"I've seen a petty official."

Liu Ru saluted Yu Guozhen, Yu Guozhen saw that she had a new jade bracelet in her hand, he remembered that this bracelet was originally on Fang Ziyi's wrist, and his heart said that this little girl was amazing, not only did Fang Ziyi and her like sisters, but also deceived a piece of jewelry.

"I've seen my brother." After she finished saluting, Fang Ziyi let go of her hand, which was also a blessing.

Seeing that everyone else is very ladylike, Xiao Zining is naturally not far behind, although she is ten years old, she is still innocent and cute: "I've seen my brother-in-law!" ”

This brother-in-law, Fang Ziyi's face suddenly blushed, but she was secretly happy in her heart, because this showed her ownership of Yu Guozhen. She was very well educated, although she was very curious in her heart, she lowered her eyebrows and didn't look at Liu Ruye's face next to her.

She had already learned from Fang Yizhi that Yu Guozhen had a personal maid by his side, the most bright and wise, much more powerful than the previous Xiaolian. This time, I pulled Liu Ru to look at the library, firstly, I was really curious about how Yu Guozhen's books were printed, and secondly, I also wanted to see the surname of this personal maid, because if there was no accident, this personal maid would be Yu Guozhen's concubine.

"Family, no formality." Yu Guozhen said shamelessly: "Ziyi, Zining, what books did you check to show you?" ”

Fang Yizhi next to him almost fell, and the words "family" were said so lightly, his cheap brother-in-law was really cheeky.

"Just came in, if the girl hasn't had time to pick up the book, the world brother and the eldest brother will arrive."

"In that case, let's pick up the books and read them together, boy Ning, what books do you like, just say it!"

If it is placed in the future generations, this library is nothing, it is nothing more than the door in the middle of the three rooms is transparent, but in the eyes of Fang Yizhi's brothers and sisters, it is rare to see so many books, especially Fang Ziyi, she is a woman, that is, someone else's family has a library, and it is not convenient to borrow it, and she is very happy to see this room full of books.

However, it seems that there are many books, but there are not many categories, and there are only more than 20 kinds in total, and a small half of them are Liu Ru has seen.

"This is the second volume of the Storm Collection?" Fang Yizhi saw the most numerous: "Speaking of which, how did "Storm Collection" sell for the first time? ”

"Excellent, only Nanjing City, has sold 3,000 copies, Suzhou City has sold 1,500 copies, Yangzhou City also has this number, Hangzhou is slightly second, more than 1,000 copies, Yanjing sales are not yet known, Shuzhong, Huguang situation, also do not know." At the mention of this, Yu Guozhen laughed: "But I expect that the three places will not be less than Nanjing, and the blessing of the test, scholars from all over the world gathered in the north and south of the two capitals, and many people have bought it." ”

"This is also your cheap price, such paper, such handwriting, only sold for fifty wen...... I'm afraid that the more you sell, the more you lose, right? ”

Yu Guozhen smiled, the first issue of "Storm Collection" is his test of the waters, priced at fifty wen a book, although it is cheap, but if the quantity can be sold, it can completely break even, and even have a small surplus. He used stamping and forging to make lead-antimony alloy movable type, which cost much less than other printing houses, so he dared to set the price very low. At such a price, even if other printing companies saw that "Storm Collection" was selling well and pirated copies followed suit, they would not be able to compete with it.

Judging from the current situation, it is not a problem for the first issue of "Storm Collection" to sell 10,000 copies, fifty wen a copy, and he has to give up part of the profits when he entrusts the bookseller to sell it, so the total amount of funds returned is about three hundred taels, which is enough for the expenditure of paper and ink.

"Where's my book?" Fang Yizhi saw that he had calculated the accounts of the "Storm Collection" in detail, but he didn't mention his poetry collection for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "What about the old man's book?" ”

"The boss is easy to learn from famous artists, so there are many buyers, and 3,000 copies have been sold. As for you, Brother Mi, do you think you have the reputation of being an adult? ”

Fang Yizhi shook his head in shame, although he had a reputation among the younger generation of Shilin, he was still far behind his father.

"Do you have an old man talking about Yi Lao Spicy in your poems?"

Fang Yizhi shook his head again, at this time, although his poems were already full of talent, they were also full of madness and sorrow.

"Yes, I also think it's strange, you want to have a reputation and no reputation, and you want to write without writing, but why did your poetry collection sell more than the boss on "Yi", and sold 5,000 copies!" Yu Guozhen laughed.

Fang Yizhi suddenly understood that he was being tricked by him, and he stepped forward to make a move, the two had a fight, and saw Fang Ziyi's lips smiling, and Liu Ru also became a gourd.

In fact, the reason why Fang Yizhi's poems sell a lot, Yu Guozhen is clear in his heart, there are fewer people who are really proficient in "Yi" after all, and there are many who can write a few poems and limerick poems and comment on each family. In addition, Fang Yizhi joined the Restoration Society, as long as the scholars of the Restoration Society saw his poetry collection, how could they not be popular, and the printing of the book was extremely exquisite, and the price was low, which was for collection, and it was enough to cover the price of the 100 books.

You must know that at this time, there are more than 2,700 scholars who have officially joined the Restoration Society!

"Jimin, thank you." After Fang Yizhi made a fuss, he suddenly threw away his clothes and waved to Yu Guozhen: "If it weren't for Jimin, I don't know if my poems would come out before the age of forty." ”

"In this way, I can save the money of polishing the pen, right?"

"No, my brother will settle the accounts, thank you and thank you, you have to give me a penny for my pen, I am going to Jinling soon, that is the land of gold powder in the Six Dynasties, there is no money in my hands, how can I live freely!"

"I have to seal it for you, I have to sell it for you, and I have to give you money, so what do I want?"

"Who made you my brother-in-law, I am your brother-in-law!" Fang Yizhi also learned from Yu Guozhen's cheekiness.

Fang Ziyi's face suddenly turned red again, she really couldn't stay with these two people, so she pulled Liu Ru is hand: "If so, you said that there is an interesting travelogue, can you take me to see it?" ”

"Okay." Liu Ru pursed her lips and laughed.

"Jimin, in the future, no matter what your book is, for each one printed, you will give me a copy, and I will also build a library pavilion!"

"Naturally, there's no problem, as long as you want."

Fang Yizhi flipped through the second issue of "Storm Collection" in his hand, compared with the rest of the books, the content of this book covers a wide range, the first half is a reading notebook, and the second half is a travelogue and practical content, when reading the first issue, Fang Yizhi has a feeling, this is a book specially compiled for scholars, and now that he has read the second issue, he is more sure.

"What the boss said is really right, the ambition of the people is not small, this "Storm Collection" is actually to ask the scholar to look at the world, not just stick to the four books and five classics, Tang poems and Song lyrics." Fang Yizhi thought in his heart.

He didn't know that Fang Kongzhi still had a conjecture that he hadn't said, the price of "Storm Collection" was so low that almost anyone who read could afford it, and with its popularity, Yu Guozhen's influence in Shilin would become greater and greater!

Although there are many people in the world who read, but there are few who really have their own opinions, and the vast majority of them will inevitably have the heart of conformity, if there is a voice around them, then they will get used to that voice until they obey that voice. Fang Kongzhi only vaguely guessed Yu Guozhen's intentions, and only Yu Guozhen, who came from later generations, knew the horror of media public opinion.

Donglin and Fushe now control public opinion, especially Zhang Pu, who has a great influence, unparalleled in the world, although he is reckless, he can have a great influence, and can even directly interfere with the appointment and dismissal of officials in the court, like Zhang Guowei can be appointed governor of the sky, and Zhang Pu has made a great contribution behind him.

"Hey, what's this book?"

flipped through the second issue of "Storm Collection", Fang Yizhi put it away, and then saw another book, the number of printing of this book was larger than that of "Storm Collection", but the page number was thinner than "Storm Collection".

""People's Livelihood Miscellaneous", unlike "Storm Collection", this book is specially sold to those traders and citizens." Yu Guozhen smiled and picked up a copy.

From the very beginning, Yu Guozhen had a detailed plan, "Storm Collection" was aimed at Shilin, and in addition to this, there must also be a magazine aimed at the citizens and the squire class. After the success of "Storm Collection", he immediately launched "People's Livelihood Miscellaneous".

"Hawkers? Can they understand? Fang Yizhi laughed: "Jimin, this time you did it, most of the traders and citizens can't read big characters, you show them such books, just like the so-called pearl secretly cast, and the pretty face is shown to the blind!" ”

"How can Brother Mi know that the traders and citizens don't know a single word?" Yu Guozhen said.

"Why do you need to ask, reading and literacy is a big deal, and the small people are short-sighted, where can they be willing to go to a private school? In my estimation, one out of a hundred traders can read and write. ”

Yu Guozhen smiled dumbly, this estimate is similar to the conclusion of some open-minded novelists in later generations. In reality, however, the numbers are very different.

"What, do you think the foolish brother is wrong?"

"Brother Mi knows the principle of learning from things, first learning things and then knowing, how many literate people I have in the Ming Dynasty, and they also need to know after learning things." Yu Guozhen raised a finger: "If we take the rich land on both sides of the Yangtze River as an example, the younger brother sent someone to investigate, and there are two out of ten men above the age of fifteen who can read and write." ”

"What, that's not possible!" Fang Yizhi was surprised: "There are so many people who are literate? I remember that there are believers in the people, and many people send letters, and they all need to be entrusted to believers, where will there be so many people who are literate? ”

"Brother, literacy is not necessarily writing, and writing is not necessarily writing articles." Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "As long as they can understand the sentences in "People's Livelihood Miscellaneous", they can! ”

Fang Yizhi opened the "People's Livelihood Miscellaneous" and found that on the title page, the whole book was divided into six parts, the first of which was "Local Customs", containing three articles, the author was "Xu Lin", all of which introduced products from various places. He turned the first article to see, but it was an introduction to Jinhua ham, both historical allusions, and the production area, the text is all vernacular, if you talk about it from the literary style, it is really not a little literary style, but such a literary article, as long as you are coarse and literate, you can understand.

Even the most headache of the reader's broken sentence is predetermined by punctuation sentences in "People's Livelihood Miscellaneous"!

"Jimin, you have done a fine job." Fang Yizhi vaguely felt that Yu Guozhen's compilation of "People's Livelihood Miscellaneous" had another deep meaning, but he couldn't think of it for a while, so he could only still be entangled in sales: "It's just this thing...... Is it really sellable, literati, I'm afraid I don't have any interest in him, you say that there are more literate people in the north and south of the Yangtze River, but what about the whole Ming Dynasty? ”

"The literacy rate of men over the age of 15 will not be less than 5 percent." Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "The total number is about five million, and there are too few books on the market dedicated to them!" ”

(To be continued)