When it comes to playing mahjong, the beautiful mother and a group of aunts are all "professional", while the civil servants and generals who serve the court are considered "amateurs".
However, the level of these two groups is almost the same, so they really have the same dish!
A certain prince watched his prospective father-in-law for a long time and found that Xue Guoguan's card skills had not improved much.
If Hong Chengchou and Zuo Maodi returned to Beijing to report their work, the group of people at the table would have to be chopped up by experts.
Li Shiwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, had just borrowed five million taels of silver from a certain prince, but he "happily" lost the ten silver coins in his hand.
He was the first "master" in the entire courtyard to be eliminated. His speed was almost beyond the imagination of a certain prince. Even the worst among the generals could not compare with him.
The art of war is to "take advantage of victory and pursue it"!
The Great Chao Dynasty is good at "taking advantage of the victory to eat"!
When you're done playing, start eating. The front is tight and the rear is tight!
This is worthy of the Japanese army who fought with the pigtails on the Liaodong Peninsula...
A certain prince didn't care much about eating, drinking and having fun, he was focused on military production.
Because only by ensuring military production can we take advantage of our own firepower and defend the capital.
With Huangtaiji losing troops and generals in the Liaodong Peninsula, the possibility of braids entering the country in a big way after autumn has become higher and higher.
The huge losses suffered by the Japanese army were determined to be made up by entering the customs and plundering.
I heard that after the scapegoat moved to Nandu, the number of troops entering the customs this time will be the largest in history.
After seeing off a group of civil servants and generals, a certain prince held the pink hands of Xi'er and Xue Wanqing and watched the dazzling fireworks show together.
I don’t know if I can still see it this time next year. If I can’t see it, it’s either dead or running away...
"Your Highness, these are the arms production statistics for last week!"
Chu Xianzhang, the eunuch of the various supervisory bureaus, respectfully presented a brochure. Every arsenal in the capital has factory eunuchs, whose purpose is to monitor the arms production and report it in a timely manner.
"good!"
Since arms production is of great importance and the feedback time must be shortened, a certain prince did not make statistics by month, but broke it down to weeks and made statistics by week.
Last week, all the arms factories in the capital were able to manufacture ten new bronze cannons with twenty-eight gun batteries.
Fifteen Hongyi cannons, twenty-two Dafo Lang machines, eighty-one Xiao Fo Lang machines, one hundred and four squatting tiger guns, one hundred and ninety mortars, six tanks, and forty auxiliary vehicles One, two airships.
One "Phalanx" consisted of eighty-six rocket launchers, five hundred and forty-five cannons, six hundred and thirty-one invincible flintlock rifles, seventy-two pistols, and six revolvers.
There are forty-two "Harpoon"-I anti-ship missiles, twenty-five "Harbor"-II anti-ship missiles, and nine "harpoon"-Type III anti-ship missiles.
There are sixteen Scud-I ground-attack missiles and fourteen Scud-II ground-attack missiles.
4,013 iron artillery shells, 5,202 mortar shells, 18,764 hand grenades, 97,833 blunderbuss and flintlock shells grains, two thousand nine hundred and ninety-six grains of special ammunition.
In general, the output of artillery shells, bullets, and grenades is still very impressive, while the output of rifles, missiles, and cannons needs to be improved.
However, this is only one week's output, which is estimated to be equivalent to two or three months' output in Qing Dynasty.
Through the personal guidance of a certain prince, the production capacity of all arms factories in the capital has increased steadily.
As the newly recruited workers gradually become proficient in their work aspects and master the manufacturing process, future output will be further improved.
With precious metals, gunpowder, and high-level technicians all available, a certain prince's goal is to produce fifty tanks, one hundred imperial cannons, five thousand flintlock muskets, five hundred anti-ship missiles, and one hundred thousand hand grenades per month. .
Otherwise, just relying on the slogan of flesh and blood and chicken blood, facing tens of thousands of brave and capable real braids, will be a dead end, and you will have to become the PLUS version of Yangzhou...
The weapons produced were mainly distributed to the garrison in Jifu area, the Guanning Army, the bandit suppression troops, Zheng Zhilong's troops, and the Japanese army.
The Japanese army mainly supplies them with grenades, bullets, iron artillery shells and propellant. Whether they can withstand it depends on their ability.
The 30,000 grenades sent to the Japanese army before, but a certain prince had saved a month's production, and it was impossible to send so many in the future, and only 10,000 grenades were used at one time.
Early in the morning, the chamberlain ran in and told a certain prince a rather gratifying news, that is, the "Jingshi Daily" was sold out.
This is the first time that "Jingshi Daily" has been printed in red letters since its inception. Coupled with the great victory outside the customs, such good content made the general public want to take a sneak peek.
The price is still the same as before and has not increased at all, but Gong Yonggu and his wife still make a lot of money because "the buns have meat but not in the folds."
After receiving instruction from a certain prince, many merchants felt that the opportunity was not to be missed, so they took notice, hoping to buy advertising inserts at a high price.
For every 10,000 newspapers, one insert cost fifty taels of silver, and ten styles cost five hundred taels.
Calculated, an advertising insert is worth as much as five copper coins.
Don’t think it’s too expensive, because if you don’t have access to it, you may not have a chance to buy it.
If you sell the inserts alone, they might just accept them and throw them away if you give them the money.
Only by putting inserts in newspapers can it be widely advertised.
The advertising positions in newspapers are all long-term cooperative merchants, so naturally they will not be ripped off.
In order to celebrate this victory, "Jingshi Daily" not only did not increase the price, but also increased the page space.
Sixty pages are provided, which is fifteen large sheets of paper, twelve pages more than the usual forty-eight pages.
Half of these twelve pages are advertising spaces, and each page is worth thirty taels of silver. Twelve pages are three hundred and sixty taels.
Even so, all the advertising space in the entire newspaper was sold, and there was no empty space that needed to be filled with additional content.
This is already considered a very conscientious act by the princess and his wife. If it were a certain prince who took care of the job, it would be easy to earn thousands of taels of silver at a time.
The reason for this is that a certain prince and his aunt and uncle formed a world media group in addition to the "Jingshi Daily" and Meile Advertising Company.
The group's four print media outlets include "Jingshi Daily", "War Chronicles", "Fashion Trends", and "New and Old Stories".
"War Chronicles" is a detailed review of the historical wars of past dynasties and even foreign countries. The target audience is the majority of male customers.
And unlike previous military books and strategies, "War Chronicles" is illustrated with both text and pictures. The pictures are all printed on letterpress plates carved by senior engravers. It can definitely be called the top magazine of this era.
In order to attract readers, the first issue introduces the famous "Battle of Chibi", "Anshi Rebellion" and "Taizong's Northern Expedition".
Both of them are classics that even ordinary people are familiar with. The last one is about Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi who led his army in an attempt to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, but was beaten to disgrace by the Khitan.
The real intention of a certain prince was to use the "Battle of Red Cliff" to imply that the Southern Kingdom could defeat the Eastern Lu.
The "Anshi Rebellion" is saying that Tang Xuanzong didn't understand military affairs, but he liked to give blind orders.
Zhao Kuangyi did not have the abilities of his elder brother, so "Taizong's Northern Expedition" would inevitably lead to failure.
"War Chronicles" is not only a magazine, but also a hardcover book, which can be sold for two hundred coins.
The sales target is naturally not ordinary people, but scholars who have spare money in their pockets and like war-themed content.
Many people bought it for collection, and the first batch of one thousand printed copies was sold out as soon as it went on sale.
Many people also plan to buy for relatives and friends out of town. They can treat it as a gift and give it away, which is also a very honorable thing.
The target audience of "Fashion Trend" is mainly women, with some young men who love stinky beauty.
The sales target is exactly the opposite of "War Chronicles", but the target audience is the middle and upper class.
Therefore, the sales volume is not bad, especially in the Jiangnan area, which is rippling all year round, there must be more market.
Naturally, it introduces all kinds of latest fashions and supplies. Some out-of-towners can't come to Qianqi Department Store, so they only need to buy a copy of "Fashion Trends" to know the general situation.
Interviews with some newly popular singers and comedians, as well as the locations and introductions of entertainment venues in the Kifu area are also included, so that they will be fascinating.
"New and Old Stories" collects stories that cannot be published temporarily due to the page restrictions of "Jingshi Daily" and publishes them in the form of a magazine.
There are single short stories and serialized long contents. The whole story is written in vernacular, which can be said to be suitable for all ages. Anyone who can read can understand it.
The purpose of creating three magazines was to allow my aunt and uncle to make more money, find jobs for some students who had no reputation, and then distract those who were full and had nothing to do.
For these two magazines, one issue combined can earn the couple more than a hundred taels of silver. Twelve issues a year are more than a thousand taels. If the number of issues is doubled, the income will naturally be greater.
In an era when there is a serious lack of easy-to-understand cultural books, the emergence of these three magazines is like providing help in a timely manner to the public.
The first issue of "New and Old Stories" sold 5,000 copies. Some people bought it in large quantities just to hoard it, and then resold it to other places and made a lot of profits.
A certain prince didn't have much objection to this. As long as it can be sold, he can buy as much as he wants. The printing factory has a large volume and is fully managed. It is best to sell more than 10,000 copies of each issue in the future.
There is another book that is not affiliated with the World Media Group and is not publicly released, but its sales are surprisingly good. The reason is that the content wins!
Just looking at the title of the book can arouse some people's desire to buy it - "The Secret History of Beyond the Border"!
It is talking about the affairs of an aboriginal family outside the customs. The main writer is the famous Wu Weiye.
It’s hard for a certain prince to say much about the specifics. Anyway, everyone who has read this book feels that spring has arrived and his relationship with his wife and concubines at home has become better...
Wu Weiye never thought in his life that he would write this kind of book to support his family, but after seeing the huge income, he no longer worried about it.
The first copy was printed in 10,000 copies, each priced at 500 taels, for a total of 5,000 taels. As a result, Wu Weiye received a royalties of 1,000 taels on the same day.
Looking at the twenty ingots of silver, the author was immediately dumbfounded. If he had known that he could earn so much money by writing a book, why would he go into the troubled waters of officialdom?
The most important thing is that after receiving the guidance of an expert, writing this kind of book is really easy for him. If he concentrates on it, he can write one in two months.
By analogy, wouldn't it be possible to earn tens of thousands of taels of silver in two years?
That’s really a dream that makes you laugh~!
Through writing books, Wu Weiye's family has purchased a bunch of advanced daily necessities such as sofas, oil lamps, soaps, glasses, coal stoves, etc. He no longer has to worry about firewood, rice, oil and salt every day, and can eat and drink every meal.
The benefits and changes that followed were obvious, which also strengthened Wu Weiye's determination to pursue the path of being a writer, striving to write six books a year, so that the whole family could live a good life.
Externally, Wu Weiye still declared that he would no longer pursue an official career, but would write some articles in his spare time so that he could submit articles to newspapers. Then I can sell some novel items from the capital to my hometown in Taicang, and I can support my family.
Even if this business is not profitable at all, or even loses money, a certain prince plans to continue doing it. As long as he can ruin the reputation of his main competitor, he will never tire of it.
Five thousand taels of silver!
It’s just a matter of sprinkling water!
And you can also get takeout!
The cost is less than 3,000 taels. If you sell it according to the set price, you can still make 2,000 taels.
But more often than not, a certain prince took the initiative to send books so that the civil servants and generals who relied on him could get real "benefits."
Especially for military generals, nothing makes them love reading more than this thing, and everyone reads it with gusto.
Of course, a certain prince was also very scared if this really spread outside the customs.
After autumn comes, will Huang Taiji directly lead his army to settle accounts with him? ? ?
No matter what, since everyone who has seen it says it’s good, then it’s really good.
As for Huang Taiji's reaction, that is his own business.
Maybe the civil servants and generals of the Qing Dynasty would be happy to watch it in private...
It would be best to let Huang Taiji and Dorgon be suspicious of each other, or even have sex.
Regardless of whether the Qing Dynasty lost Emperor Taiji or Dorgon, it was excellent news for the Ming Dynasty, and the whole world could celebrate again.
If we can't beat you on the battlefield, can't we hope that you two will die soon? ? ?
If the Huangtai chicken is alive, it will be like "novice chickens pecking each other" when entering the customs.
Dorgon will be in charge in the future, and if he enters the pass, it will be the "War of the Regents".
All in all, it's very interesting to watch. Maybe the blame dumper is also waiting to see a certain traitor lose the battle...
As the regent of the Ming Dynasty, he gave bound books to his subordinates at the age of ten, which seemed a bit unprofessional.
The generals who received the bound edition did not return to their military camps that day, and all stayed in the capital.
They stayed there for two days, and didn't leave angrily until Monday. The young ladies with money in their arms waved to them.
If this continues, if five or six books are published a year, the generals in the northern Ming Dynasty will be considered completely decadent.
Kill three thousand enemies and lose ten thousand to yourself. This is how it works...
Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong's handful of recruits hadn't seen it, otherwise the "national master" would have had offspring at the age of fifteen.
"Your Highness, 10,000 grenades and propellants and other supplies have been shipped to Tianjin!"
"good!"
I can only help you so much. If I can help you more, I will give you a bound book. The rest depends on your ability to make money.
