Chapter 192: Pit, Poor, Steal

Zheng Shanqi is like eating Coptis chinensis, and he can't say that he is bitter.

Although an explanation has been made, this ranking really can't be done like this, and the families will go crazy collectively.

"Your Highness, it's really not good! Why don't you change it? He asked tentatively.

Zheng Shanqi is not afraid of Li Yuanji, the Zheng family of Nuoda, even Li Shimin can only compromise, how can he really be afraid of Li Yuanji?

But after a long period of contact, Zheng Shanqi found that Li Yuanji is a typical soft and not hard, if you want him to change, your attitude must first be correct, and this matter is related to the reputation of the Zheng family in the world, Zheng Shanqi does not dare to be careless.

"Change?" Li Yuanji's eyes moved, the ranking did not matter to him, no matter how he ranked, the book must be sold.

Zheng Shanqi nodded his head with longing, as if pleading.

"Fifty thousand copies of the surname Benwang alone have been printed, how do you say to change it?" Li Yuanji said with a wicked smile in his heart.

"Huh?" Zheng Shanqi was stunned: "Five...... 50,000 copies? ”

"Yes, 50,000 copies! The workshop is still printing it intensively, and there are thousands of copies a day. Li Yuanji said unhurriedly.

"This ...... So much? Zheng Shanqi was completely desperate, and wanted to say that he bought it with the Zheng family's funds, but 50,000 copies, that is, 25,000 yuan, where can the Zheng family get the money?

Oh, by the way, Li Yuanji is definitely a pit goods, the Zheng family came out with grain, and said that they would exchange it for cattle, sheep and horses, but they changed a bunch of arable land, or arable land that could not be planted temporarily, and they wanted to cash out, but they were trapped.

"That'...... How many sets of templates do you need? ”

"One set is enough, this king has newly invented a printing technique, only one engraving, almost unlimited times of use, and convenient and fast, a set of templates can be printed more than 1,000 sets a day, otherwise how could this king sell so cheap? 500 yuan a piece, this price is even if you go to grab it, you can't grab it. Looking at the popularity of today's bookstore, this king still wants to make a set of templates and print them at the same time. The more Li Yuanji spoke, the more energetic he became, and even the taste of money in his eyes was full.

Zheng Shanqi shuddered violently, and secretly said that this matter must be done quickly, the longer the time drags on, the greater the price to pay.

"Your Highness, why don't you stop the workshop first, and the old man will go to a few other houses to discuss, how about giving His Highness an answer before tomorrow?" Zheng Shanqi plans to pull several other families over, after all, this is not their family's business, if the Zheng family can be ranked first, Zheng Shanqi is willing to pay this money.

"It's impossible to stop, what will the craftsmen do when they stop? However, this king can not make another set of templates for the time being, you can hurry up, so that the money can be less. Li Yuanji shook his head and said.

"Is there anything about buying ten and getting one free?" Zheng Shanqi felt that his heart was dripping blood, but he still asked cautiously.

"That's to buy a full set, why don't you just come for 50,000 sets?"

"Don't, the old man will go find a few other ......"

If you don't look at your age, just look at your back, Zheng Shanqi is definitely a young man in his twenties, and the speed of his feet is so fast that he can't stop sighing, and he can't catch up at all.

"Your Highness, now we have made some money, and we sold 50,000 sets for nothing!" Ma Wu shouted with excitement in his eyes.

"Okay, you hurry up to the big camp, let the workshop immediately typeset and print, day and night, and strive to print 40,000 copies in one day." Li Yuanji waved his hand and instructed Ma Wu.

50,000 copies, that's purely a lie, in fact, Li Yuanji still gritted his teeth and printed 10,000 copies, if the sales are not good, he will keep them as textbooks, which is nothing more than a few more years.

It is indeed difficult to print 40,000 copies in one day, but if you stop other printing and print all the surnames of hundreds of families, 40,000 copies in a day and night can barely be done.

After entering the money village and taking a turn, the things are still those things, but the progress is a little better than yesterday.

In fact, I didn't have to come here every day, but the status of Qianzhuang in my heart is definitely the first, so that Qianzhuang, which is still in the construction period, attracts myself to come again and again.

With nothing to do, Li Yuanji began to wander around the city, sometimes walking around the construction site, sometimes entering a certain shop.

Along the way, I came to the Zhenbei Market, the big market is very large, and the shops in it have gradually increased, although it is still scattered, but there are nearly 100 merchants operating here.

In addition to some private shops, the government has also opened a number of shops in this area.

The most typical ones are rice shops and cloth shops.

"Can it be cheaper? The price is just too expensive! Li Yuanji walked into the cloth shop, a man dressed in single clothes, trembling slightly with cold, and talking to the clerk about the price with a sad face.

"This is already the cheapest price, these cloths have been transported from the south with great difficulty, and His Royal Highness King Lu Feiqi alone has put a lot of them." The clerk shook his head resolutely.

"I know all this, but this money is really not enough, except for rice and cloth, everything else here is expensive to death, and it is so cold before winter, how can you live in winter?" The man seemed to regret a little, but there was no place to regret it for him at this time, so he could only complain secretly.

"This year is the first year of Qi country, everything is starting from scratch, life will definitely be harder, but it will not be unbearable." Seeing this, Li Yuanji couldn't help but stand up, about this situation, he was also very helpless, but there was no way, the grain was exchanged for land from the family, and the selling price was cheaper than the grain price in Chang'an.

The cloth was forcibly taken from the family by itself, and each family had to bring at least 10,000 pieces of cloth to themselves, which was the premise of cooperation between the two sides.

And in these two goods, I didn't make any money, but posted a lot of them.

The only thing you can do is to be tax-free, but the Maison has to keep the price down accordingly. You can't let the family go all the way to transport goods and then make no money, right?

I have done everything I should have done and what I shouldn't have done, but these are far from enough, I glanced at the thin man, and continued: "Buy less first, enough to make a set of clothes, if you have time, go outside to chop some firewood, or buy some coal, there is nothing to do in winter, don't go out as much as possible, just survive this winter." ”

"Hey, that's all there is to it!" The man nodded helplessly.

The heating effect of the charcoal is good, the price is not expensive, a penny of a black briquette, save a little use, a few pieces a day is enough, although the consumption is still more than the earning, but as long as the black briquettes are not pure to burn is still acceptable.

……

Business in the big market is booming, and compared to the previous depression, it is now a completely different look.

Winter is approaching, and the cold winter here is something that the people have to face, unable to work in winter, and even difficult to go out, forcing them to buy the necessary daily necessities for the whole winter in advance.

The merchants here are also very shrewd, and the shops they open are all related to daily life, and some seemingly inconsequential luxury goods are not seen here.

As the saying goes, a few families are happy and a few are sad, and the smiles on the faces of the merchants set off the sadness on the faces of the people.

But the reality is like this, and Li Yuanji is powerless to change it, at least not now.

Wandering around, I came to the front of the theater again.

At this time, it was still the show of that day, the audience in the venue was still laughing, these days the theater can be said to be full every day, Han Ju, Zhang Jun, Zhao Zhong and others have also become big celebrities in Zhenbei City, the people of the city are familiar with it, and even when they go outside, they are often recognized, and then they are greeted with a smile of adoration, which makes these people somewhat difficult to parry.

"Catch the thief!"

"Stop, don't run!"

A riotous shout came from behind, and Li Yuanji looked back to see that a kid who was not taller than his chest was jumping left and right with his hands and feet, dodging the pursuit of the adults behind, and holding a money bag in his hand.

The expression on his face was quite calm, there was no sense of urgency to be discovered, and the whole escape seemed to be easy.

I don't know what that kid thinks, he doesn't run where there are few people, but he has to run to a place with a lot of people, and he just runs to a place with a lot of people, and he just runs to his side.

When the kid ran to his side, Li Yuanji stretched out his hand directly, and the kid instantly got his feet off the ground, and he didn't panic, and he quickly kicked towards his face when his body was in the air.

Li Yuanji subconsciously stretched out his left hand to block, the young man did not have much strength, and he was easily blocked by himself, but then the other leg also followed, the speed was very fast, a whistling sound of breaking the air came from behind his ears, Li Yuanji hurriedly lowered his head and avoided the opponent's attack.

The strength of the young man's second blow was a bit strong, and if he was hit, it would definitely hurt for a long time.

Li Yuanji, who was slightly annoyed, slapped the young man's head directly.

At this time, the pursuers behind him also followed, panting heavily, while shouting: "Look where is your kid running this time?" ”

"Thank you to this righteous man for reaching out, this kid is a habitual offender, he has stolen no less than ten people in the city, and he has run away every time." The pursuing officers and soldiers and the lost owner thanked Li Yuanji while glaring at the young man fiercely.

"Get out of here!" Ma Wu, who had just returned from the camp, happened to see the scene just now, and the kid who was caught in Li Yuanji's hand dared to make such a trick against the king, and couldn't help but be a little angry, and yelled at the pursuing officers and soldiers, and then took the kid from Li Yuanji's hand, and said: "Boy, if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you, he will follow your surname!" ”

"It's not appropriate, is it? He committed a crime in Zhenbei City, and it should be handled by our Zhenbei Yamen, although everyone is a government soldier, but the rules are the rules. The chasing soldiers were a little uncontrollable on their faces, he was sure that Ma Wu was not from Zhenbei City, but there were even more soldiers from Zhenbei City, and it was not uncommon for them to appear here, but if they meddled in other things at will, they would ignore it.

"Blind your dog's eye? Don't even know His Royal Highness King Qi anymore? This kid attacked His Highness just now, Lao Tzu is His Highness's guard, do you think it's appropriate? ”