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Nearly evening, when Zhao Han packed up and returned to the academy, Fei Yu suddenly came with a businessman.

"Brother, a master wants to see you." Fei Yu shouted.

Wearing cotton-filled Yesa and a big black hat, the man clasped his hands and said, "Jinling Luyu, Ziguangda, Wanli entered school in 30 years. I met Mr. Zhao!"

"Don't dare," Zhao Han hurriedly returned the salute, "Your Excellency is a senior, and I can only be called late."

Lu Yu immediately smiled and said, "Then I'll take care of you and call me a virtuous brother?"

Zhao Han said, "Brother Guang is too polite."

Lu Yu took out a copy of "Goose Lake Xunkan" and turned directly to the novel part: "Brother Xian, is this "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" finished?"

"It's finished." Zhao Han said.

Lu Yu explained his intention: "I want to bring it back to Jinling for publication. Can my virtuous brother give me the manuscript? As for the writing fee, it's easy to say."

"How much?" Zhao Han asked directly.

"How about 30 taels?" Lu Yu asked.

Zhao Han turned to look at Fei Yu: "Send off!"

Fei Yu smiled and said, "Master Lu, please."

Lu Yu stretched out a slap: "50 taels."

Zhao Han said, "50 taels is fine, and I'll only give you half of the manuscript."

"Too expensive." Lu Yu shook his head.

In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the economy is prosperous, the literary style is prosperous, the publishing industry is developed, and the manuscript fee is very high.

But it also depends on the type of work.

For example, the manuscripts are obtained through special channels and issued by the printing of Cheng Mojizi (a compilation of articles for fresh scholars). The manuscript fee for this kind of teaching supplementary materials is very high.

It is necessary to invite a famous artist to write a preface to Cheng Mo Jizi. The manuscript fee is at least 100 taels, or even 300 taels, depending on the status of the famous artist.

Invite a few more talented people to comment on the articles, edit and proofread the articles, the manuscript fee is at least [-] yuan per person, and they have to have a good meal, print them out, and send each person a few sample books.

This kind of teaching and auxiliary materials, the printing volume is very large, there is no shortage of sales at all, the profit is not lost, and the manuscript fee is considerable.

Novels will not work, no one can guess, it's purely a gamble.

Lu Yu was very optimistic about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he thought for a while and said: "60 taels, I want all the manuscripts, how about the author's signature Li Zhuowu?"

Alas, these profiteers, Li Zhi has been dead for decades, and he still wants to rub off on the popularity of others.

Zhao Han said with a smile, "I'll sell you half of it for 40 taels. If the sales volume is decent, and you want to finish the publication, the remaining half will be sold to you for 100 taels."

Lu Yu was speechless and did not want to speak.

The market is like this, when Cheng Mo Jizi is published, famous writers can write a preface casually, and they can get one or two hundred taels of manuscript fee.

It took Zhao Han three years to write "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but the booksellers thought he was only worthy of a few dozen drafts—this was because the booksellers thought his novels would sell well.

After some bargaining, the final deal was 100 taels, and both parties felt that they had lost money.

Zhao Han gets 100 taels at a time, and he doesn't care about the rest. The author's signature is OK.

This stuff can't make a name for itself. When scholars write novels, they will only make people laugh.

"Fengshen Romance" has been selling well in recent years, but it is unclear who wrote it.Even, there is no author's signature at all, only the remark "Editor of so-and-so", and the real author is still guessing hundreds of years later.

Lu Yufeng came with a deposit of 30 taels, and also treated Zhao Han to a meal of wine.

For free dinner, if you don't eat it, you don't eat it for nothing. Zhao Han also called Fei Chun and Fei Yu to the table.

Between the cups and the cups, Zhao Han pointed to the magazine and asked, "What do you think about this 'Theory of Grid'?"

Lu Yu avoided talking and said with a smile: "I only care about making money, and I haven't studied knowledge for a long time."

"Your Excellency is here to buy goods from Lead Mountain?" Zhao Han asked.

"Buy a few boats of paper back." Lu Yu replied.

There are many places in the country that produce paper, including those around Nanjing.Lu Yushe seeks far and near because of the complete range of Qianshan paper, and the price is relatively much cheaper.

In the Ming Dynasty, if the whole process of trade and transportation could be shipped by water, the biggest cost would be tariffs (tolls).

However, pen, ink, paper, inkstone and books can be exempted from tolls!

Even if Xun Guihao set up a checkpoint privately, he would not dare to start with cultural goods, which is easy to cause social outrage.

Zhao Han tapped on the magazine again and said, "Mr. Li Zhuowu has been dead for decades. I'm afraid no one believes that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is his posthumous work. If "The Theory of Geography" were printed on the title page of the novel, wouldn't it be? More believable?"

"Yup!"

Lu Yu understood and said happily: "This method is very wonderful. Come, I will give you a cup of honor!"

After a meal, the two agreed to copy the manuscript tomorrow.

The manuscript cannot be taken away by Lu Yu, and Zhao Han still has to use it himself.You can only ask someone to copy it, and the balance will be paid after the copy is completed.

As for the people who copied the book, Zhao Han recommended Liu Ziren and Xu Ying, and it was considered to help them make some extra money.

Zhao Han threw out a silver coin, which was about two taels, and said to Fei Chun and Fei Yu, "You guys have been working hard these days to sell magazines, and you have to share it with wine."

"Thank you brother!"

The two of them were overjoyed, and they felt that they were more confused with Zhao Han.

Zhao Han was also very happy, and finally made a fortune, which is a huge sum of money.

The next day, Lu Yu came to the academy and asked Xu Ying and Liu Ziren to copy the manuscript.

He was in a hurry to get the manuscript, so Fei Yu and Fei Chun joined in, and the four of them copied faster together.

At noon break, Xu Ying and Liu Ziren came together to thank them.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "They're all my own brothers. I'll naturally think of you when it's good. Don't say so much."

"Don't say thank you for your kindness, there will be rewards in the future." Liu Ziren cupped his hands.

Xu Ying stopped talking. He became more and more introverted and silent. He kept everything in his mind and would not easily say it to provoke right and wrong.

There were still many copywriters in the mid-Ming Dynasty. With the popularization of movable type printing technology, there were very few copywriting businesses in the late Ming Dynasty—except in remote prefectures and counties.

Ordinary books can be bought in bookstores, and the price is still cheap.

Books that are really expensive have very few people in demand. It is pure luck to help people copy books to make money.

I don't know when, Fei Yuanjian suddenly appeared and said in a low voice, "Chen Lide is gone, I see his resentful face, I'm afraid he will slander you everywhere."

"If you dare to propose the theory of grid, I'm not afraid of being slandered," Zhao Han and Fei Yuanjian leaned back, "However, thank you for reminding me, how have you learned recently?"

Fei Yuanjian said: "I'm already studying the scriptures. I'll see if I can take the exam in two years."

"Encourage you." Zhao Han smiled.

However, he said that the academy teacher Chen Lide was disgraced at the debate, and had no face to stay in Hanzhu Academy to teach.

The goods received the salary and immediately packed up and left.

He went to Shitang Town far away, went to his classmates when he was young, and got a job in the private school of Shitang Zhu's family.

Chapter 071 [Human Nature]

The Zhu clan of the lead mountain is not much inferior to the Fei clan of the lead mountain, but there are no famous officials in the ancestors.

Zhu's ancestral home is located in Shitang Town, when it was moved, it is impossible to verify.However, for the genealogy of the Shitang Zhu clan, two famous people were invited to write the preface, one is Zhu Xi and the other is Xin Qiji.

The Shitang Zhu clan divided into five major clans and numerous minor clans, and their descendants spread across six townships in Yanshan County.

They control the top technology of making Lian Sizhi and marry the Fei clan branch who moved to Shitang Town.He also married many businessmen and formed a "Zhu's Business Gang", which has spread its business influence to Fujian.

But it is very strange that this family, which has been in the paper industry for hundreds of years, did not actively establish academies, but only established several private schools one after another.

Moreover, there is no dedicated family library.

They seem to prefer doing business. It is only necessary for their children and grandchildren to be admitted to scholars. It is even more worthy of celebration if they are admitted to the examination.With fame, and then buying an official...

"Brother Duanzhi, little brother... little brother... ah!" Chen Lide's face was full of grief.

Zhu Shouzheng smiled and said, "Are you angry at the Fei family?"

Chen Lide took out a copy of "Goose Lake Xunkan": "Brother Duanzhi, please take a look."

"Grid theory?"

Zhu Shouzheng read it carefully, and immediately praised: "This argument is very good, and it can be the hero of the article!"

There are many scholars from the Zhu family, but there are not many jinshi and juren.They prefer to do business, and businessmen need "equality of personality". Zhao Han's "grid theory" can be said to be in the favor of the Zhu family.

Chen Lide said anxiously, "Brother Duanzhi, do you know who wrote this article?"

Zhu Shouzheng said: "It comes from the hands of famous scholars."

"This was written by a 14-year-old domestic slave!" Chen Lide said heartbrokenly.

"A 14-year-old domestic slave can have such insights?" Zhu Shouzheng was surprised, and asked, "Fei's domestic slave?"

Chen Lide slapped the table and said, "It's not the Fei's slave!"

Zhu Shouzheng sneered suddenly: "This Fei family, guarding the treasured land in Hekou Town, started his business by himself, but he didn't do business well. There are several famous officials in the ancestors, and you still want to be famous all the time? Children of this family If you don’t pass the exam, you will subsidize fellow scholars, and now even the slaves are sent to study.”

"They want to be officials crazy!" Chen Lide echoed.

Although the Zhu family and the Fei family have been married many times, the contradiction between the two ethnic groups is getting bigger and bigger.

One is to grab business, and the other is to fight for land property. They did not fight directly, and they have restrained each other.

Chen Lide added: "I heard that this slave was a refugee from the north, and was brought back to Yanshan by Fei Yinghuan. The slave was a slave, but he even got the household registration. As a adopted son, isn't it a big joke in the world?"

Zhu Shouzheng sneered: "It just ruins Fei's family style."

Chen Lide continued: "This slave has received such kindness from Fei's family, but he doesn't study honestly. What does he want to do when he writes articles to promote the theory of personality? He just remembers his family slave background and wants to be a real master."

Zhu Shouzheng nodded and said, "Indeed, the wolf's ambition is very obvious."

Chen Lide continued to apply eye drops: "Fei Yuanlu, the mountain chief of Hanzhu Academy, not only did not stop him, but held a debate for him. How can I see it? Taking it out of context, distorting the sages. Fei Yuanlu favored him, and I, the dignified Mr. Jingguan, was refuted by a Tongsheng.”

"Hahahaha!"

Zhu Shouzheng rejoiced at the misfortune, pointed at Chen Lide and said, "Brother Xian, I'm afraid you're losing face. I'll just say, the good Hanzhu Academy does not work as a scripture teacher, and came to me in Shitang Town to be a private school teacher. It turns out that It's shameless to stay in Hekou Town."

Chen Lide said with a bitter face: "Brother Duanzhi, you and I have known each other for decades, why are you so taunting?"

Zhu Shouzheng read "The Theory of Geography" again and said: "In any case, this article is well written and the reasoning is very clear."

Chen Lide hurriedly said: "Brother Duanzhi, this is the text of chaos in the country and family!"

"Why do you say this?" Zhu Shouzheng asked in confusion.

Chen Lide explained: "There are tens of thousands of paper craftsmen in Shitang Town, and half of them are hired slaves of the Zhu family. There are countless acres of land in Shitang Town, and at least [-]% of them are the property of the Zhu family. What do you think? They will feel that they are not lowly. Since they are not lowly, will they rebel?"

Zhu Shouzheng was stunned.

Chen Lide continued: "I heard that the papermakers in Shitang Town are going to make trouble for no reason. If the theory of gestationalism prevails in the world, it will be more reasonable for them to make trouble again!"

I wish the owner of the paper industry to build a paper business. What he is most afraid of is that the workers will cause trouble. On average, they will strike once every two or three years.

In particular, the core papermaking procedures, the craftsmen are all very expensive and cannot be cultivated within a year and a half.

If other slaves dared to make a fool of themselves, they could just kill them and bury them.

These craftsmen are on strike, and Zhu Jia is really reluctant to fight.Not to mention beaten to death, even if it is beaten, it is equivalent to throwing one's own money into the water.

When Zhu Shouzheng read "The Theory of Gewei" again, he felt unbearable, and whispered, "It really is a text of chaos in the country and family."

Chen Lide said: "We must quickly trample that slave to the ground while the spread is not widespread!"

"How can I manage this slave of the Fei family?" Zhu Shouzheng frowned.

Chen Lide said with a smile: "Ehu Fei's household post is in Fei Yuanyi's hands. Fei Yuanzhen, the patriarch of the Fei Clan in Yanshan, has many conflicts with Fei Yuanlu, the head of the Hanzhu Academy. Just convince Fei Yuanzhen, Fei Yuanyi, you can remove that slave from the Yellow Book! By that time, Tong Sheng won't be able to do it, what's the use of an article written by a slave?"

The Yellow Book of Household Registration is divided into two copies.

The "household post" is kept by the people themselves, which can be understood as the household registration book.

"Household registration" is retained in the government and is the basis for population statistics and tax collection.

Initially, any change in household registration or land must be reported to the household department layer by layer, and the household seal will be passed down to take effect.

Once the population is large, it will not be operational.