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Xue Ke smiled and said, "If that's the case, then it's easy. Next, if Brother Cong needs anything printed, just go find my sister."

After hearing this, Jia Cong also nodded.

Handing over the printing workshop to Xue Baoqin would indeed save him time and effort, and it would also save him the trouble of transferring Jia Qin over.

The situations of Xue Baoqin and Lin Daiyu are different.

Lin Daiyu was the legal wife, and after the engagement, it was inconvenient for the two to meet again.

Even if they meet, they do it secretly, otherwise gossip will inevitably spread.

But Xue Baoqin was Jia Cong's concubine, and concubines did not have so many rules.

Therefore, after returning to Ningguo Mansion, Jia Cong asked Hongxiu to go to Hengwuyuan and invite Xue Baoqin.

Now Xue Baoqin and Xue Baochai live together. If she lived in a courtyard alone, Jia Cong could come directly to her house.

Even if something beyond friendship happens, it won't be a problem.

After all, in this era, the status of concubines was extremely low.

But now Xue Baoqin lives in Hengwuyuan, and with Xue Baochai around, it would be inconvenient for Jia Cong to go directly to her house.

Soon, Xue Baoqin came to Jia Cong's study.

After entering the door and seeing Jia Cong, although Xue Baoqin had a very cheerful personality, she became very shy at this moment. She lowered her head and did not dare to look at Jia Cong.

"Cong, Third Brother Cong, you called me here, what do you want me to do?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Sister Qin, please sit down and talk."

After Xue Baoqin sat down, Jia Cong said, "It's like this. I'm going to let you take care of the printing workshop. What do you think?"

Xue Baoqin said happily: "It is my honor to help Third Brother Cong. Third Brother Cong just needs to let me take care of the workshop."

After hearing this, Jia Cong nodded and said, "Thank you for your help, Sister Qin. By the way, this is the first draft of the first issue of Daxia Monthly."

"You can print a copy first, and show it to His Majesty for review. Then wait for His Majesty's instructions to see if there are any additions or deletions that need to be made."

"This newspaper must be printed on fine paper, with delicate print and a smaller font than that used in normal printing."

"We should try to reduce the font size to one-third of the normal font size and print it on both sides. Is it possible to print it?"

In this world, because words are written with a brush, even if they are printed, the characters are much larger than those in later generations.

But if newspapers are also printed in such a large font, it would be a bit inappropriate.

For example, the first chapter of The Legend of the Condor Heroes alone has more than 20,000 words.

In this world, a page of paper can print about eight to ten lines, and a line can print about twenty words.

A maximum of 200 words can be printed on a piece of paper.

Therefore, just printing the first chapter of The Legend of the Condor Heroes required a hundred pages of paper.

Even the paper used for newspapers is four times larger than that used for books.

Then it would take twenty-five pages of paper to print one page of a chapter novel. If other pages were added, one issue of the newspaper would take about fifty sheets of paper.

Emmmm, how can this be a newspaper? It's clearly a book.

Now, if Jia Cong reduces the font size to one third, he can print sixty characters in one line.

And a piece of paper can have nearly twenty more lines, so one page can print 1,800 words.

And the paper used for newspapers is four times larger than that for books.

Therefore, 7,200 words can be printed on one sheet of paper, and with double-sided printing, less than two sheets of paper are needed to print them all.

All the layouts added together would only take up four or five sheets of paper at most.

This kind of newspaper can be considered a normal newspaper.

Xue Baoqin was embarrassed when she heard this. After a while, she said, "Brother Cong, let me try first. I have never used such a small font before. I need to make a mold for it. I am afraid it may not be possible to make it within three to five days."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "This matter is not urgent. We must prepare it properly and then it will not be too late to publish it."

"So you don't have to be impatient, just do it patiently."

"The newspaper we prepared has a lot of content. Only by printing it this way can we control the number of papers."

When Xue Baoqin heard this, she understood Jia Cong's intention and nodded in agreement.

Xue Baoqin asked again: "Third Brother Cong, this Daxia Monthly Report will definitely be promoted throughout Daxia, right?"

"I think we can use the channels of my Xue family's big house shop when the time comes."

"In this way, we can fully promote the Daxia Monthly Report in the shortest possible time."

This girl, even before she even entered the house, was already thinking about herself.

And this girl is really smart and good at thinking about problems from her own perspective.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong couldn't help but say: "Using the channels of your Xue family's eldest branch to promote it is convenient, but it is inappropriate."

"This Great Xia Monthly Report is extremely involved. It is better for your Xue family not to get too involved. Otherwise, it will easily bring disaster to your family."

"I am still preparing. If we want to promote the Huaxia Monthly in the future, we can use the post station route."

Hearing this, Xue Baoqin's eyes lit up.

Post stations are spread all over Daxia, and the distribution of post stations is unmatched by any other noble families in Daxia.

Moreover, the post station is also the official system of Daxia, which is perfect for promoting Daxia Monthly Report.

Thinking of this, Xue Baoqin said hurriedly: "I didn't think carefully and almost made trouble for Brother Cong's important event."

Jia Cong laughed and said, "What's the big deal? You can put yourself in my shoes and think about me with all your heart. I love you for your kindness."

Hearing this, Xue Baoqin lowered her head shyly, but her heart was filled with sweetness.

Soon, Xue Baoqin said goodbye and left to busy herself with printing work.

And Jia Cong began to prepare for the next step.

Jia Cong went straight to Xue Pan and planned to ask Xue Pan to do him a favor in a few days. Xue Pan gladly agreed.

……

In the blink of an eye, another five days passed.

There are only two days left before Jia Cong reports to the Hanlin Academy.

One day, Xue Baoqin came to the door with some papers.

Soon, Xue Baoqin will become Jia Cong's concubine, so there is naturally no need to inform the Ningguo Mansion when she comes.

She went straight into Jia Cong's study, put the newspaper on Jia Cong's desk, and said as if to seek credit:
"Brother Cong, I have printed it according to your request. What do you think? Is there anything wrong with it?"

Jia Cong asked in surprise: "So fast? Let me take a look."

As he spoke, Jia Cong opened the newspaper on the desk and flipped through it.

Then he discovered that the newspaper was indeed made according to his requirements.

The font was very small, and although it was slightly larger than Jia Cong had imagined, it was barely usable.

The printing quality is a little bit poor, but it is not much worse than ordinary books.

Totally enough.

Other aspects are basically within Jia Cong's requirements. (End of this chapter)