Although Wen Yuanjie was mentally prepared.
But he was still shocked by the rush it received as soon as it came out.
Not only the people of Dagu.
Even well-informed people from the surrounding areas and even from far away rushed to the market in Dagu to snap up copies of "The Great Voyage".
There was even a situation where "paper is expensive in Dagu".
"Fortunately, Mr. Fu Yin, you have the foresight! You stocked up the paper early and asked the printing house to type and print it early!"
The chief bookkeeper said flatteringly, "Now that the books are on the market, other printers, even if they are rushing to typeset them, are still much later than us!
"Not to mention it's too late, it's much more expensive for them to buy paper now! The cost is much higher than ours!"
The chief clerk touched the goatee on his chin and smiled proudly.
The yamen took the lead in printing and selling books, although the yamen did not directly make profits from it.
But aren’t the taxes from printing plants and taxes from book sales going full circle and returning to the hands of the yamen?
"These are all your achievements, sir!" the chief secretary sighed happily.
Mr. Fu Yin squinted his eyes and recalled the empress who stood side by side with the emperor.
"There are rumors that if it were not for the Queen, the current Emperor, as the youngest prince, would never be able to be crowned the Great Treasure..."
Mr. Fu Yin hasn't finished speaking yet.
The chief clerk was startled, "Sir..."
He exclaimed and looked around.
"Fortunately, no one..." The chief clerk breathed a sigh of relief, "Sir, be careful what you say!"
The governor waved his hand, "After the emperor came to offer sacrifices to heaven, didn't he come to our government office?
"Although my rank is too low, I can't get close enough to see the sky. But I'm not too far away... There, I'm standing right there!"
Fu Yin pointed to the far side of the Yamen, near the door.
"I heard that the Emperor himself means the same thing. He is not afraid to talk about the Queen's contribution at all!
“This time, why can I seize this opportunity and bring this good opportunity to our printing houses and booksellers in Dagu?
"It's just me thinking that if I follow the Queen's wishes... I won't suffer any loss!"
The chief clerk opened his mouth, but was still shocked and speechless.
Although Wen Yuanjie was responsible for the copying and binding of the book, he actually didn't care much about how much profit the book made.
It doesn’t matter how many merchants have been brought to Dagu because of the popularity of books, and how many business opportunities have emerged in Dagu as the flow of people increases.
What was originally a small coastal town has become so vibrant...
This is what Mr. Fu Yin is concerned about, but it is not what he cares about.
What he cares most about is that because of the best-selling book, it has actually led to a craze for sailing!
Many young people have read books or listened to storytellers in teahouses and restaurants.
Their young hearts are full of excitement.
The most intuitive expression is that... the naval division, which was previously rated at 30,000, barely managed to gather 20,000 after various recruitments and even mobilizing troops from other places.
Moreover, not all of the 20,000 are young and strong troops.
Even half of them are just make-up, either old, weak, sick or disabled, or they are bandits and bandits.
As a result, the initial training of General Monsoon was very unsmooth.
These people like to relax and avoid work, and when it comes to training, they will avoid it in various ways.
It wasn't until Ji Feng severely punished him several times that military discipline improved slightly.
But the things in some people's bones are not so easy to change.
When Xiao Yuchen came to pay homage to the Queen of Heaven, he asked about the training situation of the sea master Ji Feng and learned about this.
He strictly ordered Ji Feng to eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as bandits and bandits.
Absolutely don't want this kind of person.
Especially the latter kind of people are black sheep if they stay in the army. Don't just try to make up for the number of people.
After Ji Feng went back to reorganize, only 8,000 of the 20,000 naval troops were left.
But with the popularity of "Navigation". Unexpectedly, there are so many young people signing up to join the army and the navy!
This group of young people are not only strong and healthy, but many of them are also educated people who can read and write!
The quality of this naval force has suddenly improved!
Even much higher than other arms!
Ji Feng was so happy that he couldn't sleep for several days, and even when he fell asleep, he woke up with joy.
Wen Yuanjie wrote about this matter and sent it to the Prince of the East Palace.
He also said in the letter that even the shipyards now have many people signing up to come.
Those who spread the rumor that "the shipyard offended the Dragon King" were found to be the criminals who set fire to the shipyard.
In the Yamen Hall, the people who were excited by the crowd rushed into the hall and were beaten...
The yamen spent a lot of effort to maintain order.
Those people were almost beaten to death by the excited people!
Yu'er was also very happy when she read the letter written by Wen Yuanjie, "I really wish I could fly to Dagu to see it myself!
"I asked Wen Yuanjie to buy me a copy of "The Great Voyage", which is still a hard-to-find handwritten copy nowadays!
"The fonts on each page are slightly different. When you read a book, you can see the fonts of many people. It's really interesting!
“The collection value of this book alone is immeasurable!”
Yu'er was talking with joy in front of Wen Jin.
Wen Jin couldn't laugh or cry, "You asked someone to buy a copy?"
"That's right! My uncle is in the south and asked someone to buy it for him! My mother doesn't know what the price of this book is now!
"Fortunately, I had the foresight! I wrote to Wen Yuanjie early in the morning!
"Wen Yuanjie is such a fool. He bought them all for me, my uncle, Aunt Tianyue, and Aunt Yu Fei...he didn't even keep a copy for himself!
"The price of the book is now so high that he can no longer afford it! He regretted it so much that he wrote a whole page complaining about it!"
Yu'er was rolling with laughter.
After the book began to be printed, the more than one hundred literati who copied it by hand were disbanded.
Therefore, in those days, the books they hand-copied became "collector's editions."
As Wen Jin had estimated, this book was not only popular in Dagu.
Instead, it became a "best-seller" in the world.
If there had been a bestseller list at the time, this book would have been far and away at the top.
Not to mention that this book was highly sought after in Daliang. Because of trade, this book also flowed to other countries along the trade routes.
Other countries, after reacting for a while, hurriedly invested in research on maritime transport and large ships for long voyages...
Fortunately, Daliang started early and was far ahead in terms of technology, staffing, experience, and materials.
Of course...this is all for later.
Wen Jin watched Yu'er read Wen Yuanjie's letter with joy.
In fact, she already knew these situations from Xiaokui.
But seeing her son so excited, she would still be happy.
"Is this move called 'conquering the enemy without fighting' in the art of war? Military experts say that this is the best strategy..."
Before Yu'er could finish her words, she saw Wen Jin holding her stomach and sliding down from the beauty's couch.
"Hey... I can't do it anymore. I'll pass it on to the midwife, or to the imperial physician..."
"Let Jiang Qian enter the palace!"
Counting the time, I'm afraid I'm really going to give birth this time!
Wen Yu, a kid who had never seen the battle of giving birth, held the letter in his hand and looked at his mother dumbfounded.
"Yes, it's my sister...is she coming?"
