Late Tang

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While speaking, he had already arrived in front of a restaurant called Zuixianju, and immediately a few waiters came out to greet him with smiles on their faces.

Cui Yunqing and his entourage are tall horses, luxury carriages, and many guards, the team exceeds a hundred people.The waiter who was used to seeing the world also knew that this was a visit from a big customer, and immediately a young waitress came out and invited the family members in the carriage to the private room upstairs, and invited the family and servants downstairs for dinner.

Cui Yunqing, Song Wen and other generals went straight up to the third floor together, and directly chose the position of the notice window to sit by the window.

Sitting by the window, tasting Dengzhou fine wine while watching the people coming and going on the street, is also a special style.Several people were talking about going directly to Yingzhou after arriving in Dengzhou to settle down with their families.Cui Yunqing is now appointed by the imperial court as the Deputy Chief Protector of the Anton Chief Protector's Mansion, working from the third rank.

After Li Jing captured the Liaodong Peninsula and Western Liaoning, the Anton Dadu Protectorate became a powerful feudal town in a blink of an eye.When Li Jing took over as the Protector of Dongda, he was just a second-rank idler.But now, Anton Daduhufu owns the territory of eleven states.All of a sudden, it became hot.The imperial court has already begun to want to intervene, but Li Jing's prestige is in full swing, so he dare not intervene rashly for a while.In the end, the court transferred Cui Yunqing, the commander of the Zhennan Army, from Jiangxi to Andong. Although Cui Yunqing was Li Jing's teacher, the court also vacated the position of the commander of the Zhennan Army at once.At the same time, officials were also sent to Anton.With the first, there will soon be a second.

Under Anton's general guard, there is one set of general guards and two sets of general guards.Cui Yunqing's transfer from Zhennan Army Jieshuai to Anton's Deputy Chief Protector appeared to be a flat transfer or even a promotion, but from the first town festival commander to deputy chief protector, it was a secret drop.However, Cui Yunqing is willing to accept this position and come back to be Li Jing's deputy.

And Song Wen and other generals came here this time because they saw that Li Jing's power was getting stronger, and they planned to find a solid backer and make contributions in the Northeast.

While drinking and talking, I heard someone reading something in rhythmic rhythm.The two listened to each other, but they were not storytellers, but someone was reading an article. Lu Huiqing became curious, so she ordered her family to remove the screen, and saw an old man in Confucian robes in his 50s, holding a book full of printed words in his hand. Sitting at a small table, he read while shaking his head on the written paper: "Liaoxi is newly rehabilitated, and the Andong Metropolitan Guard has decided to recruit immigrants to Liaoxi. All the people who are willing to emigrate to Liaoxi will be divided into fields at the rate of [-] mu per square meter." , females will be reduced by half. Underage males and females can get [-] mu of land per mouth......"

A group of guests ate their meals on their own, chatting and laughing softly, they had already become accustomed to it and turned a blind eye.Some people listened to each other and thought carefully, while others whispered and commented softly.

A few merchants who were obviously foreigners asked loudly: "Hey, what do you mean by what you said just now? If you go to the west of Liaoning, you can share one hundred acres of land. It's really such a good thing. Explain it to us in detail... .”

The old man who was studying responded, and then began to explain in detail, "It's not only the west of Liaoning, but it's the same when you go to Liaodong now. For those who go, most of the guards in the capital divide the land according to each person. At the same time, the government also helps build houses, provides seeds, and rents cattle and horses." Wait. In the first year, all taxes and grains are exempted, and the rent can be owed for three years without interest...."

Cui Yunqing, Song Wen and the others looked at each other in blank dismay. They didn't expect that Li Jing had already made such a big business in Liaoxi and Liaodong. They divided the fields, provided seeds for free, rented cattle and horses, and exempted them from taxes for a year.With such a good thing, there will definitely be many people in the Central Plains who are willing to go to Liaodong and Liaoxi.

However, he was a little strange about the person who read the book.

Song Wen called a waiter and asked, "Is this old man hired by the restaurant?"

Xiao Er replied with a smile on his face: "This man is a newspaper reader, not only in restaurants, but also in teahouses, brothels, and restaurants."

"A newspaper reader?" Cui Yunqing stroked her beard and nodded thoughtfully.Although he has been away from Dengzhou for several years, he has also heard about a newspaper in Dengzhou recently. It is said that this newspaper in Dengzhou contains all kinds of important events, and even publishes poems, essays, commentaries, etc. Wait, it's booming.

Seeing the look of the little girl, Song Wen knew that he wanted to benefit, so he directly took a silver coin and threw it over.This silver coin is equivalent to one hundred Wen, and it was exchanged by him when he was in Qizhou.One hundred Wen is in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, which is the money for a catty of rice.But after entering the control area of ​​the town government, the money is worth a lot more, one hundred Wen can buy twenty catties of rice.

Seeing such a generous reward, Xiaoer's eyes lit up, and he put the silver coins into his pocket with a smile.Seeing that the guest was generous and imposing, he did not dare to be contemptuous at the moment, and quickly said in detail: "At first glance, the senior official has just arrived from other places, and this newspaper reader is a person who specializes in reading newspapers for guests. Every restaurant, restaurant, teahouse There are brothels and brothels, usually paid for by restaurants. Now customers like this, if any one does not have this, the business will definitely be much worse. Most of these are old masters who specialize in reading newspapers to people in restaurants and tea houses If the guests don’t understand, they will explain it in detail. If the guests are happy, they will reward them with a few dollars. In other words, these people earn a lot, even more than those vulgar storytellers.” Speaking of this, Xiaoer's face was full of envy, obviously the income of the newspaper reader was much higher than his salary.

Cui Decheng listened a little confused, "Newspaper? What is it?"

Cui Yunqing shook her head and sighed, "You usually pay more attention to the things around you, don't just focus on drinking and money." Having taught Cui Decheng a lesson, he asked Xiaoer: "There are such newspaper readers, Wouldn’t the newspaper be bought by a lot of people?”

Xiao Er laughed and said: "Where would it be? Dengzhou has the most scholars and officials. If you have a little money, who doesn't subscribe to a newspaper? In Dengzhou, if you subscribe to a newspaper, it is a sign of a decent family. All yamen, schools, workshops, hospitals, etc. all order newspapers directly. I heard that our daily can sell tens of thousands of copies every day. 20 copies of the newspaper, but it was reprinted again and again. The printing house of the Newspaper Bureau was too busy, and several other printing houses were invited to help. In the end, it is said that 20 copies of the newspaper were sold. My God, There are only a million people in Dengzhou, and we sold [-] copies. You can imagine how prosperous it was. That day, my father and neighbors almost bought a copy. You said they couldn’t read and spent five cents Money to buy a newspaper, I don’t even know it, it’s like a treasure in a collector’s house, and I use it to show off from time to time.”

"Here in our restaurant, many people who listen to newspapers also subscribe to newspapers themselves, but they don't have time to read, or they don't know how to read and can't read, so they have to come here to listen to and play. You don't know, reading and listening to newspapers They are all very respectable things. I heard that the landlords in the countryside outside Dengzhou City subscribe to newspapers, and they even subscribe to several copies.”

Cui Yunqing nodded. In any case, just looking at the details of selling tens of thousands of newspapers every day, Dengzhou today is indeed completely different from the Dengzhou that he was in charge of at the beginning.In today's world where warriors rule the country and literati are underestimated, it is indeed a very gratifying thing for Dengzhou to have such a style of writing.

Cui Decheng saw that everyone said the newspaper was so miraculous, he immediately opened the purse, took a gold coin and stuffed it to the little girl.He said with a smile: "Please help me buy a few newspapers from the past few days, buy a few more, and the rest will be your reward."

One gold coin is ten silver coins, which is one thousand Wen.In today's Dengzhou, this can be regarded as a small fortune, almost half a month's wages as a junior.Xiao Er nodded repeatedly, and retreated with a smile.Downstairs, heading straight to the post office, clutching the gold coin tightly on the way, while thinking about it, I met another local tyrant.

After reading the newspapers in the restaurant for a long time, Cui Yunqing, Song Wen and others found that although they had just arrived in Dengzhou, they already had a more detailed understanding of the situation in the sixteen prefectures under the township.Newspapers and weekly magazines contain almost everything.From Li Jing's preparations for war in Liaodong, road construction, city building, immigration and other major events, to small things such as school beckoning, army recruitment, and even the advertisements of various businesses, house rentals, etc., the newspapers have all these things.Even in today's newspaper, it was written that Cui Yunqing was about to go to Dengzhou to take office. For this reason, there were several articles about some of his political achievements when he was in charge of Dengzhou, and he flattered him a lot.

But take a closer look, some things that may reveal the secrets of the town government, but you can't see anything in the newspapers.This made Cui Yunqing nodded. This newspaper can enlighten people's wisdom and even help business development, but Li Jing is also very good at controlling some bad consequences that may be caused by it.Although it seems that everyone is speaking freely in the newspaper, there are no people who sing the opposite.The tone of the entire newspaper is a harmonious scene.

"Why are there so many businessmen's shouts in this newspaper?" Cui Decheng couldn't help feeling very strange when he saw that there were many places on it that said information such as job recruitment, purchase, lease, transfer, and good business.He always thinks that newspapers are relatively sacred things, after all, they are full of articles.But now seeing the businessmen treating the newspaper as a square-like shouting business, I can't help but feel very strange.

"It's an ad."

"advertise?"

Xiao Er smiled and explained, "It's about spreading the word! No matter what businessman it is, as long as it pays the advertising fee to the Newspaper Bureau, and after checking that there are no false or bad information in the advertisement, it can be published in the newspaper."

Cui Yunqing heard some tricks, "Is this advertisement effective?"

"Advertising in newspapers is of course very effective, but it is very expensive. Most people can't afford it. Even the cheapest mid-seat advertisements are counted by word. For one day, each word costs [-] yuan, and every day The minimum fee for an advertisement is [-] cash. Like that full-page advertisement, it costs [-] pennies a day. When our restaurant first opened, the owner published three full-page advertisements in the daily newspaper and spent [-] pennies. But The effect is also quite popular, the opening day is so prosperous that our boss even called it worthwhile.”

Cui Yunqing did some calculations, and a small middle advertisement costs [-] renminbi, and a full page costs [-] renminbi. This issue of the newspaper has four pages and sixteen pages, and there are advertisements everywhere.After all, this newspaper seems inconspicuous, but it actually makes a lot of money.

A newspaper costs five cents, and 30 copies are sold a day, which is only [-] yuan.And the number of advertisements sold in one issue is more than this, and how much does this newspaper cost?

What's more, this business is done every day, making money every day, 360 five days a year, and when it rolls over, the profit of this newspaper will be very considerable.Now, Cui Yunqing has a deep impression on why Li Jing can make Dengzhou so prosperous.

After drinking and reading the newspaper, Cui Yunqing and others paid the bill.

"Chenghui 350 yuan, our boss said that the change of 350 and [-] yuan will be erased, and only [-] yuan will be charged. Gold coins, silver coins, and banknotes are acceptable, and copper coins are not accepted for payment of more than [-] yuan." Pulled the accountant in the lobby. Pulling the abacus, he said politely.

Cui Decheng was stunned for a moment, "Where do you open a black shop, and a meal costs nearly [-] yuan? Dengzhou rice is only five yuan a catty. Don't think that we are foreigners."

"Guest officer calm down, please listen to the little old man." The owner of the restaurant in silk hurried over and said with a smile, "The guest officer came from another place, and there may be some misunderstanding. The price of rice in Dengzhou is indeed five cents a catty. Wang’s good governance. Apart from grain, oil, cloth, salt, etc., many daily necessities in Dengzhou are very cheap. However, wine is expensive. In the territory of the town, wine is not a necessity for life, so it is a monopoly, and the price is extremely high. Moreover, our restaurant belongs to the service industry, and we have to levy high taxes in the service industry. There are more than 100 officials and people, and the food cost is not much, mainly because the wine is not cheap. Twenty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars, the small shop has no children. Bullying, never dare to bully customers. If the officials don’t believe it, they can immediately ask people to invite people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau who are patrolling this street to be just.”

When Cui Yunqing heard this, she already believed in the owner of the restaurant.For such a big restaurant, they dare not mess around.He smiled at the moment and asked Cui Decheng to pay thirty gold coins directly.

"The host's hospitality is good, we are very satisfied. Here is the wine money, and the rest is a reward for the boys."

The owner of the restaurant saw that Cui Yunqing and his party were numerous and powerful, and they were all tall horses. He could see that they were either rich or expensive.Seeing that the leader was so polite and easy to speak, he was also relieved, and hurriedly sent him to the door respectfully.

As soon as Cui Yunqing left the restaurant, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes on the long street, and then a dazzling golden armored horse approached slowly.

When the people on the left and right of the street saw this team coming, they all stopped and bowed their heads to salute.

"It's King Anton!" Cui Decheng couldn't help but whispered when he saw a familiar face appear among the knights guarding him.

Li Jing came riding a golden sweat-blooded BMW, and after more than ten steps away, he had already rolled off the horse. He laughed and stepped forward to salute Cui Yunqing: "The student is late to meet the teacher, please forgive me!"

Cui Yunqing looked Li Jing up and down several times, and after a few years of seeing each other, Li Jing became more mature and more majestic.Xinxin laughed and helped Li Jing up, and said with a smile: "I know you are busy with work, so I didn't want to disturb you, but I didn't expect that nothing can be hidden from your eyes and ears." (To be continued.)