I'm in the Red Mansion

It was free in the first two months, why do they have to pay for it this month?

Are they crazy about money? Only a fool would spend money to buy their newspapers!

snort!
When it was given away for free, countless people scrambled to grab it, but now that they have to pay to buy it, they all back off.

Prostitution makes people happy!

It won’t work if you spend money!

Of course, among these many people, there are naturally some who are willing to spend money to buy it.

Most of those who spent money to buy newspapers were candidates who were still taking the imperial examinations.

Because the contemporary essays written by the new number one scholar are really well written, and his guidance articles are full of gems.

They read two issues of current affairs and guidance articles, and felt that their level had improved.

How could they not be ecstatic with such an improvement?

Even if the improvement is only a little bit each time, when accumulated, it will be a huge improvement.

Maybe they will pass the exam in one fell swoop because of this improvement.

Therefore, these people went to the sales point to inquire about the price of the Daxia Monthly Report.

After hearing the price, they felt that it was good value for money.

A copy of the Daxia monthly report costs only ten cents.

Jia Cong used the price of rice to compare Daxia and later generations, and found that one penny in Daxia was roughly equivalent to two yuan in later generations.

Ten cents is equivalent to twenty yuan in later generations.

A newspaper that costs twenty yuan a copy would be considered a sky-high price in later times.

But in this era, it’s really not expensive.

You know, books were very expensive in that era.

A book costs at least three or four strings of money.

A set of the Four Books and Five Classics, not counting the annotated hardcover edition, just the ordinary kind, would cost more than ten strings of coins.

Ten cents for a newspaper is really a fair price.

Therefore, many candidates bought newspapers.

However, for the entire capital city, the number of people who buy it is still small.

……

After two days, only more than a thousand copies of the 20,000 copies of the Daxia Monthly were sold.

There are still more than 18,000 newspapers left unsold.

Before Jia Cong could get anxious, Xue Baoqin couldn't sit still anymore.

Xue Baoqin found Jia Cong and asked him to think of a way to lower the price.

Jia Cong told her to be patient and not to worry.

In fact, in Jia Cong's opinion, selling more than a thousand newspapers in two days is already a very good performance.

As time goes by, sales will definitely increase.

Even if you don’t sell many copies in the end, there’s no need to worry.

Just over 10,000 newspapers, they will be sold out quickly.

Next, we need to consider how to start planning across the entire Daxia.

But there is no need to be too anxious about this matter, even if you are anxious it will be useless.

We must first make the Daxia Monthly News popular in the capital before we can expand outward.

The capital city is the base of Daxia Monthly News. If the base is unstable, there is no way to expand outward.

From then on, Jia Cong's life was quite comfortable.

I am so proud to have my lovely wife and concubines accompanying me every day.

The weather is getting hotter day by day.

In Ningguo Mansion and Grand View Garden, a large amount of ice is used every day to make the rooms cooler.

However, in the Grand View Garden, it is a little cooler at night.

On this day, Jia Cong, Lin Daiyu and other girls were enjoying the cool air by the lake in the Grand View Garden.

Suddenly a strong wind blew, and a dark cloud invaded from the north.

The originally scorching sun soon disappeared and the sky gradually darkened.

Click!

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, shaking the ground. Crack!
Another bolt of lightning.

This bolt of lightning was so close to everyone that it seemed to be striking them on the head.

The girls were so frightened that they turned pale and screamed.

Lin Daiyu was so frightened that she covered her chest with her hands, looking terrified.

Jia Cong hurriedly stepped forward and held her hand, which made Lin Daiyu calm down a little.

During a thunderstorm, try to stay away from water, large trees, or tall buildings.

Otherwise it is easy to be struck by lightning.

Therefore, Jia Cong hurriedly said, "It's going to rain today. Let's go back quickly, or we'll get wet."

The women nodded and quickly left the place.

Just as Jia Cong, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baoqin returned to Ninglu Hall, raindrops as big as beans began to fall down with a crackling sound.

The ground soon became wet and a fishy smell filled the air.

Soon, the raindrops became heavier and rain water gradually accumulated on the ground.

The raindrops in the sky became denser and denser, almost forming a line.

Looking out from the door, all I could see was a vast expanse of white.

It was as if someone was pouring water down from the sky.

Lightning flashed continuously, thunder roared, and even the ground beneath our feet was shaking slightly.

Lin Daiyu was so frightened that her pretty face turned pale. Jia Cong hurriedly hugged her to make her feel at ease.

Xue Baoqin was not very scared, but she also came to the other side of Jia Cong and leaned gently against him.

The rain seemed to have no end and kept falling.

It rained for more than an hour before it stopped for a while and the raindrops gradually became smaller.

The thunder and lightning also stopped.

When everyone went out to look, they found that the yard outside was full of water.

When Qingwen saw it, she became interested for a moment.

She was busy directing the little girl to block the drain to prevent the water in the yard from draining out.

Water was deliberately allowed to accumulate in the yard, and then some mallards, egrets and mandarin ducks were caught and chased away, and their wings were sewed on, and they were allowed to play in the yard.

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baoqin also found it very interesting.

Xue Baoqin even rolled up her trouser legs and started to do it herself.

Jia Cong watched and found it interesting.

Unexpectedly, the rain had just stopped for less than half an hour when it started to rain heavily again.

This took half a day and then the whole night.

The next day, although the rain was lighter, it still drizzled all day long.

It rained heavily again on the third day, and it was not until the fourth day that the sky gradually cleared up.

It rained for three days in a row. Such heavy rain is very rare and it is seldom seen in more than ten years.

Not to mention how muddy the streets outside were, how flooded the river was, and which villages were flooded.

Even the water level in the Grand View Garden had risen a lot.

Zilingzhou, where Yingchun lived, was originally built on the water.

Now, after three days of heavy rain, the water level has risen sharply, making it extremely inconvenient for Yingchun to go in and out.

Jia Cong simply asked her to move out first.

All the concave areas in other parts of the Grand View Garden were covered with water.

Outside, a piece of news was spreading.

However, in the two southern provinces, torrential rains that had not been seen in a century broke out, causing floods.

I don’t know how many people’s houses were washed away, and how many people were swept away by the flood and buried in the ocean.

This flood caused hundreds of thousands of victims.

In order to survive, these disaster victims had to gather together and look for a place to survive.

It is said that a large number of disaster victims are heading towards the capital.

I'm afraid it won't take more than ten days or half a month to reach the outside of the capital. (End of this chapter)