Chapter 56: Youzhou (12)
"Gewu Monthly" printed 2,000 copies, 1,000 copies of the blue edition, and 1,000 copies of color plates, all of which were sold out in less than an hour. Many people find that the content of the publication is good and want to go back and buy a few more copies. If you live close, you can come in time, but I was told to buy a limited number of ten copies. Others that came slowly, were not bought again.
When they returned dejected, they found a young boy about ten years old selling newspapers on the side of the street, and the young boy who sold newspapers was actually wearing the clothes of a clerk at Gewu Bookstore, which was one yard smaller.
"How many monthly magazines do you have left, I want them all." A family member approached him.
The boy grinned and said, "Thank you, twenty-four." ”
When the family heard this, their eyebrows were raised: "One is only ten wen, and two are not twenty wen?" ”
The child said seriously: "Big brother, I walk the streets and alleys, and I also have to beg for a living!" I can buy pancakes for a few pennies, and I can support myself. ”
Jia Ding was angry: "You are sitting on the ground and raising the price, I will give twenty-one articles, ten copies!" ”
A child next to him immediately came over: "Let's follow later, see whose family is it, and actually snatch the toddler's baked cake!" ”
The family waved his hand and scolded: "Who robbed your baked cakes?" ”
A few children jumped around and said, "Buying and selling, shame, shame, shame." ”
The family didn't want to pay attention to these children, and said to the newsboy: "Twenty-one articles, I will buy ten copies." As soon as you change hands, you will earn ten cents. Little bunny, don't be dissatisfied! ”
The newsboy took two steps back, and then pointed to the family: "If you insist on buying it for twenty yuan, it's okay, but we will follow you to see which one you belong to." ”
Is this a lawsuit? The family was furious and dragged the newsboy: "Little rabbit cub, is it too little to give you twenty-one articles?" ”
"Robbery, someone is robbing!" A few children began to heckle.
This is on the street, and the children's shouting immediately attracted the attention of all parties.
Seeing that the situation was not good, this Ding let go of his hand, pointed at the newsboy and shouted: "This kid sells two monthly magazines for twenty-four yuan, isn't this a money robbery?" ”
A scholar next to him stepped forward and said, "This kid just said that he wants to make ends meet. If you don't buy it if it's too expensive, why bother your child? ”
Another aunt also said: "Look at your dress, it's Zhang Yuan's family!" If Zhang Yuanwai knew that you were like this......"
Before the words were finished, the family Ding suddenly shuddered!
It's a small thing to not be able to buy a monthly magazine, and if it gets out that he bullies his children and forces them to buy a monthly magazine, it will be bad!
That family member is also a person who can bend and stretch, and immediately smiled and said: "It's me who is wrong, it's me who is wrong." In this way, twenty-four texts, sell me ten copies! ”
The newsboy didn't twist it, and counted ten monthly magazines to him. Because the blue journal and the color journal are folded together, there are two copies in one hand. Only a very small number of people will buy one publication alone, after all, the content of both publications is suitable for the whole family!
Zeng Shuzhi and Li Cai were also reading this publication, they came to the bookstore early to read books, and they originally wanted to queue up to buy a monthly magazine. But the clerk said you can buy it inside,
Li Cai couldn't help but applaud, he said excitedly: "This color magazine can be shown to my sister, she has always wanted to learn embroidery, but entering the embroidery room is almost equivalent to selling herself, the first three years to work for free, the last three years to work day and night." My mother has been reluctant to send her into the embroidery room, but now she can learn these stitches at home. ”
Zeng Shuzhi couldn't help but whisper: "These first aid methods can save people's lives!" "His grandfather was choking on peanuts. Thinking of this, his eyes turned red, if he had known the first aid method at that time, his grandfather would not have to go so early.
The scholar next door was also flipping through the monthly magazine, and he said to the person next to him: "Next time I want to try to write poems and submit articles, my grandmother has a good job of cooking, so I asked her if the old man would like to publish it." ”
The person next to him responded: "I'll also go back and ask, my mother's roasted chestnuts taste good, and I also want to submit a manuscript to try it." ”
Zeng Shuzhi thought about it carefully, what can he contribute?
"Gewu Monthly" caused a sensation in the entire Pingyang Mansion in one fell swoop, Lu Yingfang asked the printing master to print 1,000 copies of the blue plate and the color plate each, but now it is sold out in the afternoon, and many people buy it back, they think it is very good, so they immediately come to buy dozens of copies, or even hundreds of copies. She asked people to put up notices that they would be out of stock today and sold again tomorrow.
The printing master and several apprentices also received a lot of rewards, and they immediately plunged into the intense printing work at full speed, and even Da Niu, Liangzi, Zhuanzi, Lin Zi and Jiao Er all stepped forward to help. When Master Tao found out about this, he also sent someone over to ask if he needed help.
Lu Yingfang naturally needed more manpower, so Master Tao sent seven people over. The first Zhizhi Garden only has a shop that is used to sell the four treasures of the study, and the two courtyards in the back are used as printing plants. Fifteen of them are working in there right now!
When Lu Yingfang arrived in the afternoon, she received a lot of posts.
The Zhao family was excited, feeling that the Lan family was about to re-enter the circle of the powerful.
However, Lu Yingfang is very calm, and the posts sent now are all about inquiring about the news, so it is better to put it first. She asked Zhao to reply one by one, the bookstore was busy, and it was approaching the New Year, so she wouldn't come to the door as a guest first. Finally, he also expressed the hope that they would submit more papers.
On this day, the post house is very busy.
"It's strange, it's going to be the New Year, why is there a sudden increase in letters from Pingyang Mansion?" Lao Guan, the person in charge of the post station, looked at the two tables full of letters, and what was even more strange was why these letters were so thick? What family affairs need to be written about so much?
"Isn't this a silver ticket?" One of them quipped.
The corners of Lao Guan's mouth twitched: "It's not dark yet, are you daydreaming?" Even if it's a silver ticket, it's not yours, do you dare to take it? ”
Lao Guan's grandson came over with something and stuffed it into his arms: "Grandfather, grandmother said to let you send it to my father." ”
Lao Guan picked it up and took a look, monthly?
The grandson is only six years old, and he speaks very neatly: "This is the best-selling monthly magazine in Binh Duong Province." Grandfather and grandmother spent thirty yuan to buy it. Send it out, grandmother will wait! ”
Unexpectedly, Lao Guan was fascinated by the monthly magazine and did not respond to his grandson.
"Grandfather......" The grandson stepped forward and grabbed his hand.
"Don't be noisy, don't be noisy......" Lao Guan waved his hand, and suddenly reacted, these two tables are full of letters, aren't they both containing monthly magazines?
The young man next to him also came over to take a look: "I heard that there is a bookstore in Pingyang City where you can read books for free, and you have to collect manuscripts!" That's what I'm doing, huh? Not to mention, it's really good-looking! If only those scripts could be colored like this......"
Lao Guan glanced at him: "Your brain is all yellow material, look at it, the things in this monthly magazine are very useful!" ”
"You don't take the imperial examination, and you can't read these articles......" the young man dismissed.
Lao Guan slapped the young man's shoulder with a palm, and the young man grinned: "Uncle Guan......"
Lao Guan handed over the monthly magazine in his hand: "I remember that your father and mother planted a lot of radish, hurry up and take a look at this pickled radish, maybe there will be one more way to make money in the future." ”
The grandson dragged Lao Guan's arm, not wanting him to give the monthly magazine to others: "Grandfather, grandmother said that this monthly magazine must be sent back to Heyuanzhou as soon as possible." Let my dad learn this life-saving method. "Lao Guan's son went to the medicine hall in Yuanzhou to be an apprentice, if he can learn the above things, it is also good.
On this night, the entire Binh Duong Mansion could not sleep well.
The Xie family was in an uproar, and Xie Yuanqing, the head of the Xie family, saw his youngest son Xie Yuxin lying on the bed, and there were blood stains on his forehead tied with a white cloth.
"What's going on?" Xie Yuanqing asked sharply, and the scholar who was kneeling on the ground was already trembling.
Mrs. Xie said hatefully: "Say it quickly, why did the fourth young master run to the ancestral hall in the middle of the night?" And why did the ancestral hall catch fire? ”
The ancestral hall is on fire, this is no small matter!
The husband finally became the head of the Xie family last year, and if the other Xie family members had the intention to make trouble, they might say that the ancestor was not satisfied with the head of the family and sent down the fire of thunder. Even if the matter is trivialized, the crime of not governing the family strictly, and not governing the family strictly, must be borne by their husband and wife.
The scholar said: "The little one...... I don't know if it's a little one! ”
Mrs. Xie said angrily: "How could you not know? If they don't know anything, they will be dragged out and killed. ”
The scholar was frightened, and he said in a panic: "The young master has read the monthly magazine...... That's right, it's a monthly, after the young master read the monthly, he said that he would try it himself, and then he went to the ancestral hall. ”
Xie Yuanqing's face froze, monthly? The monthly magazine that came out of Gewu Bookstore today?
"Where did he get his monthly magazine?" Mrs. Xie was stunned. Xie Yuxin is only ten years old, this is about to be the New Year, and the master has already returned to his hometown. Yuxin has been staying in the house, and his scholar has never gone out.
"I gave it." Xie Yutao knew that the fourth brother ran to the ancestral hall, so he remembered the matter of the monthly magazine. He hurried over and came in panting.
Mrs. Xie was surprised: "You gave Yuxin a monthly magazine, and then he went to the ancestral hall?" ”
Xie Yutao was a little embarrassed, he touched his head: "It should be that after reading the script "My Ancestor and Me", the fourth brother ran to the ancestral hall. ”
Xie Yuanqing and Mrs. Xie had already taken a cursory look at the "Gewu Monthly" today, but they both read the content they were interested in, and no one had time to read the second edition of the Blue Magazine "My Ancestors and Me".
"Mother......" Xie Yuxin's hand tugged at Mrs. Xie's clothes, "I'm sorry......"
"Xin'er, you are so resting, fortunately, the doctor said that you are fine." Mrs. Xie hurriedly helped him tuck the quilt.
The child needed rest and recuperation, and everyone left.
"Follow me to the study!" Xie Yuanqing said in a deep voice, Xie Yutao had no choice but to follow.
"The emperor has just ascended the throne, and he will open Enke next year, you are not good at reading books, so you actually buy these things to read!" Xie Yuanqing slammed the monthly magazine in his hand on the table.
Xie Yutao is good-looking and knowledgeable. It's just that he was sick and missed the exam two years ago, and now he is still a showman, so his family waited for him to be lifted before he was married.
Xie Yutao stepped forward and said: "What my father taught me is that it is the child Meng Lang." ”
Xie Yuanqing picked up the monthly magazine and looked at it, he wanted to know why the fourth son went to the ancestral hall in the middle of the night.