Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

This is the first time for Wen Qingxiao to hear these words from Gu Yanshu, and it is also the first time she knows that Gu Yanshu set the daily price so low, since there is such a meaning in it.

After savoring and analyzing Gu Yanshu's words just now, Wen Qingxiao realized how superficial and narrow-minded he thought those illiterate people who bought newspapers back to paste the walls were wasteful.

Wen Qingxiao didn't even need to speak, Gu Yanshu could tell what he was thinking just from the guilt on his face.

After all, Mr. Wen Liu has always been a person who can reflect on himself.

Fearing that Wen Qingxiao would say something beneficial to him again, Gu Yanshu hurriedly spoke first:

"This truth was actually taught to me by Mr. Meng."

"Mr. Mencius?"

As expected, Wen Qingxiao's attention was immediately diverted, and he quickly raised his eyes to look at Gu Yanshu, obviously wanting to know what Mencius said again.

Gu Yan's book wanted to carry forward the teachings of Confucius and Mencius in Tianqi, so naturally there was no reason to hide it:

"Mr. Meng once said that if you are poor, you will benefit yourself alone, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world. Although I am not the most successful person, I also hope that I can do my best within my ability."

When he said this, Gu Yanshu was actually a little guilty.

After all, no one knows better than him what his original intention of founding the newspaper was.

But at this time, Wen Qingxiao had already been preoccupied with Gu Yanshu's sentence "If you are poor, you will benefit yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world", so naturally, she didn't notice this strange point in Gu Yanshu.

Just like the last sentence "Heaven will send a great responsibility to the people", this sentence also gave Wen Qingxiao a deafening feeling.

A simple sentence, but it reflects the extremely high ideological character and moral quality of the person who said it.

Reminiscent of "Heaven is about to send a great responsibility to the people", Wen Qingxiao seemed to have a vague image in his mind.

Resolute, strong, unyielding, tolerant... The blurred image in my mind seemed to become slightly clearer.

However, at this time, Wen Qingxiao no longer dared to think deeply.

Now he has only tasted two words of this master, how dare he portray his image in depth?

Thinking of Gu Yanshu once said that Mencius had passed away, he felt even more regretful.

It is a pity that I cannot talk to this gentleman, and it is a pity that I cannot listen to the teaching of Mr. Yi with my own ears.

After the regret, there was a strong desire to see more words of Mencius, and to one day be able to accurately portray the appearance of Mr. Meng in his mind.

Gu Yanshu knew Wen Qingxiao very well, and when he saw Wen Qingxiao's appearance at this time, he guessed what he was thinking:

"Mr. Meng's notes are too messy. I sorted them out after I returned to the mansion two days ago, and there is already some order. I think I can send the first volume to Qingxiao mansion in a few days."

"Please trouble Your Highness, Qing Xiao will thank His Highness in advance."

It was rare for Wen Qingxiao to be less polite than his fellow Gu Yanshu, and thanked Gu Yanshu directly, which showed his desire for Mencius' words.

Gu Yanshu has long known Wen Qingxiao's thirst for knowledge, so of course he doesn't care about these small details.

Afterwards, the focus of the topic between the two returned to the newspaper office.

Wen Qingxiao came not long after the newspaper office opened, and naturally knew more about what happened today than Gu Yanshu.

Originally, Wen Qingxiao wanted to go to Prince Li's Mansion after the newspaper office was closed, and discuss the problems encountered today with Gu Yanshu.

Now that Gu Yanshu has come to the newspaper office, Wen Qingxiao will definitely not miss this opportunity.

He directly took out his notes at work and put them in front of Gu Yanshu:

"I watched the publication of this daily newspaper today, but found a lot of problems. Your Highness, take a look first?"

Gu Yanshu opened the notes, just like Wen Qingxiao's previous style, there were several work suggestions clearly listed on it.

The first item is about the pricing of newspapers.

He had just discussed this issue with Wen Qingxiao and reached an agreement, so he could skip it directly.

As for the second point, it is necessary to increase the number of daily newspapers printed.

Judging from today's situation alone, the printing volume of daily newspapers needs to be doubled at least again to satisfy everyone's needs.

However, after discussing with Wen Qingxiao for a while, Gu Yanshu decided not to add more for the time being.

After all, now is the first day of the daily publication, and it is the first day of the new year with Mr. Pei's article blessing. It is understandable for everyone to consume impulsively.

The quantity is not enough on the first day, but it does not mean that the quantity will not be enough in the future.

Even if the quantity is really short in the next few days, it can be printed out in a hurry like today.

If you don't look at half a month, if the current quantity is still not enough after half a month, then consider the matter of printing.

In addition to the third problem, the facade outside the newspaper seems to be a bit small.

In fact, Wen Qingxiao had already discovered this problem when he bought the yard.

But at that time, Wen Qingxiao thought that the main business of this store was only selling newspapers, and it didn't matter if the store was smaller.

The most important thing is that the three courtyards at the back are hard to come by. After several weighings, I accepted this shortcoming of the store.

But after today's newspaper was actually published, Wen Qingxiao discovered that the store is too small and has a lot of disadvantages.

Take today's Sishi as an example. At that time, the daily newspaper had been published for more than an hour. Many people in Beijing knew about the daily newspaper and came to buy it after hearing the news.

As a result, too many people came, and the store couldn't be crowded at all. In the end, people who came to buy newspapers directly filled the small half of the street outside.

Thanks to today's Lunar New Year's Day, the school is on holiday, the students did not go to school, and most of the shops on Yude Road were not open.

Otherwise, based on the situation at that time, it would definitely cause inconvenience to the adjacent shops and students in the school.

So Wen Qingxiao was thinking about the possibility of expanding the area of ​​the store outside, or re-leasing a separate store.

But what Wen Qingxiao didn't expect was that this proposal was also rejected by Gu Yanshu.

"Because I didn't intend to keep the newspapers in the store for sale."

This time, without waiting for Wen Qingxiao to ask questions, Gu Yanshu had already answered them.

At the beginning, the newspaper was sold in a store outside the newspaper office, which was a decision made without knowing the acceptance of the newspaper by the people of Tianqi.

After the newspaper's audience is stable, Gu Yanshu is ready to directly introduce the newspaper sales model of later generations.

That is, the newspaper office is only responsible for shipment and wholesale, and the retail business is directly handed over to the bookstore.

Therefore, in Wen Qingxiao's eyes, some stores are too small, but in Gu Yanshu's eyes, they are just right.

After all, only the bookstores would be the ones who would pick up the goods, and at most there would be some newspaper boys who sold them on the street after they wholesaled them. There was no need for a large storefront at all.

After hearing Gu Yanshu's words, Wen Qingxiao couldn't stop praising her again and again:

"Your Highness is still thoughtful! Let the bookstore be responsible for the sales of newspapers. It will be convenient for the common people to buy, and the newspaper office will save a lot of money. Why didn't Qingxiao think of this idea?"

"There is a specialization in this art. Mr. Qingxiao just hasn't been exposed to similar affairs before, so he didn't think about it for a while."

Gu Yanshu stood on the shoulders of giants to pick up human teeth, but he didn't dare to take credit for it.

The corners of Wen Qingxiao's lips curled up, revealing a gentle smile, and as if thinking of something, he said:

"After distributing the newspapers to the major bookstores, the affairs in everyone's hands will be much easier. So some students today proposed the idea of ​​ordering newspapers, and it should be possible?"

"Sixth Young Master is really smart."

Gu Yanshu did not expect that Wen Qingxiao could think of this in a few words.

As the publication time of daily newspapers increases, the readers of daily newspapers will naturally become more and more stable. At that time, the reservation as Wen Qingxiao said, which is the mode of delivering newspapers in future generations, can also be directly developed.

Listening to Gu Yanshu's description, Wen Qingxiao knew that his idea just now was feasible, and while nodding, he did not forget to pick up the wolf hair beside him, and wrote down the main points of today's conversation one by one.

After discussing the above major issues, there are only some small issues that Wen Qingxiao can solve alone without discussion.

It is the first daily newspaper today, because it contains the explanation of the imperial examination by the first assistant, and the students attach great importance to it.

After the printed batch of newspapers was sold out, the students who still hadn't bought them stayed in the store, unwilling to leave for a long time.

In the end, it was Gu Yanshu who sent someone to tell them that no matter which issue of the newspaper it was, it would eventually be collected on the third floor of Guiyuan Residence, and students who didn't buy it could borrow it and copy it.

At the same time, two rooms will be specially opened up on the second floor of Guiyuan Residence. After reading the daily newspapers, these students leave with regrets.

Now that newspapers are no longer available, it would be nice to be able to borrow and transcribe them.

Wen Qingxiao, on the other hand, was stunned by Gu Yanshu's hand.

After the student left, Wen Qingxiao couldn't help showing a thumbs up to Gu Yanshu:

"Your Highness really... never misses any opportunity to make money."

"After all, there is still a large family in Prince Li's mansion waiting to open their mouths to eat. Besides, Mr. Wen Liu said just now that the price of this daily newspaper has lost too much. If I can't find it elsewhere, I'm afraid I will lose money in a few years." .was."

Gu Yanshu was not ashamed but proud of this, and directly smiled at Wen Qingxiao.

Wen Qingxiao, who happened to be drinking tea, was almost not sent away by Gu Yanshu's words:

He knew before that Gu Yanshu was sometimes quite a rascal, but he didn't expect him to be so rascal!

Also, a large family in Prince Li's mansion is waiting to open their mouths to eat. Could it be that the person who was still saying that the key to the storehouse of Prince Li's mansion is in his hand is not Princess Li?

Why is there too much loss in the pricing of the daily newspaper? Who is the person who said a few days ago that there are other ways to make the daily newspaper profitable?

Who is the person who said just now that if you are poor, you will be alone, and if you are rich, you will help the world?

What's even more frightening is that Gu Yanshu said that he was so poor that he couldn't solve the problem.

Look at Tao Ranju, look at Guiyuanju, look at Yueyue Pavilion, and look at the property of the Zhou family that has been fully owned by Princess Li at this time. How did Princess Li open her mouth to say such a thing?

Isn't he afraid that after hearing this, the shopkeeper of the shop next to Beijing will beat him to death at the risk of disrespect?

Fortunately, Wen Qingxiao is also someone who has seen big storms, and soon accepted the fact that Gu Yanshu is such a shameless person.

When Gu Yanshu came to the newspaper office, he told Wen Qingxiao that Qin Lu was not in the palace, and it was meaningless for him to be alone in the palace.

It was also because of this that after solving the newspaper's problems, Gu Yanshu did not leave in a hurry, but started talking with Wen Qingxiao instead.

Wen Qingxiao originally liked talking with Gu Yanshu very much, and she didn't refuse when she saw this.

Later, after hearing Gu Yanshu mention that he could play chess, he simply sent the people below to bring over the chessboard, and prepared to have a hand with Gu Yanshu.

Gu Yanshu also learned Go in his previous life.

In his previous life, Gu Yanshu was in poor health and couldn't run and jump as often as ordinary people. Gu's parents were afraid that he would be alone, so they asked someone to teach him Go.

It takes half an hour to play Go, which is also suitable for Gu Yanshu.

With the in-depth study, Gu Yanshu also gradually fell in love with this feeling of fighting on the chessboard.

It's just that after arriving in Tianqi, there has been no chance to play Go.

Wen Qingxiao used to be known as Yanjing's No. [-] son, so Wei Yi's ability was naturally not low. For a while, the two of them came and went, and when they got excited, they immediately forgot the time.

In the end, Xingren came to remind him that it was when the prince was outside the newspaper office and asked Gu Yanshu if he would invite someone in, Gu Yanshu was shocked to realize that it was already the usual time for dinner.

Immediately without thinking about it, he put down the chess piece in his hand:

"Qingxiao will keep this chess game, let's continue next time!"

"Your Highness!"

It has been a long time since Wen Qingxiao has played chess with others so happily, and he wants to keep him.

Who knew that Gu Yanshu didn't give him a chance at all, and waved his hand directly:

"Today is really bad, the prince is still waiting for me, next time, next time for sure!"

After speaking, Wen Qingxiao didn't even give Wen Qingxiao a chance to react, so he turned around and left.

Wen Qingxiao looked at Gu Yanshu's handsome back, then looked down at the chess game in front of him, and then looked up at Gu Yanshu's back.

Even though he hadn't had dinner yet, Wen Qingxiao felt inexplicably full:

Let's just go, why do we have to emphasize that the prince came to pick him up, is this bullying someone he has no love for?