Li Shimin

Li Xuan took a sip of hot tea lightly, and lay down again.

"Don't bother with me, just keep talking!"

"Exactly, quick talk, quick talk..."

Li Chengqian and Li Baoding, who were addicted to listening, followed and urged.

"O~"

Cheng Chusi subconsciously responded, and prepared to continue.

However, after opening his mouth, he realized that he seemed to have finished speaking.

"Master, after Chongyi and I presented the four food officials who have been trained by me to His Majesty, I, Chongyi and others, under the leadership of the Duke of England, reviewed the bombs and artillery to the Ministry of War. The number of losses!

Then, after going home to rest for the night, he came directly to report to the master. "

Hearing this, Li Xuan, Li Chengqian and the others couldn't help but feel unsatisfied and reluctant.

It's a beautiful thing to be able to listen to such vivid stories told so leisurely, but Cheng Chusi's story is too short!

"Master, I didn't expect that the Dashi Kingdom and the Persia Kingdom are so large and rich, but their national strength is so weak!"

Li Chengqian was thoughtful, and then a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

"Besides, these two are still fighting with each other now, when the national power is at its weakest, father wouldn't want to attack Dashi and the kingdom of Persia?"

"You can rest assured that although His Majesty has such thoughts, he will never send troops to attack Dashi and Persia!"

Li Xuan said with a determined face.

"Dare to ask Master, why is this?"

Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others all looked puzzled.

"Master, you don't know that although Persia and the Dashi Kingdom have a vast territory, all the satisfactory properties are concentrated in the hands of those nobles. They are especially easy to plunder. As long as you send 50 troops and carry [-] bombs, you will definitely be able to go here." Snatch back tens of thousands of cars of gold, silver and jewelry."

Cheng Chusi said hastily.

"If it is thousands of miles away from my Tang Dynasty, there is a land that is about the same size as my Tang Dynasty, with fertile land, gold mines directly exposed on the river, and iron mines are also ten thousand miles away, but there are no indigenous peoples on it. The barbaric continent, do you think His Majesty has to spend so much effort to send troops to plunder other big countries for no reason?"

Li Xuan said slowly.

Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others immediately understood where the continent Li Xuan was talking about, and nodded subconsciously.

However, Cheng Chusi and Li Chongyi were astonished.

"Without natives, gold mines are still as fertile as America?"

As he said that, Cheng Chusi had already ran to the big map beside him, and asked anxiously, "Master, which continent did I discover in the Tang Dynasty?"

"The most southerly place, Australia, which is still isolated in the sea!" Li Xuandao.

"It turned out to be this continent?"

"This continent is so fertile and rich?"

"Master, this continent must not be entrusted to those powerful families!"

Cheng Chusi and Li Chongyi said quickly.

"Don't worry, even if all the families in the world are united, His Majesty will not divide the fiefs. Unless they can provide money comparable to this continent, it's a pity that they have been jumping up and down for so long, but there is still nothing they can do!" Li Xuan smiled slightly.

Chapter 858 Preparing to Establish a Newspaper Office!

"Hmph, it's just a group of cysticers lying on Tang's body and sucking blood, how dare they want to get their hands on such a treasure land in Australia!"

Cheng Chusi smiled disdainfully, "Now, Your Majesty, Master, and our Aye have managed to cut off all these cysticercus from Datang's body.

Give them back the blood that they have sucked on Datang over the years, and then send them all to these poor and barbaric places around Datang, let them guard the frontier for Datang, and give them freedom. Enjoy this freedom! "

In front of the most trusted fellow disciples and masters, Cheng Chusi can sometimes show a wise and foolish look.

Li Chengqian nodded slightly, with a face of agreement, "It's best not to come back to these aristocratic families forever. Without the constraints of these aristocratic families, when I was governing Huazhou, all the government orders I issued were unimpeded, and no officials obeyed and violated!"

"Extremely, extremely, these aristocratic families are like malignant tumors, which can easily block the government orders of a state and a county!"

"Without these aristocratic families in Datang, Datang has become much cleaner over the years!"

"I don't see a single one of those aristocratic children who are even more arrogant than me in a year..."

"Is it possible that all the officials in Huazhou know that you, the governor of Huazhou, are the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and you have Wang Xuance and Fang Yizhi around you, and the development of Weinan County has made all the aristocratic families and officials , do you dare to play any tricks?"

Li Xuan whispered beside him.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others froze.

Afterwards, Li Chengqian smiled coyly, and continued, "Master, I want to start a newspaper!"

"Have you made up your mind?"

Li Xuan looked at Li Chengqian in astonishment, he had already mentioned the newspaper matter before.

It's just that Li Chengqian and Li Chongyi didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect that Li Chengqian, who had been the governor of Huazhou for less than half a year, would take the initiative to mention this matter.

Li Chengqian said with sincerity: "Master, don't blame me. Before Chengqian, his knowledge was shallow, and the treasures were in front of him without knowing it. Now that he has become the governor of a state, he knows that there is a newspaper that is more detailed than the notice. Every few days. How important it is to show the people of the world how important our Tang government orders and major events are!"

Li Xuan said directly: "In this way, you can directly report to His Majesty, and the imperial court will jointly start a newspaper, or you can start a newspaper in Chang'an, and then run a few times in Zheng County and Chang'an every few days, or let Xuan Ce, Yizhi, Baoding and others founded a newspaper in Chang'an!"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian worried again: "Master, Chengqian, Xuan Ce and others have calculated that since the newspapers are to be checked by all the states and counties in the entire Tang Dynasty, the counties and counties with about 20 yuan in the Tang Dynasty will need at least [-] yuan each time." Zhang or so, so one will need [-] newspapers.

With so many newspapers, hundreds of sheets are needed just for the consumption of paper, plus the ink used to print newspapers, craftsmen.Then, there are people who deliver newspapers to the states and counties, which is another big expense.

I estimate that these newspapers will cost about [-] guan, or even more.

And the price of each newspaper is two renminbi, and it can only earn [-] guan a year, and it has to lose a lot of fees. I am afraid that all the courtiers will criticize it! "

Li Xuan waved his hand indifferently, "Don't you just want to get attention from this king, and you want to make some money from the establishment of a newspaper, so as to silence the mouths of those courtiers!"

"Hey, Master is wise!" Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and the others laughed subconsciously.

However, Li Xuan waved his hand directly without paying much attention.

"This kind of thing, you can just speak out."

Then, under the expectant eyes of Li Chengqian and others, he said again: "However, this king does have some opinions on this matter!"

Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others were overjoyed.

"I respectfully invite my master to teach me!"

Li Xuan asked: "Do you think that if a newspaper is issued on the fifth day, can the entire newspaper be occupied by relying solely on the government's decree?"

Li Chengqian replied without hesitation: "Master, if the printed newspaper is one foot in size, the imperial decree can occupy one page. If the printed newspaper is two feet in size, the imperial government's decree can occupy at most a quarter. The printed newspaper is three feet in size..."

"Why is the most suitable size for the newspaper you print?" Li Xuan asked directly.

"Master, one foot is too small, and three feet is too big. Cheng Qian thinks two feet is the most suitable!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly. "So, that's two feet!"

Li Chengqian frowned slightly: "But master, a two-foot-large newspaper is a bit wasteful just relying on the government's decree!"

"Therefore, the blank space left in the newspaper is where you can make money in the newspaper!"

In an instant, Li Chengqian and Wang Xuance looked at Li Xuan with surprise on their faces.

"Master, how can you make money with the blank space left in the newspaper?"

"Do you think that with the government's decree alone, how many people can be attracted to buy newspapers?"

Li Chengqian was stunned, sighed softly, and said helplessly: "Reporting to my master, according to Chengqian's understanding in Weinan County, not only the common people, but also those wealthy businessmen and families, if they have some rich money in their hands, they would rather keep it in the bank. Used to buy newspapers!"

Li Xuandao: "But if not many people buy it, then wouldn't this newspaper be useless, why not post a notice!"

Li Chengqian hurriedly asked for advice: "I also ask the master to give advice!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly, "These blank spaces need to be used to attract wealthy businessmen, aristocratic families, and officials to buy them! Only the more these wealthy businessmen from aristocratic families buy, the more money the newspaper can make!"

"No matter where in the Tang Dynasty, the people who sell these newspapers are those who can read and write, and this kind of people must have some money at home, so they can afford newspapers.

However, if the newspapers are full of government decrees, it will look very boring. These people buy them a few times, and they will not buy again when the freshness wears off.

And for these blank spaces, it is necessary to write something that these literati and rich businessmen and officials like to read! "

"What Master said, are you inviting some great Confucian scholars to write some articles or poems on it?" Li Chengqian suddenly realized.

"It's okay!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly, "However, it's just a Confucian article, it's not that attractive!"

"Master, is it possible that there are more wonderful things in the world that can attract literati, aristocratic families, wealthy businessmen and officials at the same time?" Li Chengqian asked with some doubts.

Li Xuan smiled lightly and asked, "Are you interested in the rumors about the streets and alleys in Chang'an?"

"This……"

Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others were all in a daze.

"Then what if it's a certain duke's mansion, or a certain courtier staying overnight in Goulan? Or, a certain state road chief commits a lot of evil, is inspected by the censor, and then beheaded by His Majesty!"

"Or, the grievances between a certain Buddhist eminent monk and a certain eminent eminent monk; or, the secret conversation between a certain great Confucianist and a certain noble lady; or even, the master of the Great Tang conquered a certain foreign country... "

Following what Li Xuan said, Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and the others couldn't help but gradually widen their eyes. The depths of their eyes were full of curiosity, but due to their respective identities, they couldn't be so obvious.

Only Cheng Chusi, with a nonchalant look, laughed straight away, extremely wretched.

"Master's plan is very clever. No matter how noble the status is, people will inevitably like to listen to these rumors. Moreover, the more noble the status is, the more people like to hear the rumors!"

Li Xuan glared at Cheng Chusi, and said solemnly: "Of course, it can't be a rumor. The newspaper was founded by the court and represents the credibility of the court. Everything on it must be true!"

Cheng Chusi shrank his neck and nodded again and again: "What the master said is true!"

"However, these are only bought by wealthy businessmen, families, and officials from all over the world, but they are not enough for newspapers to make money!"

"Master, is there any other way to make money?"

Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others couldn't help looking at Li Xuan again.

"The most profitable places in newspapers are still merchants!" Li Xuan said.

"Merchants?" Several people were startled.

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly, "You think those shops on the streets and alleys can attract many customers and make money, what do you rely on?"

Li Baoding pondered for a moment, then said: "What the master said, is it the reputation of those shops?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan glanced at Li Baoding appreciatively, and continued: "The smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys! If you want to let customers enter the shop to buy things, you first need to let the customers know what is in his shop and what is in his shop. How good is the quality?"

"If I leave a blank space in the newspaper to introduce certain shops and the items they sell, but these shops need to pay the newspaper for publicity according to the time the newspaper spreads, how many shops do you think? Do you want to?"

"There should be [-]% of shops..."

Li Chengqian said carefully.

"[-]%? I didn't expect it to be so little!"

Li Xuan sighed softly, "It should be that you have not realized the beauty of using newspapers to promote publicity!"

"However, the newspaper really wants to rely on this kind of publicity to make money. You can try it first. Every time there are only five shops in the newspaper, there are only five shops.

Then, each shop needs to hand in two hundred guan each time!If there are more shops in the future, the price can be increased as appropriate! "

"Two hundred guan each time?"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian and Li Baoding couldn't help but widen their eyes again. They thought they already knew their master's means of raising money.

But he didn't expect that his wife would become more ruthless each time.

You know, only in Chang'an City, there are not many shops that can earn [-] yuan in a month.

Even if all the profitable shops in Chang'an City are rotated one by one, it will not be enough for one year.

Li Xuan asked with a look of surprise: "Do you think it's a little less?"

Li Chengqian smiled wryly, and said helplessly, "Master, Chengqian is aware that once the promotion fee of [-] yuan is paid, no shop will pay for it!"

Li Xuan smiled lightly, "It's okay, you have to understand that this newspaper will be the official propaganda organization of the Tang Dynasty, and this newspaper will represent the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty, and you, the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, every shop advertised in the newspaper, in the hearts of thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty, that shop will be the best shop in the world, and by then, what can it bring to that shop? Influence, you only need to think about it to know it! "

"Thank you for your teaching, Master, Cheng Qian understands!"