Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 240

The campus of Jinling University that Lao Zhu planned at the beginning was 5000 mu. It is close to the side of Hongshan Mountain and radiates westward to form an irregular trapezoid.

In comparison, the nearby Red Mountain is only about a thousand acres in size.

Such a large space, not to mention now, will be more than enough to accommodate tens of thousands of teachers and students in a few years.

Because there is a lot of vacancy for the time being, Zhu Yuan set up the editorial department of "Da Ming Monthly" here, and there is also a printing office, which gathers various printing-related craftsmen from Jinling and Dadu.Not only is it responsible for printing the "Daming Monthly", but also various textbooks of Jinling University will be in charge of the printing bureau.

Taking a small sedan chair to the compound of the Printing Bureau located in the southeast of the campus, Shen Qi, the chief editor of the editorial department of "Daming Monthly", and Zhang Qing, the ambassador of the Printing Bureau, who had been notified in advance, had already come out. Shen Qi is in charge of the daily management of the editorial department, and Zhang Qing, who has the same name as a certain hero in "Water Margin", is the head of the publishing house.

Hey ~
Speaking of "Water Margin", I have to mention a certain strange woman in it, Pan Jinlian, who is known as the number one whore in ancient and modern times.

Ok……

Sister Pan: Don't be in a hurry, someone is reading me again, I'm going to burn some incense!

Besides, beside Shen Qi and Zhang Qing, there is also the shopkeeper of Zhiyongzhai, Lu Ji, who surprised Zhu Yuan.

After several people had seen the ceremony, Zhu Yuan was not in a hurry to talk to Lu Yu. He walked into the courtyard and asked, "What's going on?"

"Your Excellency, there are two merchants who buy books. They don't even look at this place. In order to rush to buy books, they actually took the guts of a leopard and started a fight here," Zhang Qinggong, who was walking on the right side of Zhu Yuan. Shen gave a brief introduction to the young Pingzhang, and then continued: "I was going to beat him out with a stick, but when I heard that the lord was coming, the subordinate officials ordered him to tie him up and wait for the lord to deal with him."

Said into the courtyard.

At a glance, Zhu Yuan saw two middle-aged men kneeling on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs as if they were on the execution ground. One was fat and the other was thin.

Seeing Zhu Yuan being surrounded by the crowd, the two who knew the identity of the young man immediately fell to the ground.

Fatty wailed first with a long and loud voice: "My lord, please forgive me~~~"

The thin man remained calm, kowtowed, managed to get up, and said to Zhu Yuan: "My lord, I lost my composure for a while, and I would like to compensate you a hundred times for the damage to the bookstore. I only ask for your forgiveness."

Seeing the different reactions of the two, Zhu Yuan didn't answer, but said: "Untie it, it's not murder and arson, there's no need to tie it up like this."

Zhu Yuan gave orders, and the sturdy craftsmen of the printing office next to them immediately began to untie the two.

Zhang Qing invited Zhu Yuan into the house, but was rejected, so he graciously brought a big chair over, and the girl with a sack who stood beside Zhu Yuan, who was conspicuous but not very visible, skillfully took a tiger skin mattress from the sedan chair Lay it out for your grown-ups.

Here Zhu Yuan sat down, and the two who were freed kowtowed to Zhu Yuan again to apologize.

"It's a trivial matter, but it's wrong to fight after all. There can't be another time," Zhu Yuan waved his hand, and after listening to the two people's gratitude, he gestured: "Get up, I'm just curious, come and ask some questions." Things. Tell me about yourself first, what are your names and where did you come from?"

The two got up.

While arranging the blue silk jacket on his body, the thin man opened his mouth first: "My lord, little Tan Qu, a native of Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province."

"Raozhou, recently I heard people say that the largest money prison in the Song Dynasty was in Raozhou, um... called 'Yongpingjian'." Zhu Yuan said, then remembered: "Jingdezhen is also in Raozhou, yes Bar?"

Tan Qu nodded: "Don't dare to lie to your lord. Although the Tan family lives in the prefectural city of Poyang, they were born in Jingde, and their family has been making porcelain for generations."

This is a coincidence.

Zhu Yuan couldn't help being curious: "What kind of porcelain does your family burn, and how is the level?"

"My lord, all celadon, white porcelain, etc., are fired by the Tan family. Because they belong to the folk kilns, they are not comparable to the official kilns," Tan Qu said, paused, and then added: "However, the Tan family kilns have been made since the Song Dynasty. It has been passed down for more than two hundred years, but there are some special skills."

"How to say?"

Tan Qu straightened up slightly: "My lord, the Tan family can burn red glaze."

red glaze?

Listening to the name, it is easy to understand, it should be red porcelain.

For the porcelain of this era, what Zhu Yuan can think of is Yuan blue and white.

Seeing Tan Qu's proud expression when he mentioned that his family was able to burn red glaze, Zhu Yuan thought for a while and realized that the color of porcelain in his memory is mainly blue and white, or there are also blue and green, but red porcelain seems to be... …not much.

Ok.

Far from being many, it is simply rare.

It seems really unique.

So I became more curious, and said casually: "I'll take a look at some of them when I find time. If they are really good, I will help your Tan family to make a name for themselves."

Tan Qu was taken aback when he heard this.

This Zhu Yuan...

The world-renowned expert who gave away 500 years of Guozuo became famous all over the world in just one year. Now he is not only an official from Yipin Zhongshu Pingzhang's political affairs, but also recognized as a clan by the emperor...

Such a famous person wants to help the Tan family to make a name for themselves?
Then he reacted again.

Even if the other party does not help to make a name for himself, if he can make friends with such a powerful person, it is worthwhile to give the other party a piece of his family property, let alone a few pieces of porcelain.

The more Tan Qu thought about it, the more excited he became, his hands and feet trembled slightly, he tried not to kneel down, and said with a deep bow: "The little one will be sent to the adults as soon as possible."

A few days ago, I went to Mingzhou to discuss sea trade business. I happened to bring a few red-glazed porcelain as samples. Because they were too precious, I was willing to give away only half of them.

exactly.

Otherwise, you have to send a letter to Jiangxi as soon as possible. If Mr. Pingzhang loses interest or simply forgets about it, it will be a big loss for the Tan family.

The elder brother always said that he was not generous enough and liked to care too much.

watch this time...

If he hadn't left behind those few red-glazed porcelains, how could he strike while the iron was hot?
Zhu Yuan could see Tan Qu's excitement, and knew that he probably made another small mistake, but he didn't care.

Let's talk about the porcelain later, Zhu Yuan didn't forget why he came here, and instead said: "Since your Tan family is in the porcelain business, you should be quite rich, why did you come here, um... is it to buy "Da Ming Monthly"?"

Tan Qu subconsciously wanted to refute the young Pingzhang's statement about his family's 'wealth'. After thinking about it, he still didn't overdo it. He just said: "The Tan family also runs a bookstore business, and the small one just happened to be in the capital. "Monthly Magazine" is very popular, so I thought of buying a batch and bringing it back to Jiangxi for sale."

Zhu Yuan also understood.

A local rich family that has lasted for more than two hundred years obviously will no longer rely solely on porcelain to make a living. If he... would definitely spread the risk of too concentrated family business.

Ok.

In later business parlance, this is called 'diversification'.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan then asked: "How much do you want to purchase?"

"There are only [-] copies left in the printing press, and the small ones are going to buy them all," Tan Qu said, signaling to the fat man beside him, "I didn't expect that Brother He would also cover all of them. During the dispute, the two of us lost our composure for a while, Ashamed, ashamed, and thank you for your generosity."

Seven hundred volumes.

Zhu Yuan's first feeling was that in this day and age, it might not be too small. He looked at Zhang Qing and said, "How many copies have you printed in total?"

The first issue of "Da Ming Monthly" was engraved and printed at the beginning of this month. Zhu Yuan paid attention to it at the beginning and made arrangements, but recently he didn't ask any more questions.

Because expectations are not high.

After all, a magazine, after all, cannot be said to have just released its first issue, and it immediately attracted the attention of the public, becoming a pioneer of public opinion, and it was invincible wherever it was pointed out.

The influence of a media platform needs to be accumulated over a long period of time.

Therefore, although I have recently felt that all kinds of people around me are related to "Da Ming Monthly", Zhu Yuan still explained it to Lao Zhu on purpose.

Don't be in a hurry.

At least three to five years have to wait until hundreds of officials and people get used to the existence of this magazine and the news in it before they can consider other things.

Zhang Qing's voice interrupted Zhu Yuan's fleeting thoughts: "My lord, a total of 31600 volumes have been printed. Most of the engraving blocks have been cleaned and repaired repeatedly. It is really impossible to continue. If you want to print again, you can only engrave a new edition."

There are more than 30000 volumes.

Zhu Yuan was surprised again.

A few days ago, I asked about the sales status, and the reply here was good, but now it seems that this is more than good, there are people fighting to buy this magazine... This is obviously very good.

I didn't expect it before.

Whether it is now or in the future, Zhu Yuan's impression is that books are hard to sell.

Therefore, according to Zhu Yuan's original arrangement, most of the expected printing volume of [-] to [-] copies will be distributed free of charge.

The current situation is really surprising.

Then he turned to the fat man who was still a little cowering: "By the way, what about you?"

"Little He San, from Hangzhou..." He San said something, thinking about Tan Qu's happy conversation with the big man in front of him just now, he suddenly felt a strong crisis, plopped down on his knees again, and said with a loud voice: "My lord, if I can't take this book home, my boss will send me away."

Zhu Yuan: "..."

Seeing He San's appearance, several people around had playful expressions on their expressions.

This fat man...

He clearly had an opportunity to make friends with important officials of the court, but he couldn't grasp it, and he was still thinking about his small business of less than a hundred dollars.

Desperate things.

Looking at Tan Qu again, he has already hooked up in a blink of an eye, this is a sensible person.

Seeing He San like this, Tan Qu felt sorry for him even though they were fighting each other just now, but he didn't move slowly, and quickly said: "My lord, I don't want this small book, just give it to Brother He. "

Zhu Yuan nodded, and signaled to He San in front of him: "I heard you, get up."

He San didn't get up, subconsciously said: "My lord, my boss asked me to buy a thousand volumes, and this is only seven hundred...not enough."

Zhu Yuan was speechless again.

You're so 'increasing' that people can't even feel offended at all!
However, Zhu Yuan immediately discovered the problem, and turned to Zhang Qing again: "Isn't there only 700 copies? He wants 1000 copies. What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)