Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 394 The frenzy caused by Jin Ping Mei
Chapter 394: The frenzy caused by Jin Ping Mei

"Ximen Qing felt that the golden lotus body was fragrant, the skin was moisturizing the hands, and the beautiful body was so soft and beautiful. It was so fascinating and full of lust. Now that the official has fallen into it, he can only work hard, so don't worry about him. ?”

"Tsk, tsk, this is so written..."

Seeing that the scholar who was responsible for reading the newspaper read this "key point" and did not elaborate on it, he sighed instead. The old and young men who listened with red ears suddenly became anxious.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that Qian Xiucai. You should keep reading. Isn't this going to scare people to death?"

"That's right, Qian Xiucai, we have prepared tea and snacks for you, so you can't be nagging!"

Qian Xiucai, who was being urged by a group of old and young men with white eyes, was wearing a starched white robe and glared at everyone angrily.

"What are you shouting about, what are you shouting about!"

"I thought this book was well written, so I just sighed!"

"If you really have the ability, you can read it yourself!"

Got it!
As the only scholar in the entire city with a reputation, even if he is just a scholar, Qian Xiucai has the "right to speak", so he is really not polite at all.

A group of young and old men were enjoying themselves listening to "Jin Ping Mei". How could they offend Qian Xiucai at such a critical moment?

Even if he usually looked down on the butcher who was a poor scholar who couldn't pass the imperial examinations and was struggling to support his family, at this time he could only try to put a smile on his old face full of anger and persuade him flatteringly.

"Hey, Qian Xiucai, calm down and don't be like them. Hurry up, drink some tea and continue reading!"

Qian Xiucai rolled his eyes arrogantly and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

After all, even though it was just the most ordinary tea, it still tasted better than the tea foam at home.

Qian Xiucai smacked his lips, looked at the Ming Dynasty Weekly in his hand, and sighed with extremely complicated emotions.

"It's so damn good! It's so well written!"

"Why can't I write such a good article!"

This sour sigh directly made everyone around him laugh out loud.

However, everyone didn't say much. Instead, they looked at Qian Xiucai with increasing enthusiasm, waiting for him to continue reading.

Coincidentally, not only in this market, but also in many teahouses, restaurants, inns and other places, people took this Jin Ping Mei and started to follow up and discuss it with great interest.

"Tsk, tsk, look at what he wrote, he looks like he is a veteran in the brothel. This is so interesting!"

"Yeah, compared to the people above, we usually think of ourselves as charming and suave, but in reality we are just stupid fools!"

"Drinking, sex, wealth, everything is written vividly here. Greed, anger, and ignorance are all vividly visible in my mind. Okay, okay!"

"..."

Different from the previous Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, the audience of "Jin Ping Mei" is much broader in today's era.

After all, the forces and counselors in the Three Kingdoms fought against each other, and many people who didn't know a single word couldn't understand it at all.

In Water Margin, there are also battles on the battlefield and disturbances in the court, but the people still don't understand.

But "Jin Ping Mei" is different.

Although Ximen Qing was called a high official, he was just a merchant.

At the same time, he was just hanging out in a county town, and he seemed to be living the life of an ordinary person. He was just a little wealthier than the ordinary people.

The love and disputes here seem to be what they have seen and heard in their daily lives. This made them very interested.

The key is that the book "Jin Ping Mei" grasps the rhythm very well.

It can be called the originator of Liu Bei's book, which is a cool literary genre in the Internet literature world!
The rhythm has ups and downs but never fails, pulling the readers' emotions wave after wave.

From time to time, a climax plot is released, making readers blush and excited!
It can be said that in terms of literary quality, "Jin Ping Mei" may not be as classic as Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.

But when it comes to audience and popularity, "Jin Ping Mei", at least at the moment, is far ahead.

From the princes and nobles to the common people, it can be said that as soon as Jin Ping Mei came out, countless people throughout the Ming Dynasty, starting from Yingtian Mansion, fell into the charm of Jin Ping Mei.

The popularity of Jin Ping Mei also made Lao Zheng, the editor-in-chief of Daming Weekly, laugh so hard that he couldn't close his legs.

Mother!

I haven't seen such a hot scene for a long time.

In the printing workshop, Xingxingzi is almost ready to print it.

But regardless of whether it was 50,000 copies, 60,000 copies, or 100,000 copies printed out by Old Zheng, once they were printed, they seemed to be destroyed.

There was no way to suppress the voices of the merchants clamoring for newspapers.

If it weren't for the increasing amount of money in the newspaper's account, Lao Zheng might have thought that all the newspapers he printed had been burned.

Lately, Lao Zheng is so proud of himself.

With this record, his position as editor-in-chief is completely secure.

After all, he has surpassed the best record set by his previous editor.

At the moment, his prestige in the newspaper is second only to Mr. Hu who founded the Ming Weekly Newspaper.

But even at this point, Lao Zheng continued to increase the number of publications, but it was still hard to find Ming Weekly in the market.

Everyone is chasing the update like crazy!
I have to say that this exciting article that suddenly appeared to stir up crazy emotions and has almost no reading threshold is really a traffic weapon.

However, as the influence of Jin Ping Mei grows, so does the criticism of this book among the scholars.

Many people have said that this book is "indecent" and "vulgar"!
It sounds like everyone who reads this book has a heart.

But in fact, scolding and contempt did not stop them from buying this newspaper and reading it carefully.

There are even options for buying several copies at once.

One to read over and over again, one to bind into a collection for later enjoyment, and finally one to treasure!

Lao Zheng is happy, the readers are happy, and as Mr. Hu who hides his merits and fame, he is also happy.

Originally, he was thinking that it would be good to supplement his family income with the royalties.

As a result, the boy who had received two royalties expressed tremblingly that they did not dare to divide the money.

Too much!
Got it!
Seeing that the royalties were enough to buy about a hundred acres of fertile land, Mr. Hu also knew that these boys felt that the money was a bit hot.

So he "kindly" took back 90% of the money and used the rest as bonuses for everyone.

Then, with a smile, he sent the second half of the manuscript to the newspaper office.

His new vest, Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, has spread more and more widely!
(End of this chapter)