Not many people knew about the first issue of the Education Newspaper when it was first published, because it was all published on campus. But when the students returned on the New Year and Day and shared the newspaper with their families, more people knew about it.

Newspapers are a new thing, and literati naturally love it. If there are elders at home who are studying but not in school, they are unwilling to put it down when they pick up the newspaper. Now, whether they read or not, they are discussing this educational newspaper.

After hearing about this, a businessman had a flash of inspiration and found the Tixue Department. After receiving him, the clerk of the Tixue Department felt that the matter was of great importance, so he reported it.

After some twists and turns, he finally came to Chu Ci. When Chu Ci heard that a businessman came to the door, he was still a little confused. After all, he was not doing Yu Rongwan's business. Could it be that he came through the back door?

He waved his hand to show his sight, but the official was a little hesitant. Chu Ci didn't hear him retreat for a long time, so he put down his pen, looked up at his expression, and smiled, "Wang Dianli, what is this person's background? He actually let him go

Are you in such a difficult situation? Could it be your relatives and friends?"

Wang Dianli shook his head awkwardly and said, "Sir, this person is the shopkeeper of a bookstore, not a relative or friend of the Xiaguan. However, what he asked for is related to the Education Newspaper, the Xiaguan felt...Sir, can

Listen to it."

After hearing him, Chu Ci became interested. He thought that the man came for the Yurongwan business, but he didn't expect it to be for the Education Newspaper. However, what is the relationship between a shopkeeper and an Education Newspaper?

Did you want to wholesale some to sell?

With such a question, Chu Ci asked someone to invite the shopkeeper in. The man entered the room in fear and fear, and gave Chu Ci a big gift as soon as he entered the door, which made Chu Ci too late to avoid the gift, so he had to call him immediately.

rise.

This person introduced himself as Manager Liu from Xingrong Bookstore in the east of the city. He came here this time to discuss a business with the Tixuesi.

Chu Ci asked, "Shopkeeper Liu, you probably made a mistake. The Tixue Department has no business to negotiate now."

Manager Liu said, "Chu Tixue, how dare you joke about you? If you didn't have a business, you would definitely not bother you."

"Oh? Then tell me, what business are you trying to talk about?"

"The young man said bluntly. I have always heard that Chu Tixue is in love with students and has done a lot of good things to clear the bad academic style of our Zhangzhou Prefecture. Our local people are very grateful to you. Just like this time, the students are made

You founded the educational newspaper that has benefited a lot, right? I think it is not enough to collect the educational rewards for printing the educational department."

Manager Liu flattered and continued, "The little old man is in business, so he will do some calculations for you in his spare time. Each newspaper, paper and ink, will cost at least five cents.

There are not many students in Zhangzhou Prefecture, but there are still more than 2,000 people. In other words, every issue of newspapers in the Tixue Department will remove ten taels of silver. If the labor and each issue is issued, it will be included.

The royalties may cost at least thirty taels."

Chu Ci was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, the old man asked so clearly. If no one in the Tixue Department leaked the secret, he would not believe it. But after all, this is not a secret. The money is paid in the public account.

Anyone who pays attention can know.

Manager Liu continued to say: "This is only one period. I heard that the Tixue Department has to pay two periods a month, which is 60 taels of silver. In a year, it will cost at least 700 taels of silver.

The Si family has a great business, so it is not difficult to make up for it, but have you ever thought about making up for the money from another place?”

Chu Ci was moved in his heart, as if he understood what he meant, "You mean?"

"The little old man came here just to talk about this business with Chu Tixue. The little old man wanted to make a name for his own bookstore in the education newspaper. The little man has been doing bookstore business in his family for decades, starting with my father.

, I have been dealing with the literati and poets in Zhangzhou Prefecture. In the entire Zhangzhou Prefecture, most of the small bookstores purchased from the young man.”

When Manager Liu talked about this, he felt a little proud on his face. After hearing this, Chu Ci realized that he wanted to place an advertisement! But as he heard it, he was clearly the owner of the largest bookstore in Zhangzhou Prefecture.

, and it is also a supplier of Quanfu Bookstores, why is it still famous?

...

When it comes to suppliers, we have to mention this bookstore. Generally speaking, every county should have a bookstore. This bookstore is equivalent to a modern printing factory, and the books printed in it are the source of goods for the surrounding bookstores.

However, due to historical reasons, the bookstores in several surrounding counties have been losing money for years, and the government has stopped investing funds, and only the city has a larger bookstore.

Chu Ci also visited when he first took office. He heard that at most five or six thousand books were shipped a year, most of which were required for the imperial examinations of the Four Books and Five Classics, and the rest accounted for a small proportion. The reason was that it was not

I wrote the book but the book number was not approved, and I was no longer approved but the book number was not sold well after it was published, resulting in the fact that I stopped printing one or two hundred copies.

At present, except for the imperial examination books used from enlightenment to the imperial examinations, which are printed every year, the rest of the books need to be approved by the county to publish them into books and then sold in bookstores in various places. If someone prints them in a private printing factory, there is no book number.

That is equivalent to pirated books, which can only be circulated privately. Once there are too many reports and someone reports it, the government will come to search.

Because of this reason, many books only have handwritten copies but no printed copies, which is why there are so many lonely copies.

Some people may think that since you want to publish, then just go and approve a book number. But how can you approve a book number? The government has conducted strict inspections on this aspect, which is a taboo, so you must spend it before you want to publish it.

The money is asked to be proofread by clerk, and only after the proofreading is successful can it be presented to queue up. In this queue, the days will be difficult to explain. If there is no order, you may not be able to approve a book number in three to five years. Even if you do it well, you will approve the book number and go to the bookstore to engrave the print.

This step has to be waited for.

The engraving requires a special person to pick out the contents of the book from the movable type and put it in the wooden frame to type. This process is time-consuming and laborious. If it is not an emergency, the staff of the bookstore would not rush to do it. Another one is needed here.

A piece of money to make money.

If you are lucky enough to complete these steps and the book can be published, then you will have to worry about how much it will be printed. If you print too much, you can't sell it, and you will lose money! If you print too little, you will even make some money to make money.

Don't come back. It seems that no matter how you calculate it, printing books is a loss-making business. So except for some people with wealth and reputation, others generally don't consider it. Of course, some wealthy businessmen specialize in selling their books for money, so they

They will obtain the copyright from the scholar at a low price and then publish it in large quantities. The subsequent benefits will naturally have nothing to do with the original author.

After Chu Ci learned about this, he realized how much advantage he had taken on the issue collection that day. If no one was behind the scenes, he would be just an ordinary student, it would be impossible to let him go in such a short time.

That collection of questions was released.

Zhangzhou Prefecture publishes four or five thousand copies a year. For students of a government, on average, each person receives two books a year, which is really a bit less. So, Manager Liu not only buys goods in the bookstore, but also goes to other places.

He bought some popular books and came back. For example, the "Cihai Collection" published in Xijiang Province a few years ago, he secretly purchased a lot of them back.

...

Faced with Chu Ci's doubts, this is what Manager Liu said.

"They originally bought books from my old man. But in the past two years, shipping has been developed everywhere, and many books leaked from bookstores in the south of the Yangtze River have been flowing to Nanmin Province. Like the surrounding Yanzhou Prefecture, because

It has built a wharf, so it has been very convenient. Many local students have gone to other places to buy books, which has led to a sharp decline in our local book business."

Chu Ci laughed, it turned out that it was because of business competition but others came to complain.

"Shopkeeper Liu, I can understand your worries. But this business is at your own risk. How can you blame this for the bookstores in other places? The reason why students compete to buy books in other places is that the price of the bookstores in other places is that the price of the bookstores in other places is that the students are selling at other places is that they are selling at other places.

The reason for the low is that if you lower the price appropriately, you might be able to save some students.”

It is naturally impossible to criticize when doing business. In modern times, Chu Ci always bought only collector's editions when buying books, but because his family is well-off, he was able to pay extra attention to the packaging and feel. At that time, there were other students in their class.

The price of books with the same content can even be dozens of times that of Chu Ci. However, most of the ancient students were not wealthy, so they naturally saved as much as possible. Of course, they would not buy expensive ones if they were cheap.

Chu Ci thought that if he said this, Manager Liu would not be able to say anything. Unexpectedly, he became even more angry when he heard this.

"The adults don't know. In fact, in terms of price, the ones on their side are a little more expensive than our local ones. In addition, some books on the other side are very vaguely printed, and they are clearly residues from other places. Read this

Isn’t the book hurting the students of my Zhangzhou Prefecture? If you don’t believe it, please read this book.” When Manager Liu talked about this, his face turned red. In addition to being angry that someone was maliciously competing, he was also angry.

They are cheating.

Chu Ci took the book handed over by Manager Liu, which was a book called "Zengguang Xianwen". Judging from the cover, it was similar to their local ones. When you turned to the inner page, you can see that this was a book called Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The book published in the area. Looking at the contents in it, Chu Ci couldn't help but frown. The words here were dense, with a lot of ink on it, and it would cover one or two words from time to time. For children in the enlightenment period, this

The book is indeed a bit misleading.

But based on this book alone, Chu Ci felt that it was not enough to prove anything. Maybe this was the worst book that Manager Liu specially picked out, or maybe he did it himself.

"If every book is like this, how would the students buy it? Could it be that they can't tell the difference between good and bad?" Chu Ci questioned. If the book is expensive and the printing is poor, how could it make everyone flock to it if it is popular?

Woolen cloth?

Manager Liu opened his mouth, wanted to say something but swallowed it back, looking like he was suffering.

"Shopkeeper Liu may say something directly. You and I are here, there are no need to hide it." Chu Ci realized the unusualness and suddenly thoughts passed through his mind.

Manager Liu opened his mouth again, and after a while, he spoke: "Chu Tixue, it is said that the young man should not talk about right and wrong behind his back, but this matter is too difficult to let go! At that time, I was also wondering why the students were far away from each other.

So they investigated from multiple sources. At the beginning, no one told me, but only said it was voluntary, but later, my nephew also went to study and realized that this was...it was actually designated by the Masters!"

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