Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 41 Big girl
Fei Ju's idea of ​​making money was naturally to pirate copies of Dream of the Red Chamber.

It's just that all his previous colleagues have invested in the snowflake salt project, and now he has no money left.

You can't let a dignified prince like him go to a pawn shop to pawn his property. What will outsiders say when they see this?
So Fei Ju immediately thought of his gang of brothers. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that those guys, like himself, had not yet recovered from the previous snowflake salt incident.

Damn old man Liu Bowen!Damn Yang Xian’s child!
Fei Ju gritted his teeth with hatred whenever he thought about the snowflake salt he had stored in his warehouse.

At this moment, he thought of Lan Yu.

Lan Yu was a blessing in disguise last time. Although he was scolded by Prince Zhu Biao, at least he kept his money.

Just in time to get him to stock up.

Otherwise, Fei Ju wouldn't even have the money to make the engravings needed for pirated printing.

Although the Ming Dynasty had become proficient in mastering and using movable type printing, when printing a full-length novel, the mainstream method still used woodblock printing.

There are two reasons.

First of all, the quality of books printed with movable type is actually not as good as that of engraving.

Secondly, the novel is too long, and there are too many Chinese characters involved. The time wasted in selecting each character one by one is not as fast as directly engraving them.

"Can a novel really sell for so much money?" Lan Yu's eyes widened and she spoke in disbelief.

Fei Ju nodded and said, "As brothers, how can I lie to you?"

But Lan Yu was still a little worried and asked: "Even if a novel can really sell for so much money, will there really be so many people in the capital buying it? If you can't sell a few copies in the end, all the initial investment will be in vain. "

He didn't want to be like unlucky guys like Fei Ju and the others.

No matter how bad the snowflake salt is, you can still eat it by yourself.

If the book cannot be sold after printing, even using it as papyrus would be a nuisance.

"Just be at ease, my good brother."

Fei Ju then settled an account for Lan Yu.

"There are currently a total of sixty chapters of Dream of Red Mansions. According to the book published by Mingji Bookstore, ten chapters are in one volume. That is to say, regardless of the future, there are currently a set of six volumes, each volume contains 5 taels, and the total is 30 taels of silver!"

"Right now, we have a registered population of over 80 in the capital. Calculating one set per thousand people, we can sell 800 sets, which is 2 taels of silver. Mingji Bookstore will take half of it, and then deduct engraving, calibration, etc. After waiting for the cost, we can earn at least 4 taels of silver. This is just for now. In the future, Dream of Red Mansions will continue to come out, and we will continue to make money. We can even sell it to all parts of the country."

It is indeed a huge profit, 1 taels of silver, converted according to the purchasing power of the Ming Dynasty, is equivalent to 700 million yuan in modern times.

It can be seen that Fei Ju came prepared this time and had obviously carefully planned this matter.

Otherwise, as a general, he would not be able to think so carefully.

Sure enough, after listening to Fei Ju's words, Lan Yu's eyes shone. He thought about it carefully, wasn't it like this?

Then Lan Yu's whole body began to become excited.

"When does it begin?"

"The sooner we do it, the sooner we can seize the market."

"it is good!"

As the two brothers spoke, they began to take action for their great piracy career.

Duke of Wei.

"Master, you are back."

The old housekeeper of Xu Mansion knew in advance that Xu Da was going back to Beijing in the past few days, and he was at the gate almost every day from morning to night. When he saw Xu Da returning to the manor, he immediately greeted him.Xu Da nodded and asked, "Miss, where are the young master and the others?"

"The eldest young master went out with the young master of Cao Guogong's family early in the morning. The second young master and the young master are practicing swordsmanship in the yard. The second young lady and the third young lady are playing in the backyard. The eldest young lady should be reading alone in the study at the moment." The old housekeeper said.

"What are you reading these days, little girl?" Xu Da said with a smile.

The eldest girl Xu Da talks about is Xu Miaoyun, the eldest daughter of the Xu family.

Among so many children, the one Xu Da loves and loves the most is Xu Miaoyun.

This was rare in ancient times. Generally, in a noble and wealthy family like this, the most favored person would be either the eldest son or the youngest son.

This is inseparable from Xu Miaoyun's own excellence.

Xu Miaoyun has been very smart since she was a child, and she has a photographic memory for reading.

In order to train her, Xu Da and his wife hired a Confucian master for her.

As he grows older, Xu Miaoyun reads more and more books, becoming more and more complex, and his knowledge becomes more and more erudite.

Gradually, almost everyone in the capital knew that Xu Da's family had a great talent, and people even gave Xu Miaoyun the title of "female students".

Because Xu Da was a general, most of the books in his study were military and war manuals.Girls generally don't like to read these military books, but Xu Miaoyun reads them with gusto, so she is also quite good at arranging troops.

Xu Da even sometimes chatted with Xu Miaoyun about some insights in military books.

So, not seen for nearly a year.

Xu Da was very interested in the book he, a big girl, was reading.

The old housekeeper standing aside was hesitating and speechless for a while.

Xu Da also didn't notice the difference in the old housekeeper's expression, and waved his hand, indicating that he could just go there.

"Big girl!"

Xu Miaoyun was startled when she heard a familiar voice suddenly sounding behind her.

The book he was holding in his hands almost dropped.

"Let dad take a look, little girl, what are you reading recently?"

Xu Da stretched out his hand to take it away from Xu Miaoyun's hand, but found that he was being held tightly by the other party.

This was completely Xu Miaoyun's subconscious behavior. After she realized it, she quickly let go of her hand.

"Dream of Red Mansions?"

Xu Da took the book in his hand, glanced at the cover first, and read it again without any impression in his mind.

It's not a book like a collection of classics and history. Judging by the name, it should be a novel?
Xu Da then opened the book to the page that Xu Miaoyun was reading before. As he looked at it, his expression immediately became strange.

". After the two drums were decided, Jia Lian sneaked in to meet each other. As soon as they met, he was already in a state of confusion. He didn't have time to talk about love, so he started to take off his clothes. Unexpectedly, this daughter-in-law has a natural curiosity. As soon as a man touches her, she will feel... The muscles and bones all over the body were paralyzed, making the man feel like he was lying on cotton. He also talked lustfully and overwhelmed the prostitute. At this time, Jia Lian wished he could be transformed into him.

There are more than 20 descriptions of sex in Dream of Red Mansions, some straightforward and some obscure.

The section that Xu Da watched was the most straightforward one, the scene where Jia Lian had an affair with many girls.

"Big girl." Xu Da looked at Xu Miaoyun and hesitated to speak.

(End of this chapter)