The peasant girl wants to turn the sky: the black-bellied husband, come to farm

Chapter 1021 Ask
The next day, Tong Sanlang and Qiao Xiaomai got into the carriage and went to the town.

There is only one bookstore in the town, and most of the books sold are books used in the imperial examinations, and there are also a small amount of travel notes, wild history, novels and so on. Tong Sanlang went in and browsed casually, took a stack of toilet paper, and then Asked the shopkeeper, "I have written something and I want to publish it as a book, what is the price?"

There is no one in Bailu Town who doesn't know Tong Sanlang. Hearing this, the shopkeeper asked with a smile, "Tong Juren, what kind of thing is it?"

"Ordinary vernacular novels."

"Fiction, there are two forms of this. One is that you sell the novel to our bookstore, and our bookstore buys it out. In the future, no matter how much you sell, whether you lose money or make money, our bookstore will be responsible for it, and it has nothing to do with you."

"The other is that we first say that if a book is priced at five taels, then you get one tael, and you get as many taels as we sell."

After the shopkeeper finished explaining, Tong Sanlang turned to look at Qiao Maimai.

Qiao Xiaomai said, "The second option is that we won't get any money at first, but we can only get money after you sell it?"

"Yes." The shopkeeper nodded.

"Why can't you give us some money first? Saburo is also very hard at writing novels."

Hearing the words, the shopkeeper showed a helpless expression on his face, "Miss Qiao, we have to engrave the novel written by Tong Juren first, which will cost a lot of manpower and material resources, which means we have paid the capital first. "

"I said in case, in case the book doesn't sell, we will not only pay for the engraving cost, but also pay for the paper cost. It costs a lot to print a book."

Paper is expensive, there's no denying that.

Carving is to choose a wooden board first, and then let the craftsman engrave the characters one by one according to the handwriting. The whole board was in vain.

Even the most skilled craftsmen dare not pat their chests to ensure that a word is not wrong.

There are as many characters as there are wood blocks.

After the wood block is carved, ink is applied to it, and the paper is covered, so that a page of the book is printed.

This set of procedures is a tedious and delicate job, and the initial investment is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

If the book cannot be sold, then all these carved wooden boards will be useless.

Of course, he couldn't tell Qiao Xiaomai Tong Saburo about the specific operation details. He thought about it and said, "Tong Juren, can I read your novel first?"

If the novel is well written, and it looks like it can sell well, then the bookstore can give some money first because of the identities of Tong Sanlang and Qiao Mai.

Tong Sanlang didn't speak, but Qiao Xiaomai smiled and said, "He hasn't finished writing it yet, I just came here today to ask if it can make money. Since it's so troublesome, then we two will go back first."

"How much is this toilet paper?" Qiao Mai said, pointing to the paper in Tong Sanlang's hand.

Hearing the words, the shopkeeper said with some regret, "After Tong Juren has finished writing, if you still want to publish a book, feel free to come to us. These straw papers cost two taels of silver."

Qiao Xiaomai agreed with a smile, and after paying the money, he took Tong Sanlang out.

Sitting in the carriage, Qiao Xiaomai couldn't stop sighing, "It's really a scam."

(End of this chapter)