Pages eight and nine respectively introduce the general decrees of the imperial court on Fushandong and Shaanxi. These two areas will be the focus of support from the imperial court this year, and various preferential measures will be given.
If merchants intend to invest and create a large number of job opportunities, they can enjoy corresponding tax reductions. The minimum tax can be reduced to 10%, which is half lower than the tax amount in other places.
The tenth page states that Prince Ming intends to establish the Ming Academy of Sciences to recruit amazing talents from all over the world who love science and technology and machinery. Regardless of academic background, origin, age, or even gender, as long as they have real talent and practical knowledge, they can apply.
It is proposed to have one dean, two vice-presidents, fifty academicians, one hundred trainees, five hundred apprentices, and one thousand craftsmen.
The dean of the Academy of Sciences reserved it for Song Yingxing. Counting the days, if the official ship of Jinyiwei traveled day and night, it should have arrived at Fujian. However, Tingzhou is deep inland and it is not easy to travel. Let Old Songtou return after receiving the imperial edict. It will take some time.
Wang Zheng and Bo Jue are the first candidates for vice-president. These two talented people from the north and the south, one is good at mechanics and mechanics, the other is good at astronomy and optics. If they are both caught, their role will be no less than that of " "Wolong" and "Fengxiao".
If the Academy of Sciences reaches full strength, not counting research funding, the annual salary of all personnel will be as high as 310,000 taels. The total expenses combined will easily exceed the 500,000 taels mark.
If it were a scapegoat, he would never set up such a money-burning government office.
For an emperor who does not pay attention to scientists, it is far less beneficial than using this money to support five thousand soldiers and horses.
Investment in the Academy of Sciences can yield generous returns. The more investment, the higher the returns.
The early stage will focus on the research of military science. Scientific research projects include various types of landmines, sea mines, airships, rocket launchers, steam engines, propellers, sights, as well as wired telegraphs and even gun breechblocks that are more full of the times.
After developing a breech with better airtightness, it means that extremely advanced breech-loading artillery can be put on the agenda. This will play a decisive role and significance in ground warfare, and can increase the rate of fire of artillery by several seconds. More than times.
Even if the Frankensteins are not very interested in weapons that can breathe fire, seeing a wired telegraph that can send messages thousands of miles will arouse their curiosity. This should be something they have never thought of.
The eleventh page published a reward order from the Ministry of War. It was mainly aimed at the Beijing rebels who were on the run. If you report one person, you can receive a reward of five taels of silver after verification. If you report Qian, you can get two hundred and fifty taels. If you can capture them, Guerrilla even made a profit of five hundred taels.
I believe that after hearing this news, those wanderers who are short of money will immediately turn into bounty hunters, searching for prey all over the mountains and plains. As long as they catch a general, they can enjoy a happy life for several months.
What follows are some of the unsolved cases currently backlogged by Shuntian Mansion. If anyone has any information and can provide reliable clues or dare to correct the suspect, he will be greatly thanked. After taking office, Yin Houdong of Shuntian Prefecture also had to do something to give the prince a meeting gift.
Then it published the particularly important epidemic prevention work, especially for the functional drink "Danone", which was explained in extremely detailed manner. The content was so straightforward that anyone who could read could see the meaning.
In order to prevent and control the plague, Yin Houdong arranged special officers for each block of the capital. When the manpower was insufficient, many were recruited on the spot. They beat gongs along the streets three times a day in the morning, noon and evening to promote the publicity. It is not deaf. Can all hear clearly.
In the more lively sections and first-class streets, lime has already been spread. After it rains or is trampled by pedestrians and vehicles, it will be spread again.
"Danone" prescriptions were also posted on the streets. Even if people were illiterate, they could just tear off the slips, buy medicines at pharmacies, and keep them at home for emergencies.
If the plague spreads to the Gyeonggi area, Yin Houdong plans to put the medicine directly into sacks in the city and hoist it into the well, which can achieve the purpose of extensive epidemic prevention.
Since it is the first issue, there is a lot of government affairs content, and leisure and entertainment occupy relatively less space. The fourteenth page is about anecdotes from various places.
The 15th and 16th editions are the long novel "The Fate of Flowers in the Mirror" written by the author with the pseudonym "The Old Man Riding a Donkey". It tells the story of Hao Jian, the son of a businessman in the Southern Song Dynasty, who had no hope in the imperial examination and failed in the examination. DouPy story.
The first episode tells the story of the idle Hao Jian who made a bet, saying that he could successfully spend 10,000 yuan within a week without buying a house, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, or hiring anyone else. If he failed, he would I have to pay the other party one hundred thousand guan.
A group of ministers watched the serialization with great interest, thinking about how they would meet this harsh condition and how they would deal with it. Because it looks so fast, I feel that the two editions are not very long, and some of them are still unfinished.
I am even more curious about this "old man riding a donkey". The contents of his writings are really unimaginable and eye-opening. Little do they know that this guy is Wu Weiye who was ordered by a certain prince to reflect at home. He is busy writing his crooked stories every day. Crooked works to atone for sins.
Princess Le'an and her husband Gong Yonggu finally saw the powerful power of merchants. The two tea merchants, who were frightened out of their wits by the prince, directly covered two and a half pages for a period of thirty days, which was a very tactful apology in the newspaper.
A half-page advertisement is published. The most expensive nine pages and bottom pages are worth twenty taels per issue, the rest are fifteen taels, a quarter page is worth eight taels, and an eighth page is worth four taels.
In order to prevent themselves from falling in love with a porcelain cup, these two guys chewed their back molars and each spent a heavy sum of 600 taels. They did not want to sell tea, but only wanted to get a loyalty that could be proved by heaven and earth.
After Gong Yonggu returned home, he took out one thousand two hundred taels of silver and showed it to his wife. Princess Le'an was almost dumbfounded. It was so easy to earn this money.
In addition to being overjoyed, the landlady also asked the boss to specially carve a sub-advertising page for the two tea merchants, which was tailor-made at the VVVIP level, so as to attract these two big customers who spend a lot of money.
Even if all expenses were taken out according to the prior agreement, the couple would only be able to keep 30% of the profit in the end, which would mean they could not escape thousands of taels of silver throughout the year.
If there are about 80 taels of advertising revenue in each issue, there are 28,800 taels in 360 days a year.
The editing, printing, and sales costs accounted for the majority, and the profit was only considered to be 10,000 taels. The couple could still earn an income of 3,000 taels.
This does not include the newspaper price of ten yuan per issue, which can basically cover the printing cost, and the editor's income can bear it.
Wu Weiye, who was making up nonsense at home, even got his first remuneration - sixty taels of silver!
The price was 100 yuan per edition, and the number of words should not be less than 500, so this idle "troll" became a writer.
Since it is written in vernacular, there is no need to pay attention to writing style, and with the support of the princess and the consort, I don’t have to worry about being traced.
Without many restrictions, he could still play freely, and with the guidance of a certain prince, this movie was a piece of cake for Wu Weiye.
He also has a very lucrative job at hand, which is to write "The Secret History of Da Yu'er", which will make the idiots' mouths dry and their throats smoke after reading it!
The buyout price is two thousand taels of silver, and the number of words will reach 500,000 words, which can be exchanged for one tael of silver at the discount of two hundred and fifty crosses. It can be said to be a huge profit and completely tax-free.
Wu Weiye spends most of his time at home these days. After writing the book "Flowers in the Mirror", he devoted himself in his spare time to studying the many character relationships and background information in the book to enrich his brain.
A certain prince believed that because this book is very majestic, especially the emotional story of the heroine, which is extremely tortuous, the price should be worth one tael of silver.
It is not a problem to print 10,000 copies for the first time, and there is no need to pay taxes, so the profit should be about 5,000 taels. If the sales are good, let Wu Weiye write the second volume.
If we can sell more a year, maybe the expenses of those around us can be covered. This kind of publication is the cutest, and you can earn some pocket money without any effort.
"My dear friends, what do you think of this newspaper?"
After everyone had seen it, Yaoji asked kindly. He was very satisfied with the results of his aunt and uncle's work these days. It had reached their psychological expectations and there was no need to make any deletions. It could be printed in large quantities.
"I believe that this newspaper can not only convey the imperial decrees to the world, but also spread important news widely. In fact, it is the first reading book in ancient and modern times. It is a rare and excellent product. It only costs ten coins to buy it. Ordinary people can buy it." Everyone can afford it, His Highness’s move is very superb!”
Xue Guoguan was not good at anything else, but he was excellent at flattery, and he seized the opportunity just right.
If it were anyone else, he would definitely hesitate and look at other people's attitudes first, and then he would have to figure out the holy will before speaking.
But this newspaper was clearly created by the prince and was left to the consort and princess to run. The situation couldn't be clearer.
Therefore, Lord Chief Assistant had no scruples and adopted preemptive tactics.
As the prospective father-in-law who was about to become a relative of the emperor, he had to hug his son-in-law tightly.
"I reconsider what the Chief Assistant said. This repayment is not big, but it can cover everything. The price is not expensive, and it can cover ten thousand mins. His Royal Highness's imperial edicts, imperial decrees, many knowledges, and anecdotes can all be seen clearly at a glance. From officials to common people, only Just read the newspapers and you will know that the world's major events are a great achievement that will last forever. Since ancient times, there has never been such a shocking move, and I admire it!"
As the second assistant, Wu Di's brain is much better than that of Xue Guoguan, who only knows how to work hard. In terms of flattery, the second assistant is definitely not inferior to the first assistant.
When he came into contact with newspapers, an innovative media, for the first time, he was deeply shocked by its rich content and massive information.
The newspaper covers a wider range of aspects than the Dibao, and its audience is incomparable. It has clear sections, novel plots, and is suitable for all ages. Whether for office or leisure, it is a must-have product.
Generally, the purchase quantity of big households will start from ten copies. In order to see the content they like as soon as possible, the master, madam, young master, young lady, and housekeeper will all get a copy.
"I reconsider what the first and second assistants said. As soon as this report comes out, many rumors that slander the imperial court, ignore the king's laws, and incite the people will be self-defeating. Your Highness can effortlessly spread his will and vision to the world, making all people return to their hearts. , the whole country surrenders!”
As one of the two commanders in charge of the suppression of the bandits, Hong Chengchou thought more about how to control public opinion.
"Jingshi Daily" seems ordinary and the price is not high, but it can have this kind of deterrent effect.
Since the common people of Li could not read the official newspapers, they had to know the imperial decrees through announcements.
However, announcements are not issued every day, and the space is limited, so only the most important information can be announced.
Newspapers are different. Not only are they published every day, but they also contain an astonishing amount of information.
As long as it is a very important imperial decree, it will be covered in a newspaper.
Less important ones will also be published in the following days.
As long as you buy a newspaper every day, you won't miss a thing.
With newspapers, people will no longer believe other people's rumors.
Because the newspaper is the mouthpiece of the emperor, it is equivalent to the emperor using the newspaper to tell you many important things.
If you don’t want to watch this, it doesn’t matter. You can also watch the “story show” made up by Wu Weiye!
After Hong Chengchou later expressed his views, others followed suit.
Everyone has basically the same attitude towards newspapers and will fully support their publication and distribution.
"In this case, since the content of this issue is very important, in addition to the capital, Jifu, Shuntianfu, and even Liaodong, Shanqian, Shandong, Beizhili and other places will be distributed, so let's print 50,000 copies of the first issue. , if it’s not enough, print more.”
It’s unknown how many copies will be drawn out this night, but if 50,000 copies are drawn out, all of them will be sold.
You can buy insider information for only ten bucks, which is a super deal for most people.
Especially since the Beijing camp launched a rebellion and carried out a large-scale cleanup of borers, everyone wanted to know what it meant.
"Your Highness is wise!"
Gong Yonggu has already negotiated a distribution plan with major inns, teahouses, restaurants and other consumer venues in the city. For every newspaper sold, he will give them a copper coin. Newsboys in charge of retail sales on the streets can also enjoy this treatment.
This is also the main reason why the selling price has increased from five yuan to ten yuan. Moreover, if the sales volume continues to rise and advertisers are very interested in it, the layout can be greatly increased, so that the price will not increase easily, because enough has been reserved in advance. There is room for premium.
If each issue can sell 50,000 copies, then Gong Yonggu and his princess wife will be laughing in their dreams. The more they sell, the easier it will be to cover costs, and all advertising fees will turn into pure profits. By the end of the year , the couple's division will reach an unspeakable level.
This time, the ministers not only got to eat, but also got a free newspaper. After eating, they wiped their mouths and went home with the newspaper, so that the children could have a sneak peek.
When a certain prince came to Kunning Palace to pay his respects to his beautiful biological mother, he happened to catch up with the four beauties to withdraw. They refused to stop until sunset, mainly because their shoulders were sore and they really couldn't bear it anymore. Otherwise, they would have to burn the midnight oil to fight. .
The advent of newspapers directly aroused the enthusiasm of beauties. Except for Queen Zhou, everyone wanted to know what was happening in the outer court these days, but it was inconvenient to inquire. With newspapers, they could see everything at a glance.
The beautiful mother knew about the newspaper, but when she saw the real thing for the first time, she still couldn't put it down. She read every page very carefully, for fear of missing important content.
From now on, the main tasks of the Hou Di beauties are to sleep, eat, play mahjong, and read newspapers, and they begin to move closer to the daily lives of their counterparts hundreds of years later...
