"Master, why are you here?"

Lan Bin took Thursday into the courtyard and met Lan Wu, who was about to leave, who was slightly stunned and greeted him.

"You're going out?"

Lan Bin was not surprised to see Lan Wu, since he started doing business, due to the inconvenience of his identity, daily affairs such as the glass business were handed over to Lan Wu, the housekeeper of the Lan Mansion.

Daming Daily, too.

And Lan Bin is only responsible for important decisions.

Lan Wu nodded and said, "The newspaper office has nothing to do, I'm going to collect a birthday gift for the master!"

Birthday present?

Lan Bin just subconsciously wanted to ask whose birthday gift, and immediately reacted, Zhu Yuanzhang's birthday festival is approaching, and the court civil and military will prepare birthday gifts for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Sapphire is no exception.

Thinking about it, he waved his hand and said, "The matter of the birthday ceremony is not in a hurry for the time being, you accompany me first, I have something to tell you!"

"Yes, young master!" Blue Five Roads.

Lan Bin nodded, accompanied by Lan Wu, turned the newspaper around, and talked a few words with the craftsmen, caring about the movable type printing board.

Come to the front yard of the newspaper office, a room prepared for the newspaper editors.

At this time, the newspaper editorial candidates, Wu Junbo and others were still running around, observing, and collecting information on the trial of commercial taxation, and did not sit on duty at the newspaper.

Therefore, the room of the newspaper's editorial office was empty, only the desks, pens, ink, paper, inkstones and other office supplies prepared for them.

When he arrived in the room, Lan Bin found a place to sit down and asked, "Lan Wu, the affairs of the newspaper have always been handled by you. I think you know the situation of the newspaper very well."

"If I'm going to publish Daming Daily now, do you think there's a problem other than the content?"

"Young Master, but you want to issue the Ming Daily in advance?" Lan Wu said unexpectedly.

He remembered that two days ago, Lan Bin was still asking craftsmen to develop lead movable type printing and improve wooden movable type printing.

And also said don't rush, take your time.

Why do you turn your head and publish Daming Daily in advance again?

What's going on?

Lan Bin waved his hand: "You don't care about this, you just say that I am going to publish Daming Daily now, are there any problems in other aspects?"

"Young Master, if you lower your requirements, or increase the cost, and use engraving printing, you can issue Daming Daily at any time!" Lan Wu didn't ask too much, he thought about it.

These days, he takes care of the newspaper for Lan Bin, and he knows Lan Bin's ideas about running a newspaper well.

It is very clear that the reason why Daming Daily has not been published for so long, regardless of the content, is mainly because Lan Bin has high requirements for printing.

The engraving printing that met Lan Bin's requirements was abandoned due to cost, flexibility and other considerations. And the movable type printing that Lan Bin wanted could not meet his requirements.

This delayed the publication of the daimyo daily.

If Lan Bin is willing to use engraving printing, or use movable type printing, reduce the printing quality requirements, as long as the content can keep up, Daming Daily can be issued at any time.

Lan Bin had expected this situation and nodded: "Then lower the requirements, and after Wu Junbo and I agree on the content of the first page of Daming Daily, we will let the craftsmen use wooden type, copper type, etc. to print a batch of newspapers respectively."

"That kind of movable type printing newspaper works well, and that kind of movable type printing will be used in the future!"

"Yes, young master!" Lan Wu squirmed his lips slightly, and wanted to say that it was too much of a waste of money to do this, but thinking of Lan Bin's usual style, he endured it again.

"Alright, you go down and make arrangements! I'm going back to prepare the first page of the paper!"

Lan Bin nodded, and after discussing things such as newspaper and paper purchases with Lan Wu, he said hello to Lan Wu and went home with Thursday.

Back at home, Lan Bin began to sort out the trial commercial tax information collected by Wu Junbo and others before, and the collection of commercial tax in the previous dynasty.

In particular, the collection of commercial taxes in the former dynasties.

He wanted to use the commercial prosperity of the previous dynasty and the huge wealth of the imperial court to prove the necessity of collecting commercial taxes.

Of course, this former dynasty is not the former Yuan, but the former Song Dynasty.