I had a dream, dreaming that I was entangled by a snake and seemed to be bitten on my body, Zhu Yuan was so frightened that he opened his eyes, only to find that it was Zhuang Liuniang, and he couldn't help but raise his feet.

Step on!

"Ahh

The woman's soft call brought in the young lady and other women outside, and seeing Zhuang Liuniang lying on the couch beside the bed in embarrassment, she didn't know what was going on for a while.

Zhu Yuan had already sat up, feeling the Zhongli watermelon behind him carefully pasting over, opening a little, while reaching out to grab Zhuang Liuniang's chin who was climbing the edge of the bed and poking his head, and said with a smile: "Don't be good, tell me, how should I punish you?" ”

Zhuang Liuniang's face was red, and her eyes were full of water: "Dad will punish Liu'er as much as he wants." ”

The woman was pitiful, but Zhu Yuan was not polite, this woman had so many thoughts that she crossed the line a little, and looked up at the bed frame with Cailing hanging down: "Then ...... Hang it up until I go to bed at night. ”

I was instructed to start dressing and washing. When I returned to the study in the west room of the main house, I looked at the crystal engraving that was placed here, and the dial was reset, showing the hour markers.

It's 3:20 p.m.

The nap was disturbed, and I got up early, but I didn't mean to make up for sleep, so I sat down next to the book.

In front of me is a stack of questionnaires.

What has been sent to various places has not yet been returned, and the main thing in front of me is a survey for all strata of Jinling. Zhu Yuan didn't get too much, he couldn't see more, only a hundred copies.

Even so, in the past few days, I have only read half of it.

Turning to the page he had browsed before, Zhu Yuan reached out for his pen and noticed again that a long-necked vase with a small plum inserted in the corner of the table was only once high, and the whole bottle body showed a rare crimson color.

This is one of the red-glazed porcelain sent by Tan Qu, a businessman from Raozhou, a few days ago.

At that time, I heard what Tan Qu said, and I knew that compared with mature celadon and other categories, red glazed porcelain has only begun to appear in recent decades, and because the requirements for heat are very strict, even the Tan family, which has been exploring for many years, often does not necessarily be able to fire one in a kiln porcelain, which can be seen to be precious.

Zhu Yuan has been thinking about whether to make a red glaze brand recently.

After all, celadon and the like are too common, and this red porcelain is definitely a very rare type that you don't need to fry.

Scarce means expensive.

Born luxury.

Thoughts flashed, temporarily retracting his attention, Zhu Yuan took a pen from the pen holder and turned to the questionnaire in front of him.

As for the recent questionnaire, on the surface, the various questions may seem like nothing, but through the questions, there is actually quite a lot of information that can be obtained.

For example, a simple score.

The score actually means that the reader's heart accepts the magazine.

Obviously, the higher the score, the higher the acceptance, on the contrary, if it is too low, it means that there are too many people who resist, and there will not be too good public opinion guidance effect, and there is no need for this magazine to continue to do.

The hundred questionnaires in front of me, about the first scoring question, have been counted by the women around them in advance, The scoring of the 10-point system is all calculated, and the average score is as high as 8.7 points,

This is actually the reader's statement.

Zhu Yuan also found that there are few perfect scores, which is probably an indirect demonstration of the modest nature of the Chinese people, therefore, 9 points is already equivalent to a full score, and it is still a minority to use a decimal point to give a few points to nine points or something.

The overall result of 8.7 points was released, and Zhu Yuan immediately decided to print an additional edition from next month, increasing the printing volume to about 60,000 copies.

I have calculated in advance, it is still 10,000 hardcover, and the other 50,000 are simple, of which all the simple part is for sale, and according to the wholesale price, 3,500 can be recovered.

On the other hand, first calculate the cost of paper, a total of 60,000 magazines, two specifications, or according to the ideal 100 pages of calculation, hardcover edition of 125 texts per volume, which is previously calculated, paperback paper is only equivalent to one-third of the hardcover cost, about 40 texts a volume, then, all the paper added up, is 3250 pieces.

That's a surplus.

Of course, there are also stitching, ink, binding, manuscript fees and even follow-up post distribution, which is a lot of expenses of three or four thousand.

Therefore, it is quite far away to actually break even.

If you really want to pursue a break-even, or even make a profit, Zhu Yuan certainly has a method, two simple words, advertising.

The official endorsement helps your products to be 'widely advertised', printing tens of thousands of copies and distributing them throughout the country, so how much are you willing to pay for a page of advertising?

What?

1000 guan?

Go out and turn left!

At that time, there will not be many in each issue, and there will be five or six pages of ads......

Well.

You can't get into the money hole.

I can't.

However, next year, my own 'Seki Ju Fang' will open, so I can give it a try.

In addition to the scoring of the first question, the following questions such as 'favorite' and 'most hateful' are also quite high.

This can be seen in the attitudes of different groups towards different sections, and even, because it is a real-name questionnaire, you can also see your political leanings and even deeper personal personality.

These are very valuable pieces of information that can be included in the archives.

Zhu Yuan took notes while reading and pondering, I don't know how long it took, I felt that the light in the room began to dim, so I stopped writing, took a sip of the tea at room temperature at hand, and instructed the young lady who was silently guarding the side: "The mother's money sent by the ancestor in the morning, bring it to me to see." ”

Qing Niang agreed, went to the outer room, and quickly came in with a tray.

Placing a tray full of coins in front of her own adults, the young lady motioned for the other girls to start lighting the lamp in the room.

Although it's not too late, you don't have to save these candles at home, and it's the eyes of adults that matter.

Under the lit candlelight, Zhu Yuan began to fiddle with the entire tray of mother money in front of him.

Copper coins have been regulated, so you don't have to bother with it, and all you need in front of you are silver coins.

The face value ranges from the smallest one coin to the largest ten taels, and the styles are also divided into several kinds, or square hole coins, or small ingots, or non-perforated round coins like later generations, among which there are some proposed by Zhu Yuan during this period of communication.

For example, the one Zhu Yuan picked up at the moment is worth one penny.

This is the traditional square hole money.

Compared with a penny of sterling silver that is only the size of a soybean, the square-hole coin in front of you belongs to an alloy coin, with a diameter of one inch and a weight of one tael, which contains one coin of silver, and nine coins of copper and zinc, so if you look at the market value, the value of this coin actually reaches 109 Wen.

However, it was only planned to be used as a penny of 'dangbai'.

This is Zhu Yuan's proposal to Lao Zhu in the process of trial production of mother money, but it is similar to Lao Zhu's concept of asking for the use of pure silver, in the final analysis, it is the word 'not to deceive'.

I'd rather lose some of my own than let the people feel that you are playing tricks on coinage. Because, if you think you are clever and deduct less, you will only damage the country's credit. Once the people no longer believe in the imperial court, the hidden loss is much greater than the little copper and silver saved under the rope.

On the contrary, if the credit is established, not to mention anything else, but just to maintain the word 'do not deceive', the monetary credit of the imperial court can last longer.

Time means possibility.

The possibility of transformation, the possibility of reform, the possibility of surviving the crisis.

Let's talk about the 'dangbai' alloy silver coin in front of me.

This is the one that Zhu Yuan likes the most.

Because, one such coin, containing one silver coin, is equivalent to 100 Wen.

Similar to the later 100 pieces.

As the smallest silver coin in the tray, it is not difficult to imagine that this is certainly the easiest to circulate. Further up, silver coins such as two, three, five, and even one or two coins are too large.

Let's talk about the minimum wage that was just discussed today.

According to the calculation of one stone of rice grain, not to mention the real-time grain price, ideally, one stone of rice is consistent money. So, assuming that all the money is used to pay the salary, there are two options, one is to give the craftsman 10 alloy silver coins, and the other is to give only one silver coin of 1 tael, in contrast, it is obvious that the former is easier to spend and easier to circulate.

As for the latter, a hard piece, perhaps the craftsmen could only cut the silver coin and use it.

This loses the meaning of minting silver coins.

As for why it was made into alloy silver coins, because the sterling silver of one penny is too small.

First of all, one tael in this era is not one or two of 50 grams later.

At present, a pound should be more than the later 500 grams, but a pound is divided into 16 taels, therefore, one or two is about 30 grams, and then cut to 1 dollar, it is only 3 grams, not 5 grams in the concept of later generations.

How big is three grams of sterling silver?

It's about the size of a soybean.

Such a grain of sterling silver made of silver coins, there are also in the tray in front of you, one is a small round coin without holes, pressed to the size of a thumb cover, one side has the word 'Hongwu', and the other side is the face value of 'one coin'.

The other is with holes, but it is not a square hole, but similar to the later whistle candy, of course, it is also much smaller than the whistle candy, which is roughly a small circle. The two sides of the circle are also filled with the characters of 'Hongwu' and 'Yiqian'.

The characteristics of the two silver coins, if you sketch them out in your mind, are too small and too light, they can be easily lost, and they may even be swallowed by children as jelly beans.

Therefore, there is the alloy scheme suggested by Zhu Yuan.

After playing for a while, seeing that Qingniang had been standing next to him, Zhu Yuan didn't think much about it, and casually took three kinds of silver coins in front of him and spread them in the palm of his hand, and asked the woman: "Na, they are all silver coins worth one penny, which one do you want?" ”

Qing Niang didn't expect her adult to suddenly turn to herself, where did she have any thoughts, looked at it for a while, glanced at her little man, only then reached out her slender jade hand, and caught the 'whistle candy' like a chicken pecking rice, and then put it back not very confidently, and looked up: "My lord...... Which one do you choose? ”

Zhu Yuan: "......"

This unassertive mother-in-law shouldn't have asked you.

And......

Obviously, they all chose.

It's not the one I thought it would be.

That's not right.

Turned.

There are also four girls in the room, picking mulberries, hairpins, Xijiangyue, and Man Tingfang.

Eyes swept over, Zhu Yuan originally wanted to ask, but when he saw the small appearance of the four Nizi who were bright and eager to try, he gave up again. These few people have watched themselves play with the alloy silver coins in their hands for so long, and there is a high probability that they will choose to please themselves.

There is no point in asking.

The more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, so I simply grabbed a few silver coins in my hand, got up, and planned to go out.

Qingniang hurriedly took her coat, chased after her and put it on her adult, and asked, "My lord, do you want to prepare a sedan chair?" ”

"No, you don't."

As he spoke, he walked through the courtyard and came to the East Wing.

Didn't get in.

It's about to be the third day of the lunar month, a certain Nizi has been carefully inspecting her wedding dress in recent days, and a group of other women are assisting, Zhu Yuan wants to go in, but he is blocked by a blank space, and the meticulous and considerate freehand on weekdays simply does not show up.

Zhu Yuan was not reluctant, stood at the door and spread his hand to Liubai and said: "It's all silver coins of one penny, pick one, how will you choose?" ”

Seeing that his adult did not mean to force himself into the door, Liubai breathed a sigh of relief, looked down at a few silver coins that he had seen in the morning, thought about it, and reached out to pick up the 'whistle candy': "This...... The thread can be worn and it is not easy to lose. ”

Zhu Yuan asked: "Why don't you choose this big one?" ”

Liubai glanced at it: "My lord, this is copper." ”

Zhu Yuan patiently explained: "It contains silver, which is full of one penny, and it also has nine coins of copper and zinc." ”

Blank space insisted: "My lord, this ...... It looks like it's copper. ”

Zhu Yuan: "......"

Seeing the speechless appearance of his own adult, he changed his position very cooperatively: "My lord, if it is...... Slave just choose this, right? ”

He pointed to the alloy.

Zhu Yuan: "......"

So I went to the East Garden.

A group of mountains, mountains, water, and a group of corn and watermelons all shouted to the main house of the garden, and without asking one by one, they showed the samples, took the note, and asked the individual to write out the answer.

As a result, a large group of girls, most of whom also chose 'whistle candy'.

Zhu Yuan was no longer able to ask why.

However, he was still not very reconciled, and went to the West Garden, in addition to a group of 'Biansai' girls, he also asked people to call the Fanniang Hu Nu in front.

Test again.

Most women still choose 'whistle candy'.

When it was dark, Zhu Yuan was too lazy to toss.

Sitting cross-legged on the low couch in the small hall on the west side of the main house, he swept around, and saw a certain Nordic girl poking behind him like a pillar, and his depressed mood improved, and suddenly laughed, and signaled: "Wutong, come here." ”

The Nordic girl immediately stepped forward, leaned down to the couch, and crawled to Zhu Yuan's side, with anticipation in her eyes: "My lord, slave...... I want to eat. ”

Zhu Yuan spread out his hand, still three silver coins: "Choose, choose the right one, you can eat whatever you want." ”

Sycamore blinked in confusion.

The one I chose just now was the note that Drizzle helped her fill in.

However, roughly understanding the words of his own adult, Wutong looked down at the silver coin in front of him, pondered for a moment with his not very bright brain, and stretched out his hand...... The three of them were arrested together.

Zhu Yuan laughed again and stroked Wutong's fluffy head with loose hair: "I'm so smart, I know the truth of 'I want it all'." ”

Wutong raised his head slightly, holding his own adult's small hand, and laughed.

I'll be able to eat enough tonight.

Zhu Yuan was no longer entangled, and roughly understood that he had taken it for granted. I thought it was very carefully considered, but I didn't expect that most people still value things that they can see value, even if they are smaller, and they don't want alloy coins that look like copper coins are actually more weighty.

On second thought, it's also understandable.

No matter how small the pure silver is, it is visible to the naked eye, and no matter how big the alloy money is, who knows if it will really have a single dollar of pure silver as Zhu Yuan said.

What if it's just half a penny?

Therefore, even if it is smaller, even if it is not suitable for storage, even if it may be lost, everyone still subconsciously chooses pure silver coins instead of alloy coins.

The most fundamental reason for this, in the final analysis, is that the level of trust has not reached a certain level.

The women in the mansion may believe Zhu Yuan, but this money was not minted by Zhu Yuan himself, so it is more reliable to use a small pure silver coin. Because you can see it, you can touch it, and a penny is a penny.

This also made Zhu Yuan reflect for a while.

Many things are not necessarily thought out well, they are right, and it is better to ask the opinions of the parties concerned.

Well......

It's similar to a survey.

So I made up my mind that I would do more of this kind of thing in the future.