"This seems to be a bit of a trick, but the minister has a suggestion, the government can be opened together with the non-governmental, and more things about Qi can be written in the private newspapers, so that the merchants can understand the Qi country more thoroughly and spread the reputation of the Qi country." Ma Zhou also had this idea temporarily, so he tried to say it, whether it could be done or not for the time being, and he wouldn't get pregnant if he tried it......

"Yes, your idea is very constructive, this matter will be handed over to you, and you will be fully responsible!" Li Yuanji couldn't help but glance at Ma Zhou more, the son can be taught, he learned to be flexible so quickly? It seems that the tune of this king. Teaching is still very effective.

Ma Zhou agreed with a smile, this matter is not difficult for himself, anyway, there is only one city in the north of the town now, and there are not many things that need to be busy by himself, so he can just be idle to do more other things and take the opportunity to improve himself.

Next, Ma Zhou personally experienced the convenience of movable type printing.

Under the guidance of Liu Da, Ma Zhou personally carried out a full page of typesetting, the speed is not as good as Liu Da's kind of veteran, but the effect is not bad, a quarter of an hour later, Ma Zhou arranged a whole page, and then under the guidance of the printer, personally smeared ink and printed a few pages.

The handwriting is clear and fair, exactly the same as the ones I saw before, and Ma Zhou also noticed a feature, each set of templates will be equipped with more frequently used words, which can increase the efficiency of printing without having to wait too much.

I had a hands-on experience of typesetting, paper cutting, printing, and then the final process, binding.

Different from the conventional binding technique, the binding here occupies a large number of manpower, and the paper-cutting government soldiers will also come to bind for a while, that is, two people pagination, the printed content is put together, one person holds a row of sharp iron needles, and presses it directly after alignment, and then there will be two people directly passing the needle and thread through these holes, and in a few breaths, a book will be bound to complete, and the high efficiency makes people a little confused.

A ten-person workshop can print thousands of books a day, such an efficiency is unmatched even if you look at the entire Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanji's proposal to distribute books for free, under such efficiency, is actually just a few days of busy craftsmen, nothing at all.

As for the cost, according to the data given by Li Yuanji, Ma Zhou carefully counted his fingers, the more printed, the cheaper, taking 1,000 copies as an example, the average cost of one copy is less than 100 yuan, most of which is the cost of paper.

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The scorching sun is scorching, and there is a thick burning sensation in the air, and those who are exposed to the sun will soon have their skin turned red, and in such ghost weather, even going out is also daunting.

On the ancient road of the Yellow River, the boats are moving forward slowly, and the slender man is working the shore, bare-chested, and even reluctant to put on a pair of shoes, just pulling the rope on the dirt or gravel road.

After several months of continuous transportation, 500,000 stone of grain finally arrived in Qi last time, which also made the families secretly relieved.

With the intensification of the drought in Guanzhong, the Central Plains and other places, the imperial court has found them more than once to ask for grain at a low price, and the major families have no choice but to release it little by little, but it is still unable to meet the hunger of millions of people.

The grain shipped to Qi is finished, and it should be a good time for the families to get rich, but things are always so unsatisfactory.

Standing under the eaves of the ship, the scorching sun could not be here, but the heat wave could easily sweep away here, Zheng Shanqi once again embarked on the road to the north, but this time he did not come with several other families.

The Maisons are not united, and only when their common interests are threatened, they work together.

"What's being built there?" It is getting closer and closer to Qi Guo, and even the busy crowd can be seen vaguely, not far from the dock, a construction site appeared, Zheng Shanqi pointed there and asked puzzledly.

"Third master, there is a new wharf, built of concrete, it is said that after it is built, any size of the ship can be parked in it, and there is no need to worry about the ship being washed away like now." Zheng Liu, the housekeeper who has been in charge of transportation, said with a smile.

The current wharf is only a temporary wharf, when the Yellow River is large, it must be reinforced on the shore, the cable is simply impossible to support such a large ship, time-consuming and laborious and laborious, there has been a danger that the boat was almost washed away before.

With a strong curiosity, the ship gradually docked on the dock, and the laborers who had been waiting here for a long time rushed up in an instant.

The current wharf can't stop for too long, so it is necessary to unload the cargo as soon as possible to reduce the weight of the ship, reduce the pulling force of the pile on the opposite shore, and prevent the ship from being washed away to the greatest extent.

Before transporting grain, Li Yuanji specially found Ding Nan to volunteer labor, and the salary was the grain given to them, which was the same as working on the construction site.

But the grain has already been shipped before, and if you come to the ship again, it will not be compulsory labor.

"What's going on?" Looking at the crowd that crowded up in an instant, instead of earning to unload, but directly offering a boat of five yuan per person, Zheng Shanqi asked with a gloomy face.

"Third master, didn't King Qi do it? It is said that the grain has been transported, and they are not obliged to help carry our goods, either they bring people to move them, or they hire people from the dock to move them, and the price is transparent, a group of 30 people, 5 yuan per person, and it costs 150 yuan to unload a shipload of goods. Zheng Liu also said a little depressed.

Others work, the main family pays, it is justified, and it can be justified anywhere.

But the Zheng family, who has long been accustomed to free unloading, finds it a little difficult to accept spending money to hire someone to unload.

Zheng Shanqi's old face darkened, and he instructed Zheng Liu: "Go and call out those Ding men in the cabin and let them come to unload the cargo." ”

Zheng Shanqi's visit this time is not just as simple as selling goods, but also bringing a large number of hidden households, he has his own people, why spend money to hire people? Although those people have long been starved, Lao Tzu has pulled you all the way to save you from the pain of rushing, and it is always no problem to move some goods when you get to the place, right?

"It's really unlucky, this person, the richer he is, the more he deducts, look at those people, how many days have they been starving? Can you do it? Chen Dafa, the leader of the rejection, complained to the fleet while leading people to find a place to rest.

"Chen Tou, what should we do?" One of them asked a little depressedly.

"What can I do? Find a place to rest! Chen Dafa complained angrily, people refuse to hire people, what can he do?

Thanks to the fact that they are not professional in doing this, those who come here to wait for unloading are on vacation and rest on the construction site, and take advantage of this gap to try their luck and see if they can make more money, if they rely on this alone, they will be starved to death sooner or later.

Looking at the migrants who stumbled in their footsteps, but kept unloading their goods under the supervision of the crew, although the speed was very slow, Zheng Shanqi was still very satisfied.

I brought more than 30 ships of goods over this time, and if I went to hire people, it would cost me more than four or five dollars.

Besides, there are not many things on the ship, most of the bottom are filled with immigrants, no matter what comfort or discomfort, more than 30 boats, while carrying goods, also brought nearly 10,000 immigrants over. With so many people, can't you move this bit of goods?

"Sell newspapers! This man, do you want a newspaper? A young boy with a few newspapers in his hand ran to Zheng Shanqi's side with a lot of eyes and shouted loudly.

Zheng Shanqi, who was attracted by the boy, couldn't help but look back, the boy was dressed up quite cleanly, but the clothes had been worn for I don't know how many years, and it was full of patches.

Zheng Shanqi was a little curious about this kind of fresh gadget, but it was very unfamiliar.

Saying that a book is not a book, saying that a painting is not a painting, a newspaper full of words? Zheng Shanqi couldn't help but be interested and asked, "How much?" ”

"It's not expensive, fifty dollars a piece!" The boy showed two rows of big white teeth and smiled stupidly.

Zheng Shanqi nodded secretly, there were so many words, although they were not bound like a book, but it was not expensive if it was only sold for fifty yuan, and continued to ask: "Tell me the reason why an old man bought it." ”

"Boy, give me a copy!" A gorgeously dressed young man threw out fifty coins and said disdainfully to the boy.

"Well, you can put away a newspaper!" directly ignored the contempt of the gorgeous young man, accepted fifty dollars, and gave away a newspaper.

The young man took the newspaper, swept it with his big eyes, couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, and said to Zheng Shanqi: "Uncle Zheng, it's better for the younger generation to persuade you to buy one, now the north city of this town has changed a lot, which places have been built, which places are for what, only such a newspaper can be seen at a glance." ”

"How do you know?" Zheng Shanqi was a little curious, Wang Tuo came with him, and he had never been here before, so he knew what Mao didn't know?

"Ask, everyone here knows ......" Wang Tuo gave a roll of his eyes, and then left the dock with the newspaper in his hand.

"Here's a copy!" Zheng Shanqi was indeed attracted by Wang Tuo's words, he wanted to see what changes had changed in Zhenbei City?

Having successfully sold two newspapers, the boy ran away from the dock with a smile on his face, there would be no more business here today, and it was a mess, and there could be no business, and he planned to try his luck at the door.

"Hey! Boy, you're so daring! ”

Chen Dafa, who was depressed, roared, and the boy who was running not far away was scared, and he held his money bag tightly.

"You...... You can't rob me of my money...... These must be handed over to the government! The boy's voice trembled as he warned, but the warning was so pale and weak.

"Phew! Lao Tzu is scarce about your little money or what? Chen Dafa spat violently, looked at the boy with an immortal expression, and continued: "Do you know who they are? Aren't you afraid that they will kill you if you sell them a newspaper for thirty dollars and sell them fifty dollars? ”

The boy snorted coldly, and said with a righteous face: "They don't bully people, so I won't trap them......"