Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 3372 Extraordinarily powerful sister 27

Princess Mingda did not object, and she was very generous. Bai Shan and Zhou Man only sent a set of official and academic books within the range. She went to the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College, and asked for the number of female officials in various places. List the official schools with fewer than five students, and ask the Ministry of Etiquette to inform them that she will donate a batch of books to the past, and the book list is attached.

  She made it clear that she was going to donate to female students. Therefore, governments and schools everywhere began to increase their recruitment of female students.

  And those government schools that have not recruited female students have also relaxed the conditions and started to recruit female students. .

  If there is no one in the county town to apply for the exam, they are still busy to persuade women who are able to enroll in school.

  They also worked hard to get the books on the book list.

  However, Princess Mingda only communicated with them through the Ministry of Rites. The book hasn't been printed yet. It will take a year or two to wait for them to be printed and then sent to the hands of government officials.

  Princess Mingda still went to Zhou Man for this. Knowing that she was busy, she went directly to the Imperial Medical Office to block people.

Zhou Man had just returned from Huangzhuang where he was vaccinated on the outskirts of Beijing. When he saw her, he stood a little farther and talked to her, "Although I have washed and changed all over my body, you have never had acne, so don’t get too close to me. ."

  Mingda stood far away and talked to her, "The bookstore has already started printing according to the books on the book list. They will print your batch first, but..."

   "Just what?"

   "It's just that I found that my bookstore is still a bit smaller. I have to do business with bookstores and booksellers, but also to print books for these officials. The bookstore is simply too busy."

  "Don’t all the books on the book list have ready-made editions? Just print them."

"But if there are too many engravings, there is a loss," Mingda said: "I did a careful calculation last night. I'm afraid I have to change all the plates. This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is. My staff are all printing donated books, and the books printed for bookstores and booksellers cannot be released in time."

   Zhou Man understood, "Do you want to open a new bookstore?"

  Princess Mingda nodded, her eyes gleaming, "I thought about it a long time ago, but I have never made up my mind. This time Jingxing and Ruoyu let me make a decision."

  She said: “Since our paper workshop has continuously researched new paper, the price of paper has been lower every year, but the price of books has not been much lower.”

   Zhou Man said after the calculation: "It's still low. A copy of "The Analects" is two cents cheaper than before."

  It doesn’t look much, but for a bookstore with a large volume, the gross profit of a book of two cents is also a lot.

"But compared with the price reduction of paper, it is still very high, and the price of ink on the market has also been reduced a lot," Mingda said: "The emperor told me in private that it is still difficult for the underworld and the common people to study, one of the important ones. The reason is that the books are expensive."

   "I have always wanted to push down the price of the book."

   Zhou Man asked: "Does the Ministry of Rites and the royal family's bookstore agree?"

"We can't be the master of the bookstores at the Ministry of Rites, but the largest bookstore in the Dajin Dynasty is in the hands of the royal family. That's the emperor's decision." Those bookstores were picked from the Ministry of Rites little by little by the emperor in the early years. It is convenient for them to come out and leave it to the royal family.

   Zhou Man thoughtfully, "Do you want to send official books first, and then let bookstores and booksellers everywhere lower the price after they get the books?"

   "Yes, through this donation of books, I can also be considered to be in contact with poor county offices and government officials everywhere," Mingda said: "As long as they are willing to sell, the book will definitely drop in price."

  The price reduction of books in one place is bound to affect the surrounding area, let alone so many places together.

  Before, Mingda didn't think of this, and there was no suitable reason to donate books, and the local government and government officials would not contact her as a princess, let alone listen to her.

  But this time, with Bai Ruoyu and Bai Jingxing’s famous donation, the yamen and government officials in these places will be soft-hearted, and it will be much easier to give some small opinions.

  Not to mention, the price reduction of books is also a good thing for these impoverished counties and government schools.

  Some people do not have strong control over these places.

   Zhou Man was stunned when he heard Mingda’s ambitious and lofty goal, "Is this what you meant alone, or did your majesty mean it?"

"Both," Mingda looked around, and saw that no one was coming, and the surrounding area was empty, so he lowered his voice: "You know, the emperor brother and the aristocratic family have some contradictions, although the two sides are still in harmony over the years. There is no less cooperation, but..."

   Zhou Man realized, "I know that some contradictions are not between your majesty and individual courtiers, but between the royal family and the rich family, the Da Jin and the rich family, the Da Jin and the royal family, which cannot be controlled by individuals."

  She said: "It exists objectively, and it does not depend on human will. It is not your majesty, but it will also be another emperor, not to mention the so-and-so in the world."

"Sometimes the situation is not what they want, but it is involuntary, for the people behind and the family have to follow forward." A man who can break his arm like Yang Heshu and put the country and the people above the family. Not much.

Now Mingda was surprised. She aftertook her words for a while and said: "You are right. These contradictions exist objectively, so even if Brother Huang likes Bai Shan and Master Yang again, he will not give up on them because of them. Family competition."

   Zhou Man: "...Bai Shan hardly regards himself as a clan."

"I know, you've seen it too. Most of the officials in the middle of the court now come from the clan in the clan. The poor and the pros are very few in their early years, especially the pros. They sometimes even the little officials in the office. Can't compete." Mingda said: "The emperor needs a helper, and the future prince will also need a helper, so we are imperative for the price of the book."

   Zhou Man: "So you find me..."

"I want to hear your opinion. I remember that you mentioned with Bai Shan that there seems to be an easier way to print books, but at that time you said that today's ink workers can't do it, so I never asked." Mingda said : "I didn't really need it at the time, but now, I want to ask."

   "I have asked the people of the Ministry of Engineering to help find the folk Mohist disciples. I will ask them to study it. Maybe they can find it out."

Zhou Man:...Oops, it was a Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. She drank a little too much. When she talked about printed books, she remembered the printing function in the encyclopedia. It took her so many years to barely figure out how it works. .

but……

  How can I talk to Mingda?

Zhou Man’s mind went blank for a moment, and Keke kindly reminded her, “Host, the content of contemporary printing technology is much higher than that of your time, and it also involves cultural communication. If you buy such items, the technical tax to be paid is not necessary. few."

   Zhou Man clapped his hands and said: "I remember, movable type!"

  Mingda: "What?"

  (End of this chapter)