When they arrived at Kunning Palace, the three brothers and sisters accompanied their parents to dinner, and during the chat, Zhu Houwei told Hongzhi and Empress Zhang about the expenditure of the Zhu Mansion, and said that it might increase the expenditure in the future, but Empress Zhang said with a unchanged face: "Don't worry, everything is a mother, and you only need to come and talk to your mother about the money, and it won't be short." Hongji also nodded slightly. Zhu Houwei was also moved. Now the inner library is quite abundant, but the end of the Hongzhi Dynasty was to advocate thrift, even the emperor and empress did not make a few new clothes a year. There are not many jewels of the queen, and most of them are tributed by Fanbang, rather than made by others. This strengthened his determination to open source.

When he returned to his room, he asked the palace maid to bring the paper, and then he began to write with his own charcoal, in order not to make any extraneous branches, the words were all arranged vertically, and no punctuation marks were used, because this book was to be sold outside the palace in the future, facing the whole Ming Dynasty. Regarding what Hongzhi told him that it was not appropriate to go outside the house to swagger around the market now, Zhu Houwei also thought so, after all, he was still too young now. Then he began his own "creation" business.

"The first time the wind and snow were shocked, the Qiantang River was mighty and mighty, day and night, endlessly bypassing the edge of Lin'an Niujia Village, and flowing into the sea in the east. There are dozens of black cypress trees in a row on the riverside, and the leaves are as red as fire, and it is the August day" A total of 40 times of "Shooting the Condor", Zhu Houwei spent three nights and two days to write. Then I let the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works take it and print it.

The printing is divided into two versions, one is a regular version for the general public, and the other is a hardcover version for the wealthy. After the estimation of the craftsman, the cost of the ordinary version is about 300 texts, the hardcover edition is engraving printing, the paper and ink are more advanced, and the cost is about one is divided into two volumes of 1 tael of silver, which is about 1200 texts, (at this time, the silver sea did not flow into China in large quantities, and it was still relatively scarce). There is also a collector's edition, which is to find a craftsman to insert pictures in the text, because it takes a long time, it has not been done yet, but the cost of this kind is 3 taels, which is enough for a family of 3 to live for a month.

Before asking Liu Jin to send people to negotiate with various bookstores in the capital, a total of 21, the book does not need to be printed by them, each book gives them a fixed commission, the requirement is that it must be recommended to the guests who come to the bookstore, and put the book in a conspicuous position, without the author's consent, it is not allowed to be printed privately. Then sign the contract and go to Shuntianfu to register and verify, and this is done.

In order to maintain the author's sense of mystery and some unnecessary troubles, Zhu Houwei frantically wrote the two big characters Jin Yong on the author, and said proudly, "I don't owe Jin Dada"

As a prince, the restriction of his identity makes him have more rules and regulations, but it also has the advantage, that is, he naturally has the following people to do things well. Liu Jin couldn't see through this 8-year-old prince, although he was not afraid of him, but he also wanted not to offend him, after all, there were Hongzhi and his master Zhu Houzhao standing behind him, so he was also very attentive. The matter of the bookstore was done in three days. On the fifth day after Zhu Houwei's writing, there were 300 sets and 100 sets of ordinary and hardcover editions on the market respectively, in fact, there were not many copies in each bookstore, but now it is still in the period of testing the waters, and I dare not make too many of them at once, and people in later generations have to do a lot of market analysis before the product goes on the market, and it may also go wrong in the end, not to mention the Ming Dynasty 500 years ago, it is always right to be careful. The hardcover edition is divided into two volumes, priced at 3 taels and 1 volumes, and the ordinary edition is not divided, and one is priced at one tael.

On this morning, Shilin Study came in 15 ordinary editions and 5 hardcover editions of "Shooting the Condor", because it was a person from Jinyiwei who came to talk at that time, so he knew that the background of this book was very deep, and he didn't dare to be perfunctory, so he put the book on the bookshelf near the door, and deliberately vacated a piece, and there were no other books next to it.

At about the moment of the hour, a scholar walked in, about 15 or 6 years old, dressed simply but not simply, wearing a brand-new jade-colored shirt, soap-colored edges, wide swings on both sides, a blue square scarf was simply wrapped around his head, and the exquisite jade pendant around his waist proved that this was a master who was not bad for money, with a delicate appearance, introverted, no arrogance, no hurry to speak, a calm tone and politeness, and a good tutor. I saw him arch his hands and say to the shopkeeper of the bookstore, "The shopkeeper, can there be "Jiaxuan Long and Short Sentences"?" Shopkeeper Lin hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Some of them are some, but there are few people who buy them, and they are put in the back room by the old man, and they have to look for it, Mr. Xiao can first take a look at the book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" at the door, the new novel that arrived today, and have a pastime of Chenguang, and the old man will go and get it." "It's okay, the shopkeeper goes, the students are not in a hurry." With that, the scholar walked to the door, picked up a hardcover version of "Shooting the Condor" and read it.

After about 10 minutes, Shopkeeper Lin took out a copy of "Jiaxuan Long and Short Sentences" from the back room and walked out, and saw that the scholar was still holding the book and reading, and he didn't speak, so he walked straight to the counter. It seems that this scholar loves this book very much, and he looked at it motionlessly, and the noise of the street traffic outside the door did not disturb him, but the shopkeeper Lin was not worried that he would not buy it after reading it, this scholar was not short of money, and most of the scholars in this year were still very disciplined.

After another half hour or so, another group of people came into the bookstore, who seemed to be students of Guozijian, and when the six people walked into the store, they were still arguing about how to break sentences and translate the articles taught yesterday. This is the original scholar who came back to his senses, took the hardcover version of the upper and lower volumes of "Shooting the Condor", and said to the shopkeeper Lin with some surprise: "I'm sorry, I forgot the time all of a sudden." Shopkeeper Lin smiled and said, "It's okay, Mr. Xiao likes this novel, so it's great." When a few scholars next to him heard that what novel was so powerful that it could make people forget the time, the scholar in his 20s walked to the counter, bowed to the little scholar and said, "This senior brother, what novel is so exciting, can you recommend it." "The little scholar also returned the salute" This "Legend of the Condor Heroes" was only entered by the shopkeeper today, although it is a novel, but the language is concise, sophisticated, and the plot is fascinating, which can be described as the pioneering work of the novel. "In these years, as long as you don't know a scholar, regardless of whether you are older or younger than you, you have to call yourself "senior brother" to show the humility of the master as a teacher. Although there is already a genre of novels in this era, most of them are vulgar plots that describe talented and beautiful women, and some are even glamorous, so they are not valued by the mainstream scholars, and the evaluation of the little scholars immediately aroused the interest of this group of scholars, so they also ran to the bookshelf at the door and took "Shooting the Condor" to read.

The little scholar turned his head to the shopkeeper Lin and said, "Shopkeeper, these two books are all for the students, a total of two silver geometry?" "Shopkeeper Lin smiled deeper" "Jiaxuan Long and Short Sentences" is 500 texts, this "Shooting the Condor" is a hardcover version, 3 taels each of the upper and lower two, a total of 6 taels and 500 texts. The little scholar took out a money bag woven of Shu brocade from his arms, took out the silver taels to settle the account, and walked out of the bookstore without hurrying out of the book.

Not long after leaving the bookstore, several scholars who were still reading books flocked to the counter and said to the shopkeeper, "I want this book, how much is it." "The wrinkles on the 50-year-old face of the shopkeeper Lin are all squeezed together" 2 volumes of the hardcover version, three taels each, 1 tael of the ordinary version, just bought one set, there are 4 sets left in the hardcover version, and there are still 15 copies of the ordinary version. Then 4 people bought the hardcover version, and 2 bought the ordinary version, and told the shopkeeper to buy more hardcover versions, and they will have more people to buy them tomorrow. Shopkeeper Lin replied, "Certainly, definitely." "The whole face is more and more like a dehydrated orange peel.

In the evening, the people of the Jinyi Guard came to confirm the situation. Lin shopkeeper down a day, all the "Condor Shooting" were all sold out, and there were many orders, seeing that the people of the joint came, they immediately happily said today's sales, and also took a big mouth, tomorrow will enter the hardcover version of 100 sets, the ordinary version of 500 sets. The people of Jinyiwei were also a little happy to hear it, because they knew that he also had errand money when he sold a copy of this book, and the reward money on it was 10 yuan, looking at today's situation, it is not a problem to sell 100 copies tomorrow, which means that there is an income of 1000 yuan, which is the income of ten days.

The commander of the Jinyi Guard of the Hongzhi Dynasty is Mu Bin, since the beginning of the Jinyi Guard, the hundred officials and the Jinyi Guard are opposites, but Mu Bin's character and ability are recognized by the civil and military officials. Mu Bin treats the criminals detained in the "Imperial Prison" very humanely, and all cases must be clear and correct, and all doubts must be returned to the Criminal Department for retrial. Mu Bin is not afraid of power, governs the prison fairly, and takes care of criminals like Li Mengyang in prison, which has been praised by the courtiers. As a controversial institution of state violence, not all emperors of the Ming Dynasty had a soft spot for Jinyiwei, such as Emperor Jianwen, Ming Renzong, Ming Xuanzong, Ming Xiaozong and other monarchs who advocated the implementation of "benevolent" government in the management of the country, all tried to suppress and even had plans to ban Jinyiwei, but it was precisely because of the emergence of Jinyiwei managers such as Zhu Ji, Yuan Bin, and Mu Bin in the history of Jinyiwei that Jinyiwei always played an important role in the development of the Ming Dynasty's regime.

However, the boss is fair and strict, and the people below don't dare to do evil, so the life is also tight, at that time asked people to negotiate, others were unwilling, thinking that there was no oil and water, and now the 21 people sent out are also not valued in each hundred households, but now it's too late to regret it, this person has been reported, and there is no way to change it. At the end of the day, 21 people went directly to Zhu's mansion to report the situation to Liu Jin, and except for one of the 21 bookstores that was located in a remote location and was not sold out, the other 20 were all sold out.

This time everyone is happy, the shopkeepers of the bookstore are very happy, after all, such a good book is rare, and the ordinary version is 200 Wen, the hardcover version is 800 Wen, the income is very considerable, Jinyiwei is also very happy, 21 people each have 10 Wen errand money, 50 Wen in 100 households, 50 Wen in 100 households, 50 Wen in 100 households, and 50 Wen in the highest Zhenfu Division, although not much, but the fly is small It is also meat. The craftsmen are also very happy, because they also have bonuses for each successful printing of books, not more than a total of 50 Wen, and a hardcover set of 200 Wen, but now the status of craftsmen is low, and they still live in the capital with higher prices, so it is also a good thing to have more income, with bonuses and wages, at least the old and young of the family can also have enough to eat. Liu Jin was very happy, "Look, there is nothing that cannot be done badly in the things handed over to our family, this person is too capable and will have troubles, the master is the first to think of our family if he wants to do anything, and our family is also very busy and distressed, haha." Zhu Houwei is also very happy, with money can do more things, as a person in later generations, he deeply understands the importance of money. It's a good day, and everyone is looking forward to tomorrow.