Chu Tang: Tell Li Er at the beginning that I am a time traveler

Chapter 538 Meeting
While Luo Shen was looking at Li Chong, Li Chong was also looking at his old man.

"Ah."

Li Chong just replied lightly.

"These days, the journey is exhausting, and I have to make arrangements. I'm a little tired."

Luo Shen never thought that their first face-to-face conversation would be carried out in such a way.

After being stunned for a moment, Luo Shen immediately replied: "I'm not tired, please take care of me, Your Highness."

Li Chong then said: "You are Yun's Aye, so logically speaking, you can also be regarded as my Aye. In fact... I also want to get closer to you, but... in order to prevent others from gossiping, so... "

"In the future, when we get along, it's better to be business-like, what do you think?"

Luo Shen: "..."

"Your Highness is right!"

Li Chong: "Okay! It's best if you understand! Next, His Majesty's appointment should arrive within a day or two. From now on...you will be in charge of the Ministry of Culture. For the time being, there is only one duty of the Ministry of Culture. That is in charge of book printing."

"This is the text to be printed, you need to understand it first."

then……

Luo Shen respectfully got a book of characters from Li Zhong.

After turning the page, even Luo Shen couldn't help but widen his eyes after reading a page.

"Your Highness this..."

Li Chong asked, "Is this word okay?"

Luo Shen said: "I also have a certain amount of research on calligraphy, but...it seems that I have never seen such characters before. And this typesetting..."

Li Chong said: "This is the text that Datang will use in unification when printing books in the future."

"Originally, I thought about whether to use the power of the Ministry of Culture to force everyone to use this font for printing."

"But thinking about it later, maybe there is no such need at all."

Luo Shen: "Compared with the printed words on the market, this word is not much better."

Li Chong said quickly: "That's right, this good thing, even if you don't need to say it, everyone will rush to use it."

"Although you just came here, to be honest, I also want you to rest more."

"But next, we do have a lot to do. We can only consider giving you a vacation after everything is on the right track."

Luo Shen: "I don't know, Your Highness, what will I do next?"

Li Chong: "Well... recruit first, and cultivate a group of craftsmen who can write and carve such characters."

"Do you have any contacts in Luoyang?"

Luo Shen: "Ah..."

Li Zhong: "If you don't have one, it's a bit embarrassing. But... if you don't have contacts, go develop them. If it doesn't work, you can ask my teacher."

Luo Shen: "His Highness's teacher is..."

Li Chong: "Liu Gongquan."

Luo Shen: "Then that Liu Gongquan with good calligraphy?"

Li Chong: "Do you know my teacher?"

Luo Shen: "Everyone in Jiangnan knows Liu Gongquan's character."

Li Chong: "So famous? Does Jiangnan know about it?"

Luo Shen felt that Jiang Nan knew about it, and there seemed to be nothing wrong.

Luo Shen: "What doubts does Your Highness have?"

Li Chong: "I'm just a little surprised that Jiangnan is so far away."

Luo Shen: "Eh...Your Highness may not go out very much. Nowadays, the north and the south are in close communication. It is not surprising that His Highness's teacher's calligraphy works were spread to the south."

Li Chong nodded, "I see. Then, which one do you think is better, my teacher's handwriting or this one?"

Luo Shen: "Ah..."

Although he didn't know why His Highness asked such a question, Luo Shen still said, "From the perspective of beautiful fonts, this character is better. But from the perspective of whether it is smart enough, Teacher Your Highness's characters may Even better, these words, if enlarged, feel a bit too rigid."

Li Chong: "This character does have this problem. But... it's enough to just read it, not to appreciate it."

"In short... What you need to do next is to cultivate a group of people who can write and engrave these characters well."

"Then...if you still have time, let's find some supernatural stories by the way."

After Li Chong finished speaking, Luo Shen seemed a little puzzled.

Then he explained: "The only way to make money is to print this."

"You can think about it and find some folk storytellers, but... those stories are their jobs, and it feels like it's not easy for them to tell others directly."

"Then recruit them! Tell them, if the printed book can be sold by then, then give them a share."

"As for how much this is divided into..."

Li Chong was also a little confused.

It is not good to give too much, and it seems that there is no enthusiasm for giving too little.

but……

Li Chong felt that it was not appropriate to give too much at the beginning.

"Just draw one out of twenty."

Li Zhong finally said to Luo Shen.

"It means, if the profit from selling a book is twenty cents, then give him one cent."

"Speaking of..."

Li Chong then asked Luo Shen: "Generally, how much can a book sell in the market?"

Luo Shen: "..."

Looking at Li Chong's expression, Luo Shen really didn't know.

I had to explain to him: "His Royal Highness, in the Tang Dynasty, a volume of hand-copied scriptures sold for [-] Wen. As for the printed ones, it was one-tenth of this price. Although the number of words in each volume of scriptures It may be different, so there may be some changes in the price, but the price difference will not be very big."

Li Chong also said: "Why is it so expensive!"

This time!

But it made Li Chong wonder whether someone would buy a storybook for entertainment at the price of 150 wen.

After all, 150 texts!
This is enough for him to buy how many steamed cakes.

Li Chong felt that he had to pay one-tenth of this price.

of course!

If you think about it the other way around, that's right!
After all, in today's Datang, in terms of printing, both demand and production efficiency are a bit low.

As the saying goes, rarity is the most precious thing, so this book is naturally very expensive.

It seems!

Next, they have to hit the price down.

Even if it is a story book, if it is sold in Qingqi'an, then maybe the number of people who come to buy it is not bad.

after all……

The clean and safe brand is there.

but……

Now that it is time to start over, it feels that it is not easy to sell at a higher price.

and……

It is definitely not Li Chong's original intention that a book sells so expensively.

His original intention was to make books affordable for all people in the world.

Then what I want is a small profit but quick turnover.

Instead of selling books as a luxury.

So then...

Next...he might have to cooperate with his sister.

otherwise……

Without the support of technology, it still doesn't feel right.

(End of this chapter)