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Chapter 163 Ming Dynasty President
Reminiscing about the scholars at the roadside stalls, I feel a little relieved.

Ningbo has been good at doing business since ancient times, and when it has money, it trains its children to study. The style of good books can be seen from the Zangshu Pavilion that survives in later generations.Confucianism here is very popular, and there are many scholars.

In a city, if there are more scholars, the city will change accordingly. Just like the people at the foot of the capital have more knowledge, more intellectuals can also infect the common people. In this way, the atmosphere must be open, and being an official in such a place is also Be careful, because the populace is not that easy to fool.

The Ming Dynasty has won the throne for hundreds of years, and it has always been known for its strength, and there is no such thing as surrender.

In the history of the original time and space, Chongzhen achieved the death of the king.There are not many such emperors throughout the ages, so even if he is mediocre, he is respected by future generations.

However, Lord Chongzhen in this time and space had some enlightenment. Not only did he run away ahead of time, but he started to play with the sea trade, and fought to the death with a group of ministers for a commercial tax.

Although the 30 tax one fuck | tax has not changed, but some other auxiliary taxes have been added. Although not high, it has greatly improved Ming's income.In maritime trade, there is an additional import and export tariff.

Among them, the export tariff is almost negligible, and the import tariff is terribly high.

In addition, this running Chongzhen Lord also played with Qianzhuang. From many aspects, this guy looks a bit like a time traveler.And it is precisely because of this series of reforms that touched the cake of the Jiangnan gentry, so when talking about this emperor who clearly extended the life of the Ming Dynasty, the gentry class in Jiangnan always looked down upon him. Chongzhen is a softie.

Fortunately, the farmer uncle feels that he is an old man.Because of the increase in commercial taxes and the opening of the sea trade, half of the country was lost, and everyone's eyes were not only on the land.

After all, annexing other people's land is not a good reputation. I heard that there are many uncultivated land overseas. With half of the land missing and limited land, many people have gone to colonize.

I heard that they had a fight with the Spaniards because of this, and beat the Spaniards to the point of crying, and finally regained some confidence in the kingdom of heaven.

"If you want me to say that self-cultivation is enough, why is there no movement from the court? Could it be like the people of the Song Dynasty that they only regard Hangzhou as Bianzhou?"

"How do I know about the affairs of the court? This thing called a newspaper is also fresh, and it says that ordinary people like me can contribute. Once accepted, there will be a retouching fee. Hey, Wang Xiucai, go try it out!"

"If I can win the draft, I don't need money."

"Aiyo, reading is pure and noble..."

"Hmph! Xia Chong can't talk to Bing."

Man Yue chuckled, and said in a low voice, "Twenty characters in one word, it's quite attractive."

"Oh, it's natural."

Yang Shouyan caressed Xu and said: "If there is such a good thing when I am studying, I will come here. If I win one or two articles, not only will I be famous, but it will also be a bit affordable. It is also good to buy some books."

"Did Uncle Eight also lack money when he was a child?"

"What are you talking about... Although our Yang family has a big family and a great career, we also have many children. It costs money to study. Three generations of rich peasants can only train one scholar. How many does our Yang family train? Only those who can read in a generation, Not one of them is missing. The monthly money seems to be a lot, but the books are expensive, and that money is not enough to read."

Man Yue couldn't help sighing, "This is true for a big family, let alone an ordinary small family. How lucky you are to know the characters of sages in this life."

"I'm sorry for your words. It's a pity that there is no wine or tea at this time. Eating noodles is a toast."

The eighth uncle was also very funny, he really took a bite of the noodles, and even made the word "please", which made Man Yue laugh out loud.

Just showing his teeth, Eighth Uncle quit.

"You lady, don't show your teeth when you smile."

Man Yue nodded, not resisting at all, but found Uncle Ba very interesting.

In fact, this temperament should be a lively one, but in order to pursue an official career, he suppressed his temper.

I came back these few days and started doing what I like again, which is much clearer than when I first came back.

After the uncle and nephew had breakfast, they saw that the newsboys on the road were gone, and when they walked to the newspaper office, they saw a few more newsboys coming out.When he saw Yang Shouchi, he saluted, with joy on his small face, "Congratulations to the vice president, the newspapers are on sale! Let's come over and get some more!"

Man Yue almost choked to death on her own saliva, vice president?What the hell? !
"Hehe, that's because you shouted hard! Go to the president's place later to take roll and get the money!"

"Hey, thank you Vice President!"

I'm about to vomit blood, and there is also a president in the Ming Dynasty?

This is how rare the full moon is.

The word president first appeared in "Song History·Lu Mengzhengzhuan", which means "summarize and decide the matter". For example, the head who is in charge of compiling history can be called president.And Yang Shouchi and the others are doing the same job now, so it's normal to be called the president!

The full moon has a strange expression on her face.

In her opinion, the word president always has a derogatory meaning.Don't you see that the CEOs who are popular in the later generations are all the CEOs in the middle school?He draws his sword and cuts people at every turn, and he is not afraid of embarrassment!As for the president, the big brother of the underworld won't do it himself unless necessary!
So as soon as the word "President" was mentioned, some images of mental retardation and secondary illness appeared in her mind.

Looking at Uncle Ba, he shook his head violently. It is really impossible to connect the second illness with Uncle Ba!
"Why are you standing there shaking your head and rolling your eyes?!"

Just when she was thinking wildly, Yang Shouchi's voice brought her back to reality, "Don't you still greet Mr. Yuxi?"

"Where, where, you're welcome, you're welcome, we are all partners, so where is the need to salute?"

The full moon came back to her senses, Song Yuxi did not know when she came to the front, hurriedly saluted, and said, "Hello, Uncle Song!"

After a pause, he continued: "Uncle Song is an elder, and Man Yue should salute you."

"Hehe, good boy, you're welcome!"

Song Yuxi was very useful, she felt that although Man Yue was cunning, she could at least know how to behave and be polite!

It is still a pleasure to get along with it!

Welcoming the two of them to the place where the newspapers are kept, Man Yue looked at them and was a little dazed, "Uncle Song, you, how many copies have you printed?!"

Song Yuxi smiled and said: "Didn't you say that the more you print, the cheaper it will be? I printed [-] copies..."

"What?!"

Full Moon was surprised, "Newspapers are time-sensitive, so many can be sold out?"

Song Yuxi and Yang Shouchi looked at each other, both of them showed inscrutable expressions, Song Yuxi twirled his beard, and said: "I have always been a place where literary style prevails in Jiangnan, and if you can't sell it all, you can sell it elsewhere. .”

After a pause, he continued: "Many of my friends in other places are interested in this item. We will sell it in Ningbo first, and share the rest with them. It is still 30 yuan a share."

There is no lack of complacency in the words, and the implication is: this is the ability of the old man.

Man Yue laughed, cupped her hands again and again and said, "With Mr. Yuxi here, why worry about my Shixin Newspaper not being prosperous?"

This made people feel comfortable, Song Yuxi said politely, but the expression on his face was appreciative, he waved his hand and said: "Someone will come to collect it after noon, let's make a good start, distribute [-] newspapers at once, let's do it Famous overnight!"

Man Yue and Ba Shu looked at each other, feeling happy.

Uncle Ba is happy to use Song Yuxi's channel; while Man Yue is happy to make a lot of money.

After technological improvement, the profit of a newspaper is now about 7 cents; and if so many are printed at once, the cost can be converted again. On average, a newspaper has a profit of at least 10 cents. There is a profit of 1000 taels of silver, which is really scary!

Of course, this was just a test of the waters. Song Yuxi entrusted others to sell the newspaper to other places, diversifying the risks. It seemed that he sold [-] copies, which seemed to be a good start.But the three principals here all know that if the market does not respond well, they may not make so much money, or even lose money.

But no matter what, this step has finally been taken, and the 1000 taels of silver will be credited soon. No matter how you look at it, it is a happy event and should be celebrated.

I was going to go to a restaurant, but how can Man Yue's personal spirit make Song Yuxi spend so much?
Occupying other people's channels has to be interesting.

It is not uncommon for people of their worth to go to restaurants, but it is more sincere to cook a meal by themselves.

Let the janitor of the newspaper office lead the way, take two of his own children, go to the vegetable market to buy some ingredients, and come back, after a busy meal, he cleaned up three tables of vegetables.

The newspaper office now has 20 people including odd jobs. They have worked hard recently, and cooking a meal for them is considered a reward.

I also made some lo-mei, and asked them to pack it and take it to the printing workshop, and bring some condolences to the hard-working craftsmen.

They are all local dishes. Although they are simple dishes, a group of people are satisfied with the food.

Yang Manyue is now well-known in Ningbo, and is also a half-shareholder of the newspaper. Many people are quite excited to be able to eat her dishes.

You must know that going to Guilinju to eat a full moon dish now costs ten taels of silver.

The 30 dishes are not too much, or not too much, but if you have to cook them all, even if Man Yue has been abused by the system and has great physical strength, it is too much to cook every day.

He simply listened to Leng Yun's words, and changed the shop to ten courses a day after the opening period of one month, and reservations must be made in advance.

So in order to eat the dishes made by everyone in Yang, some rich people played new tricks and increased some labor costs. At the beginning, it was 2,3 or 10 taels, but it became more and more fried later, and now they have to serve a plate of ordinary dishes It's [-] taels of silver.

Although the price has risen, reservations are still full. Everyone is proud to eat the dishes cooked by Yang Rener. What is even more frightening is that there are still many people asking her to come to the house to cook noodles. The reward of one hundred taels of silver.

And the full moon didn't do all these banquets, but selected some people, and they all chose the banquets in mid-November, and she didn't have time before that.

Even so, the number of people who came to invite me to make noodles is still in an endless stream. When I found out that everyone in Yang only made noodles after mid-November, they learned to be smart, and suddenly the appointment was scheduled until the 11th of December.

If it wasn't for Man Yue's refusal in the future, I'm afraid I would have to continue to line up. Being able to invite everyone Yang to have a banquet at home has become a means of comparison for wealthy families.

So it is an honor for those who work for these newspapers to eat the dishes cooked by Mr. Yang.

Although there is no feeling of being able to shed tears in the legend, it still feels cordial in the end, with a touch of warmth in my heart, like a mother's handicraft. Swelling, I really want to cry a little bit, those are warm tears.

"Oh, Miss Full Moon, your skills are really amazing, you are getting better and better every day!"

Song Yuxi couldn't help sighing, and felt like a ghost in his heart.

It's only been half a month, how do you feel that her skills have improved again?

Man Yue, who is abused by the system every day, has almost become a habit of being abused. If she doesn't make any progress, she might as well kill her with a piece of tofu!

It is not only the increase of God's Hands that can be considered as progress, but the repeated quizzes are a kind of improvement.

Man Yue smiled and said, "Uncle Song, I'd be proud if you praised me like that."

"Yue girl, don't be humble, your craftsmanship is really amazing. I have eaten a lot of noodles. When I was a Jinshi, His Majesty also rewarded the food. Your craftsmanship is comparable to that of the imperial chef. I dare not say Daming is number one, at least Ningbo is number one."

If you put this on someone else, you will be sure that Yang Shouchi will be complained about. He has never seen such a superficial person who praises his niece like this.But when it is put on the full moon, everyone thinks it is reasonable.

Without him, this girl's craftsmanship is really good!

There are endless new dishes, astonishing craftsmanship, as long as you have seen and eaten it, you will never forget it in your life.

Although she is not watching her at the roadside stall in Chaiqiao now, everyone is still willing to eat it because of her reputation, even if the taste is a little bit worse, but the soup base is made by the full moon, which can satisfy your hunger a little!
After all, not everyone can enter Guilinju's level!

Everyone nodded and praised, "The craftsmanship of Xiaodong's family is beyond words. It's my honor to eat the dishes made by Xiaodong's family today!"

"Extremely, extremely! Maybe this is the only chance in this life, let's eat more, remember this taste, and wait for the little master to become my first chef in Daming, it will be such an honor! We have eaten the first chef's cooking Got food!"

A group of reporters and editors booed and came to toast. Naturally, Man Yueren couldn't drink too much, so he raised his glass and shared a drink with everyone and said, "Thank you, gentlemen! In the future, Shixin News will rely on everyone's sincere cooperation and solidarity. Remember us The purpose of running a newspaper: impartiality, impartiality, fairness, truth-seeking, defying power, speaking out for the weak, advancing with the times! Do it!"

"Dry!"

"well said!"

Uncle Ba and Yuxi also cheered up, "Write this down, this is the motto of our Shixin Newspaper!"

All the people present were literati, and literati had a passion for romance. What Man Yue said made everyone's blood surge, and they were all gearing up for a big fight in the future.

After the words of encouragement to the employees were finished, the atmosphere was heated for a while and then gradually calmed down. Everyone began to talk about the content of the next issue of the newspaper.

This newspaper is printed every three days, so before the first issue comes out, the content of the second, third, and even fourth issue has also been selected.Except for current affairs news, which is still to be determined, everything else has been typed.

And what they are arguing about now is the news of current affairs.

Some people think that writing about shrews swearing at the streets is low-grade;

Several reporters and editors were in a mess, and Man Yue looked happy.

Good argument!

The more the reason is debated, the clearer it becomes, otherwise, how boring would a pool of stagnant water be?
At the end of the quarrel, he simply asked the three of them how to choose.

Song Yuxi took a look at Man Yue, and said, "Miss Man Yue, you came up with this newspaper, what do you think?"

Man Yue glanced at Yang Shouchi, saw him nodding slightly at her, thought for a while and said, "In my opinion, what the reporters said makes sense."

The corner of Song Yuxi's mouth twitched, doesn't that mean he didn't say anything?

"Well, although the idea of ​​this newspaper is my idea, I haven't actually tried it. I don't think it's worth arguing about it. We can set up a wooden box outside, let readers comment, and put the letter in the box That’s it. In addition, everyone’s opinion is nothing more than Yangchun Baixue or Xialiba people. This is better resolved. The so-called practice brings true knowledge. Everyone prints a different one every week. Look at the things in the wooden box outside to know how to do it. "

"True knowledge comes from practice?!"

Uncle Ba's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help clapping his hands in admiration, "What a good one who practices true knowledge!"

Man Yue smiled and said: "This way, everyone won't have to argue. Although the arguments become clearer and clearer, our second issue of the newspaper still needs everyone's hard work. Don't dare to start internal strife at this time!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Everyone laughed and cupped their hands one after another, "The little boss has thoughtful thinking, I admire it!"

After eating, Man Yue wrote another short story and handed it to Uncle Ba, saying: "Uncle Ba, this is a fable of Xiyi. I heard it from Xiyi people. I find it interesting and meaningful. So I wrote it down, can you see if it can be published in the newspaper?"

"It's natural for you to make a move."

Yang Shouchi took it with a smile, "Others don't know, but Uncle Ba knows. How can there be Mr. Sang? Only you, a cunning little fellow."

Man Yue blushed, then smiled and said, "Nothing can be hidden from Ba Shu."

"The king's new clothes?"

Yang Shouchi was delighted when he saw the topic, "The topic looks interesting."

After all, I don't care about the full moon anymore, and look from top to bottom.The story of a few hundred words was quickly read. After putting down the paper, I couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect that there is such a warning story in Xiyi, and it may not be worthwhile!"

"The Xiyi people are good at using equipment and fortifications. The country is based on business, and it is not without merit."

Full Moon shook her head, "Mushi once gave me a little lion that can walk on its own, which shows that Xiyi's skills are superb."

"No matter how brilliant it is, it's nothing more than ingenious prostitution skills. I admit that it's a little bit convenient for life, but I don't agree with you when you say it's desirable."

"Uncle Ba, it's a small moving toy now, but what if the |toy is enlarged to become a car that can walk on its own? Or become a big boat that can move by itself without wind?"

"This……"

When Yang Shouchi thought about it, he suddenly felt a chill behind him, and said hesitantly, "This, is this possible?"

"Why is it impossible?"

Full Moon shook her head, "We are not the only ones who know how to draw inferences from one example, but also Xiyi! What if one day they want to build a big ship that can sail without sails, and then put on Hongyi cannons and drive it to my seaside, Uncle Ba, what do you think?" Are they more terrifying than Japanese pirates?"

(End of this chapter)