Little Head and the other beggars returned to the shabby yard, and everyone sat together.
"What should we do? Xiaojiu, are we going?" Another little boy looked at him and asked.
"I want to go. My sister is sick. I haven't raised enough money to see a doctor. If I don't go, I'm afraid something will happen to my sister." Xiao Jiu looked at a three-year-old girl following him and said. My sister has been coughing recently, maybe because of the cold.
The problem is not serious, but if you don't look at it, a cold can kill you.
She was said to be his sister, but in fact, this sister was also picked up by Xiaojiu. She was just a few months old. He begged her little by little and raised her with rice cereal. He was only over 5 years old at that time.
I have developed feelings for him after raising him for several years.
"But..." The little boy hesitated. They, the beggars, had no sense of security, not with anyone.
But they have no choice.
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu's reputation is not bad. I heard he is good to ordinary people. If we go... he won't mistreat us. If it doesn't work, we will run away." Xiao Jiu thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said.
"Okay! If not, just run." The little boy nodded.
"If we don't go, there will be no place for us in Chang'an City. Didn't you see that Feng Mazi came here today? He joined the Spirit Snake Gang. Since the Spirit Snake Gang came to us today, if we don't go, I'm afraid there will be Got caught by them." Xiao Jiu said worriedly.
They are not afraid of the government, but they are afraid of these local snakes. They can avoid the government, but they cannot avoid the local snakes, because they still have to make a living around here, not to mention that there are three or four-year-old little guys like his sister among their group of children. , can't run fast at all.
Although these little beggars are young, their begging career since they were young has given them a lot of experience in observing people's behavior and assessing situations, and they know what situations cannot be avoided.
The notices have been posted all over Chang'an City and can be seen by almost everyone. The point is that with five battalions of soldiers controlling these local snakes, the refugees can't even see them.
But Li Ke's attention is not on these refugees at all. If he arranges it like this and these refugees can avoid it, then Li Ke will take off Chang Sun Chong's head and kick it as a ball!
Li Ke is currently holding a notice plastered all over Chang'an and looking at it, because this notice is printed!
The overall effect is pretty good! The movable type printing technology of the Tang Dynasty and the paper made in the Tang Dynasty were used.
"How is it? How much can be printed in a day?" Li Ke asked, looking at the notice in his hand.
"If we triple the current number of workers, we can print about 20,000 to 50,000 copies a day." Tian Meng said.
"What about papermaking? Can you keep up?"
"Yes, currently we have purchased a large amount of wheat straw, reeds and other different straws from various places in Guanzhong Road for testing. We have already negotiated with some small families below and asked them to help, so we are gathering these things very quickly. In addition, the winter wheat will be harvested in a few months, so papermaking will definitely be able to keep up, and we will still have a large balance."
"I have ordered to increase the planting of various burlap plants in Henan Road, Jiangnan Road, Shannan Road, Huainan Road, Guannai Road, and Hedong Road for making paper. Jiangnan Road in particular is more suitable for planting. These places can even be used in winter. Grow." Tian Meng said quickly.
Li Ke nodded with satisfaction. The ten roads in the Tang Dynasty are very different from those of later generations. For example, Henan Road is actually more of the territory of Shandong in later generations. Hedong Road and Hebei Road are similar to Shanxi and Hebei in later generations. Guannai Road is naturally Shaanxi and Ningxia. This area, Longyou Road, is the entire Hexi Corridor, stretching to Yumen Guanyang Pass.
The Huainan Road is the Jiangbei area of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Shannan Road is probably the area in Luoyang and Hubei in later generations. Jiangnan Road is bounded by the Yangtze River in the south, including Chongqing, northern Guizhou, Hunan, and Jiangxi, and stretches all the way to the coastal area.
In later generations, the Sichuan Basin and parts of Yunnan to the south were part of the Jiannan Road, while the Lingnan Road was the southeastern coast plus Guangdong, and the entire plain near Hanoi extending to northern Vietnam belonged to the Lingnan Road area.
In this era, Guangxi, southern Guizhou, and eastern Yunnan were still areas of various ethnic minorities. They nominally belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they were not within the control of the Tang Dynasty and have not yet been divided.
In fact, Lingnan Road is currently suitable for planting, but Datang's control over that area is relatively weak.
"Very good, let's deal with the relationship with the refugees first, and then prepare to expand the scale of the paper mill. The printing plant will be built in two parts. The Shuwangzhuang part is under our own control. The paper mill will not matter when the time comes. In half a month, we will be ready The publication of Datang Weekly." Li Ke said calmly.
"Yes... But Your Highness, are you sure there is no problem with this weekly report?" Tian Meng hesitated and said.
"Just hurry up and prepare the materials you want. I am using this weekly newspaper for my father to play with. I will see if those courtiers have that vision. If they have that vision, they will definitely ask my father to take this weekly newspaper back to the public. Tang Guoyou." Li Ke said with a smile.
As for the concept of a week in the Tang Dynasty, it doesn't matter. I, Li Ke, said it did, and he did. Anyway, it’s up to him how he gets used to it! You have to let others adapt to him Li Ke!
"Speaking of which, is it easy for me to ask for a title for craftsmen like you?"
Tian Meng was a little embarrassed. Although he had no share in this title, in his opinion, His Highness was doing this for the benefit of the people below him!
"Well, otherwise, Your Highness, we should keep a low profile and it would be better to control this weekly report in our own hands." Tian Meng hesitated.
"No, if these courtiers are discerning enough, they will definitely let this weekly newspaper be taken back by the imperial court. It can be taken back to them, but in the end they have to send it back to me." Li Ke sneered. He could guess that Changsun It would be a shame if Wuji didn't want this thing.
But it doesn't matter, let them go back first, and then ask their father to get the title back, and then implement the second step of the plan. They have to obediently send this weekly report back to me.
At that time, you can still get another wave of benefits.
This weekly newspaper does not need as many words as in later generations, so the technology of this era is enough.
Not to mention that Li Ke did not have the large printing press that later generations used to print newspapers. Even if he did, he would not use it. Energy and the like are on the one hand, but mainly, in this era, we need to use the machines of this era to upgrade bit by bit, so that we can train a large number of employees, expand a large number of labor forces, and give wealth to the people first.
People can only consume when they have money, and when people consume, they earn back their money.
In this round and round scrolling, Li Ke naturally made more and more money.
This is called: money does not disappear, but gives birth to offspring.
Simply, perfect! In this process, no one loses, everyone wins, but His Highness wins twice, this is called a win-win!
