来做客的傻样吗?”

两位妻妾回忆片刻,先后捂嘴笑起来,应昌培的妻子对朱道临当晚看到丫鬟要伺候他就寝便匆匆逃走的过程印象深刻,好奇之下低声询问丈夫:“小朱道长身边有没有伺候的丫鬟?”

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