Chapter 376: Big News (The previous chapter went wrong, this one is right)
The launch of the newspaper is actually just a matter of speculation.
Fortunately, the Chen family is wealthy, and there are many businessmen who have business dealings with the Chen family, most of these businessmen have their own sales channels, and ask them to sell as an agent, so that the tentacles of this sales can sink to the most basic bookstores and grocery stores.
Not only that, but the Chen family also hired a group of merchants to sell them along the street.
In fact, if this kind of new thing is handled by someone else, it is basically hopeless.
After all, behind the news newspaper are countless people from various states, these people all need to eat, drink, and be fed, and only the great clans and giants can take out so much manpower and material resources.
But even with this, you have to have a paper workshop and a printing workshop, and in this era, only the Chen family can provide low-cost paper and hire a large number of craftsmen to do movable type printing.
Newspapers must be printed with movable type, because this thing is time-sensitive, if you use engraving, by the time you carve it, the daylily will be cold.
Fortunately, in recent years, under the leadership of the Chen family, movable type printing has gone from rough to slowly improved and sophisticated, although it is not enough to make the newspaper handwriting clear, but it can still be barely read.
Of course, what the Chen family is really powerful is the sales network, after all, it has a lot of business dealings with countless merchants, and controlling these merchants, to a certain extent, controls the entire market.
If someone else is not able to spread the business quickly, it means that the sales of the newspaper are extremely low at first, and the average person simply cannot afford this continuous loss of money.
In terms of current sales, the Chen family is also losing money, but ...... Chen Zhengtai's mind is set, even if it is a loss, he must do it hard.
Chen Aizhi is now worried that the 6,000 copies printed in the second issue can be sold smoothly, and if it is unsalable, it will be bad.
Fortunately, in Chang'an, with the addition of Erpigou, the population is more than one million.
And among the millions of people, and most of them are the essence of the world, there are many ministers who have entered the court as officials, military attachΓ©s, guards who have been promoted by the children of the lords, and countless merchants, scholars who have traveled here, a large number of monks supported by the royal family, Erpigou University Hall, and many craftsmen who have begun to gradually read and write and master reading skills.
In the Tang Dynasty, the literacy rate was scary, but in Chang'an, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, in this huge imperial city, the literacy rate was the highest, and it has been ...... Literacy rates have been climbing.
Therefore, the literate population surveyed by the Chen family is roughly around 300,000, which is a staggering number.
The newspaper was distributed, but Chen Aizhi still remained in the newspaper office, on the one hand, waiting for sales, and on the other hand, preparing for the next issue of the newspaper.
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Li Shimin got up early in the morning.
When his article was sent, he suddenly had a wonderful feeling, and he began to wonder if his article would not be written badly, and then it would make people laugh.
Of course, the most important thing is ...... Li Shimin was still thinking in his heart, if this article was sent out, I don't know what effect it would have.
Thinking about it like this, he didn't sleep well all night, and he always felt that there were some words in the article, which were wrong.
Li Shimin is a person with a deep sense of responsibility, he is different from other emperors, other emperors have their own merits and different temperaments. And Li Shimin cherishes his reputation very much, and hopes to do everything well, and he hopes that he can show his most glorious side to his subjects all over the world.
Therefore, when it was too late, Zhang Qian heard Li Shimin's movements.
Zhang Qian tiptoed into the dormitory and whispered, "Your Majesty......"
saw that Li Shimin himself was already dressed and got up with his shoes.
Zhang Qian was taken aback: "Your Majesty, this is ......"
Li Shimin glanced at him: "What else can it be, I think about it, don't worry, change my clothes." I'm going to go for a walk. β
Zhang Qian felt that Li Shimin was a little nervous.
Next, I heard Li Shimin ask him: "What do you think of my article?" β
Zhang Qian has answered this question many times, and said with a familiar voice: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Your Majesty is brilliant, and it is really ...... Wenqu descends to the earth......"
Li Shimin was furious: "Shut up, you flatterer." β
Zhang Qian shuddered with fright.
Li Shimin immediately said: "Go out of the palace with me." β
"Out of the palace......" Zhang Qian was stunned: "Your Majesty, this ...... Don't do it, last time ......"
Li Shimin said lightly: "Last time, wasn't it good?" β
Zhang Qian didn't dare to object anymore, and obediently went to arrange.
At dawn in the morning, a four-wheeled carriage left Miyagi, accompanied by more than a dozen guards.
It's just that Li Shimin went out, but for a while, he didn't know where to go.
called Zhang Qian: "At this dawn, where is the excitement?" β
"This ......" Zhang Qian thought for a while: "In Ping'anfang." There is a brothel village, I heard that it is all all night, and when the day dawns, the song is over, and many people like to go there to join in the fun. Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... You're not going to go somewhere like that. β
Li Shimin looked at Zhang Qian suspiciously: "How did you know where this prostitute is?" β
Zhang Qian: "......"
Li Shimin immediately said: "Think about it again, let's find a tea shop...... See if there are any early openings. β
Zhang Qian had no choice but to say: "Slave obeys." β
The carriage turned around and began to wander aimlessly.
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Chen Zhengtai also got up early, he was quite interested in the article given by His Majesty, and he also wanted to see how the reaction was.
In fact, the emperor's pen and ink, to a certain extent, is the mouth of the heavenly constitution, words and the law, but since the past dynasties, it is impossible to really contact the ordinary people, in this era, the state and county are called the imperial power of the county, even if it is Chang'an City, in fact, the will is only in the seven grades and above the officials here, the rest of the old and the common people have nothing to do with.
He got up early, and then, Chen Fuxing rushed over: "Childe, son, there is a driving sticker in the newspaper hall." said that he was going to invite Chen Aizhi to the Yushitai...... Ask ......"
"What?" Chen Zhengtai was a little confused: "Why is Yushitai like this?" β
"Just ask."
Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but be annoyed: "Let Chen Aizhi ignore them, he didn't commit a crime, and he dared to use the driving sticker." This Chen Aizhi is my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's brother's bloodline, what kind of relationship is this, Yushitai doesn't go through me here, and directly drives the sticker, is it to deceive our Chen family and no one is there? β
Chen Fu kept nodding: "Yes, yes, actually...... Pavilion Master Chen really didn't go, saying that he wanted to ask you, and then he was willing to leave. The Imperial Observatory seemed to be in a hurry, so he sent a few Imperial Historians to the newspaper in person, saying that the newspaper was selling news, and the matter was serious, in order to prevent incidents and bewitching the public, any news in the newspaper in the future needed to be monitored by them before they could ...... it."
Chen Zhengtai knew in his heart that the imperial history was fake, behind this, I was afraid that there were many clans instigated behind it, and the Chen family had cut off their news channels, which were all built with real money, and the result was ...... Suddenly...... It's useless.
The reason why the clan can have a monopoly position in this era is that in addition to the land and tribes, there is also the monopoly of knowledge, and the monopoly of knowledge will inevitably lead to the monopoly of news channels, after all...... Only people with knowledge can have a certain degree of foresight.
But the news is good, there are ships going to sea in Yangzhou, and the news will be reported, and there will be some editors' comments below, suggesting that it may cause a stable supply of ginseng.
Chen Zhengtai sneered: "In this way, they have already arrived at the newspaper office?" This is great, let Xue Rengui go and meet them, I see that Rengui, this little brother, is idle all day long, and he wants to fade out of a bird. β
Chen Fu nodded hurriedly and hurried away.
Chen Zhengtai didn't take this matter to heart, just a few imperial histories, came to Erpigou, what can he do, he really thinks that the Chen family is vegetarian.
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News......
Several imperial histories were invited to the main hall.
Chen Aizhi was quite polite to them, invited them to a seat, and then ordered someone to pour tea and met the ceremony.
The head of the imperial history said unceremoniously: "The last issue of the newspaper, I have already read it, there are too many taboo places in it, the imperial history platform here, discussed, I feel that many places are inappropriate, and then the impeachment must be indispensable, but for the sake of it, this is the Chen family's newspaper, so I wanted to invite you to the imperial history platform to discuss a feasible way, which will not hurt the good intentions of the Chen family to run the newspaper, nor will it be difficult for the imperial court." But I asked you to go after the post, but you pushed back, what does this mean? Could it be ...... Eryi ordinary people, have they dared to ignore the Yushitai? β
Chen Aizhi was so frightened that she was sweating profusely, and hurriedly said, "I really can't leave here......"
"Hmph." Yushi, who had spoken before, was furious, got up, and brushed his sleeves: "What is the reason for this?" It's simply unreasonable, I, Ma Yingchu, have never seen such a person, even if it is Fang Gong and Du Gong, they are not like this. I'm here today, you know what to do, right? β
Chen Aizhi was embarrassed: "I don't know." β
"I don't know...... You don't know. Ma Yingchu was angry again, in fact, he originally wanted to give a dismount, on the other hand, he wanted to take this opportunity to directly let Yushitai interfere in the newspaper, of course...... Interfering in the newspaper hall is what the princes of the world are happy to see, this thing...... Everyone is already aware of the power.
But at this moment, there was a humane outside: "Who wants to pretend to be the imperial history, let the master and I see, I can't kill them, they are the imperial history, my name is written upside down......"
As he spoke, he saw a person rushing in recklessly, there was still a little cold in the spring sky, but this young man was only wearing a short coat that could not keep out the cold, he was strong-blooded, and his whole body was still steaming, and he rushed in angrily.
That Ma Yingchu was stunned for a moment, and then he still had a straight face and scolded loudly, this is a habit brought about by a long career in imperial history.
Now when I saw a reckless teenager rushing in, he first scolded: "What kind of person, get out of here." β
Then he said: "Xiaohan, what are you doing here?" β
After that, he said: "Xiao Langjun, don't be rude. β
And then again: "Little hero, if you have something to say." β
In the end, it seemed that even his throat trembled: "Don't be like this, virtuous nephew." β
Sadly...... The words were of no use, and then there was a wail.
Listening to the young man's voice again, he whirred: "Now that I have tasted it, do you dare to pretend to be the imperial history, do you think that my little grandfather Cheng Chumo is a fake, and the next time I see a liar like you, I will beat you once!" β
Cheng Chumo ......
A group of people fled out in embarrassment, and then gritted their teeth, isn't that the unscrupulous son of Cheng Biting Jin's family? I have heard for a long time that he and the Chen family are not clear, and they are not clear......
"Ahh......h Let's go, let's go......"
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Li Shimin has sat firmly on the second floor of the tea shop, leaning on the position of the Xuan window, from here, at this time Chang'an City has gradually recovered, the people who got up early began to make a living for a day, and the flow of people on the street is increasing day by day.
There are also many people who have begun to appear in tea shops.
Some people just come for morning tea, while others call friends and talk about the world.
Li Shimin sat in a daze, and the guards sat at two other tables, with only Zhang Qian accompanying him.
It's very marketable, in fact, Li Shimin likes it a lot, and he has been in the palace for a long time, and he has been stained with some fireworks, which always makes him feel quite comfortable.
But at this moment, a merchant outside shouted: "News, news, freshly baked news, hurry up...... Hurry up, big news...... There's big news...... Shuofang City was completed, the wooden track has been repaired to eighty percent, and a new group of craftsmen needs to be recruited to mine Shuofang iron ore and coal mines, and the treatment is good...... Huainan Flood...... Huainan has a flood ......"
Li Shimin paid attention and glanced at Zhang Qian.
In fact, as soon as this merchant made a shout, many people rushed up.
People who buy newspapers have different minds, and people who do business want to find business opportunities. People who read books because there is a section dedicated to articles. And the article is actually very valuable, a good article can lead to the cost of Luoyang paper, but at that time, people could only rely on handwriting to copy the article, and now people print it directly.
Ordinary people, will also join in the excitement as if to buy one, the family is poor, but now if the children can read and write, in the future into the workshop or other livelihood, often the salary is more than the illiterate people, pity the world's parents, this newspaper has so many words, and it is said that there are no words in it, and too many twists and turns, and the spoken language is almost the same, it is easy to learn.
As for the dignitaries, naturally there is no need to say it, anyway, if you have money, even if you don't look at it, the people in the house will buy it back.
The merchant was surrounded by seven or eight people, that is, the people in the tea shop, and they also pushed open the window, looked down the street, and said, "Merchant, you come up......
When the merchant heard this, he shouted, and after the transaction with the newspaper buyer on the street, he went upstairs in a hurry, holding a pile of newspapers and a table of peddling.
The guys here don't care, thinking that they know that the guests need the merchant to run errands, and if they drive people away, the guest officials will inevitably scold.
Zhang Qian also hurriedly went up, bought one, and then sent it to Li Shimin.
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Thanks to Qicai sewing thread students for becoming the new leader of this book, thank you.
There was a mistake in the update.,I'm so sorry.,Tiger exploded this time to recover everyone's losses.γ