Chapter 113: Xinhua News (I)
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Li Guangdi took Geng Jingzhong's new task and went non-stop. Now all the people under his command are busy in full swing, and there is a feeling of racing against time, but he himself has not much to do, and he is completely a hands-off shopkeeper.
Presumably, after increasing publicity in the south, the caravans coming and going from Houyu Port will continue to increase. Yesterday I came up with the idea of advertising, and at the same time, I was connected with the idea of starting a newspaper. Originally, last year, I had this idea out of nowhere, but because I was busy with the mess in the starting point town at that time, I forgot about it. Later, it was the shipyard, the training of the navy to defend Mawei, and a series of other things that he never remembered.
Now that this matter has been mentioned, there can be no longer delay, anyway, all aspects are already on the right track, and there is a special person in charge of each piece, not to mention the big housekeeper Li Guangdi. Geng Jingzhong immediately returned to Fuzhou City, preparing to discuss with the merchants of the printing workshop in the city.
The Jingnan Royal Mansion is still the same, and there has been no change at all. Since the birth of his grandson, the old prince has been in better health, and it is no problem to walk by himself, and he no longer needs to be supported by others. My son is four months old, but I rarely hold him. In the past few months, he has always been running outside, and he has not been at home for more than ten days a month, so he has been reprimanded by his family every time. However, the old prince Geng Jimao and his wife Huanxi did not have any words, and they supported him very much.
In the month since the pirates returned to Mawei, he has returned to the palace several times, but the time has not been long, but this is already very good, adding up to half a month. After dismounting, he was still dressed in dusty clothes, and before he had time to change, he went to greet his parents before returning to his bedroom. Every time they see their parents, they seem to have countless things to say, but many times they are silent, Geng Jingzhong understands their thoughts, and feels the soft and warm feeling alone.
When she got back to her room, the nurse withdrew. "Xianggong, Wenwen has been asleep for a while, let me pick him up and show you?"
"Don't!" Geng Jingzhong hurriedly waved his hand. "Let the little guy fall asleep first, don't worry, anyway, he doesn't know who his Lao Tzu is!".
"Huh!" Yu Xi pursed her lips and smiled. Geng Jingzhong came to the side of the crib, lifted the small curtain, and looked sweetly at the little baby sleeping sweetly. The crib was made before the baby was born, as was the stroller at the door. Geng Jingzhong specially hired skilled carpenters to create these things according to his own wishes. Some small toys such as bells are specially hung on the small bed and trolley to tease the child and play with him.
Before I knew it, it had been more than four months since the child was born. When he came back from the purging of pirates, he held the child all day long and did not let go, this was the first child in his previous life and this life, and he was a rare treasure. A big fat boy, with a chubby face, a pair of big eyes flickering, especially the big mouth, the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned when he laughs, and he cries very loudly. Now look at the baby's face, pink and tender, white and fat, although this time is already late autumn, but the weather in Fuzhou is still quite hot, morning and evening cool. The little baby was not even covered with a thin flannel cloth, but he was not worried about getting cold. The little guy slept very quietly, and he didn't use his arms to kick his legs.
Geng Jingzhong was worried that the child would catch a cold, so he pulled the small flannel cloth that he usually covered and covered the little guy. After the cover, he gently stroked the child's smooth and firm little fat legs with his warm palm, and said softly to Huanxi: "When it's okay, touch his body more, the baby will feel very comfortable, and it will increase the relationship between your mother and son."
Yu Xi looked at him in surprise: "Is there such a statement?" There are so many people who know about it."
"Well, I've taken babies before, and I'm very experienced!" Geng Jingzhong muttered secretly in his heart.
The little baby is lying on the small bed and sleeping in a flat herringbone shape, this sleeping position is exactly the same as him. Geng Jingzhong never slept sideways when he slept, he always slept honestly and upright, and he didn't turn over when he slept, and he slept until dawn. The little guy sleeps very well, and he doesn't scratch his face, which saves him and the nurses a lot of trouble.
After looking at it for a while, it may be that the little guy felt something, or he was full of sleep, and slowly opened his eyes. The little guy looked at the two quietly with a pair of clear eyes, but did not cry. His eyebrows and facial features are very delicate, like Huanxi, only the nose is very tall and straight like Geng Jingzhong, not as small as Huanxi. The skin is also like Huanxi, white and tender, not as dark as Geng Jingzhong. The son follows his mother, it's really true.
When she was young, she could also be regarded as growing up on horseback and exercising regularly, so her body bones were much stronger than those of Jiangnan women. Whether it is in the capital or in Fuzhou, the living conditions can be regarded as the best, so the little guy weighs eight pounds when he is born, and he looks like six or seven months old in ordinary people in four months, and his body bones are much stronger than ordinary people's.
The little guy's sparkling eyes didn't know what he was looking at, Geng Jingzhong stretched out his right hand and gently stroked his little face. Suddenly, his expression changed, Geng Jingzhong thought that the little guy was accidentally hurt by him and wanted to cry, but he made a smile to Geng Jingzhong. Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but praise: "Haha, my son will still play tricks on him, enough ability!" ”。
His mouth was big, Geng Jingzhong teased him, his small nose was long, his big mouth was grinning, and he smiled again. "Haha!" Geng Jingzhong also showed a happy smile, it turned out that the little guy didn't have a tooth! The little baby's little arms and legs are chubby, like snow-white lotus roots, tender and tight! His little feet were less than half the length of Geng Jingzhong's palms, small and exquisite, and extremely compact. He was lying on the small bed, under Geng Jingzhong's teasing, his little arms kept waving, his calves kept kicking, the flannel covering his body was kicked aside, and his mouth made a "cluck" sound from time to time, like a little music conductor!
Suddenly, the little one's hands stopped dancing. The foot kicked twice, blinked and blinked and soaked in urine and rushed out, forming an arc full of all poured on the mattress under him, fortunately Geng Jingzhong's hand retracted in time, otherwise it would have been poured on his hand. "Yo, pee! The little guy is really capable, your dad just came back and welcomed me in this way! ”
Early the next morning, Geng Jingzhong asked the owner of the largest printing workshop in Fuzhou to be invited to the palace. All the book printing in Fuzhou City is from this printing workshop, which can be said to be quite large.
"Xiaomin Wang Guangxing has seen the son!" Wang Guangxing, the owner of the printing workshop, entered the lobby, raised his eyes and saw Geng Jingzhong, so he immediately took a few steps forward to salute Geng Jingzhong. Since he received a message from the people of the palace early in the morning, his heart has been going up and down, I don't know what His Royal Highness the Prince is looking for him? However, when I thought of the son of the world being kind to others, my heart became a lot more stable. However, on the way to the road, I have been thinking that although the printing industry is very prosperous in Fujian, the profit is not large. Only when a large quantity is shipped to the Wa Kingdom, it can still make a profit, and the others are not satisfactory. The biggest disadvantage of this industry is that it is difficult to grow in scale, so the printing industry has not been big!
"Shopkeeper Wang, please take a seat!" Geng Jingzhong made a gesture of inviting him to sit down, and at the same time, the maids on the side began to come up to serve tea.
Wang Guangxing was still a little hesitant to sit down, so Geng Jingzhong said again, "Please sit, there is no need to be restrained in front of you." Wang Guangxing arched his hand and sat down on the chair.
"I don't know if the prince called the villain, but what do you have to order?"
"Drink tea!" Geng Jingzhong took a sip of the tea bowl, and then continued: "I heard that the Shichang Bookstore of the Wang shopkeeper is the largest printing workshop in Fuzhou, and there are just some things that need to be assisted by the Wang shopkeeper, so I ordered someone to invite the Wang shopkeeper to come over and discuss. ”
"But according to the orders of the prince, the villain must do his best!" Wang Guangxing immediately stood up again, arched his hand, and answered very simply. At this time, he also figured out that if the prince wanted to be unfavorable to him, he didn't need to be so polite or troublesome. The prince has something to order, maybe he can use this to climb the big tree of Jingnan Palace, if this is the case, he is developed!
"Hey, sit! It's not a problem. You answer me a few questions first! Geng Jingzhong paused. How is your workshop printing capacity? How much can you make per month? ”
Wang Guangxing pondered for a while and replied, "Hui Shizi, the villain's workshop often prints a large number of books and sends them to the Wa Kingdom, so the printing capacity is still good, and it is also the largest in Fuzhou City. In the west of the city occupies a large courtyard, a total of fifteen houses, eighty craftsmen, and all printing equipment is complete. Profit of about 800 taels per month! What he said was also the truth, all of them were recorded, and Geng Jingzhong could have sent someone to verify it.
"If you were to print 20,000 sheets of paper like this in a day, would you be able to do that?" As he spoke, Geng Jingzhong took out a piece of paper that was two feet long and one and a half feet wide. The paper was divided into several plates, neatly arranged and covered with small pieces of paper, each with different contents. This is Geng Jingzhong's masterpiece for more than an hour, and it is too tiring to write the contents of this newspaper by hand, so it is better to paste them together in small fragments, and the effect is the same.
Wang Guangxing took it and looked at it, and his eyes rolled. "Back to the world, the villain can do it by recruiting a few more engraving masters!"