Chapter 54: Spring thunder shakes snakes and ants
Only then did Li Zisheng realize that printing in this world actually didn’t cost much effort, but there was not much textual material to print.
Xiao Ruinian opened this bookstore just to pass the time and didn't care how much money he earned. Therefore, he charged the young "newspaper" printing fee at a cost.
The boy was mixed with joy and sorrow at this time, and he was happy that at least the "cultural industry" in Tieshan City was almost blank. The ideas he came up with were unscrupulous, and maybe even the public opinion position could be rolled out in one go.
What I worry about is that as the first person to try new things, he not only needs to respond to the market, but also needs to cultivate a market.
What is the result? Li Zisheng is now looking at him and is unsure of his mind.
However, he also had a bad temper. Since he had made up his mind, he naturally had to try it out, and there was no reason to give up halfway.
Thinking of this, the boy ignored the efforts of Xiao’s father and son to keep him, and did not have dinner with them, but went to the next destination, where his family took in the abandoned warehouse of the boys.
Manager Du spent a little money to rent the warehouse. He bought some building materials and asked several guys to repair it. Now he can at least shelter from the wind and rain.
He bought some shoddy furniture, which could barely be considered as a settlement for these children.
When Li Zisheng and Shi Gan arrived, they were just about to meet the time when the children started their meals.
The Li family took care of the food and clothing of these children, so they naturally just let them eat 80% full and wear 70% warm, and the food would not be much better. Dinner was just a large bucket of brown rice, a large pot of pickles, and a bowl of "breast soup" with a few pieces of meat peeled, which each person could get.
The boy was thoughtful and spent his pocket money on his way here to buy some cooked food for extra meals.
Not only were the children attracted by food, they were also really grateful to this kind-hearted young master. In addition, the young man was easy-going, so they immediately gathered up to greet the young man.
Li Zisheng naturally started to talk to these peers kindly. After asking about his well-being for a few words, he realized that a child named Tong was missing. The boy couldn't help but ask: "Where has the little boy gone? Don't he come to have supper?"
Ye Ganzi replied: "Go back to the young master's house, Xiao Tong's sister has been found."
It turned out that this young man surnamed Tong had an elder sister. Before the Tieshan Rebellion, their parents sold them to human traffickers for several days to eat. So they were not affected by this unrest.
After that, she was sold several times and eventually sold into a brothel. Fortunately, the girl looked pretty, honest and diligent, and was taken to be a maid by a popular girl.
Only then did she have the opportunity to ask someone to find her relatives, and finally found that her younger brother was still alive. So she begged grandpa and helped the boy surnamed Tong find a servant in the building. Although it was a bit unpleasant, it was a reunion of siblings.
Li Zisheng was also a little sad after hearing this story. However, he saw the depressed expressions on the faces of the remaining six children, and knew that this incident had touched their pain.
So he changed the subject and asked everyone to sit down, put the roast chicken sauce he brought in in the middle, and started to have supper.
The boy didn't think the meal was simple, so he served a bowl of coarse rice on his own and ate it with these children.
He talked to these children while eating.
"Brother Pole, are you doing well these days?"
After hearing this, Ye Ganzi immediately put the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, hurriedly swallowed the food from his mouth, and then he replied respectfully: "If you go back to the young master's house, we will eat well and wear warmly here, and we will also teach us to learn calligraphy and practice martial arts. No matter how good we are, we will never have any more."
Li Zisheng waved his hand and said, "Brother Ganzi, there is no need to do this. We will say while eating. Don't call me the young boss, well, just call me the president."
For some reason, the boy was very disgusted with the title of "master" and "join", but he also knew the principle of following the local customs. Now that he had a reason, he "transformed" the titles he mentioned according to his own nature.
"President?"
The boy laughed and said, "Yes, I want to open a newspaper. You are the first batch of this newspaper, well, reporters and distribution specialists."
These children naturally don’t understand their young boss at all... What the current president is saying, they all look at Li Zisheng blankly.
Li Zisheng didn't mind at all. He found that these children were a little restrained because they were present, and looked at the meat and vegetables on the table, but did not dare to pick them up.
So he stood up and began to share the meat dishes brought by these children, including his book children. He suddenly divided them all, but he didn't touch them at all.
Seeing that they were eating like wolves and tigers, the boy continued to ask questions at this moment without any disgrace. He held the bowl and looked at the children with a smile, and he ate sweetly with pickles himself.
After everyone finished their meal, he began to ask about everyone's daily life.
These days, Li Zisheng was in the academy and several more things happened. He really had no time to understand the treatment of these teenagers.
However, probably because of the boy's "scam" about his father, the Li family was pretty good to these children. Not only did they make them eat and wear warmth, but they also arranged for the guys to teach them some superficial exercises in the morning, and in the afternoon, they arranged for the children to read and calculate. Sometimes, the shopkeeper Du Jianghang even came forward to teach.
After all, they are young men who have faced death and have maturity beyond their peers. These children learn very carefully and dare not be lazy or slack.
In just five or six days, these children have recognized dozens of words and can add or subtract within one hundred.
Li Zisheng nodded frequently when he heard this, took their homework and read it. He praised and encouraged these children from time to time, which made these young boys smile for a long time.
Ye Ganzi was not only precocious but also smart. Among these children, he learned the fastest and best. He wrote the words in a few days. The boy couldn't help but nodded secretly.
After checking the homework, he spoke to the children, "Everyone is doing a good job! You are the helpers of my Li family, but not my servants. In the future, you will not only become friends, but also become shopkeepers, and even get out of this Yishuntang and have your own career. Now, we are not studying for our Li family, but for everyone!"
Then, he said enthusiastically: "I have another thing I have here today, that is, I announced that the Pioneer Newspaper was established today! You are the first batch of employees of the newspaper."
"We are the pioneers of this newspaper industry in Tieshan City, Jingzhou and even Jiuzhou!"
Seeing that these children seemed to understand, Li Zisheng had to change the subject: "Now I hope you do some things."
Ye Ganzi immediately expressed his determination on behalf of the teenagers: "As long as there are fewer... the president's orders, we must do our best to complete it to repay the president's life-saving grace."
Li Zisheng waved his hand and said, "Brother Ganzi, this is a bad statement. This is our career."
He paused and continued, "What I asked everyone to do is difficult to do, it is to go to the shop to find out the news."
"Everyone goes to nearby grain shops, iron shops, ticket numbers every morning, and copy them all. Then ask about their inventory. Well, you can say it's the Yishuntang guy. Then come back here at noon to summarize them together."
He turned his head and ordered Shi Gandang, "Little Shitou, come here every day at noon to get these information."
The boy found that the shortage was the most manpower at present, and he had only eight children in his arms. He was already in a difficult position to collect commercial information, let alone the next step of issuance.
So he asked again: "Are there any children like you in this city?"
The employees under Li Zisheng looked at each other and shook their heads sadly. I think that except for these "lucky people", other wandering children did not escape this severe winter.
The boy was also saddened and then thought that if he had to find some "news boys" he would have to start a "Yi School" with half-work and half-study work. However, he is still a child now and has nothing but ideas, so he can only put this plan aside first.
He explained some precautions to these "employees", and then said goodbye to his first group of subordinates in this world and turned to Yishuntang.
"Father, why is my second uncle back?" Li Zisheng, who returned to the shop, wanted to talk to his uncle, but found that Wu Pingtong had already said goodbye and left.
Li Zhaochang replied: "Oh, your second uncle wants to arrange family affairs and also help us recruit some friends. Therefore, he is in a hurry to go home."
The boy nodded and asked, "Father, how much money does we have in our account now?"
He smiled bitterly: "I have spent money on the opening of Xinyishuntang these days. I have to spend a lot of money now. There are about 500,000 or 600,000 yuan. By the way, are you going to buy martial arts?"
Boss Li was a veteran. He knew the elegance when he heard the string song, and immediately figured out the meaning of his son's questioning.
Li Zisheng replied "honestly": "The Taoist masters in the academy recommend two kinds of exercises to children, which add up to sixty-faced Yuanshi."
Li Zhaochang was mentally prepared and was not surprised. Instead, he said to his son a little apologetically: "San Jiazi, I have a little bit of a turnaround in these days. It will be fine after a few days of opening. Moreover, those skills are not something that can be learned by spending Yuanshi. It is better..."
He gritted his teeth and said, "I will give you thirty-target Yuanshi first. How can you choose a skill to comprehend with it?
As he said, it is true that to understand the Taoist meaning in the martial arts, it is really impossible to say that it is almost certain to win. Once you understand it, you will smash the Yuan stone once.
How could a son have any objections? The boy also knew that it was not easy for his father to do such a "magic act".
Li Zisheng talked with his father for a few more words before returning to the bedroom.
He sat at the desk, put his pen and ink on, and took a piece of white paper.
The boy bit the pen and thought for a moment, and wrote a line of words neatly on the paper.
At this moment, a lightning bolt passed over the Tieshan City, and this year's spring thunder finally rang out this night.
It turns out that today is Jingzhe on the fifth day of the second month.
Chapter completed!