"Master Hou, do you really plan to build a library in that open space south of the city?" In the living room of the Qinghe Marquis Mansion, Chen Ping asked excitedly with a teacup.

"However, Ben Hou has been thinking about this matter for a long time, but he has not found a suitable place, last month I was still thinking about using the Tongwu Hou Mansion, but I didn't expect that the sky would help me burn such a good place so quickly!" Chen Xu smiled and drank tea and nodded.

"Ping privately heard that Master Hou deliberately let the fire burn all the pieces......

"Fart, Ben Hou does things above board, how can he do such a dirty thing, it is difficult to get water that day and night, Ben Hou asked Lieutenant Lu to retreat and set up a fire isolation zone in order to reduce casualties and losses, how can you arrange Ben Hou's good intentions so much!" Chen Xu interrupted Chen Ping's words with a roll of his eyes.

"Yes, yes, it's the heart of a villain to live in the belly of a gentleman, and please don't be angry!" Chen Ping hurriedly apologized carefully.

"Now that the land is available, the drawings have been completed, and the site has been surveyed, after the calculation of the Academy of Sciences, it will probably cost about 40 million yuan......" Chen Xu pinched his chin and looked depressed, "Where did you get such a large sum of money!" ”

"Master Hou, shouldn't Jingshi University and the library be paid for by the imperial court? If it weren't for the Shaofu, if it weren't for the Internal History Office, or the Finance Bureau, such a big investment, and unlike Keju Square, which can still make money, private investment is absolutely impossible, 40 million yuan is almost equivalent to all the income of the newspaper since it opened, I don't know which one is willing to pay...... Marquis...... Hou Ye...... You...... Why are you looking at me like this......" Chen Ping's voice became smaller and smaller, and the beads of sweat on his forehead became more and more.

"Your words reminded me that the newspaper is the best wrongdoer, and it is a pity that the newspaper has made so much money for so many years!" Chen Xu's eyes were burning and shining, very surprised.

"Master Hou...... Can't it......" Chen Ping almost cried, "You don't know, newspapers make a lot of money, but they also spend a lot, just the monthly expenses of reporter stations around the country are millions of dollars, plus more than 1,000 reporters, tens of thousands of editors, as well as editing and proofreading and printing and distribution costs, in fact, they can't make money every year......

"Hey, how could Ben Hou not know that the newspaper now publishes five issues of newspapers a month, and the circulation of each issue of the newspaper is at least about 100,000 copies, each of which costs ten yuan, and the monthly sales revenue is five million yuan, excluding expenses and costs, the net income is at least two million per month, twelve months a year, that is 24 million, and the newspaper has been open for five years......"

Chen Xu counted the saliva with his fingers, and every time he said a number, Chen Ping's face became more and more pale, and when Chen Xu was complete, he was about to collapse.

"Master Hou, you ...... You can't calculate it like this, the cost of the newspaper is definitely more than that, the thousands of people in the Faculty of Arts and the publishing house are almost all supported by the newspaper, by the way, there is also a printing house......" Chen Ping cried and wailed with a sad face.

"Don't cry and cry like a little woman, this library is a major project for the benefit of the country and the people, you are not a businessman, don't fall into the eye of money all day long and can't get out, moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor...... Well, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, as the helmsman of the newspaper, you are not only responsible for controlling the content of the newspaper, but also taking into account the responsibility of educating the people of the world, in addition to teaching the people to abide by the law and discipline ...... also take into account moral etiquette.

"Ben Hou is not blaming you for making money wrong, but now with the implementation of the new business law, the rapid development of business at the same time many bad signs of the people have begun to appear, the people are gradually proud of the business, talking about money and beauty and ignoring morality and etiquette, the world's prosperity is naturally our goal, but our more important goal is a rich and strong country that takes into account morality, law, civilization and prosperity, which is not only the goal of Ben Hou, but also an important responsibility of your disciples, Adhering to the concept of the sages and sons to educate the people of the world, and assisting the king to build Daqin into a prosperous and prosperous world, isn't it the goal of the disciples of the hundred schools, this library is an excellent opportunity for the disciples of the hundred schools of thought to enhance their image, have you forgotten what Ben Hou said when he founded the Daqin Metropolis Daily? Remember one sentence: if you are good, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be good alone. We are students who have read the poetry and books of the sages, not pawns who are busy with food and clothing, our goal is the whole world, not confined to this place in China, like a frog sitting in a well and watching the sky......"

Chen Ping, who said this, was extremely ashamed, lowered his head and wiped the sweat on his forehead and didn't dare to raise his head, "What Master Hou said is that Ping has fallen!" ”

"Knowing mistakes can improve a lot, the book is used when the hatred is less, there is too much money and panic, after you go back, let the newspaper finance department sort out the account books well, and see how much money the newspaper can come up with to build the library!"

"Yes, yes, I'll go back and prepare!" Chen Ping hurriedly stood up and said goodbye, and only vomited blood when he walked to the road, he rushed to Chen Xu today to inquire about the library, but he didn't expect to be fooled by Chen Xu to take out all the money he had earned in the past few years.

"But the newspaper's money is indeed a bit too much, and it's hard to feel at ease if you don't spend it, maybe Master Hou is also worried about it!" Chen Ping quickly figured out the joints again.

Since the first newspaper was printed, Daqin Metropolis Daily has been like a huge gold-absorbing machine, and the speed of making money can only be described as crazy, the first newspaper was published, and Xianyang alone earned more than 100,000 yuan in a few hours, and now, as Chen Xu said, the national circulation of each issue is close to 100,000 copies, and the price of each copy is unified wholesale eight yuan, no matter how many newspapers are sold all over the country, whether the newspaper merchants around the country make money or not depends on their ability, and the final profit of each newspaper is about five yuan, in addition to the expenses of opening a newspaper and a literary academy and a printing houseIn the past few years, the newspaper has stored nearly 50 million yuan in the account of Huaxia Qianzhuang, which is estimated to be about the same as the annual income of Shaofu.

And the newspaper stores such a large amount of money, from the emperor to the small officials, everyone in the three provinces and six departments knows, this money is so huge that the court and the emperor are jealous, if the newspaper is not founded and managed by Chen Xu, it is estimated that the newspaper from top to bottom, including Chen Ping, would have been liquidated a long time ago.

Chen Ping is already very smart and talented, and in a few years, he has built Daqin Metropolis Daily into a super media that affects the entire Daqin and the surrounding subject countries, and his knowledge is not low, and Chen Xu can understand many things at a glance, otherwise Chen Xu would not be at ease to hand over such an important mouthpiece department to him.

After bleeding all the way, Chen Ping also figured it out, and returned to the newspaper to call the head of the finance department to check the accounts and raise funds, although the 40 million money is huge, but it has not yet made the newspaper bankrupt, not to mention that once this money is spent, the entire Great Qin will never covet the wealth of the newspaper from the emperor to the civil and military officials, this is a stable vote, not to mention that the Hou Ye did not say that all the 40 million money must be reported to the museum, and there is still a lot of room for operation.

And another thing that Chen Ping prepared was to write a policy based on what Chen Xu had just said, to discuss how to have money to contribute money and make a strong contribution to the repair of the library and Jingshi University, so as to promote the development of Great Qin into a country integrating morality, law, civilization and prosperity, and forge a prosperous Great Qin Empire.

Under the guidance of Chen Xu's persistent concept, Chen Ping and a group of key leaders of the newspaper have already had a brainwashed fanatical political consciousness.

The direction of Chen Xu's finger is the goal they are striving for.

Two days later, the latest issue of Daqin Metropolis Daily made headlines on the front page, with the title of oversized black characters, and published an article called Da Ze and the latest policy to help the world, the author of the policy is the leader of Daqin Metropolis Daily, Chen Ping, secretary of general affairs, the content is how to give full play to everyone's strength, and promote the rapid development of Daqin into a prosperous country that takes into account both morality and law, civilization and prosperity, and at the end of the policy, Daqin Metropolis Daily announced that it has taken out all the funds accumulated from the opening of the museum to the present, A full 30 million yuan was invested in the construction of the library to complete this unprecedented cultural landmark building.

And after this policy came out, it instantly caused an uproar in the court and the people, and the huge amount of money of 30 million yuan taken out by the newspaper almost shook the entire Daqin.

"Haha, good, the newspaper is really worthy of being the mouthpiece of the Great Qin Dynasty, and Secretary Chen is also worthy of the name of the Great Sage, so he regards money as dung, and he has done everything for the prosperity and development of my Great Qin, I must reward ...... well."

At the end of the Yin period, Qin Shi Huang, who was preparing to go to the court, looked at the Daqin Metropolis Daily that had just been delivered in the Zichen Palace, and was immediately stimulated by the headline on the front page and laughed, and his mood was extremely happy.

Half a moment later, Qin Shi Huang strode into the court hall with a smile on his face in his hand, and the monarch and the ministers sat down after a routine formula of politeness, and the emperor's gloomy face for a long time smiled like a flower today, and many officials knew that it must be because of this incident in the Daqin Metropolis Newspaper issued this morning.

Sure enough, after the emperor sat down, he couldn't wait to raise the newspaper in his hand and asked with a smile: "Have you ever read today's newspaper?" ”

"The ministers have already seen it!" Many officials even pulled a newspaper out of their cuffs as they answered.

Reading newspapers is now the habit of almost all officials, as long as every issue of a new newspaper comes out, they will inevitably buy a copy to watch as soon as possible, and today's new newspaper is released, and it has been on the market since the beginning of the year, and all newspaper kiosks and mobile newsstands are all sold, so almost all officials who go on a business trip in the morning will have a copy in their hands and read it while walking on the carriage and bus.

Naturally, I have read the front-page policy in this newspaper today, and I have been shocked by the newspaper's 30 million dollars, and in addition to lamenting the newspaper's righteousness and squandering money, I am also frightened and envious of the newspaper's ability to make money.

According to the report of the Inner History Office, the lively autumn market on the south bank of the Wei River is now from the beginning to the end, and all the booth fees and taxes add up to only 20 million yuan, and this is a business event that almost gathers the entire Daqin and more than 40 merchants from the surrounding three vassal states of the Western Regions, with more than 30,000 merchants participating and more than one million people participating, and the newspaper has accumulated such a huge fortune in a few years just by virtue of each newspaper of no more than ten yuan. The speed at which money is made has to be breathtaking.

But today, the newspaper has taken out this money at one time to prepare for the construction of the library and Beijing Normal University.

Although the civil and military officials also knew that the Qinghe Marquis had this plan, they had been discussing it in private, and the Qinghe Marquis did not ask the emperor to agree to this matter, let alone put it forward for discussion in the court, that is to say, there was no official statement on the construction of the library and the Beijing Normal University, and the civil and military officials were still discussing and watching in private.

But when I saw this policy today, everyone felt that this matter was already a certainty.

In particular, Feng Quji and Shaofu Ling Zhao Wei have been a little worried in recent days, for fear that Chen Xu will take this matter to the court for discussion after inviting the emperor.

According to the current identity and status of the Marquis of Qinghe, he either doesn't say it, as long as he says it, the emperor will definitely agree, and then he will take it to the court to discuss, the discussion is not a question of whether to repair or not, but how to raise money, and such a large building complex must cost tens of millions of dollars, and finally all have to be raised by the Shaofu and the Finance Bureau, although the current tax revenue of Daqin is more and more year by year, but the expenditure is also more and more generous, the previous because of the lack of funds and the various expenses have now become much more generous, cement roads, irrigation ditches, The promotion of iron farm tools and tools, the five-year plan will cost a lot of money, so although the imperial court is making more money at present, in fact, the government treasury is still a little stretched and not enough.

And if the library and Beijing Normal University are built, Feng Quji and Zhao Wei don't know how to raise or squeeze out the money.

It is said that time is like milk O|O ditch, there will always be a squeeze, but money is hard currency, no is nothing, and there is no blood to squeeze.

But just when the two housekeepers who were in charge of the money bags for Qin Shi Huang were worried that they couldn't eat or sleep well, hey, today I found that the Marquis of Qinghe was very, very good, and the funds had already been completed before the construction plan was submitted, so at this time, above the court, Feng Quji and Zhao Wei looked at Chen Xu's eyes that were sweet and charming.

And Chen Xu was seduced by the tears of two bearded old men who secretly sent Qiubo several times in a row.