Daming: I help my wife be the empress

On the Qinhuai River, Bian Yujing's painting boat.

Bian Yujing, Dong Xiaowan, and Bian Min huddled together to finish Chapter 1 of the first volume of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Wind and Snow Surprise". , but still let the three people aftertaste endlessly.

Bian Yujing said: "This is really a wonderful novel. It is much better than some current novels. It feels like it can catch up with "Water Margin"."

Dong Xiaowan said with a smile: "The boy who sells newspapers told the King of Shu to read it even if he didn't sleep. It must not have been made up."

Bian Min said: "If it is true, the King of Shu must have the whole novel, but I don't know if it has ever been revealed."

"Who knows."

The three of them chatted, Bian Yujing turned to the back of the cover page, looked at Liu Rushi's name, official title, and position, and couldn't help showing envy, saying: "I never thought that Liu Rushi would be an official, and he would be able to replace today's office." Let’s run the Da Ming Daily. We are both famous prostitutes in Qinhuai, but we are far from her."

Hearing this, Bian Min pointed to the recruitment text on it, and said: "It says to recruit painters, my sister's calligraphy and paintings are well-known, why don't you go and have a try?
How can we say that we also know Sister Liu, and we are both from Qinhuai girls, so maybe she will open up some conveniences? "

Bian Yujing smiled and said: "If I apply for the job, why do I need her to open the door? You underestimate my sister?"

Dong Xiaowan who was at the side said thoughtfully: "You said, since Sister Liu is able to run the newspaper for the present, she should be quite favored, right? Can I ask her to ask the present for a favor to let Xiangjun's sister go out of the palace? "

Bian Yujing nodded upon hearing the words, "Maybe we can, but we shouldn't do this."

After finishing speaking, Bian Yujing looked at Hou Fangyu.

Dong Xiaowan understood, and immediately went to tell Hou Fangyu what she thought.

Unexpectedly, Hou Fangyu was delighted at first, but then showed hesitation.

"Then Qian Muzhai is a traitor in Donglin, and Liu Rushi has gained a bad reputation for being the successor of this kind of people.

Now that she has risked the disapproval of the world and became the first official female official in the court, she is probably even more rejected by orthodox scholars.

If I go to ask her to do something, won't I be regarded as Qianliu's party?It doesn't matter if I tarnish my reputation, what should I do if my Hou family's reputation, or even Fushe's reputation, is affected? "

Hearing this, Bian Yujing and Bian Min, who were not far away from Dong Xiaowan, showed stunned expressions.

Here, Mao Bijiang only frowned slightly, and his expression returned to normal.

Chen Zhenhui was even more appreciative, nodded and said: "Your brother Chaozong thought well, although Qian Liu's "Daming Newspaper" is doing well, but she has become my first official female official in Ming Dynasty. , and also publish a newspaper in vernacular, I am afraid that it will be criticized by thousands of people, and it will not be tolerated by scholars.

Although Xiandi and Li Xiangjun are deeply in love, if he begs the Qianliu family because of this, he will definitely be mistaken by scholars as being attached to the Qianliu family, and such a reputation will be stink. "

Dong Xiaowan was very angry when he heard the words, but he didn't feel like having a fit.Just because of the prevailing atmosphere, reputation is indeed as big as the sky for scholars.It is indeed easy to be cast aside by Shilin to lose one's reputation because of a brothel girl.

It's just that before, Dong Xiaowan thought that Hou Fangyu should have a lot of true affection for Li Xiangjun, but now it seems that even if there is much true affection, compared with his reputation, it may not be worth mentioning.

So she looked at Mao Pijiang for help, and wanted Mao Pijiang to persuade him.

But Mao Pijiang said: "Xiao Wan, you and Yu Jing are considered to have some friendship with Liu Rushi, why don't you go to her for help. In this way, it is possible to save Li Xiangjun from the palace, and it will not damage the reputation of Chaozong. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Hearing this, Dong Xiaowan felt very disappointed, but she still didn't show it—as a famous prostitute who came out of the Qinhuai River, it is a basic requirement not to show emotions or anger.

Her heart was cold, but she said with a smile on her face: "Okay, sister Bian and I will try to find Liu Rushi later."

After speaking, go back to the sisters of the Bian family.

The second floor of Huafang is so big, Bian Yujing naturally heard the conversation between Dong Xiaowan and Hou, Chen, and Mao clearly, and was already sneering in his heart.

Although they were all famous prostitutes in the Qinhuai River, they only knew Li Xiangjun, and they didn't have a good relationship.

Now Hou Fangyu's lover didn't go to rescue Li Xiangjun, but let them go instead, which shows the ruthlessness of these three great talents of Fushe.

Bian Yujing also didn't show the emotions in her heart, but just pulled Dong Xiaowan to sit down, held her hand, and looked at each other speechlessly.

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For the sake of convenience, the office of the newspaper office was chosen in a mansion with several courtyards between the Gongyuan and the imperial city—except for the printing factory in the imperial city, all the other departments of the newspaper office were in this mansion.

Speaking of which, when Hao Guangming first learned that Auntie Zhu wanted to run a newspaper and needed a printing factory, he wanted to get a set of modern printing equipment and set up a printing factory that was truly ahead of the times for Daming.

But after calculation, I found that even if it was successfully implemented, it would not be cost-effective.

Leaving aside other matters, Daming cannot produce the daily ink required by the printing factory, so it has to be brought by Auntie Zhu. This will undoubtedly increase the burden on Auntie Zhu for carrying goods, and there is a tendency to develop it into a porter. .

Moreover, if Daming is made to rely on printing machines that are far ahead of the times, it will hinder the development of its printing technology.

As far as Hao Guangming knew, the printing technology in the late Ming Dynasty was not bad.

First, metal movable type and even alloy movable type had already been developed in the Yuan Dynasty, but the cost was relatively high.

Second, four-color printing technology has been developed, that is to say, four-color printing can be done.

Third, the letterpress vertical spiral hand press invented by the Europeans was introduced to Daming several decades ago, but it was not taken seriously or spread.

Of course, with Hao Guangming and Aunt Zhu here, there was no need for Daming to learn from the original Western printing presses.

Hao Guangming is still making use of his banknote ability in modern times. He found an expert on the Internet who specializes in various crafts and technologies of the Ming Dynasty, and designed a printing machine for the printing crafts of the late Ming Dynasty.

Later, Hao Guangming asked Dana to help improve it with some simple techniques from later generations.

So there is the Nanjing Huangcheng Printing Factory today, and its printing technology can catch up with the printing process at the beginning of the [-]th century in terms of effect.

Only because the craftsmanship of this printing factory still surpassed that of the late Ming Dynasty by a large margin, it was placed in the imperial city and let the Imperial Forest Army guard it by the way.

As for other departments of the newspaper, there is no such high salary.That is to say, there is even a guard on duty in the compound, and ten female soldiers from Suzaku Battalion are temporarily waiting for Liu Rushi to dispatch and protect her.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Rushi came to the yard where the distribution office was located.

Hua Mao, the test director of the publishing office who was busy, immediately came to the courtyard to greet him.

Liu Rushi waved his hand, waived his formality, and asked directly: "So far, how many ten-week magazines have we sold?"

Hua Mao said: "At least 3000 or two hundred copies of the report. And this is not counting the free distribution to various departments of the imperial court. If you count it, there will be more."

Huamao used to be a small painting and calligraphy merchant in Nanjing City. Liu Rushi knew him fairly well and knew that although his business was not big, he was quite good at making sales, so he recruited him to try out as the director of the publication department of the newspaper.

Although it is only a trial appointment, it is still a ninth-rank official status. If you do well, you can become a full-time official. Therefore, Hua Mao is not only very grateful to Liu Rushi, but also works very hard.

Based on Liu Rushi's suggestion from Zhu Yuxi, the distribution department currently divides it into three distribution methods.

One is to organize a small number of people to publicize and sell at various bulletin boards in Nanjing.This move is only temporary and will not last long.

The second is to send it to various bookstores, and even restaurants, tea houses and other places for consignment.

The third is to select a group of eleven or twelve-year-old teenagers from the Nanjing Orphanage and train them for a few days as newsboys, and let the newsboys sell along the street.

Therefore, the publishing office is currently staffed with not only twenty small clerks, but also thirty newsboys.

However, the newspaper boy is actually seconded from the orphanage, and every newspaper sold will be given a commission of two cents, which is regarded as wages.

With this group of people, the publishing office has created a considerable momentum in the inner city, outer city and city walls of Nanjing today, so that almost everyone in Nanjing city has heard the name of "Da Ming Pao" in half a day.

Huamao has worked as a small painting and calligraphy merchant for more than ten years, and has some understanding of this industry. He feels that the first battle of opening a newspaper office has been fought very well.

Now that the report was over, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Tiju, as far as I know, the 'Beijing News' has been in Nanjing for many years, and it only sells tens of thousands of copies a month at most.

We sold more than 3000 copies in just half a day, and I am afraid that we will sell [-] copies in one day. After ten days, we will definitely exceed [-] copies, which has already surpassed the Beijing News. "

As soon as Liu Rushi heard this, he knew that Hua Mao wanted to ask for credit.

She chuckled softly and said, "Is it enough to be satisfied with the circulation surpassing the Beijing News? Our Daming News is specially run by order, and it is the court's secretary. How can you be ashamed to talk to the folks like the Beijing News who don't even have a specific organizer?" Tabloid comparison?"