Yan family strong girl

Chapter 549
If it weren't for the long distance and the time and energy required, those scholars who regard Ning Lingzhi as the God of War really wouldn't mind rushing to the northwest to see those brave and fearless soldiers who fought bloody battles.

Even if their wishes failed to come true, they still wrote many poems praising the great victory in the Northwest.

Of course, in the hymns written by these scholars, it must be indispensable to praise the new emperor.

All the clips praising the new emperor use the gorgeous words that scholars love to use, and they do their best to praise the new emperor's wise leadership and good rule.

Yan Xiaowan found a piece of poetry that was attached to the letter, looked at the large paragraphs of exaggerated sentences, and from time to time said a sage saying, the sage said, and the corners of her eyes twitched uncontrollably.

Fortunately, these psalms were not written for the illiterate common people, but for the new emperor who had read a lot of poetry and books, otherwise others would have no idea what he was writing.

The psalm is well written, but the problem is that it is so obscure that readers must read enough to appreciate the subtleties.

People who are not good enough can't understand the praise of the new emperor in this poem, they will only see it in a cloud and don't know what to say.

In comparison, why are the storybooks so easy to sell?

In addition to the interesting story, what is more important is that it is simple and straightforward, easy to understand, and most people can understand it.

There are no less than five quotes from the sage in this poem of less than a thousand words. How can ordinary people understand these?

The scholars who can really understand this poem are all people who have read poetry and books, and these people's backgrounds are not too bad.

Books in this world are very precious, even if it is the four books and five classics that students must have, not everyone can afford a complete set.

Otherwise, there would not be so many scholars in the study who survived by copying books.

Books are expensive, not only because the output of paper is low and the price is high, but also because the cost of printing is too high and it takes too long.

Generally speaking, the paper used for this book is the cheapest kind of paper that is very rough, and people who are dedicated to studying and gaining fame will not spend money on these books.

Most of the people who buy vernacular books for entertainment are rich "idlers". Generally speaking, the number of vernacular books sold is not large, so they are not widely circulated.

Under such circumstances, "The Adventures of Miss General" can spread so widely. In addition to the well-written and fascinating script, what is more important is that Yan Xiaowan paid for the printing out of her own pocket and created various gimmicks to attract attention.

It can be said that "The Adventures of Miss General" is completely a "magic book" that Yan Xiaowan used various means to promote, and it is difficult to copy.

If it weren't for the large quantity sold later, and the small profit but high sales, Yan Xiaowan estimated that she would have paid tens of thousands of taels of wasted money.

Yan Xiaowan sighed lightly and shook her head: "It's hard for ordinary scholars to afford a complete set of Four Books and Five Classics. It's very rare to have the opportunity to read poetry and books, so the chances of a poor family having a noble son are too small. After all, it's still a book sale." It’s too expensive, it would be great if those sage books, orphan books and other treasures could be spread all over the country like story books.”

At this time, she didn't know how much her sigh would bring about changes in Da'an.

Yan Xiaowan just sighed casually, but the speaker didn't mean it, but the listener meant it.

Seeing her frown and displeasure, Xiao Lang ordered his counselors to solve the problem of difficulty in buying books for scholars that day.

Master Xie, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, received his master's order and secretly wondered if his master planned to buy people's hearts and lay a solid foundation for his future enthronement.

Da'an Kingdom has always been the imperial examination to obtain scholars, and obtaining fame is the motivation for many people to study, and it is also the goal that those students from poor families strive for all their lives.

Although Mr. Xie said he came from a poor family, in fact his family's wealth is really not that thin compared to ordinary families. There are dozens of hectares of fertile land in his family, otherwise his family really couldn't afford him to study for so many years.

The sum of his money for buying books alone is at least a hundred taels of silver, not to mention other expenses such as paper, pen and ink, and the money spent on rushing for the exam.

We must know that the annual expenses of ordinary people are only ten taels, and the money he bought for books alone is enough for them to spend ten years.

If his master can lower the price of books, then his master will definitely become the benefactor of scholars all over the world!

The more Master Xie thought about it, the more excited he became, as if he saw Xiao Lang being regarded as a benefactor by scholars all over the world, following his bright future!
Master Xie spent a long time writing at his desk in the study with joy on his face. After he sorted out his complicated thoughts and calmed down his excitement, he sent someone to find Xiao Lang's advisers.

Master Xie told the counselors about Xiao Lang's order in a businesslike manner, and observed their reactions calmly.

Unsurprisingly, these counselors are all from the background of scholars, with outstanding talents, most of them can be regarded as coming from poor families, even if they become Xiao Lang's counselors, if they want to buy all the books they like, they will still feel pain.

Each book is as little as three or five taels, and the worst thing is that it is not enough to buy a single book.

Some books are rich in content and have many words. They are divided into upper, middle and lower volumes. Even if a single book only sells for three taels of silver, buying a set will cost nearly ten taels of silver.

If their master can really lower the price of books, then even scholars with poor pockets can afford books, which will benefit thousands of scholars from poor families!

If all scholars in the world can afford to read and buy books, what a great achievement this is?

Such a huge achievement is enough to make their master famous through the ages.

The counselors all praised Xiao Lang's wise decision-making and supported his master's decision with practical actions.

No matter how much you have to pay, you must fulfill your master's orders, and change the status quo that it is difficult and impossible for scholars to buy books!

These scholars who are too lofty for ordinary people, they are no longer holding a high shelf, using the resources they can mobilize, writing letters to their friends all over the world, hoping that they will work together to change the status quo that it is difficult to buy books.

Scholars from all over the world soon learned of the news. They spread it to ten, ten to hundreds, and hundreds to thousands. They spontaneously organized and visited various places to find skilled printing craftsmen.

Master Xie advocated gathering these skilled craftsmen, one is to protect their personal safety, the other is to facilitate management, and the third is to brainstorm and learn from each other.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to lure them with a lot of money or use competitions to make these skilled craftsmen who are proficient in papermaking and printing flood into the south of the Yangtze River like a tide to jointly study and improve printing and papermaking.

The counselors headed by Master Xie spent a lot of effort and came up with many ways to invite these skilled craftsmen, and even boldly set their sights on those craftsmen registered as craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry.

Compared with the folk "Yeluzi", these craftsmen registered as craftsmen have better skills, and their participation will greatly improve efficiency.

　I overestimated myself and saved six chapters.After reading the latest six chapters, wash up and sleep, and read the rest tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)