Huang Shixing really didn't understand why Mr. Chen and He went to Changning Guard.
Huang Shixing can be said to be very proud these days. With the gift of "Wenyuan New Rhythm", Huang Shixing can be said to be famous in Nanping County.
And after calculation, all 200 copies of "Wenyuan Xinyun" were sold out, and Huang Shixing "only" lost fifty taels of silver!
Although we lost money, the printing and binding of "Wenyuan Xinyun" cost almost two taels of silver per copy.
Huang Shixing also gave away a lot of money, so in the end he only lost fifty taels of silver, which was quite impressive.
Fifty taels of silver won the discussion and praise of scholars in the county and even the whole government. Huang Shixing felt that he had made a lot of money!
Huang Shixing came to see He Liangjun today just to test He Liangjun's tone.
Now that everyone in Nanping County knows about Huang Shixing's plays, He Liangjun should be "discerning" and rate his plays first.
But he never expected that Huang Shixing would come up short today.
Then we can only come back tomorrow.
After Chen Moqun and He Liangjun stayed in Changning Guard for half a day, He Liangjun began to stay in seclusion after returning to Nanping County, thinking about adapting "Du Shiniang's Angry Sinking of the Treasure Box" into a drama.
Su Ze received the news from Lin Xianliang and heard that fifty copies of "Surprise" were sold out, so he immediately ordered Yao Chun and Xiong Wu to continue printing. This time, Su Ze simply printed two hundred copies at once and asked the clerk to bring them to the store. In the bookstore.
Two hundred copies of the printed newspaper were delivered to the bookstore, causing an immediate sensation in Nanping County. Neither Lin Xianliang nor the bookstore clerks expected the booming sales, and a long queue formed in front of the Yu family bookstore.
Some people are happy, while others are sad. Huang Shixing visited Mr. Tuohu every day these days, but He Liangjun just closed the door and didn't see any visitors.
Huang Shixing spent money to bribe his disciple, but no matter how his disciple informed him, Mr. Tuohu refused to see him.
What went wrong?
When Huang Shixing returned to his home from He Liangjun's house, he suddenly saw a long queue at Yu's bookstore.
Huang Shixing was also a frequent visitor to the bookstore, but he had never seen such a long queue. He called the boy who came to read with him and asked:
"What's going on today? There's a queue at the bookstore. Have any new books arrived?"
"I'll go and inquire about it."
The book boy squeezed into the crowd and asked for a long time before he found out the situation and replied to Huang Shixing:
"Back to you, sir, these are all people queuing up to buy newspapers."
"Buy a newspaper?" Huang Shixing felt something was wrong and asked:
"What newspaper?"
The book boy said: "It is said that it was a newspaper produced by scholars in the county."
Huang Shixing was a little confused. Apart from his own "Wenyuan Xinyun", he had never heard of any scholar in Nanping County running a newspaper?
Huang Shixing said to the book boy: "Go and buy a newspaper."
The book boy spent a lot of effort and added a couple of silver dollars to buy a copy of "The Surprise" from a customer.
When Huang Shixing saw the yellowed paper and the large page without binding, that's it. Can this be called a newspaper? Is this kind of garbage worth queuing up to buy?
Seeing the poor quality of this newspaper, Huang Shixing became even more contemptuous.
He opened the case and was surprised. The first thing he saw was naturally Su Ze's.
Seeing Su Ze's name, Huang Shixing almost finished reading with a frown.
It was indeed a good story. Huang Shixing's brows furrowed even more.
Huang Shixing was a little panicked now. If this article was changed into a drama, wouldn't it kill his own drama?
Fortunately, this guy Su Ze wrote, Huang Shixing comforted himself.
Then scrolling down, Huang Shixing's blood pressure rose again.
Versions three and four are scripts by Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai. Huang Shixing clearly remembers that he rejected their scripts, and now they have been published in "The Surprise".
Is this Su Ze's newspaper just to compete with him?
You, a newspaper, are worthy enough to compete with me?
Huang Shixing's face was livid, and he quickly returned to the printing shop with the boy and the boy. He called the printing master and asked:
"If we print more now, how long will it take to print another hundred copies?"
The printing master immediately said: "If you go back to the master, printing is not difficult, but it will take at least seven days to wait for the ink to dry before binding."
Huang Shixing's printing shop uses woodblock printing, which means that each page of the entire newspaper is engraved with woodblocks and can be taken out and reprinted.
Huang Shixing immediately said: "Print another hundred copies!"
The popularity of "The Surprise" also exceeded Su Ze's expectations. It only took half a day for the 200 printed copies to be sold out. Su Ze's "literary" skills were also reflected in "Du Shiniang's Fury". Due to the crazy spread of "Sink the Treasure Chest", it quickly rose to Level 3, 160/300.
After selling out, many people still asked Lin Xianliang whether "The Surprise" should be reprinted or not. Lin Xianliang once again sent a man to Changning Wei to ask Su Ze to print more.
Although "The Surprise" only sells for three cents, such a popular hit has also attracted a lot of popularity. Those who did not buy the newspaper will also buy one or two books, driving the sales of the entire bookstore. Crazy rise.
During this period, Yu Zongyuan also sent people to buy newspapers and saw the vigorous sales scene of the bookstore. The second master Yu was very satisfied with Lin Xianliang, the new shopkeeper, and rewarded Lin Xianliang and the clerk two taels of silver on the spot.
The second young master here has been in a happy mood recently. The shopkeepers recommended by Su Ze are all very reliable. The sales and profits of the four stores have increased.
The bookstore even sold half a year's worth of books in half a month, and Second Young Master Yu has spent a lot of money these days.
After buying the newspaper and going back, it was naturally impossible to read Su Ze's articles. The articles by Lin Qingcai and Chen Chaoyuan were gradually talked about.
Although the plays they wrote are vulgar, they are all royal plots, and they are quite interesting as after-dinner reading.
At this time, I don't know who compared Chen and Lin's plays with those in "Wenyuan Xinyun". Perhaps it was the addition of "Surprise". Many people felt that Chen and Lin's articles were better than those in "Wenyuan Xinyun". The dramas and texts in "Wenyuan New Rhythm" are all good.
Huang Shixing was even more furious after receiving the review. While urging the printing shop to print out "New Rhythm of Wenyuan" as soon as possible, he was constantly anxious for gatherings of scholars to promote his "New Rhythm of Wenyuan".
By the end of the month, a total of 500 copies of "The Surprise" had been sold, and all 100 copies of "Wenyuan Xinyun" newly printed by Huang Shixing were smashed into his hands.
Huang Shixing gritted his teeth and summed up the problem. It must be because his "Wenyuan Xinyun" was too expensive. Huang Shixing tearfully lowered the price to one tael of silver, but still no one bought it.
Looking back at "The Surprise", someone in the county has already offered a reward of one tael of silver to buy a second-hand newspaper. It can be said that it is still hard to get a reward.
Lin Xianliang once again sent a man to find Su Ze for sealing, but this time Su Ze did not agree to seal it.
His "Literature" skill has reached Level 4, but the growth has slowed down in the past few days, which shows that the spread of "Du Shiniang Sinks the Treasure Box in Anger" has reached its limit.
Considering how many literate people there are in Nanping County, the sales volume of five hundred newspapers is already quite terrifying.
If we continue to print more copies, we will definitely not be able to sell them.
Moreover, "Surprise" is a newspaper. Since it is a newspaper, you can't just focus on one print. Su Ze is already preparing the content of the second issue.
In terms of transmission speed, two issues a month should be the most efficient.
Naturally, it is impossible for Su Ze to write all the contents of the fourth page, and there must be no less content such as Lin Qingcai and Chen Chaoyuan to fill the page.
It seems that we still need to set up an editorial department.
It’s almost the end of the month, so we’ll discuss the editorial department matters in the county seat.
Su Ze asked the clerk to go back and tell Lin Xianliang that from now on, the fifth and twentieth of every month would be the days when a new issue of "Surprise" would be published, so regular customers should wait for the second issue before buying.
I was very excited when I heard that there was a second edition of "The Surprise".
If there are two surprise issues every month in the future, wouldn’t the bookstore’s business explode?
It’s no wonder that Second Young Master Yu values Mr. Su so much. He is simply the God of Wealth descending to earth!
The man left Changning Guard respectfully, and another person came from Changning Guard.
Su Ze was a little depressed. What happened to Chang Ning Wei these days? Why do you guys come here one after another?
Su Ze put down his writing brush and followed the messenger to the ancestral hall.
I saw a short, fat old man in ordinary clothes sitting in the ancestral hall with a gift in his hand. Next to the old man was Lin Xianyang, who had gone to the county government as an errand.
"Why are brothers Xianyang back?"
Lin Xianyang immediately stood up and said, "Brother Aze, this is Sun Dianshi from our county government office. I came back with Sun Dianshi from Xiu Mu today."
Sun Dianshi?
Su Ze then remembered that this was the county government official who had captured the farmstead by the Black Mountain bandits?
Thinking about this name again, wasn't it Sun Dianshi who recommended Lin Qingcai's brother to work as a scribe in the county government office?
It turns out that the county is so small.
Sun Dianshi stood up politely, saluted Su Ze and said:
"Thank you so much to Chang Ning Wei and Xianggong Su for annihilating the Black Mountain bandits and avenging the lives of thirteen people in my farm!"
Su Ze now understood the purpose of Sun Dianshi's visit. It turned out that he came to express his gratitude.
The news of the Changning Guards' annihilation of the Black Mountain bandits has spread. As a county official, Dian Shi must be well-informed. This can be regarded as indirectly avenging Sun Dian Shi, so it is natural that he should come to express his gratitude.
Changning Wei frankly handed over the gift, and Sun Dianshi continued:
"Nowadays, everything in the southeast is not at peace. My village has suffered two disasters in the past few years."
After saying that, the shrewd Sun Dianshi looked at Su Ze's face. He already knew from Lin Xianyang that Su Ze, the current Changning Guard, could take the majority of the responsibility, and it was Su Ze who gave the order to rescue Beishan Village.
Seeing Su Ze's expressionless expression, Sun Dianshi continued: "But with Changning's security guards keeping us safe, I feel relieved from now on."
Seeing that Su Ze still had no expression, Sun Dianshi said:
"I came here this time not only for my own village. The owners of the other two villages that were harmed by the Black Mountain bandits asked me to come to Changning Guard, hoping that Lin Baihu could take care of them."
Su Ze suddenly understood the reason for Sun Dianshi's visit. It turned out that he was paying protection money.
Sure enough, Sun Dianshi took out another brocade bag and opened it to find two twenty-taels of silver.
Sun Dianshi held up his hands and said:
"This is our donation to support Ning Wei's military training. From now on, it can be a regular practice every year. Anyone who relies on the army to dispatch troops will naturally donate money!"
Su Ze understood what Sun Dianshi meant. The three farms near them paid forty taels of silver a year to the Changning Guard as protection fees. If the guards troops were really dispatched, they would pay more.
Su Ze couldn't laugh or cry, but he didn't expect that when Chang Ning Wei also accepted donations, someone still came to donate.
But this deal is also a good deal, with a protection fee of forty taels a year, and if you really do it, there will be additional money.
Su Ze thought for a while and said: "I, Chang Ningwei, only deal with suppressing bandits and fighting against Japanese invaders. We don't care about other disputes between your three farms."
"That's natural!"
Su Ze thought for a while and then said: "I also talked with the Chen family chief of Beishan Village a few days ago. During the slack season, the Chen family sent ten young men to our Changning Guard for training. You three Zhuangzi can also send people. Get a joint defense team.”
"We don't expect the joint defense team to kill the enemy. We just need daily patrols to prevent the Black Mountain bandits from leaving the mountain without any news."
Sun Dianshi immediately said: "Mr., you must have thought carefully! Sun, the two villagers, cannot guarantee that our Sun family farm will definitely have someone!"
As expected of the lifang Dianshi, Sun Dianshi's words are pleasant to listen to.
But this guy can fight with Xu Shisheng in the county government and still have the upper hand. He is also an old fox.
Now the interests of this guy and Changning Guard are the same. King Lu wants to land and unite the surrounding forces. This is Su Ze's anti-Japanese plan.
After the main things have been discussed, the next step is naturally for the guests and the host to enjoy themselves.
Sun Dianshi also heard that Chen Moqun and He Liangjun had just come to Changning Wei a few days ago. He was even more respectful to Su Ze and said on the spot that he would donate some paper and brushes.
After sending Sun Dianshi away, Su Ze pulled Lin Xianyang and asked him about what happened after he reported to the county government.
Lin Xianyang was appointed as a clerk in the county government. He was a military guard, and Baizhi County assigned him to the military room.
The military depot in Nanping County is rather awkward. Apart from Lin Xianyang, there are only two scribes and four assistant scribes.
The reason is also very simple. There are no soldiers and horses in Nanping County to control.
The affairs of the Yanping Guards were managed by the Dusi Yamen and the Magistrate Yamen of the provincial capital, while the Haiwei such as Changning Guards were managed by the Fujian Haidao Yamen and the Japanese-controlled General Si Yamen.
The soldiers and horses that Nanping County can manage, apart from Li Hu's minzhuang, are only the military and horse stations that convey military information, and the rest are the Chengdan who guard the city gates.
However, the power of the barracks was small, and the powerful people did not want to be assigned to the barracks. The two old clerks were also simple people, which was the same as the marginal departments of the current yamen who were just hanging around.
The barracks is good. The city defense map and pass map of Nanping County are all stored in the barracks. When there is a rebellion in the future, Lin Xianyang will be in the barracks to provide internal support, and Nanping County can be easily captured.
Just after having a few words with Lin Xianyang, another official came over to send a message, saying that Lin Mojun had something to ask him to go to Baihu Station.
Su Ze helplessly said to Lin Xianyang:
"I'll go see Baihu first."
"Brother Aze is busy with work. I went to see my father and nephew and then returned to the county."
Why did Lin Mojun call him to go to Baihusuo? Could it be that the sea is not peaceful again?
(End of chapter)
