Poor family mother and son

Chapter 1096 Joining ([-])

Chu Qing guessed the emperor's thoughts correctly.

This time, the number of scholars was expanded to 400, and the emperor discovered that the number could actually be increased.

Because he read the articles of each candidate and found that even the poor students have extraordinary insights and have a lot of talents to use.

What the emperor thought was, how many books could Chu Qing print?In this way, the cost of books is relatively high; if the craftsmanship is obtained and large-scale printing is carried out, with the number and influence of government-run bookstores, how many children can afford to buy books?

Chu Qing not only guessed the emperor's mind correctly, but also thought of going with him - how to spread the cost without printing more?

Education begins with babies, and there must be books that can be bought and books that children love to read.

When Huang Zhaoxian was leaving the gate, he met Zhifu Qi at the door, and the two of them didn't know each other, but Zhifu Qi was wearing an official uniform, so Huang Zhaoxian also greeted him.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry took the initiative to greet him, which made Qi Guiran a little flattered, and he immediately wanted to make friends.

But now he has "official business", so he said to Huang Zhaoxian: "Where can I stay, Sir? It's better to stay at Xiaguan's house. At present, there are refugees coming and going from time to time in the city, so it is safer to stay at Xiaguan's house."

Huang Zhaoxian was on a business trip this time, so he stayed in a post house. The conditions in the post houses in the southern border areas were far inferior to those in the mainland, and there were indeed refugees migrating here, which was really a bit confusing.

For Huang Zhaoxian, who has lived in Kyoto for a long time and has never traveled far, his knowledge of the outside world is not as good as his third brother, so seeing the current barren and chaotic situation of Yong'an Mansion, he is really worried, for fear that something bad will be robbed by refugees or steal.

Qi Guiran's proposal obviously hit his mark, and he couldn't help but hesitate: "Isn't this not good?"

At any rate, he came under the banner of visiting Yong'an Gong. According to his old father's face, he couldn't get Yong'an Gong to stay in the mansion; and he didn't have any reason to communicate with the Yong'an government office, so it really didn't make sense to live in.

"Your Excellency, there is no need to hesitate," Qi Guiran said in a persuasive manner: "Special arrangements are made during special times, so why do the migrations of refugees have to last for another month to end?

At present, the safest places in the city are Yong'an Gongfu and Fuya. After all, Yongan Gong is a woman, so it is safest to live in the Fuya, besides, the Fuya is also close to the Gongfu. "

Hey, there is a good reason for this, Mr. Yong'an is a woman, so it is not suitable for Huang Zhaoxian to live in a woman's house!
Huang Zhaoxian finally nodded: "Then please trouble Mr. Qi."

Before Yong'an Mansion was built, Chu Qing was currently living in the largest house in the city. The original owner had sold the house years ago, away from the place where the "eight winds" were raging.

It is indeed very close to the government office.

Qi Guiran was most annoyed by being too close to Chu Qing—it felt like being watched.

He supervised the construction of Yong'an Palace more actively than Chu Qing, coming every now and then to report on the progress and inquire about needs.

But today he is not here to build the mansion, but to report the situation of the first building that Chu Qing built after arriving in Yong'an Mansion.

"Mr. Yong'an, the 'monument to the martyrs who resisted the Eight Storms' has been built," Qi Guiran reported: "Grand Yong'an is really dedicated to the public. He would rather not build a mansion, but build a monument first."

The "Eight Winds" swallowed up most of Yong'an Mansion, and many people died trying to rescue the victims, but none of them were serving officials.

Chu Qing wanted these unsung heroes to live with peace of mind and die with peace of mind, so the first thing they did when they arrived at the fief was to build a monument.

As for Qi Guiran's flattery, Chu Qingquan pretended not to hear it: "Well, I got it, the unveiling ceremony will be held in five days."

There is no need for Qi Guiran to say this, Xiangzi and the others have already reported it.

"Uh... Mr. Yong'an, can you sell a set of the son's book to the next official? I went to buy it, but it's already sold out." After Qi Guiran finished his business, he wanted to get close to Mr. Yong'an.

He now understands that Mr. Yong'an is a stubborn donkey, and he wants to stroke it along its fur.

"Sold out?" Chu Qing was a little surprised: "The second batch of one thousand units has also been sold out?"

One thousand sets, ten books in each set, even if the bookstore buys goods, there will probably not be more than ten sets. If it is a small bookstore, at most one set of books can be bought, and then sold separately, it is considered a trial product.

Even if the Chu family has bookstores in various places, there are only one or two in each state capital, and some state capitals don't have any, and counting the days, there are still many state capitals in the north that have not yet delivered the goods.

The key is that books are too expensive. Are there so many rich people?
"My son's book is hard to come by now!" Qi Guiran sighed, "Xiaguan originally bought a set and sent it to a few children at home, but it was seen by Xiaguan's younger sister;

Xiaguan only had a little sister. She was married far away, so it was not easy for her to come home for once. Xiaguan’s mother decided to give her to her, but then there would be no more children at home, so she wanted to buy another one;
I don’t want the printing workshop to say that there is no extra, and now the order can’t be completed, you see..."

Only the last sentence of Qi Guiran's words is true, that is, the order has not been completed, and all the previous ones are false, because he wants to use these books to please his brother-in-law and several other "relationship households".

Qi Guiran didn't want to stay in this poor place of Yong'an Mansion for too long, he didn't even bring his wife and children here, he had to find a way to improve his relationship and let himself change places as soon as possible.

At first, he bought that set of books just to give Yong'an Gong and the young eunuch a little face, as a way of showing favor and flattering him.

But who would have thought that the little grandpa became famous all over the world in one fell swoop after no one asked him for ten years, and the book was sold out as soon as it was published!

Not only did the book sell like hotcakes, but the young master's reputation also spread throughout the world - "The masters have gone unreached, and the masters have explored the unknown." People gave him the nickname "the young master who travels all over the world."

Those who can afford books are those with extra money, and those who can afford a whole set of books are even richer.

Not only the princes buy it, but even the girls in the boudoir also buy it to see—can’t go out to see the world, can’t you read travel notes to quench your thirst?
Qi Guiran's sister saw this set of books when she went back to her parents' home to visit relatives because of the idea of ​​"a young man traveling around the world". Of course, she wanted to get it.

Qi Guiran's mother thought about it, her son-in-law is expected to return to Beijing this year, maybe he can help her son to change places for his activities, so naturally he will respond to his needs.

At the same time, I also wrote to tell Qi Guiran: "Your sister said that it is very honorable to give this set of books as gifts in Kyoto now, because there are no books for sale in Kyoto. If there are friends in Kyoto who can help with job transfers, I will give a few. Get out of that damn place in Yong'an Mansion as soon as possible."

The Chu family doesn't have a bookstore in the capital, and Xiaobao doesn't allow these books to be transported to the capital, because Xiaobao said: "I have to earn a bookstore in the capital to sell them!"

This is the "joining" that Xiaobao and Huang Zhaoxian talked about, and it has to be a "voluntary joining" method.

Right now, Qi Guiran and Chu Qing are talking about buying books here, one is to curry favor, and the other is to ask Chu Qing to give a reminder of the progress of the engraving workshop, so that he can produce a few more sets to give as gifts and open up new opportunities.

"Master Qi," Xiaobao said, "How about this, do you have a bookstore at home? I can let you join the Chu family brand and I will sell the goods for you. There are many benefits!"

(End of this chapter)