Chapter 221: Opening a bookstore in Baoding

Wang Hongyu introduced the scene at that time: "The eldest brother did leave with a smile. ”

"General Zhou's coffin in the back?"

"Yes, it is estimated to arrive the day after tomorrow."

"More than a year later, I met him like this......

They exchanged information about warfare, military training, and ordnance.

At present, Baoding has been contributing, and there is also a certain overdraft.

For example, everything went smoothly in the previous conscription, but it has been filled like this, and the more strong laborers leave, the more production will be affected, and the people's complaints will become bigger and bigger.

But at present, these will not happen, because the production situation is stable, as long as there is no natural disaster, Baoding will never delay the needs of the front line, let alone chaos.

Wang Hongyu was very emotional, he is also an official, how can some people always think about party struggle and reputation, and some are really thinking about doing things?

This is not just a question of individual ability and morality, but a question of officials forming a group together.

After all, an official is a person, not a conscious, purposeful group.

Officials form interest groups of regions, teachers, students, and friends, and have common interests, consciousness, and goals.

Officials are not terrible.

The most terrible thing is to form a bureaucracy and act together and support each other.

The reason why Han Jun is different is not that he has special abilities, but that he doesn't hold a group.

The two talked and laughed, and felt that a gentleman should be outstanding.

Wang Hongyu has also added a judgment angle since then.

Those civilian officials who united with themselves gave preference to not forming groups and not forming a party.

There may be "traitors" like Wen Tiren who don't hold together, but don't do good things.

But Wen Tiren is Wen Tiren after all, for Chongzhen, who lacks basic strength, he can play with some means, and for himself who has a strong foundation, he must upgrade a few more ranks to cause me some trouble.

Those kinds of people are also very rare, and if you can't hold together, you can't continue.

Han Jun, the governor of Baoding, was actually quite worried about Wang Hongyu not long ago:

"In the past two months, a lot of things have happened around General Wang, some paranoid Confucian scholars have to regard themselves as superior, but they don't know that without farmers they will starve to death, and no martial robbers will be the first to rob them."

He was talking about Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong and others.

Sometimes, as civil officials, they can see their psychological thoughts more clearly.

In fact, it is the mind of "being a man".

After reading books and becoming officials, I feel that I am a "superior person".

Don't treat peasants, craftsmen, and warriors as human beings.

Wang Hongyu is not a military general of this era, but an Internet activist with many friends in later generations, of course, he knows that this is a distorted mentality.

Sometimes this mentality particularly delays the development and rise of China.

At this time, of course, it is necessary to break the culture of "people on people", make Chinese culture richer and stronger, and strive to achieve the influence of later generations of Asia in the world.

"Report!"

Suddenly, someone outside the governor's yamen shouted, and ran closer.

The housekeeper went to greet him and came back with a thick letter.

"Sir! There are important residences in the capital. ”

"Oh? Put it here, I'll watch it with General Wang. ”

The two opened the newspaper and saw that it was a new round of personnel appointments in the imperial court.

Zou Yuanbiao, the right attendant of the original ministry, was promoted to the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy.

Gao Panlong, the former Guanglu Temple, resigned and went home.

Zhao Nanxing, the former left capital imperial history, and the right squire of the relocation department.

Although the content of this newspaper is small, the matter is very large.

Although the position of the top leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was changed from Zhao Nanxing of the Donglin Party to Zou Yuanbiao, who was also Donglin, the style changed from a more radical to a more stable faction.

Gao Panlong, who is good at spraying people, rolls straight home.

The Apocalypse is equivalent to condemning himself, and he has also punished Zhao and Gao, but it is not very severe and will not attract criticism.

This hand is beautiful.

Han Jun also praised the current saint for being assertive, and if he can subordinate and assist the left, he will be able to implement the new policy.

In fact, what the apocalypse lacks is not a capable minister, but a foundation that can be relied on.

This topic is superficial, after all, in this era, there is a slight immorality when talking too much about the emperor behind his back.

Wang Hongyu didn't care very much, but considering that he was not so familiar with Han Jun, it was better not to talk about it.

There is an industry, which is very suitable for Baoding.

I was about to ask Governor Han Jun for some support.

That's book printing and publishing.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the printing skills were greatly improved, the market economy was prosperous, and bookstores spread all over the country.

During the Wanli period, the number of folk bookstores has reached nearly 100.

Of course, so many bookstores in the country not only sell the content related to the imperial examination, but also sell well and popularly, and the market demand is quite strong, so many bookstores are enough to undertake the commercial operation of the script.

In particular, since Jialongwan, the commodity economy has prospered, the population has grown rapidly, the living standards have been relatively stable, and the number of cities and towns has also increased rapidly, and the living standards of the people in the middle and lower classes of society have been improved.

In addition to scholars and those who have achieved fame, more and more ordinary people are participating in the purchase and reading of various reading materials such as poetry collections. Compared with the previous period, due to the rapid growth of the number of readers, the large number of people, although the individual purchase is average, but the total purchasing power is amazing, so the late Ming Dynasty became a period of rapid development of popularity.

Wang Hongyu is going to do this, so that he can not only make money, but also do propaganda work.

Previously, Meng Biao was also arranged to conduct a preliminary investigation of the industrial situation in this regard.

There are 100 well-known bookstores among the people, mainly concentrated in Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Yangzhou and other areas in the south of the Yangtze River, and the number in the north is relatively small, but there is also a large market.

At this time, there were more than a dozen bookstores in the capital, but there was only one bookstore opened by a famous local family in Baoding, which specialized in selling poetry collections and four books and five classics. Tianjin, which was newly developed due to the Grand Canal and seaport, did not even have a famous bookstore, and relied on booksellers and large households to sell in small quantities.

Baoding and Tianjin have a very large market space for book printing.

That's one of the important reasons why it's chosen here.

The city has a population of 200,000 and nearly 10 county towns in the surrounding area.

Baoding also through the Baiyangdian, Juma River, the tributaries of the Grand Canal and other waterways, and Tianjin and Beijing transportation communication is very convenient.

The city and surrounding rivers are rich in resources, which can be used for transport, transport goods downstream, and in suitable locations, with sufficient timber and water for papermaking.

Choosing to print and open a bookstore in Baoding, in addition to the market and transportation, there is also a layer of consideration that has Governor Han Jun as a supporter.

In terms of site selection and employment of the printing office, Han Jun must be assisted in carrying out.

The publication of books will also affect the interests of an existing local bookstore, as well as some booksellers.

Wang Hongyu has no one in Baoding, of course, he needs to rely on the most powerful governor here.

The other party wants to find trouble, once he hears that it was opened by a friend of the governor, and the people from the governor's yamen specially order the books for this book visit, which one dares to ask for trouble?