"How is this possible?"

"What's impossible?"

The sales of 3,000 copies shocked the eldest grandson Wuji, but Chu Suiliang, who had already been shaken, had already figured it out after thinking about it for two days.

"There are 480,000 soldiers and civilians in Chang'an, how many aristocratic officials and scholars, and there are more than 8,000 people in the Guozijian alone." As a retired prime minister who once ruled, Chu Suiliang certainly knows how different Chang'an is, where the wealth of the world is gathered, and the elites of the world are also gathered.

There are more people reading in this city than anywhere else in the world.

What can you do in Chang'an with forty or fifty dollars? The price of grain, forty or fifty cents is just the price of a bucket of rice. In Chang'an City, if you buy a bucket of wine, it will start at least 100 yuan, and a better wine will be 10,000 yuan.

Forty or fifty yuan is just a few mutton-filled cakes.

"Yes."

The eldest grandson Wuji said with a wry smile, in his impression, books are expensive and have nothing to do with ordinary people. Ordinary people can't afford it, and they can't read it, but he forgot that this Chang'an News Newspaper, which is dozens of pages, is actually not a book, and the content of 20,000 words is equivalent to two volumes of scriptures, but the price is less than one hundredth of the price of two volumes of scriptures.

It is absolutely normal for two volumes of scriptures to cost four or five times, and there are even some conscience prices, but Li Xiao's Chang'an News only sells for forty or fifty yuan.

It seems that this newspaper cannot be profitable at all, but people go by volume. Chu Suiliang also said that he originally said that 1,000 copies would be printed, but later it was printed twice, a full 3,000 copies.

Chang'an's 480,000 soldiers and civilians, 3,000 newspapers are indeed not much, after all, the price is so cheap. Forty or fifty yuan a serving, but three thousand copies, which can add up to more than a hundred.

The third issue in January, even if the issue is 3,000 copies, in fact, it is less than 500 copies, which is only sales revenue, not profit. But it can be sold for more than 400 pieces in January, and it is estimated that there will still be some surplus.

But people at the level of the eldest grandson Wuji, they don't simply look at things to see if they make money. What he saw was the influence of the Chang'an News after it could sell 3,000 copies, and it has always been a way to grasp public opinion.

Books are the continuation of the mouthpiece of the person, the transmission of ideas.

Although it is reasonable not to be loud, but sometimes, speaking loudly can really make more people hear you.

"Three thousand."

The eldest grandson was amazed.

Over there, Han Ying said, "Actually, the so-called 3,000 copies also have a lot of water, I asked people to inquire, this inaugural issue, Li Xiao is half sold and half sent, and there are many restaurants and tea shops in the capital Baisi Yamen, Guozijian, and many restaurants, tea shops, and Li Xiao has delivered a lot of them for free." Even on the wall of his newly renovated 480 toilets, he had newspapers posted on them for people to browse for free. ”

Of the 3,000 servings, there must be 1,000 servings of water.

But even if you get rid of a thousand, there are still two thousand. And even if the 1,000 copies are not sold, but what, the 1,000 copies are not thrown in, they are still shown to others, and may even be seen by more people.

It is impossible for only one person to read a newspaper, if three or five people see a newspaper, it means that this newspaper can be spread to the eyes of 10,000 people, and through the mouths of these 10,000 people, then Li Xiao's Chang'an news can be known to almost the entire Chang'an people.

Through the Chang'an News, Li Xiao can actually say something to the entire Chang'an.

What a remarkable feat this is, even the government may not have had such a rapid influence in the past. And now, Li Xiao can achieve no less influence than the government just through a newspaper.

Now the news in this newspaper is very decent, but what Changsun Wuji sees through the phenomenon is the essence.

"This Li Xiao is unexpected everywhere. If the old man is still in the political hall, he will definitely summon Li Xiao as soon as possible and bring this Chang'an news newspaper under the control of the imperial court. ”

Chu Suiliang also nodded, a newspaper that can quickly transmit its voice to the entire Chang'an, this is public opinion. It is public opinion that will have its own views and attitudes, and it is impossible to be completely objective and fair, such as the Baekje victory reported on the front page of today's headlines, here in the face of Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang's praise and praise, it is obvious, what is this, this is the attitude, this is the guidance of public opinion.

And there is a version in the back that is dedicated to the situation in the southern part of Baijiang that General Xue Suer is now occupying, saying that the climate there is excellent, the land is fertile, etc., if you link the current imperial court to prepare for the second issuance of bonds, can't you also see the direction?

The imperial court issued bonds twice, but both of them used Baekje's land and slaves as collateral to borrow money from noble merchants.

There is also this advertisement for Lou Guandao, and even the attached god list, the eldest grandson can see it, and it is not so simple behind it.

"I heard that Li Xiao's printing workshop has received a lot of big orders from Louguandao before, and now he has written a list of gods, obviously respecting the Tao, which is not simple."

Han Ying said, "Everyone can see that Li Xiao, this kid has received many benefits from Lou Guan Dao." Now Lou Guandao has handed over more than a dozen copies of the Taoist scriptures to his printing bureau for printing, and his book of the gods is tailor-made for Taoism, I heard that Lou Guandao gave the Fengshen Bang a thousand words and 3,000 manuscript fees, and after the book was published, he also gave thirty percent of the book sales. ”

Collusion of interests of Chiguoguo.

Lou Guandao gave money, and Li Xiao helped them build momentum. This is true of the printed Taoist scriptures, and the same is true of the current writing of the god list.

If the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang continue to govern, they will definitely not let such a powerful weapon of public opinion be in the hands of others.

But now it's not these old guys in power, it's Li Ji who is the head of the government, and Li Ji is actually not very good at interfering in government affairs, he has a completely different style from the eldest grandson, when the eldest grandson is in power, everything has to be decided by himself, but Li Ji is like a bodhisattva, after pulling the eldest grandson off the horse, he returned to the past style and ignored government affairs.

This is the result of his background as a military commander and his usual cautiousness.

And Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, but none of them ran out to clean up Li Xiao, firstly, Li Xiao is now very favored by the emperor, and secondly, Li Xiao has a good relationship with Li Ji. Li Xiaogang was angry with Cui Zhiyi, and the upstarts of Li Yifu, who also disliked the old scholars, didn't know how happy they were.

And it is still unknown whether they can understand the special nature of Chang'an News.

Not to mention, Han Ying also revealed that Chang'an News is not only Li Xiao is the president and editor-in-chief, but the eldest princess Lantian is also a partner and editor-in-chief.

In this context, the Chang'an News is now selling so hot, but there is no movement in the court at all.

"Traitorous ministers are in charge, and these traitors will mislead the country sooner or later." Since the eldest grandson Wuji retired, he rarely scolded the group of ministers in power, and the scolding was still very difficult to hear.