Kong Fang first promoted and then suppressed, and even did not hesitate to throw the blame.
It's not that he doesn't want to accept it, it's that the conditions don't allow it.
Mr. Luo stroked his long beard and fell into deep thought, and finally sighed to express his understanding.
Kong Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and then promised Mr. Luo that he would find a way to continue "writing" "Journey to the West" as soon as possible, and that after "writing" a chapter, it would be sent to him immediately. He would be the first in every chapter of "Journey to the West" a reader.
Mr. Luo was very satisfied with Kong Fang's attitude. He provided Kong Fang with several of his disciples who were still active in the officialdom of Daxing Dynasty. It would be of great benefit to Kong Fang to make friends with them.
Kong Fang felt like he had found a treasure.
Although he is an amateur in officialdom, it does not mean that he knows nothing about officialdom. The officialdom is also a river and lake, and it is even more dangerous than the rivers and lakes that everyone calls it.
Networking in the officialdom is still important.
As the saying goes, don't be an official when there is no one in power. There is no such thing as a lone wolf in officialdom, because there is no room for a lone wolf to survive in officialdom.
Kong Fang stood up and solemnly thanked Mr. Luo. The two exchanged a few polite words before Mr. Luo brought the topic back to "Journey to the West".
"My lord, have you ever thought about printing a version of Journey to the West and selling it as a book?"
Kong Fang nodded. Although he "wrote" "Journey to the West" on a whim, it did not prevent him from wanting to gain fame and fortune through "Journey to the West".
The Daxing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were not in the same time and space, and he was not worried that Wu Chengen would jump out of the coffin to settle accounts with him.
Not even worried about someone coming out to expose his plagiarism.
Of course, the most important thing is that he is the son-in-law of the Fang family and does not control the family's finances. The advantageous father-in-law is not at home, and the tigress Fang Shiqing is the Fang family's finance minister.
He didn't know what kind of treatment he got in his previous life, but from the time he traveled through time to now, except for the two taels he "earned" from Fang Shibo, he really hadn't taken any money from the Fang family.
Fang Shiqing didn't give it, so he didn't dare to ask for it, and Fang Shiyi was embarrassed to ask for it.
Fortunately, he has no friends for the time being. He doesn't go to restaurants, drinks, smokes, or picks up girls. He has free meals at Fang's house and doesn't have to spend money every day. Otherwise, he would not only die of poverty, but also be laughed to death by others.
A man's lack of money in his pocket is the same disease as a man's impotence.
Although there are nearly three million taels of silver in the county government's treasury now, it has been confiscated and is public money. He wants to be an upright official, not second to Zhu Dachang.
He wanted to earn pocket money by his own ability.
Setting up a street stall is not possible, and "writing" a book in his capacity should be the best option. But "writing" a book is a hard job. Although he has "Journey to the West" in his mind, it is not easy to "write" it.
Firstly, he couldn't recite "Journey to the West" fluently, he needed to recall it slowly; secondly, for well-known reasons, his writing skills were not only bad, but also very slow. He couldn't even write a single line, let alone the hundreds of thousands of words of "Journey to the West". remember"!
He has another concern. Since he became the county magistrate, he has made a special effort to understand the national conditions of the Daxing Dynasty, and it can be said that education is abysmal.
Take Qinghe County as an example. Qinghe County has a population of 70,000 to 80,000 people and approximately tens of thousands of school-age children and teenagers. However, there is only one county school in Qinghe County, with only 500 or 600 students in the county school.
Enrollment rate of 1 in 10!
Although there are private schools in each village, they are all set up by landlords and gentry for their children, just like the Fang family private school, which only serves the three siblings of the Fang family.
With such a low education level, how many taels of silver can a copy of "Journey to the West" be sold for?
It would be tragic if, like in my previous life, I worked so hard to write an Internet article with hundreds of millions of words, but ended up not being able to earn even cigarette money.
In my previous life, it was easy to say that no one knew me online and I was not afraid of being embarrassed.
He is now a dignified county magistrate, with a good reputation, and his face is hanging on the gate tower of Qinghe County. If "Journey to the West" does not earn a meal of tea, will he still need his face?
When Mr. Luo saw him nodding and not feeling worried, he immediately applauded him.
Being happy alone is not as good as being happy together. Such a wonderful book should of course be shared by everyone in the world.
"Your Majesty, you have many things to do every day. Regarding the publication of books, can I help you? I happen to know someone from the printing office." Mr. Luo volunteered.
Kong Fang naturally wanted it, but he still expressed his concerns.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Luo laughed after hearing this and said that he was worrying too much.
He settled the account for Kong Fang. Although the proportion of scholars in the Daxing Dynasty was small, the entire Daxing Dynasty had a population of tens of millions, and hundreds of thousands of people were literate.
Around Daxing Dynasty, there were four kingdoms: Yanyun Kingdom, Wuliang Kingdom, Liren Kingdom, and Ruxiang Kingdom. They were originally the four vassal states of the Wenzhou Dynasty.
Later, the power of the Wenzhou royal family declined, and various princes broke away from the control of the royal family one after another and established themselves as kings. After years of war, the Wenzhou Dynasty finally failed to recover from its decline and was forced to split into the five kingdoms of Wenzhou, Yanyun, Wuliang, Liren, and Ruxiang.
Later, Wen Zhou changed the name of the country to Daxing, which is the current Daxing Dynasty.
Although the four kingdoms of Yanyun, Wuliang, Liren, and Ruxiang have been separated from the royal family for hundreds of years, their cultural identity still regards Wen Zhou as the Daxing Dynasty.
The cultures of the five countries are interconnected.
"Mr. Luo, do you still want "Journey to the West" to go out of the Daxing Dynasty and be shared by people all over the world?" Kong Fang was surprised by Mr. Luo's ambition.
If "Journey to the West" can really make it out of the Daxing Dynasty, according to the previous life, it should have achieved international standards, right?
"certainly."
Mr. Luo made no secret of his ambitions. "I have close friends in Yanyun and other four countries. It is not difficult to promote "Journey to the West" there."
"Although the literary style of the Yanyun countries is not as good as that of the Daxing Dynasty, and there are not as many literati as the Daxing Dynasty, the number of people in the four countries combined is hundreds of thousands, right?"
"Your Majesty, "Journey to the West" is full of fun and interesting, suitable for all ages. There is no need to worry about selling it. Even if one out of ten literati buys a copy, how many copies can we sell?"
The corners of Kong Fang's eyes twitched several times in succession.
"Sir, let's see how much money we sell for a book."
"One or two." Mr. Luo obviously had a plan and was confident.
"People who can read are all rich people, and rich people don't lack a tael of silver." He explained.
Kong Fang was completely convinced that a great Confucian was a great Confucian, he strived for excellence in learning and was unambiguous in business. One book is one tael, one hundred books is one hundred taels, one thousand books is one thousand taels, ten thousand books is one thousand taels, one hundred thousand books is...
Kong Fang didn't dare to calculate the result, fearing that his brain would explode due to being too excited.
He suppressed his excitement and licked his lips, "Sir, I leave everything to you. I also ask you to help find a ghostwriter. I will start writing immediately and strive to complete the manuscript as soon as possible and then print it."
"No problem, I can find you a tutor at the county school. You can write one chapter a day, and there will be ten chapters in ten days. Then we will compile it into a book and print it."
