Today, Zhuge Cheng accompanied Zhuge Hui to visit Lanling Bookstore and failed to attend the exchange meeting. Qin Baili, Lin Xiu and other students from poor families gathered at a table and stood up one after another to salute Liang Xiaozuo.
They didn't like to cling to powerful people. Ever since they learned that Liang Xiao had restored his title, they were embarrassed to have too much contact with him.
But now this awkwardness is nothing compared to the respect for Liang Xiao.
Liang Xiao took in everyone's reactions and smiled.
This time, even some of the disciples from the aristocratic families in Dachu showed obvious hostility towards him.
Once a two-hundred-word book is promoted, it will be like digging up the ancestral graves of bookstore giants such as the Duanmu family, and the Dachu book industry will inevitably be affected.
The poor family does not currently refer to ordinary civilians, but to the down-and-out nobles and nobles who are opposite to the big families. These people have some collections of books in their homes.
Book promotion actually has an equally huge impact on children from poor families. After all, they still hope that this bit of knowledge will put them above ordinary people, and they are expected to rise to the top in the future.
However, Qin Baili and others were still very excited and paid him respect, which shows that they really regard the world as their responsibility.
Whether it is a child from a poor family or a child from an aristocratic family, if they have real talents and practical knowledge, why should they be afraid of ordinary people studying with them?
This was the reason why he invited Qin Baili and others to the meeting. He wanted to confirm Zhuge Hui's vision with his own eyes.
The result made him very happy.
Tuoba Jun, Gong Yangjing, and Dugu Chen were also unable to calm down.
They pride themselves on being strategic and thoughtful, and they plan everything before they act, so as not to make mistakes easily.
But Liang Xiao's behavior was completely beyond their understanding, and for a moment they felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
If Liang Xiao's books only sell for 700 to 800 yuan, they can still have a price war.
Two hundred coins, their price war is just seeking death!
The brush can only be written with ink. For Dazhou ink, you usually add a little oil and water to the ink to improve the durability of the ink and ensure that the written words will not change color easily.
Essentially, the materials used for hand-written books are still pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Even the cheapest paper requires many sheets, because once a wrong note is written on one paper, the paper will be invalid and needs to be copied again.
Dozens or hundreds of copied papers are bound into a book, which costs at least five to six hundred cents including the bookmaker's wages.
"The two hundred articles must have something to do with his newspaper. He has mastered some kind of technique that does not require manual labor. Perhaps he uses tools and ink to print? But even if he uses ink, the cost should be very high... …”
Tuoba Jun and others were puzzled.
The key to the problem may be the ink!
But they sent people to study the words in the newspaper, and they couldn't figure out the reason at all.
The reason why each issue of Liang Xiao's newspaper is a best-seller lies in the content and the quality of the newspaper itself.
The words on the newspaper are difficult to fade and have strong lasting power!
Someone has done some calculation and found that each issue of Liang Xiao's newspaper has at least two large sheets, which is equivalent to four small sheets. Twenty-five issues are combined, which is 250 Wen. It can be sold as a miscellaneous book!
This is also the key reason why major aristocratic families have trouble day and night. The price of newspapers is pitifully low.
In this way, they were not surprised that Liang Xiao's Four Books and Five Classics only sold for 200 copies.
Liang Xiao was sitting on the high platform drinking wine, smiling and calmly facing the hostile eyes of the children of the two countries' aristocratic families.
Fortunately, he knew a little bit about the production of ink, and after a little mixing, he was able to produce ink that could be printed.
His ink is a printing ink and is not the same thing as the "ink" in this world.
There is really no way to use commonly used ink with printing technology for printing.
Moreover, the price of ink is very high.
It is not unusual for a high-quality ink stick to cost a hundred taels a piece.
The ink used for hand-copied books must first and foremost be good, starting with one line and two ounces.
An inkstone specially used for grinding ink starts at five taels for a good one!
Durable writing brushes, ranging from a few hundred cents to two taels each!
The paper also needs to be good enough to absorb ink, not the kind he uses for printing that can print ink.
Even if these opponents can really send spies to find out how engraving and movable type are done, they still have to pass the ink test.
Cheap books were extremely beneficial for the emperor to recruit talents and maintain his rule. Duan Yunyi specially dispatched hundreds of Xuanwei to assist him in strengthening the confidentiality of printing technology!
As Duan Yunyi said, as an emperor, she indeed gave him great freedom and trust.
Everyone at the scene had different emotions, with great ups and downs.
An hour later, the book boy sent by Duanmu Yuncheng came back to report.
"Young Master! Books priced at no more than 200 yuan, 100,000 copies of each kind, are indeed true!"
The book boy's words were like thunder from the blue, resounding in waves.
The hands of Tuoba Jun and others holding the cups were shaking violently.
This is a bigger crisis than newspapers and the advent of the moon!
At this moment, it started to snow lightly.
"Snowing?"
Everyone looked up to the sky, and everyone in Dachu was extremely excited.
Liang Xiao immediately arranged to deliver a large number of hand stoves, foot stoves and heaters prepared in advance to the venue.
Everyone's eyes fell on the stage.
The fine snow was flying, and the figure of the young man in white who was chatting and laughing in the snow was slightly hazy.
Mu Qinxue and many talented women were fascinated by it.
White clothes and robes, calm and elegant.
What a troubled young man!
The more Tuoba Jun and others watched, the more they hated it, so they simply used the cold weather as an excuse to leave early.
Now no one dares to accuse Liang Xiao in public of selling his books too cheap. This would be a shame.
Xing Feng also noticed that the atmosphere in Da Chu was not right, so he stepped forward and suggested to Liang Xiao: "Marquis Lanling, it's cold, rainy and snowy today, can you dismiss the meeting an hour early?"
Liang Xiao agreed without hesitation.
The next day's exchange will end one hour early.
In Honglu Temple, a group of disciples from Dachu families visited Xing Feng.
In Xing Feng's yard, people were furious.
“Mr. ! If it weren’t for the sake of you and General Li, we would have attacked him long ago!”
Li Xinwen frowned and glanced at everyone with displeasure.
Xing Feng smiled and said: "Everyone, please be patient."
Everyone was filled with resentment and just stared at Xing Feng, extremely nervous.
"The current assets of Marquis Lanling are far less than those of domestic aristocratic families, and it is unlikely that he will engage in loss-making business. Therefore, the books of Lanling Bookstore should be profitable. As you have said, once these books flow into our country, they will surely sweep away the great Chu books Industry. I can understand that you are filled with righteous indignation. But you should understand that Lanling Bookstore is unstoppable. For the current plan, I can only represent Da Chu and the Emperor of Da Zhou to discuss and establish trade protection."
"Trade protection?" Everyone's eyes lit up.
Xing Feng explained: "In other words, these books cannot flow into Dachu at will. They can be purchased by booksellers in Dachu and transported to the country for resale. Of course, my emperor, the Holy Ming, should also be able to think of other ways to solve this matter. However, , we must first obtain the support of the Emperor of Zhou and the Marquis of Lanling."
"Thank you Mr. Xing!"
Everyone finally smiled happily.
According to Xing Feng, if this can be done, each of their book companies will only have a monopoly on purchasing channels. They will purchase directly from Liang Xiao and ship it back to China for resale. The profit may be higher than that of hand-written books!
Xing Feng suddenly said seriously: "If I offend Marquis Lanling, I'm afraid it will make this matter more difficult. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Understood! It's just a statement! Tomorrow we will fully express our support for Marquis Lanling. If anyone dares to say something wrong with Marquis Lanling, we will definitely reprimand him!"
Xing Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. After seeing everyone off, he sighed to Li Xinwen: "General Li, for the benefit of Chu, we must find time to have a long talk with Marquis Lanling."
Li Xinwen just responded dully, without any objection, but with the same expectation in his eyes.
She also wanted to take another look at what kind of thoughts Liang Xiao had and what kind of person he was.
