Villager of Daming

Chapter 254: Publishing Profitably and Serving the People (Thank you for recommending the second monthly ticket!)
"It's a pity!" Wei Su heard the refusal of the chief.

"The library consumes a lot of money, and it should be mainly promoted by the imperial court."

The head of the district admitted that the library was opened in Nanjing and could make money from wealthy students.If you change to another county, where can you find someone to spend money to enjoy?
"It's just that the imperial court is rich?" Wei Su knew that Daming didn't have enough money now, even if the Xia army who fought against Sichuan won a part of the money.

"The chief!" "Hello, the chief!" "The chief is here!"

After the head of the village and Wei Su had a few words to say, the students greeted each other.

"Hello everyone! Studying is studying, don't wear yourself out. Taking the imperial examination is to contribute to the country. Even if you don't pass the exam for a while, you can also contribute to the country from other aspects."

The district chief comforted the examinees in advance. Hanhan said that none of them will pass the exam this year, and 260 poor scholars will be asked if they are willing to work.

All the students smiled and nodded yes, it doesn't matter whether they really want to contribute to the country or not.

Anyway, as long as you live and pay taxes, you are contributing.

"Scholar Wei, let's cultivate with peace of mind. His Royal Highness's studies are not in a hurry. If there is any inconvenience in life, you can ask someone to tell us." The head of the village said to Wei Su again, he is leaving, come and have a look.

"Thank you for your kindness." Wei Su thanked.

The head of the village and Hanhan turned to go to the Box Restaurant. Wei Su was reviewing the case, thinking about what the head of Xiaqiu Village had said, and whether there were other meanings.

It seems that Zhu Lichang seems to know that this year's imperial examination is not easy, and he has a close relationship with the palace, otherwise how can he talk about the schoolwork for the prince?
According to Wei Su's analysis, he still doesn't know who saved his life, let alone that the prince now goes to Xiaqiu Village to fetch all three meals a day.

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"Wei Su looks pretty good, why do so many people hate him? Sigh!" Li Zhang and Hanhan went to the room behind Hehe Restaurant to talk about things.

"If he is not an official, he will not hate him. If he is not praised by the Holy One, it will be fine. The officials are not targeting him, but all the officials left by the Yuan Dynasty.

There are only so many official positions and only so much power. Everyone wants to have the final say and unite to get rid of the officials of the previous dynasty.

Liu Ji and Liu Bowen, who retired last year, are one of them. Some people feel uneasy when he is alive. Such people can unite the former officials. "

Zhu Wentian was very aware of what was going on in the hall, everyone was dividing the cake, kicking others off, there would be more cake left.

"Hey! Wei Su actually wants to open libraries in all the places in Daming, don't we have to pay for it?" The chief felt dull and changed the subject.

"In fact, opening libraries in various state capitals makes money. The library reads and borrows books for free, which are auxiliary and social functions.

What really makes money is not selling rich people's rooms, good pens, inks, papers and inkstones, but our printing workshops.

If there are any books, we will display them for everyone to read at will. If there are no books that we have compiled, we have to buy them.

For example, I design a set of questions for the imperial examination, and then give several answers, and sell them to scholars to go back to study.

From Tongsheng Examination, to Xiucai and Juren, they all write exam questions and answers, and even the poorest people have to buy them. "

Zhu Wentian introduced how to make money, selling test papers, do you want to do well in the exam?Others have test papers to read, do you want to buy them?

"Can't you just borrow from each other? Oh! No, there is a certain number of people who can pass the exam. Buy it with your own money and lend it to others. At least I can't do it."

The problems raised by the head of the village were denied by himself. Like the existing books of the Four Books and Five Classics, the mutual borrowing had to be a particularly good relationship.

Including Xiaqiu Village borrowing large animals from outside, either someone will come to help with the work, or give money or food, it is impossible to use it for nothing.

And this is not a competition, there is no such thing as your village is doing well, but my village is not doing well.

The students had to compete with each other for that position. Maybe they looked at the competitors, smiled and talked face to face, and wished that the other party would die immediately.

"Hanhan, are the exam questions and answers you mentioned easy to edit?" The chief was tempted, so that Xiaqiu Village could open the library to various places.

People in Xiaqiu Village have a place to stay wherever they go. Daming is so big, why don't you go and have a look?
"There is no technical content. If I want to compile a large set, I can't do it for the time being. Starting from this year, the imperial examination will be stopped. The Holy One requires people from the local government to recommend good people to be officials."

"Yes, once the imperial examinations are suspended, who will buy the books for the imperial examinations? In this case, our copper movable type seems to be for nothing."

"We can sell reference books. Wei Su is good at bringing people together to compile books. He will live another ten or eight years to compile a dictionary, like Shuowenjiezi and Erya.

This dictionary will become the most popular reference book in the future, and then make a dictionary.Anyway, make one up if necessary. "

"Is there a lot of money to sell?"

"It is a book that promotes the overall cultural foundation of Ming Dynasty society. The more it sells, the more people will learn. There is a difference between literate and illiterate people."

"Yes, yes, we can't just think about making money. We don't need money, as long as we have fools."

"The reference books are commonly used. The paper should be strong and the cover should be thick. Pinyin, strokes, and punctuation are added with copper movable type. I will write a page in the afternoon as a demonstration."

"Hanhan, you worked hard."

"If you want to make money, let's print storybooks, ah! Lao Shi died, and his student Luo Guanzhong is in...Hangzhou?"

When Zhu Wentian talked about printing storybooks, he remembered the important people. Unfortunately, he was unable to save Shi Naian when he was in the village. The year before last, the village was developing.

Then Luo Guanzhong is fine. He is now in his forties, but historically he lived to be more than 70 years old.

"Who is Luo Guanzhong?" The chief was curious when Hanhan mentioned his name again.

"Zhang Shicheng's people used to fight with our current Majesty, but later they didn't want to do it and ran away, and they didn't dare to become officials with our Majesty.

He worked hard to write books. Before that, his family was a silk seller and had a lot of money, but he didn’t know how to run the business himself. He didn’t need money to write books. He wanted to print books for sale, but he didn’t have enough money himself, so he had to find a bookseller.

But his books!Not favored by booksellers, it has been... Anyway, we want it, what's so good about Hangzhou?It is right to come to Nanjing. "

Zhu Wentian briefly introduced Luo Guanzhong's affairs, and was going to send someone to find him. Where is he writing a book?

What a wonderful library, there is floor heating or fire walls in winter, tea, sour plum soup, mung bean water is provided in summer, food is free, and it is responsible for publishing.

There is no need to worry about Lao Zhu looking for trouble. If you want to find you, it will be fine to hide in Hangzhou?

"Look for him to print story books? Does this make money?" Li Chang heard that it was not a reference book, so at least he had to keep his capital.

"I don't take the imperial examination anymore, so the students are bored and read story books! The more literate people, the better our books will sell.

Then another industry is involved, the storyteller, which was called talking in ancient times, and the previous one was called storytelling.

It doesn't matter what the name is, this industry can promote things among the people in a very down-to-earth manner.

After the story is told, many people will listen to it, and if he is asked to talk about farming and other aspects, the people will learn it? "

Zhu Wentian not only wants to print books, but also wants to do publicity.

(End of this chapter)