MTL - I-Chapter 58 057【Money back! 】

  Chapter 58 057 [Money back! 】

  Henglin Book Company was born in the last years of Zhengde.

  Because Fei didn't cooperate with King Ning's rebellion, his ancestral grave was dug up and his ancestral house was burned down.

  At that time, there was only Hanzhu Private School, but no Hanzhu Academy. Fei’s collection of books was placed at the ancestral house, and it was also burned down by a fire.

  Fei Hong, who was an official at home, personally set up a bookstore, purchased imperial examination materials from Nanzhi and Zhejiang, and specially printed teaching supplementary books for his children to study.

   Over the past hundred years, Henglin Bookstore has developed and expanded, publishing more and more content, mainly operating three types: teaching supplements, anthology, and opera story books.

  In the last years of Wanli, even began to secretly print pornographic novels...

   "Just carving a few sentence breaks, isn't that too much money for you?" Zhao Han was very unhappy.

   Bookkeeper Fei Yu laughed and said, "Only a few carvings? There are dozens of them for one piece!"

  Zhao Han pointed to the two manuscript papers on the table, and began to reason seriously: "Master Fei, let's speak with conscience. Is it easier to read only the sentence breaks, or is it more convenient to read with commas and colons?"

   "It's all convenient." Fei Yu said.

   "The same novel, two kinds of punctuation marks, which one would you like to buy?" Zhao Han asked.

   Fei Yu said ambiguously, "Anything is fine."

  Zhao Han laughed angrily: "Well, Qianshan is not just your bookstore, so I will take it to another bookstore to print books. After the book is printed, the movable type of the sentence break will be kept, and other books can be printed."

   Fei Yu stretched out his hand to stop him: "Don't leave in a hurry, you should talk slowly when talking about business, how can you finish a few sentences?"

   "I shouldn't pay for the newly added sentence breaks and engraving movable type," Zhao Han insisted.

  Fei Yu saw that he couldn't get anything cheap, so he smiled and said, "Okay, no extra money."

  The publishing industry in the late Ming Dynasty was extremely prosperous. In addition to the advancement of printing technology, there was also the complete formation of "Song typeface".

  Song typeface, in fact, should be called print type, especially suitable for movable type printing.

  Nanjing even appeared color overprinting technology, printing several colors on the same page, and illustrations can also be attached.

  Prints in the late Ming Dynasty, especially popular books, basically have sentence breaks.

   There is only one black dot, which is both a comma and a period.

  Zhao Han asked for little punctuation, just commas, periods, colons, and quotation marks, and strived to make it easier for the lower-level people to read books.

   Another half month has passed, and the first issue of "Goose Lake Weekly" has finally been published.

  President: Zhao Han.

  Vice President: Pang Chunlai.

  Chief writers: Zhao Han, Pang Chunlai.

  Editors: Pang Chunlai, Xu Ying, Fei Yuanjian.

  The first section: Zhao Ziyue.

  Second section: On Liaodong.

  The third section: Selected periodicals of ancient Chinese.

  The fourth section: poetry appreciation.

  Fifth section: drama scripts.

  Sixth section: novel serialization.

  The seventh block: Taixi Mathematics. (The first few issues will not be printed, the start-up funds are not enough, and mathematical symbols need to be added)

  …

   Chongzhen five years, the first day of October.

  Dingsheng Building.

  Fei Yuanlu took a Confucian scholar to choose a private room on the second floor, and said with a smile: "Long Ru, you are new here, and I will take you to taste the new dishes of Qianshan Mountain."

   "It's costing the head of the mountain." Zheng Zhongkui cupped his hands.

  Zheng Zhongkui, courtesy name Longru, was born in Shangrao. He lost his father since childhood and was raised by his elder brother.

  Although this gentleman could not even pass the Juren examination, he is known as "a talented man with a lot of knowledge". He has published "Qingyan", "Erxin", "Ouji", "Junqu" and other books.

   "Qing Yan" is also known as "Lan Wan Ju Qing Yan", which can be called the Ming Dynasty version of "Shi Shuo Xin Yu".

  The rest of the books are mostly essays, covering politics, economy, nationality, diplomacy, literature, art, and customs. Historically, "Once Upon a Time" and "Jun District" were also listed as banned books by Qianlong.

  In the past few years, Fei Yuanlu has been rectifying the academy, which has greatly improved the style of study in Hanzhu Mountain.

  He also invited famous teachers to teach, and Zheng Zhongkui was the third one. After writing more than ten letters, he finally invited him.

  The food and wine are on the table.

  Fei Yuanlu introduced: "This is red oil chicken, spicy and refreshing. This is Dongpo elbow, fat but not greasy. They are all new products of Dingshenglou. Let Longru taste it."

  Zheng Zhongkui picked up a piece of elbow meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, and immediately praised: "This is a rare treasure in the world!"

  Fei Yuanlu pushed open the window next to the aisle, and said with a smile: "Dingsheng Building has changed a troupe, and the Yiyang opera is a must. Long Ru can enjoy the food, and then drink with that opera."

   "Wan Sheng is ashamed to be treated so well by the head of the mountain." Zheng Zhongkui said hastily.

  Fei Yuanlu said: "Long Rucai is famous far and wide, who in Guangxin Mansion doesn't know about it? I hope you can take more care of the academy's academic affairs."

   "We will definitely do our best." Zheng Zhongkui responded.

  Suddenly, Fei Chun's voice came from outside: "Silence, silence, before the troupe starts today, let me tell a legendary story."

   "Don't listen to the book, let the theater troupe come on stage!"

   "Who are you? You don't even have full hair, go home and feed yourself!"

   "Get out, get out!"

   "..."

  Fei Yuanlu closed the window immediately, most of the noise dissipated immediately, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about him while you're eating."

  At this moment, Fei Chun was standing on the stage, holding a paper tube loudspeaker in his hand, unable to speak with embarrassment on his face.

  Zhao Han could only go on stage by himself, grabbed the loudspeaker and said, "Hey, hello, hello..."

   The diners found that there was another person, and the noise became slightly quieter. They were all curious about what Zhao Han wanted to do.

  Zhao Han took the opportunity to shout: "Red oil chicken and Dongpo elbow are both ancestral dishes. Please tell me, are these two dishes delicious?"

"tasty!"

   "Hey, Ganqing is the little master in the kitchen."

   "Is your ancestor an imperial cook?"

   "..."

  The topic changed in an instant, and it was all about food.

  Zhao Han held up the loudspeaker and continued to shout: "Everyone be quiet, so I can finish listening to the story, and I can eat the third new dish tomorrow. Okay?"

"it is good!"

  Many diners laughed in unison.

  Zhao Han handed the loudspeaker to Fei Chun: "Let's start."

   After all, Fei Chun is a monk halfway through, and has never practiced his voice. He must use a loudspeaker to tell stories on big occasions. He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "This story happened during the reign of Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty. But there is a Niujia Village by the Qiantang River..."

   Gradually, the noise became smaller and smaller, and the diners were immersed in it.

   Some people even finished eating, but refused to leave, and continued to sit there and listen to the story.

   When it comes to the killing of people by the State of Jin in the State of Song, the officers and soldiers of the State of Song actually help.

   When it came to Qiu Chuji beheading corrupt officials and those generals of the Kingdom of Jin, the audience applauded again.

  Then, Fei Chun said: "If you want to know what will happen next, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down!"

"anything else?"

   "Don't talk about it?"

   "Little brother, come on again!"

   "..."

  Nima, this chapter is simply wicked.

  After the two loyal and righteous men, one was killed by Jin Bing, and the other's life and death were unknown. Their wives were still pregnant, and one of them seemed to be saved, but who saved her? What about the remaining one? Can the child be kept?

  Cut it off abruptly, don't do anything!

  Fei Chun took out a copy of "Goose Lake Xunkan" and said with a smile: "If you want to know about the funeral, you can also buy this book. It only costs one penny (0.01 taels of silver) for each copy."

  During the Zhengde and Jiajing years, due to the imperfection of movable type printing, the price of books at that time was very expensive. A set of "Li Shangyin's Poetry Collection" was worth 4 taels of silver.

  During the Wanli period, it dropped a lot. A set of "Fengshen Yanyi" is worth 2 taels of silver.

  During the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, the printing technique was more developed, and there were more and more publishing houses, and the price of books continued to decline.

  Zhao Han's "Goose Lake Xunkan" uses relatively cheap paper, and it is close to the paper-making area, so it can be said to be sold very cheaply... Well, to put it more bluntly, it is about equal to a catty of chicken.

   Those who can eat in the Dingsheng Building do not lack the money for a catty of chicken.

  Although they were dissatisfied, they still wanted to know the follow-up. More than ten people bought the magazine on the spot.

   Then, yelling…

  They bought novels to read, but who knew that only one-third of them belonged to novels after they got them?

   "Money back!"

   "Money back!"

  Zhao Han rushed onto the stage and yelled more fiercely than the consumers: "Whoever yells again, I will stop writing, and there will be no new dishes in the future!"

   Everyone was speechless for a moment, ignoring the previous content, and directly turned to the back to read the novel.

   There are also restaurant guys who serve food to the private rooms on the second floor, and all of them carry a magazine in their arms.

  A waiter came into the room to refill the wine, and asked: "Master Fei, is this gentleman interested in buying ten-week magazines? Poetry and prose, opera novels, everything you need, it's very good-looking."

   "Let's take a look." Zheng Zhongkui smiled.

  The clerk hurriedly handed over the "Goose Lake Xunkan", but Zheng Zhongkui did not give the money immediately, but opened it first to read a few.

  There is no inaugural word on the title page, it is directly the catalog of this issue.

  The first section "Zhao Ziyue", the author Zhao Ziyue, the title of the article: "All people in the world are born equal".

  Zheng Zhongkui's eyelids twitched, and he quickly flipped through the text:

  "...First, men and women are equal...Second, every industry is equal...Third, good and bad are equal..."

  (end of this chapter)