The world of rebirth

Ning Yunjin was not in a hurry, "Speak slowly, what happened to Wenxiangju?"

His composure affected Qin Ming, he took a deep breath, and then slowly told what happened from Zhen Wanfu.

Although today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wenxiangju does not have a holiday. Many people who visit relatives and friends like to bring the New Year gift boxes launched by the store, so since the first year, I have the experience of being knocked on the door to buy things Afterwards, Ning Yunjin ordered the store to open in the afternoon on the first day of the lunar new year.

Facing the benefit he gave everyone from the first to the fifth day of the new year, everyone paid three times their wages, the guys who went to work didn't complain at all, and all of them were smiling.

But not long after the store opened this year, a pale woman came and led a group of people crying at the door of the store, saying that it was because she slipped a tire with something from Wenxiangju, and she was still a boy who had already taken shape. I can't complain that I brought a big family to the door.

When Ning Yunjin heard that this was the reason, he snorted coldly, "It really is a good plan."

The second prince just said something like this happened, if he acted rashly, he would be a fool!

"Second Brother, who is plotting against you?" Ning Yunting asked nervously, "Why are you in such a hurry, do you want to tell Daddy about this?"

"It's okay." Ning Yunjin shook his head, and said to Qin Ming, "Send someone to tell Zhen Wanfu, let those people make trouble! Don't worry about it."

Qin Ming said in surprise, "Second Young Master, they are blocking the door of Wenxiangju, which will affect the business. Do you really not need to deal with it?"

"No need, it's not a big deal, it's fine to make a fuss!" Ning Yunjin laughed, "After the festival, if they still make a fuss, call someone from the yamen."

Qin Ming left in a daze, and Ning Yunting didn't understand even more, "It's really unreasonable for a pregnant woman to make a fuss. Obviously, Wenxiangju's products containing essential oils have special warnings, and they cannot be used by pregnant women."

Ning Yunjin sneered, "Who knows how she had a miscarriage!"

Although he said he didn't care, he couldn't be ignorant, so he asked Feng Chengzhi to take someone to investigate the origin of the troublemaker.

On the second day of junior high school, I went to my father-in-law's house and my mother's house.

In the morning Ning Jingxian took the Ning brothers to visit Zuo Shi's house first, and in the afternoon he took Ning Yunxiang to Anping's house. He went in and out twice, and he noticed that everyone looked at him with different expressions.

After returning to the mansion, Ning Jingxian called the chief housekeeper Feng Songbai to inquire, and only then did he know why others looked like they were watching the scene.

They are all overly smart people, no one thought that the Wenxiangju incident would be caused by children's conflicts - how much hatred would be to choose such an uneasy time to cut off people's fortunes ah!

Adults with complicated thoughts will think more deeply if they are not careful!

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the problems with Wenxiangju's products became more and more troublesome. Generally speaking, people who open stores and do business are most afraid of such troubles. The more ruthless one is the destruction of the body, no one will let the other party toss like Wen Xiangju.

But what's strange this time is that the more violent the gang is, the less sympathy others have, and Wenxiangju's business is still so good.

Anyone who has used Wenxiangju products knows that both the shopkeeper and the waiter will give a special warning that things containing essential oils should not be used by pregnant women. The instructions included in the box also include precautions. No wonder you have to use it yourself. Shopkeeper! ?It's simply making trouble for no reason, it can't be blackmail!

It was on this day that Wenzhen received the secret document on this incident. Unlike the news that ordinary people inquired about, the content of this document in his hand was more comprehensive, and he knew exactly what forces the troublemakers had come into contact with.

After finding out the ins and outs, he was very satisfied with Ning Yunjin's "bearing the burden of humiliation", but he also felt inexplicably uncomfortable and felt that he had wronged the child. It just so happened that he would finally be free for two days starting tomorrow, so he sent someone to send an order to Ning Yunjin see you.

Having successfully achieved his goal, Ning Yunjin curled his lips with a smug smile. If he didn't want to alarm Wen Zhen, he wouldn't let him jump for so long.

In his opinion, even if the second prince wants to take revenge on him, it is impossible for him to strike so fast, and he can use people outside the palace. I am afraid that there are other forces behind this to stir up the muddy water.But since Hong Xi foolishly let the news go, he naturally wanted to use this opportunity to show his loyalty to the royal family and complain about his grievances.

Carrying a good thing that he rushed out these few days, he entered the palace calmly.

After kowtowing and saluting, Wen Zhen asked the little eunuch to move Ning Yunjin to an embroidered pier and sit down.

Seeing that the child's eyes are slightly red, and the tears are swirling and stubbornly not falling——staying up late and ginger, the small mouth is tightly pursed, and the small face is tense.

"Why do you look unhappy, who bullied you?" Wen Zhen asked.

"Nothing!" Although Ning Yunjin's face was full of grievances, he was very firm when he spoke.He curled the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "I haven't thanked the emperor for the annual gift yet, I am really grateful!"

Seeing Ning Yunjin's obstinate appearance as if he was forcing a smile on his face, Wen Zhen felt a little complicated.

"I have used that small bow before. I heard that your riding and shooting skills are not enough. You must work harder in the future."

The small bow Wen Zhen gave as a New Year gift this year is extremely gorgeous, with several precious stones on it, not to mention all kinds of gold ornaments, it can be called a work of art, and Ning Yunjin is naturally quite satisfied.

"My humble servant is so grateful for the gift from the emperor, I will be so heartbroken to repay my kindness in the future." He first bowed down to Xie En, and then salivated, "My humble minister dares to ask the emperor for another favor."

His actions, if done by a strong man or a gray-haired old man, would be a bit persuasive, but a child dressed like a cotton ball would be full of joy when he learned them, making him feel happy. Wen Zhen couldn't help laughing.

Wen Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly and guessed, could it be that he wanted to fight back when he asked for grace at this time?He thought about it, and it didn't matter if he agreed, and said, "Tell me, what kind of favor do you want from me?"

Ning Yunjin took out the things he had prepared earlier from his sleeve, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the servants of my ministers are good at inquiring about news, and I heard a lot of funny things from those merchants before, and some boys learn to Hearing it to the old lady at home, she was also very happy to hear it. At that time, Weichen thought that people are curious. If these can be distributed nationwide like the Dibao, there are many people who are willing to buy them. Can make people smile."

"It's true that you can make money!" Wen Zhen laughed, "However, there are quite a few newspaper offices in Beijing, so you can do it yourself, so what kind of grace do you need?"

Ning Yunjin said with a bitter face, "I have asked the people in the Department of General Affairs, and they said that the newspaper can only publish some documents and news that are allowed to be published by the government, and there is no precedent for publishing those boring gossip news, so they refused to give me a reply."

Wen Zhen murmured, "That's right, your purpose of running a newspaper is really a bit of a joke." Daxia's control over the distribution of newspapers is very strict, and one of them prohibits snooping, listening, writing, and recording of news other than scientific copying. It is doomed that all newspaper offices can only make a fuss around the content of the mansion newspaper.

Seeing that Wenzhen was hesitating, Ning Yunjin could only wait for him to make a decision.However, I have been complaining secretly in my heart, what is written in those time-traveling books can run a newspaper and make a lot of money, which is too unrealistic. If you can't get it right, the emperor will only have one dead word after you run it.

Such things as speech have been in the hands of those in power since ancient times, and the Mansion newspaper system has formed a fixed process since the development of the Han Dynasty to the present.

Following the previous dynasty, the official newspaper was disseminated by the Secretary of General Administration, and it had to go through six sections and Titang. It also allowed the people to set up their own newspaper rooms, and even set up a special copying room outside Donghua Gate.

Those who publish newspapers can go there every day and send people to copy the government affairs, developments, edicts, memorials, etc. of the day, and then form daily and evening newspapers according to the difficulty of typesetting.

According to Ning Yunjin's investigation, there are now more than ten newspaper offices in Guangjing, and the sales of the newspapers they publish are gratifying. There are even two well-funded ones that have opened branches in other cities. Known as Baofang Jiaer.

The only thing that can make Ning Yunjin see business opportunities is that although the current newspaper industry has taken shape, the content is very single, and it is all related to the important affairs of the court, and there is no concept of advertising. Qian Jing must not be underestimated as a newspaper of such a nature.

After thinking about it, Wen Zhen couldn't find any flaws in it, but he was worried that if this opening was opened, it would have an impact on the folk atmosphere.

However, the only people who can understand newspapers these days are scholar-bureaucrats, students, and a few female relatives of wealthy families. He also got some of the things that Feng Chengzhi copied for Ning Yunjin. Not much... right! ?

"Are you sure you can make money?"

Ning Yunjin nodded again and again, and said with a smile, "If your majesty has confidence in this humble minister, why not ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to participate?"

"You kid is trying to raise the banner!" Wenzhen said understandingly, "It's not impossible to promise you, but I will share [-]% of it with you, do you agree?"

Your old man's appetite is too big!Ning Yunjin was dumbfounded.

Wen Zhen explained, "Don't think I am taking advantage of you. Since you want to get involved with me, you have to become the largest family. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will account for [-]% of the ten thousand taels of silver, and the Ministry of Household Affairs will account for [-]%. It is for your free use, you dare to take it!"

Ning Yunjin was both surprised and delighted. Wen Zhen has too much confidence in himself. If he can use the resources of the Secretary of General Administration, as long as the funds are sufficient, it can be spread directly to the whole country. Those who dare not take over are idiots!

He immediately said happily, "This humble minister will definitely live up to the high expectations of the emperor."

Wen Zhen nodded appreciatively. Although this kid is young, he has high ambition, and his future is bound to be limitless.

"After that year, you carefully drew up a charter for me, and I was curious about what your first version would be like!"

Ning Yunjin held up the thick stack of papers in his hands, and presented them to Wenzhen, "Wei Chen made a business plan and a sample of the newspaper, the emperor can take a look!"

Wen Zhen couldn't help Li Deming, so he took the things he handed over curiously. When he opened them, he saw neat and standard characters. The fonts were square, the strokes were round, and the ink was black, which was the most respected pavilion style in the exam. He said with satisfaction, "Your handwriting is much stronger than when I saw it last time. If you practice for three more years to improve your writing skills, I can at least give you a clue."

Ning Yunjin raised his chin triumphantly, the last prescription was written a few years ago, so it can't be compared with the present one.

Mr. Jianting is very strict with his own handwriting. He has full confidence in himself and believes that he can be a Jinshi.When it comes to the palace examination, the most important thing is how well the handwriting is written, and the content and writing style of the policy questions are the second place.

Seeing him so happy that his tail was almost up, Wen Zhen laughed and cursed, "Don't be complacent, your word still has room for improvement."

Ning Yunjin had no choice but to nod repeatedly.

Only then did Wen Zhen flip through the contents. Inside the brochure was a detailed report method, listing the profit models one by one. When he saw that it was written that he mainly relied on investment promotion advertisements to make money, he couldn't help but shine.

He used to think that he was in a hurry to go to the doctor, and he actually counted on a half-grown child to solve the national treasury crisis for him.If it wasn't for this kid who managed to get out of Wenxiangju, which is getting more and more money every few years, he wouldn't dare to make such a bet. Now, just reading this proposal, Wenzhen has the confidence.

"Your methods are feasible."

After scanning the contents of the booklet at a glance, he opened another newspaper that had been laid out.

This newspaper is about the same size as the "Beijing News", which is popular in central Beijing now. It is double-folded and double-paged, about the size of a book spread out, without a cover. The square, the content is circled inside.

There are also some subtitles written on the small squares, such as the headlines on the front page, recent news, hot spots, the legal system of the Great Xia, local culture, knowledge exploration, novel serialization, letters from readers, etc. The content is dazzling.

The headline on the front page of this newspaper is the banquet given by the Hall of Preservation on New Year's Eve. The performance, banquet, and what I said that day are vividly written in a narrative way; the recent news and hot news are excerpts about The content of the mansion report of the war; the column of the law granted by heaven does not have legal provisions rigidly, but writes a case of killing neighbors judged by Shuntian Mansion, which records the testimony of each person in detail, and finally makes a conclusive comment. broke the law.

Although there are not many things related to government affairs, but it is lively and lively, and you can learn something while reading the newspaper. Wen Zhen just flipped through it and found it very attractive, which is much more interesting than the boring mansion newspaper.

When he saw the section on local culture and knowledge exploration, Wen Zhen couldn't help squinting his eyes, and said in shock, "Is what's written on it the real thing?"

"Reporting to the emperor, I have sent people to Shandong to inquire, and it is indeed true." Seeing that he finally found the key, Ning Yunjin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In this issue, he made the two sections into a related situation. The local culture introduced Xinwen, Shandong. In addition to introducing the local customs and customs, he also mentioned that there is a special kind of coal here, and wrote in the tone of unofficial history that someone used to use This kind of coal replaces charcoal to smelt iron, and the output and iron production have been significantly improved.

In the knowledge exploration, this question is extended, and it is imagined that if this coal can be used to re-develop a method of iron smelting, will it be possible to increase the scale of iron smelting.

After quickly reading the above assumptions, Wen Zhen gathered up the newspaper with excitement and shock in his heart, and said, "You child, you child! How can such news be sent out."

Ning Yunjin said with an innocent face, "I thought that there are so many iron smelting factories among the people, maybe some people are willing to try it after seeing the news above, if it really succeeds, wouldn't it be the blessing of the Great Xia."

Wen Zhen looked at him helplessly, and couldn't tell whether the kid was pretending to be stupid or really stupid.

Although private iron smelters have been the mainstay since the previous dynasty, pig iron is an important strategic resource. If there is a way to improve the process, it is naturally in the hands of the government. How can the private iron smelters know about it.If this method doesn't work, it's fine, if it is true that the enemy country finds out again, wouldn't it be a great pity!

Even though Daxia has already produced iron worldwide, the output efficiency of today's iron smelters is not high. Even in large-scale factories, the average iron production per person is less than three catties. It is really a bit stretched to meet the production of folk farm tools and expand armaments.

Such a thing that could affect the fate of the country, even with Wenzhen's heart, he couldn't help being calm. He paced back and forth and asked, "This is not a joke. Are you sure the news is true."

Ning Yunjin said seriously, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I know that this matter is of great importance, and I specially asked my grandfather to help me find someone to verify it. It is indeed true."

Looking at him, Wen Zhen thought to himself that this kid is really a treasure, not to mention his pleasing personality, and full of blessings, it's just a child's play to inquire about information, and he can still inquire about such things.

He originally wanted to use the matter of Wenxiangju to make this kid exercise his skills. After all, the prince was involved, and most people would find it difficult to deal with it. Now it seems that there is no need to let such trivial matters delay the serious work.

Thinking of this, Wen Zhen said kindly, "Since that's the case, you should concentrate on making good newspapers recently, and then cooperate with my people to investigate this special coal, so you don't have to worry about other trivial matters!"

The little things in Wenxiangju were taken over by others, and all the goals of Ning Yunjin entering the palace today have been achieved, so he naturally agreed with a smile on his face.

After leaving the palace, Ning Yunjin also couldn't suppress his excitement. Not to mention the good things like newspapers that play the role of mouthpiece and information circulation, it is a great thing to be able to sell the coke furnace method!

Just like the time and space in Yangcheng, China's iron and steel industry has been leading the world since the previous dynasty developed the Sugang smelting method. This smelting method was still used in factories even in the Republic of China, which shows the advancement of this smelting method.

A foreign expert once said, "In the Middle Ages, there was no place that could supply sufficient cast iron and steel except China."

However, after the British invented coking coal iron-making technology, Western countries developed rapidly in iron and steel metallurgy technology, surpassing China, and finally the British "strong ship and gun" armed with coal and iron knocked on the door of China.

Although I only know the general theory of many things in later generations, China has never been short of capable people with lofty ideals. As long as I put forward the theory through newspapers, someone will be able to research it. This will be subtle for a few years, even if it cannot be promoted in a short time. industrial revolution, but it will always be good for the country.

In the days that followed, Ning Yunjin had no time to spare. First, he cooperated with the people sent by Wenzhen to identify the coke, and then he began to contact people sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Households, and the Department of General Administration to formulate the regulations for running the newspaper.

Since the emperor personally supervised the handling, these officials did not make things difficult for Ning Yunjin, and with his money offensive, all the yamen gave him the green light all the way.After the formalities and materials are complete, Ning Yunjin doesn't have to worry about printing. Movable type printing has been widely used these days, and most of them are skilled printing workers.

Feng Chengzhi was temporarily appointed as the first president of "Daxia Zabao", and the people he hired before became the first batch of reporters. Ning Yunjin himself was too lazy to take care of this mess, but because he hadn't found a suitable The person in charge arranged the final draft, so he had to be the editor-in-chief first.

In just ten days, the first newspaper edited by Ning Yunjin was printed, and each copy was only sold for one cent. This low price made people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs feel that it was too low. When will it pay back? ah!

It's a pity that he insists on setting the price like this, and with the emperor backing him, others can't do anything about him.What they didn't know was that the price was too high in Ning Yunjin's opinion. These days, a tael of silver or about [-] yuan can be enough for ordinary civilians to live for a year, and newspapers that are too expensive are not conducive to his plan. .

Due to the current traffic problems, except for the capital city, Ningyunjin, the capital city of other provinces, adopts a cooperative business model. The Department of General Administration and Titang will send a typesetting newspaper to various places, and then the local cooperative newspaper office will print and communicate. For delivery, the publication is issued every three days on average, and the date is postponed in remote places.

For this kind of cooperation, Ning Yunjin also specially divided the advertisements into a national edition and a local edition. The advertisements of the local editions are recruited by the local newspapers themselves, and Daxia Miscellaneous Daily takes [-]% of the advertising income.

The first issue of "Daxia Zabao" sold nearly ten thousand copies nationwide. Although this purchase volume sounds like a lot, it still disappointed the officials.After all, he didn't make much money, and the only advertising revenue was from Wenxiangju.

However, after the sales doubled in the second and third phases, everyone began to laugh from ear to ear. You must know that this is a very low-cost long-term income, and the accumulated profits are extremely considerable day after day.

Since this is the first entertainment newspaper approved by the government—it can be sure that it will be a monopoly in the short term—until the emperor is not short of money, the novel writing method of "Daxia Miscellaneous News" is refreshing, and it quickly attracted everyone's attention. Merchants also saw the benefits, and the advertising revenue increased from the second year onwards.

Ning Yunjin has been very busy since he made this mess. He really admires those people in the time travel book who can be shopkeepers with just a touch of their lips.

It is not so easy to start a business. It took him a year to find an editor-in-chief who could understand his own spirit, and he took him with him and taught him for a year before he dared to let him operate alone.

When Ning Yunjin managed to relax, he would take the scientific examination next year. For this reason, Mr. Jianting sent someone to bring a letter, bluntly saying that if he can’t win three yuan, don’t call him his student, which makes Ning Yunjin Alexander, This kind of luck can't be determined by oneself.

On the ninth day of August in the 18th year of Tianshou, Ning Yunjin, who was finally 12 years old, stepped into the provincial examination room full of confidence and started his road to the imperial examination.