I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 198 The terrifying power of industrialization!
No money?
Zhu Yunxi smiled wryly.

The funding allocated to the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau is really quite a lot.

For this reason, the officials of the household department have complained to him many times.

But still not enough.

Far from enough.

no way.

With the economic foundation of an agricultural country, it is still too reluctant to support systematic scientific research and industrial manufacturing.

Industrial development in history was all because industrial manufacturing itself could create huge profits.

From then on, like a snowball, it grew step by step.

But in his current situation, he is pushing forward forcefully.

It has not yet created enough profits and is completely funded by the state.

The investment is astronomical.

The guns, cannons, cement, mimeograph machines, etc. that can be produced are not profitable.

If it weren't for the increase in commercial tax and the rectification, which added a lot of income to the national treasury, the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau would have already shut down because of lack of money.

"His Royal Highness."

While Zhu Yunxi was thinking, Yao Guangxiao's voice sounded.

"The poor monk compiles the "Hongwu Dadian", and the court does not need to allocate any more funds."

"No need to draw money?"

Zhu Yunxi was taken aback for a moment.

He is very clear that the compilation of the Hongwu Canon is very expensive.

Not to mention the paper required, in this era, the cost is not cheap.

Just hiring a few thousand scholars would cost the same as raising an army of tens of thousands.

Of course, it's not the new army, but the ordinary army of Ming Dynasty.

There is no need to withdraw funds, can Yao Guangxiao be turned into money?

"During this period, through research by the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau, the cost of paper manufacturing has been reduced by 80.00%."

Yao Guangxiao said: "After the launch of People's Daily, the sales volume has been excellent. The total sales volume of each issue shipped to all parts of the country is as high as 100 million. Each copy costs ten cents, and the daily income can reach 1000 million cents."

"After deducting various costs, the profit is still 300 million yuan, which means we earn 3000 taels of silver per day."

"With this item, it is more than enough to compile the "Hongwu Dadian"."

Zhu Yunzhen was shocked when he heard this number.

100 million servings per day?
Did so many people buy it in Daming?

After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly realized it.

Daming is really big.

There are more than 1000 counties, hundreds of health clinics, and hundreds of bureaus.

Although the proportion of readers is not high, it is not an exaggeration to sell hundreds or even thousands of copies in each county.

Wouldn’t it be terrifying if we put the whole country together?
What's more, in cities like Jinling City, the number of sales is much higher.

"People's Daily" uses extremely popular language, plain and easy to understand.

Many people who have only read books for a year or two cannot read ancient books, but they have no problem reading "People's Daily".

Not to mention whether they care about court affairs.

Just because of the lack of entertainment, reading stories, strange news and chatting in newspapers and periodicals for their own entertainment is enough to attract them to spend money.

The proportion of scholars who have studied for more than ten years in Ming Dynasty and are capable of taking the imperial examination is not very large.

But there are still many people who have attended the Enlightenment School for a few days and can recognize a few words.

Many farmers will also take great pains to send their sons to school for the first half of the year.

It’s not for seeking fame, it’s simply to open your eyes and recognize a few words.

You can use it when you need it.

In case you don't even know the signature and signature.

Calculated in this way, the readership is very large.

It is shipped and sold all over the country, and it is not surprising that 100 million copies are sold every day.

However, the net income of 3000 taels of silver a day still shocked Zhu Yunxuan.

Calculated in this way, it is more than 100 million taels of silver a year!
How much will the tax revenue be in the next year?

Counting Mimai, it's about 3000 million shi.

Equivalent to about 2000 million taels of silver.

He had never expected that he could earn so much money just by running a newspaper.

Is this the power of industrialization?

Zhu Yunxi can only feel the horror of industrialization if he is really deeply involved.

In later generations, people have long been accustomed to all this.

But in an agricultural society, we can truly understand the horror of industrialization.

"Okay, old monk, it turns out that printing newspapers is so profitable, but you don't give me any of it? Without the mimeograph machine of the Bureau of Technology Research and Manufacturing, would your newspaper be able to publish so many copies?"

Xu Miaojin was listening nearby, but she got angry.

She has been worrying about the funding sources of the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau all day long.

Unexpectedly, this kind-hearted old monk actually made a lot of money.

"That can't be done." Yao Guangxiao immediately refused: "Compiling "Hongwu Dadian" is very expensive, and it can't be done without money."

"Then you don't need more than 100 million taels of silver a year, right?" Xu Miaojin said angrily: "If you don't want to, then I will move all the mimeograph machines back. If you want, 1 taels of silver each!"

"You dare?" Yao Guangxiao blew his beard and stared.

"Do you think I dare?" Xu Miaojin did not show any weakness.

"Cough cough..."

Seeing the two of them fighting each other, Zhu Yunxi came out to smooth things over and said, "Old monk, compiling the "Hongwu Dadian" can't cost so much, can it?"

Yao Guangxiao said hurriedly: "The poor monk plans to double the compilation of "Hongwu Dadian" on the original basis. Now that there are mimeograph machines, many books also need to be printed in large quantities."

It turns out that after I finished compiling the book, I planned to copy several copies by hand and store them in several places to prevent any loss.

But now that he had a mimeograph machine, he wanted to make a batch of them all.

As a result, the cost has naturally increased a lot.

"Okay!" Zhu Yunzhen had no objection.

In the history of the Yongle Canon, only one was compiled at the beginning.

A copy was later re-recorded.

Because of insufficient quantity, most of the largest encyclopedia in the world's history has been lost.

Books are not like other things.

Books are compiled for people to read.

After the construction of Zangshuge, what is important is not the collection itself, but the ability for people to borrow it.

Otherwise, what's the use of hiding there?
During the borrowing process, book loss and damage are unavoidable.

Only by printing in large quantities can a certain book be prevented from disappearing in the long history.

Yao Guangxiao was overjoyed when he heard His Highness Taisun's approval.

It is a matter of immeasurable merit to be able to print books widely and spread culture.

"Since printing newspapers can make money, so can printing novels."

Zhu Yunxuan smiled and said: "You can select some lively and interesting novels from the classics and print them in large quantities. On the one hand, you can popularize knowledge and culture, and on the other hand, you can earn more money."

He glanced at Xu Miaojin, who was looking dissatisfied next to him, and said with a smile: "The income from publishing the novel will be divided equally between your two families."

"Okay!" Xu Miaojin clapped her hands and praised.

Little girls her age like to read story-telling novels the most.

I also think that once those novels are published, they will definitely be snapped up and make a lot of money.

Although it can't completely solve the funding problem of the Technology Research and Manufacturing Bureau, every point is worth one point.

The little girl is living on a penny now.

After all, the prices paid by the court for things produced by the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau, such as guns, cannons, and mimeograph machines, are all cost prices.

Earn nothing.

"Yes!" Yao Guangxiao certainly had no objection to this.

"Speaking of money." Zhu Yunxi smiled meaningfully, and said, "Actually, the national treasury is not short of money. Do you know how much money you got from the issuance of national bonds?"

"How much?" Both of them were very curious.

Although Yao Guangxiao was in the court, he was not in charge of this matter, nor did he know about it.

"One hundred million taels!"

Zhu Yunzhen smiled and stretched out a finger.

(End of this chapter)