The first person to purchase this manuscript was a wealthy merchant.
As the saying goes, the more people lack something, the more they desire it. This merchant hadn't read much, but he particularly enjoyed hearing others praise him for being cultured. Of course, for this enjoyment, he did make an effort to read for a few days; however, it turned out that his talents lay mostly in business, not in academics.
Fortunately, he was indeed talented in business, allowing him to buy some manuscripts and pretend they were written by him. Although this sort of thing could easily be exposed, as long as he didn't boast about poetry or literature and only disseminated some manuscripts in small circles occasionally, who could unveil the truth?
But this time, the merchant unexpectedly found that the manuscript he bought for five guan had an influence that was a bit too large.
"Yes! This is it! This is what I've been wanting to see!"
