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Chapter 123 Major Construction Project in Mingchuan Town

As the printing presses ran at full capacity, copies of "The Primordial Era," exuding the fresh scent of ink, were printed and quickly shipped to all parts of the world.

【Ningjing】bookstore has few branches. Initially, it only opened in the capitals of the five major countries, in the villages of the five major hidden villages, and in major cities across the country, totaling more than forty stores.

The people here have the strongest spending power and the highest literacy rate.

If you open a bookstore in a small city, the rent may be lower, but nobody there can read, so what's the point of selling anything?

Tsunade is stationed in Mingchuan Town, keeping a close eye on the sales of "Primordial Era".

In those days, there were no cell phones, no pagers, not even a radio station, and communication was extremely difficult.

However, ninjas have their own means of communication, so Tsunade could receive sales information from all over the world within a single day.

The Ningjing Bookstore opened at 8:00 AM, and "The Primordial Era" officially went on sale. By 10:00 AM, results were starting to arrive one after another.

"The Land of Fire, Capital City: 800 copies sold out. Requesting restock!"

"Konoha Village, 600 copies sold out, requesting restock!"

"The Hidden Mist Village set of 500 copies has sold out. Requesting a restock!"

"The Kingdom of Water, Capital City, 800 copies sold out, please restock!"

"Am I being a bit conservative?" Looking at the restocking information coming from all directions, Tsunade was a little confused.

When she received Ning Yuan's manuscript, she didn't think much of it. What kind of book could a little kid write? It was just a myth.

But after watching it, I felt something was off.

This book is so good!

Moreover, it's incredibly realistic!

If she hadn't been born into the Thousand Hands clan, and if Ning Yuan hadn't personally handed the manuscript to her, she would have truly regarded these stories as ancient history!

If she thinks that way, what about others?

At that time, she felt that this book would be a hit.

When the content is excellent enough, writing style and obscure words are no longer a problem; instead, they become a bonus that enhances the overall sophistication.

It was only after realizing the book's excellence that Tsunade abandoned her initial plan to build a theater and instead converted it into a bookstore.

She had tried her best to make the book a hit, but she still underestimated it.

This was her first time doing business. Although the shopkeeper she hired said they could print more, she only printed 20,000 copies for the first edition to be on the safe side. And this was the sales volume...

"The popularity of this book is perhaps comparable to, eh?" Tsunade thought and thought, but couldn't think of any book that could compare to it.

After all, the publishing industry in the Land of Fire and other countries was not particularly prosperous before this.

With a whoosh, the trio landed outside the main hall where Tsunade worked.

"The book has already been published!" Ning Yuan walked in and saw the "Primordial Era" book in front of Tsunade, which still smelled of ink. He casually picked it up and flipped through it.

The handwriting is clear, and the spacing is just right.

What's most remarkable is that, as Ning Yuan requested, these books were written from left to right.

Originally, books in the ninja world were printed from right to left and from top to bottom, following the same printing method as scrolls.

This is absolutely inhumane!

Although it's not unreadable once you get used to it, printing it this way means you can't print many words per page.

A book of the same thickness can be printed with 20 words horizontally, but only 15 words vertically.

This makes it easy for unscrupulous merchants to rip off customers, but while [Ningjing Bookstore] is in the business of making money, making money is not its primary goal.

Ning Yuan values ​​the bookstore's educational function more than making money.

"It's already been published, and the results are pretty good!" Tsunade handed Ning Yuan the reports she had just received.

"The Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village sold out first?" Ning Yuan was somewhat surprised. Logically speaking, the second strongest village in the ninja world should be the Hidden Cloud Village.

"Kirigakure has many bloodline families, so naturally their literacy rate is high!" Tsunade understood Ning Yuan's confusion and explained, "Although Kumogakure is strong, it actually has relatively few literate people."

Ning Yuan nodded, it seemed that way.

Hiruzen Sarutobi of Konoha was only planning to establish his own dynasty, but Kumogakure already was.

The Fourth Raikage didn't pass the throne to his son not because he didn't want to, but because he didn't have a son.

"What about Iwagakure? There must be a lot of literate people in Iwagakure!" Ning Yuan asked.

Iwagakure didn't have many ninja clans, so Onoki came up with a plan: if there weren't enough elites, then they'd focus on quantity.

There's strength in numbers!

As you can see, when Iwagakure is involved, it's usually related to numbers, such as the Third Raikage fighting against 10,000, and Minato Kannabi fighting against 50.

Iwagakure always has the advantage of numbers.

While a large number of people can certainly be powerful, it's not always a good thing.

With a large number of people, the logistical pressure is also greater.

Therefore, once Iwagakure's supply lines were cut off, it was naturally impossible to fight them.

"There are indeed many literate people in Iwagakure, so I sent a large quantity—a full 1500 copies!" Tsunade said. "So it will probably take a while."

"I see!" Ning Yuan nodded, then handed over a stack of manuscripts: "These are the second and third volumes of the Primordial Era."

Previously, my writing level wasn't high enough, and I could only write one book a week. Now it's improved, and I can write two books a week.

The second part of the story begins with Hongjun becoming a saint and ends with Nuwa creating humans, including the rise of the demon race and the war between the witches and demons.

The third part of the prehistoric era begins with Nuwa creating humans and ends with the end of the war between the Lich King and the Demon King, including Houtu's reincarnation, the war between humans and demons, and the war between the Lich King and the Demon King.

It's all packed with useful information.

"Isn't this publishing speed a bit too fast?" Tsunade asked. "We haven't even reached our limit yet!"

"This book has a strong sense of continuity; if you buy one, you'll likely buy the second, and vice versa—they'll reinforce each other," Ning Yuan said. "Besides, I write quickly, so it won't be a problem."

Five thousand years of history, and it's all in vernacular Chinese! How many books would that take? If you write slowly, you'll never finish!

"Fine, it's all your shop anyway!" Tsunade said, handing the book to the side. Ning Yuan then realized there was another person in the room.

It was a little girl, not very tall, with a watermelon-shaped haircut, looking over here with a curious expression.

"Mute!" Ning Yuan greeted her with a smile.

Jingyin blushed, nodded slightly, and left with the manuscript in her arms.

Tsunade, oblivious to this scene, pulled out a report and handed it to Ning Yuan: "Take a look at this week's construction achievements!"

"Tsk, managing a city is really not easy!" Ning Yuan sighed as he flipped through the items.

First, Mingchuan Town began to recruit refugees on a large scale. However, it was not a time of war, so there weren't many refugees. Moreover, due to poor communication, farmers from other places didn't know that coming to Mingchuan Town would result in the offering of land.

Therefore, Tsunade chose to cooperate with merchants traveling to and from Mingchuan Town to purchase people.

The Land of Fire doesn't have refugees, but other countries do, like the Land of Rain, which is currently in a state of chaos.

The people of the Rain Country only need to travel a short distance overland before they can take a boat directly to Mingchuan Town, a journey that takes only a few days in total.

Secondly, cement plants, iron smelters, glass factories, coal mines, and pharmaceutical factories were also built. Although they were not large in scale, they at least solved the problem of having or not having.

Once these factories are built, roads and buildings can also be started. We can't wait until the refugees arrive; we can use work relief instead.

Finally, a school was established in Mingchuan Town.

The school is located on the former lord's manor in Mingchuan Town. This manor is not only larger than the ancestral home of the Thousand Hands Clan, but also has complete facilities. With a little renovation and the addition of some windows, it can be used as a school.

Not only can we have primary schools, but we can also place middle schools and universities here.

The only problem is that there are no teachers.

Of course, we can recruit people by spending a lot of money, but Ningyuan wants to carry out Chinese language education, so it should be taught from the beginning, instead of learning the Ninja World Language for two years and then switching to it.

"They really spend money like water!"

Each construction project was accompanied by a figure detailing the expenses. Apart from the school's existing facilities, which had relatively low costs, the cement and steel plants had extremely large expenditures.

If they relied solely on Tsunade and the Senju clan's assets, it would have been insufficient long ago.

Fortunately, Tsunade was able to manufacture penicillin. After witnessing its effects, merchants became agents for it and also injected a large amount of funds into Mingchuan Town.

Tsunade used these funds to establish Mingchuan Bank, but finance is too complicated, and Tsunade only established an empty shell. The subsequent filling and management work still had to be done by Ning Yuan.

In fact, Ning Yuan didn't understand finance, but he at least knew how modern banks made profits. He could start with the basics and then gradually fill in the details.

It's like we're learning as we go.

(End of this chapter)