System, help me become the empress

Chapter 86

In the first year of God Bless, the second day of August.

Newspapers are published.

"We're selling newspapers, we're selling newspapers." The peddler walked down the street with a big bamboo basket on his back and yelled.

"National events, world anecdotes, all in one piece of paper." The peddler shouted as he walked.

"Recently big news, Dagan opened the 'Shengong Bureau', Binh Thuan Province's new rule of law and floods, the birth of indestructible cement, and the unspeakable secrets about the 'Jingcha Year'..."

"Little brother, what exactly is this thing you are selling. Why have you never seen it before?"

People kept surrounding the hawker and asking curiously.

"The one in my hand is called 'Newspaper'. It was written by Rong Yingran, the Minister of Rituals ordered by the Empress, and Liu Jiye, the champion of Xinke. It is published to let the people of the world, everyone can understand the important affairs of the country!" The peddler took out a newspaper. , "Two cents a piece, the first batch of newspapers printed a total of copies, and the entire Daqian was sold at the same time. We only got copies in the capital. Don't hurry up and buy them. When the imperial list is posted in the afternoon, the imperial court will publish it." Newspaper announcements, you can’t even buy them!”

"Then give me one!"

"Me too, I want one too."

"..."

The peddler shouted loudly: "Everyone is queuing up. Each person is limited to one copy. You are not allowed to jump in line. This newspaper will be printed again tomorrow. Don't rush to grab it."

Five hundred newspapers may seem like a lot, but in fact it is not enough to sell. Especially after the popularization of education was launched, almost everyone in the capital can recognize a few common words, and they can't wait to use what they have learned every day.

Newspaper just satisfies their idea of ​​applying what they have learned.

The common people who waited in line for a long time, but still couldn't buy it, sighed: "Little brother, will this newspaper be available tomorrow? Where should we buy it?"

The peddler thought for a while: "Master Liu probably didn't expect that the newspaper would sell so well, so he didn't dare to print more. If the printing workers worked overtime, maybe they could print another batch tomorrow, but there are five hundred people. There is a newspaper, you can read it together, are you sure you want to buy it?"

"I want it!"

"What's the point of co-watching, I want to buy a copy and watch it for myself!"

"It's only two cents a copy, are you afraid that we can't afford it! Sellers, go back and tell Mr. Liu to print more. If you can't sell it, I can buy a hundred copies of it alone!"

The common people were excited.

The peddler thought it made sense: "Then I have to go back and tell Mr. Liu to print more."

People who bought the newspaper were surrounded by a circle of people, and everyone was listening to the owner of the newspaper reading the content aloud.

"The name of Shengongju comes from the 'Supernatural Workmanship'. At present, it has produced cement, high-efficiency textile machines, kaleidoscopes, glass mirrors...the products of Shengongju must be high-quality goods."

Someone at the bottom couldn't help asking: "Why do you still need to make cement? Why don't you just dig some in the river?"

"The cement of Shengong Bureau is not ordinary cement. After adding water, this cement can firmly fix two bricks together, and it can also be used to pave roads. It is indestructible!" The newspaper reader immediately explained, "Don't worry! , It’s all written in the back of this newspaper! I’ll read it to you slowly.”

……

"During the flood in Pingshun Prefecture, Governor Li led the people to build new dams with cement, used the government office as a temporary public school, taught children to read, built tents for the victims of the disaster as temporary shelters, and built two-story bungalows with steel bars and concrete for the local people to live in in the future , Drainage channels are dug out of the ground, emergency underground drainage can be used in case of floods, and food and other items can also be stored underground at ordinary times.”

"Do you know what reinforced concrete is?" The crowd looked at each other, but no one understood what it meant.

"I don't know... But steel bars can also build houses? Can it breathe? It feels like being locked in a prison."

A peddler next to him couldn't help but said: "Where! I just passed by Binh Shun Mansion. The inside of their newly built house is beautiful. There are two floors for people to live in. The roof is a flat floor where you can grow things and dry clothes. The house is big and Don’t be afraid of the wind and the sun, and paint the wall with white resin in the future, not to mention how beautiful it is!”

"Really? How is Binh Tsun Prefecture now? It is said that it has encountered a major flood that has never happened in 20 years."

"This time the flood is very serious, but our Empress is amazing, and immediately arranged for Governor Li and the Guards to rescue the disaster. Originally, Binh Thun Mansion was so poor that there were not a few acres of land in it. Governor Li led the Guards and the people to clean up the ruins After clearing it, more than half of the empty fields will be freed up."

"It's all right now. Every family has been allocated fields. The empress also sent someone to bring the latest food from the south of the Yangtze River called potatoes. They say they are planted in summer and can be harvested in winter. They are better than sweet potatoes."

"This is a better life than we live in Shangjing. Now the men in Binh Tsung Prefecture grow potatoes during the day and dig holes in the ground at night to prevent floods. Women work in textile factories and use the invention of Shengong Bureau in advance. looms, one person is worth ten people's weaving efficiency."

Someone asked strangely: "The women are already spinning, so who will take care of the children?"

"There is a public school! How many virtues have the people of Pingshun Prefecture accumulated in their previous lives? The second public school in Dagan is located in Pingshun Prefecture! Teacher Guozijian personally went to bring their children to enlightenment. Forget it, we can't envy you." , Everyone has his own life."

"What is a potato, is it written in the newspaper?"

"I'm looking for it?" The newspaper reader hurriedly flipped through it. "I really mentioned two sentences. It said that the next issue of the newspaper will introduce it in detail."

"Did you write down when the next issue of the newspaper will be out?"

"Well, there is. In the future, the newspaper will publish an issue every three to five days, and it will be sold simultaneously across the country. Each issue will cost two cents."

"It's so cheap, you can know so many things for two pennies, it's worth it!"

"The newspaper peddler has already said that this is a newspaper run by the imperial court. Its purpose is to let the people of the world know about the world's major events, and it's not here to cheat our hard-earned money. Our empress is really powerful, and this newspaper is really profitable. Guolimin's good stuff!"

"But newspapers are too hard to get! Just selling copies is not enough! At least copies must be printed!"

"Look, this newspaper was written by the number one scholar monk Liu Jiye! He is Lord Liu now, and I know where he lives. Did I go to find him with me? Let's go and ask him to print and distribute more."

……

The third day of August.

Five thousand additional copies of "Qian Bao* First Issue" were printed, and as soon as they were sold, they were sold out by the people of Shanghai. Immediately thereafter, requests from various places for "Qian Bao" to increase the number of printings came.

Even businessmen from many places began to send letters to Liu Jiye, hoping to cooperate with Ganbao. They can be responsible for all printing and distribution costs, and there are even those who do not seek profit.

Liu Jiye felt that this matter had a lot to do with it, so he did not agree to any businessman's cooperation request for the time being.

The fourth day of August.

In the end, additional copies of Ganbao were printed, and they were quickly sold out again.

Liu Jiye doesn't plan to continue printing, mainly because the second issue of "Ganbao" will be published tomorrow.

As a result, before he came down to court, he received a letter from Luzhou from his immediate boss Du Zhiyi.

In the letter, he was scolded bloody. The reason is that the newspapers are sold too fast, and it is hard to find them in places other than Shangjing.

Mr. Du didn't even buy it himself, and his subordinates sent it to him from Shangjing twice, but they lost it halfway.

(End of this chapter)