Qinhuai River, on Bian Yujing's pleasure boat.

Bian Yujing, Dong Xiaowan and Bian Min squeezed together to finish reading the first chapter of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" Volume 1 of "The Wind and Snow Changes". Although there are only more than 2,000 words, it seems that it doesn't even say the beginning of this story.

After that, the three of them still kept savoring it.

Bian Yujing said: "This is really a strange article. It is much better than some of the current novels. I feel that it can catch up with "Water Margin"."

Dong Xiaowan smiled and said, "The newspaper-selling boy before shouted that the King of Shu would finish reading even if he didn't sleep. It shouldn't be written."

Bian Minze said: "If it is true, there must be a complete novel on the side of the King of Shu, but I don't know if it has ever been revealed."

"Who knows."

The three of them chatted, and Bian Yujing turned to the back of the cover page again. Looking at Liu Rushi's name and official title and position, he couldn't help but look envious and said, "I really didn't expect that Liu Rushi would become an official and could still serve the people.

I am the famous prostitute of Qinhuai, but we are far from her."

When Bian Min heard this, he pointed to the recruitment text on it and said, "The above said that he wanted to recruit paintings. My sister's calligraphy and paintings are praised by people at the time. Why not go and try it?

Why do we also know Sister Liu, and they are all from Qinhuai women. Maybe she will open some convenient doors?"

Bian Yujing smiled and said, "If I go to apply for a job, how can I still need her to open a convenient door? Is it a shame for my sister?"

Dong Xiaowan, who was standing beside him, said thoughtfully: "You said that Sister Liu can report to Jin Shang, he must be very favored, right? Can you ask her to ask Jin Shang for grace and release Sister Xiangjun out of the palace?

”

Bian Yujing nodded when he heard this, "Maybe it can, but we shouldn't do this."

After saying that, Bian Yujing looked at Hou Fangyu.

Dong Xiaowan understood and immediately went over to Hou Fangyu and told her thoughts.

Unexpectedly, Hou Fangyu was first happy when he heard this, but then hesitated.

"Then Qian Muzhai is a traitor from Donglin. Liu Rushi has already gained some bad reputation for being the second wife of these people.

Now she is taking advantage of the world and becoming the first official female official in the court, which is probably more rejected by orthodox scholars.

If I go to ask her to do things, wouldn’t it be regarded as a party of Qian Liu? It doesn’t matter if I tainted my reputation. What should I do if I tainted my Hou family’s reputation and even the reputation of the restoration society?”

After hearing this, Bian Yujing, who was not far away from Dong Xiaowan, showed a look of surprise.

Mao Pijiang just frowned slightly, and his expression returned to normal.

Chen Zhenhui looked even more convinced and nodded, "The brother of Chaozong is very concerned. Although Qian Liu's "Da Ming Pao" is well done, she will be my first official female official in the Ming Dynasty.

, if you use this vernacular language to publish newspapers, it may be the subject of thousands of people and the scholars will not tolerate it.

Although my brother and Li Xiangjun have a deep affection, if they ask for Qian Liu's family for this, they will inevitably be mistaken for being surrounded by Qian Liu's family. Such a reputation will be terrible."

Dong Xiaowan was very angry when she heard this, but it was not easy to get angry. It was just because of the current situation that reputation was as great as the sky for scholars. If she had a reputation for a brothel woman, she would be easily despised by the scholars.

However, before, Dong Xiaowan thought that Hou Fangyu should have a lot of true feelings for Li Xiangjun. Now it seems that no matter how much true feelings there are, it is probably not worth mentioning compared to his reputation.

She then looked at Mao Pijiang with help, wanting Mao Pijiang to help him persuade him.

Unexpectedly, Mao Pijiang said, "Xiaowan, you and Yujing are considered to have some friendship with Liu Rushi, so you might as well ask her for help. This is possible to save Li Xiangjun from the palace, and it will not ruin the reputation of Chaozong.

Isn’t it the best of both worlds?”

After hearing this, Dong Xiaowan was very disappointed, but still did not show it. As a famous prostitute who was mixed up on the Qinhuai River, it is a basic requirement to not show your emotions.

She felt cold in her heart, but she smiled and said, "Okay, let's go back and I and Sister Bian and I try to find Liu Rushi."

After saying that, he returned to the Bian sisters.

The second floor of the pleasure boat is so big, so Bian Yujing naturally heard the conversation between Dong Xiaowan, Hou, Chen and Mao clearly, and was already sneering in his heart.

Although they were both famous prostitutes in Qinhuai, they only knew Li Xiangjun and did not have a good relationship.

Now that Hou Fangyu, the lover, did not go to save Li Xiangjun, he asked them to go, which shows the indifference of these three talented men in the Fushe Society.

Bian Yujing also did not express his emotions, but just took Dong Xiaowan to sit down, held her hand, and looked at each other speechlessly.

···

For convenience, the newspaper office chose a large mansion between the Gongyuan and the Imperial City with several yards. Except for the printing factory in the Imperial City, other departments of the newspaper were in the mansion.

Speaking of which, when Hao Guangming first learned that Zhu Xi wanted to run a newspaper and needed a printing factory, he wanted to build a set of modern printing equipment to build a printing factory that was truly beyond the times in the Ming Dynasty.

But after calculation, I found that even if it was successfully implemented, it would not be cost-effective.

Not to mention other aspects, just the ink required by the printing factory every day cannot be produced now, and it has to be brought by Zhu Mei. This will undoubtedly greatly increase Zhu Mei's burden of caring for goods, and there is a tendency to develop into porters.

.

Moreover, if the Ming Dynasty was reliant on printing machines that were far beyond the times, it would hinder the development of its printing technology.

As Hao Guangming understood, the printing technology in the late Ming Dynasty was actually not bad.

First, metal movable type, or even alloy movable type, was developed during the Yuan Dynasty, but the cost was high.

Second, four-color printing technology has been developed, which means that four-color printing can be used.

Third, the letterpress vertical spiral hand-trowel printing press invented by Europeans was introduced to the Ming Dynasty decades ago, but it was not valued or spread.

Of course, with Hao Guangming and Zhu Ma, there is no need to learn from the original Western printing presses in the Ming Dynasty.

Hao Guangming is still using his money ability in modern times. He found a master on the Internet who specializes in studying various technology technologies of the Ming Dynasty and designed a printing press for the printing process in the late Ming Dynasty.

Later, Hao Guangming asked the masters to help improve them with some simple techniques from later generations.

So there was the current Nanjing Imperial City Printing Factory, and its printing technology that caught up to the beginning of the 20th century in terms of effect.

It was only because the printing factory was still a big part of its craftsmanship in the late Ming Dynasty that it was placed in the imperial city and allowed the Imperial Guard to guard it.

As for other departments of the newspaper, there is no such high treatment. There is only a guard in the courtyard on duty, and there are ten female soldiers from the Zhuque Camp who are temporarily waiting for Liu Rushi to dispatch and protect her.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Rushi came to the yard where the distribution office was located.

Hua Mao, the busy director of the Issuance Office, immediately came to the hospital to greet him.

Liu Rushi waved his hand, waving his false gifts, and asked directly: "How many copies of the news have we sold so far?"

Hua Mao said: "Reporting to the recommendation, at least 3,200 copies. And this is not the case for free to send to various departments of the court. If it is included, there will be more."

Huamao was a small calligraphy and painting businessman in Nanjing before. Liu Rushi knew him well and knew that although his business was not big, he was quite good at selling skills, so he recruited him to the newspaper to serve as the director of the Distribution Department.

Although he was just a test, he was also a ninth-rank official. If he did a good job, he could become a regular person. Therefore, Huamao was not only grateful to Liu Rushi, but also worked very hard.

According to the suggestions obtained by Liu Rushi from Zhu Mei, the Publishing Office is currently divided into three distribution methods.

First, we organize a small number of people to promote and sell them at various bulletin boards in Nanjing. This move is only temporary and will not be carried out for a long time.

Secondly, it is sent to various bookstores, restaurants, teahouses and other places for consignment.

Third, a group of eleven or 2-year-old young men were selected from Nanjing Orphanage to train as newspaper boys for a few days, and the newspaper boys were allowed to sell along the street.

Therefore, the Issuing Office currently has a lot of staff, not only twenty minor officials, but also thirty boys.

However, the newspaper boy was actually seconded from the orphanage, and each report sold would be given a commission of two cents, which was considered wages.

With this group of people, the distribution office has created a great momentum in the inner city, outer city and walls of Nanjing City today, making almost everyone in Nanjing City known as the "Da Ming Pao" in half a day.

Huamao has been a young calligraphy and painting businessman for more than ten years and has some understanding of this industry. He feels that the first battle of the newspaper opening is very good.

After the report was finished, he couldn't help but smile and said, "As far as I know, the "Beijing News" has been in Nanjing for many years, and at most it sold tens of thousands of copies in a month.

We sold more than 3,000 copies in just half a day, and we probably would have to sell 5,000 copies in one day. After one tenth, we will definitely exceed 10,000 copies, which will already surpass the Beijing News."

When Liu Rushi heard this, he knew that Huamao wanted to seek credit.

She chuckled and said, "If you are satisfied if the circulation exceeds the Beijing News? Our Ming Dynasty newspaper is specially organized by the imperial court. It has a department. How can you be ashamed to be with the Beijing News? People like that who don't even have a specific host.

Comparison of tabloids?”
Chapter completed!