Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Before coming to see Wen Qingxiao, Gu Yanshu was in a good mood.

After meeting Wen Qingxiao now, Gu Yanshu's mood has improved several steps.

It's not just because the candidate for the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper, which has been giving Gu Yanshu a headache, has been confirmed.

It was because during the conversation with Wen Qingxiao, Gu Yanshu discovered that he had a lot of similarities with the rumored Sixth Young Master Wen.

Wen Qingxiao is well-educated and has deep pockets in her chest. Although she experienced many changes three years ago, although she was confused, she did not see the slightest bit of cynicism.

Not only that, Wen Qingxiao was able to quickly extract useful points from Gu Yanshu's remarks that sounded a bit shocking in the context of feudal society, and at the same time gave Gu Yanshu a constructive answer.

Now it's just a shallow conversation, Gu Yanshu can even see what it will be like to work together after the daily newspaper is launched and Wen Qingxiao is drawn into his camp.

In just a few hours, the two went from being unfamiliar at the beginning to getting acquainted later, and even introduced each other as confidants.

-Gu Yanli, who was acting as a lubricant between the two at the beginning, couldn't even get in a word in the end.

When watching the scene where the two people had a happy conversation, Gu Yanli even had a suspicion in his heart:

Was his decision to introduce Wen Qingxiao to Gu Yanshu right or wrong?

After all, according to the momentum of the two of them, Wan-Wen Qingxiao pried the corner of His Highness Li Wang's wall on a whim, and his younger brother didn't hold Hong Xing out of the wall...

Thinking of this, Gu Yanli's mind seemed to have the image of His Highness Li Wang holding a sharp sword and showing a murderous look.

Just when Gu Yanli had already thought about Wan-Dong Chuang's incident and how he would cover up for his younger brother and best friend, the two finally ended their conversation.

Maybe it's been a long time since I had such a long communication with outsiders, at this time Wen Qingxiao's face was already slightly tired.

When seeing Gu Yanshu get up to say goodbye, Wen Qingxiao didn't hold back either:

"Wen Mou benefited a lot from Princess Li's conversation today. If Princess Li has time to come in the future, Wen Mou will definitely sweep the couch to welcome her."

Seeing that the two of them had finally finished their conversation, Gu Yanli hadn't let go of his breath, but when he heard Wen Qingxiao's words, he almost couldn't bring them up in one breath.

Three years.

Since the last horse scare incident to today

It has been three years.

Gu Yanli didn't see anyone that Wen Qingxiao took the initiative to invite, and even swept the couch to welcome them.

Thinking of this, Gu Yanli felt more and more that the worries in his heart were not superfluous.

However, Gu Yanshu not only did not refuse Wen Qingxiao's invitation, but even gave a serious answer:

"Recently there are a lot of miscellaneous things in the mansion. If I have time in the future, I will definitely come to disturb you."

Afterwards, the two even exchanged a familiar look in front of Gu Yanli.

After leaving Wen Qingxiao's small courtyard and taking the carriage to take Gu Yanshu home, Gu Yanli struggled for a while, and finally couldn't help but speak:

"Cough, inkstone book."

"what?"

At this moment, Gu Yanshu was still thinking about the hearty conversation with Wen Qingxiao just now, with a faint smile on his lips.

And this smile made Gu Yanli, who was already a little flustered, even more flustered:

"What do you think of Wen Liu?"

"Very good," Gu Yanshu, who had no idea what was going on in Gu Yanli's mind, gave the answer without even thinking about it, "It's as bright as the moon, as modest as a valley, a modest gentleman, nothing more than that."

These few words of praise from Gu Yanshu directly made Gu Yanli "thump" in his heart, and the question that was rolling back and forth in his heart was blurted out before he even had time to stop it:

"How does that compare to the prince?"

"Why do you want to compare with the prince..."

In the middle of Gu Yanshu's words, he finally realized something was wrong, and suddenly raised his head to look at Gu Yanli, just in time to get a full view of the complicated expression on Gu Yanli's face at this time.

Looking at Gu Yanli's eyes at this time, and then - recalling Gu Yanli's strange behavior today, what else does Gu Yanshu not understand?

- Time, Gu Yanshu's mood can also be said to be quite complicated.

But after all, it's my own elder brother. It's not good to say it if you are really beaten to death. I suppressed the idea of ​​wanting to do it, and gritted my teeth:

"Although the sixth son Wen is good, he is not my type at all."

Gu Yanshu didn't even say that he liked Qin Lu better than Wen Qingxiao.

Because such a comparison is not only unnecessary, but even in a sense, it is an insult to both sides of the comparison.

What kind of genre does Gu Yanshu like?

Thinking of his younger brother's reaction when he saw His Highness Li Wang on the day of his wedding, Gu Yanli already had the answer in his heart.

At this time, how could Gu Yanli not know how ridiculous his worries were just now?

He raised his eyes and saw his younger brother—a look of wanting to do something, knowing that he was in the wrong

Gu Yanli quickly shrank to the farthest corner of Li Gu Yanshu:

"Hey, big brother was talking nonsense just now, don't take it to heart!"

After finishing speaking, he seemed to think of something:

"By the way, don't mention it to Qing Xiao."

Gu Yanli didn't want Wen Qingxiao to know about this, so that he would have the opportunity to laugh at him in the future.

Gu Yanshu only glanced at Gu Yanli, but did not answer.

And tell Wen Qingxiao?

Gu Yanli doesn't feel ashamed, but he does!

However, seeing how Gu Yanli shrank in a corner and dared not speak after realizing that he had misunderstood, Gu Yanshu also felt that he couldn't get angry.

It just so happened that the carriage was also in front of Prince Li's mansion at this time, Gu Yanshu said goodbye to Gu Yanli briefly, and then jumped off the carriage.

In the past, Gu Yanli would have to pull Gu Yanshu to talk for a while, but now Gu Yanli is also embarrassed, so naturally he hastily sent Gu Yanshu off the carriage.

After answering the palace, Gu Yanshu did not go to rest immediately, but turned around and went to the study.

Gu Yanshu is not a person who likes to procrastinate. Now that he has decided to hand over the daily newspaper to the emperor, he naturally needs to write a special plan to submit to the emperor as soon as possible.

Originally, it was a little late when Gu Yanshu returned to the mansion, and when he stopped writing, it was already the time when the lights were on.

Qin Lu, who was going to work in the army, had already returned to his residence to find the study.

Seeing Gu Yanshu sitting in front of the desk and just putting down his pen, Qin Lu couldn't help being a little puzzled:

"Is there anything important today?"

After getting along for a period of time, Qin Lu already had some understanding of Gu Yanshu's habits.

Even though the mansion has replaced the glass lampshade now, it still dislikes the brightness of the candles not enough.

After nightfall, unless there is something extremely important, I will not deal with official business.

Gu Yanshu happened to be going to find Qin Lu, and now that he saw someone coming, he directly picked up the plan he had just written:

"It is indeed a relatively important matter. The prince will take a look at this first."

"The layout of this edition of the daily newspaper seems to be much simpler than what the princess showed me two days ago?"

Qin Lu bowed his head and browsed through it carefully, with a somewhat puzzled tone.

Not only is it brief, but there are even a lot of ambiguous places, which on the contrary highlight the benefits of establishing a daily newspaper.

It is not so much a plan as an introduction to the daily newspaper.

"The prince's eyes are like a torch, and he can see the key point at a glance!" Gu Yanshu first flattered Qin Lu a little, and then

She opened her mouth, "Didn't I go to meet Wen Qingxiao today?"

Then Gu Yanshu told Qin Lu the content of the conversation with Wen Qingxiao today.

Qin Lu only knew Gu Yanshu's decision after listening roughly:

"So the princess decided to hand over the daily newspaper to the emperor?"

"It doesn't count, after all, the emperor will finally hand over the job of daily newspaper to Prince Li's residence."

Gu Yanshu waved his hand, instead of handing over the management of the daily newspaper to the emperor, it would be better to say that the legal representative of the daily newspaper was changed from Qin Lu to the emperor.

As far as Li Wangfu is concerned, although there are some losses, the benefits in exchange far exceed these losses.

Unexpectedly, when Qin Lu heard Gu Yanshu's answer, he didn't speak immediately, but fell silent instead.

Before Gu Yanshu could ask, Qin Lu said slowly:

"Give the daily newspaper to the emperor, what does the princess think in her heart?"

In fact, what Qin Lu wants to ask more is, is it worth it?

After so many things, how could Qin Lu not discover the uniqueness of Gu Yanshu?

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the things that Gu Yanshu has brought out now, whether it's glass, movable type printing, or daily newspapers, are brilliant ideas that no one else can come up with in his entire life.

Ordinary people only need to think of one of them, and they can have a lifetime of glory and wealth.

But now, when Gu Yanshu came up with these things, he had to think about the impact it would have on Prince Li's mansion, and what consequences it would bring to Prince Li's mansion after it was brought out.

Now for the sake of the future of Prince Li's Mansion, he even wants to give up his own things to others.

Is it really worth it?

How could he be able to get such treatment from Gu Yanshu?

"What do you think?" Gu Yanshu was still wondering why Qin Lu would ask this question.

But when he looked up at Qin Lu with a look of guilt and indebtedness amidst the complicated complexities at this time, he immediately understood what Qin Lu was thinking.

Immediately "puchi" - then laughed out loud:

"My lord, you don't think that I would start this daily without marrying you?"

"Huh?" There was a hint of doubt in Qin Lu's eyes, isn't it?

"This daily newspaper is not an errand that saves effort and makes money. Not to mention the painstaking efforts, the results are still slow, and the key is that the risk is still high."

Gu Yanshu curled his lips, counting out the many shortcomings of the daily without thinking:

"If it wasn't for Prince Li's Mansion, I would really not be willing to do this drudgery."

Day

If the newspaper wants to be distributed in large quantities, the price should not be too high, otherwise, where will the poor students get the money to buy it?

The price is so high that even students with some background may not be able to buy it every day.

This can also be confirmed from the pricing of most newspapers in later generations - to two yuan, and at most no more than three or five yuan.

In Gu Yanshu's plan, the price of the newspaper is also not high, and the initial plan is five cents a copy.

According to Tianqi's price standard, this five Wen is roughly equivalent to one yuan in later generations.

But compared with later generations, the printing cost of Tianqi is much higher.

Although Gu Yanshu can be printed with movable type, which can save a lot of cost compared to woodblock printing, but in Tianqi, rice paper is also an expensive luxury.

The rice paper needed to print a daily newspaper costs at least [-] Wen.

In other words, every time a daily newspaper is sold, Gu Yanshu's loss will be at least fifteen cash.

This is not counting the cost of ink and labor and paving.

Of course, Gu Yanshu can achieve the position of the richest man in the last days, and he is not a great philanthropist either. Naturally, there is a way to make this daily profitable.

This involves the method of making money in newspapers in later generations, by placing advertisements.

But the premise of advertising is to make the daily famous.

In the early stage when the daily audience was small and not well-known, which merchant would pay for advertising in the daily newspaper without being caught in the door?

Therefore, this initial investment is essential, and even requires a lot of time and energy to invest.

But after the investment, the time to make profits in the later period is uncertain, isn't it high risk?

In addition, the daily newspaper founded by Gu Yanshu, the section called "Political Highlights" divided by it, is simply dancing crazily on the tip of a knife.

In a feudal society, who would dare to discuss government affairs indiscriminately?

Even if the students want to exchange strategies and ideas, they dare to speak after considering and deliberating.

If it weren't for Qin Lu's guarantor and Li Wang's mansion as a backer, what about the family status of Cheng Enhou's mansion that even fourth-rank officials can't coax?

Even if Gu Yanshu borrowed ten guts from the sky, he would not dare to think about such a thing.

After all, there are thousands of ways to make money, why choose the most thankless one?

After saying these words, Gu Yanshu didn't even forget to make a summary:

"So handing over this daily report to my father will make me feel more at ease."

It was the first time Qin Lu heard these words from Gu Yanshu.

Gu Yanshu

I only told him that after the daily newspaper was established, it would be able to control public opinion, know the real time in Beijing and China, and make good friends with literati, etc., but never told him the risks involved.

Thinking of this, instead of feeling comforted, Qin Lu felt more guilty in his heart.

Gu Yanshu also noticed this point, and directly mentioned other points:

"My lord thinks, why do I dare to steal money from the Changle Gambling Shop unscrupulously, dare to take out movable type printing and glass without any scruples?"

"Huh?" Qin Lu raised his eyes, taking out these things, what else should be taboo?

"Does the lord know the reason why everyone is innocent but Huai Bi is guilty?"

Although outsiders explained that Qin Lu was violent and ruthless, in fact, Qin Lu fought all the year round, and most of the people he interacted with were straightforward and straightforward generals.

The understanding of the darkness of human nature may not be as good as that of a three-year-old child in the last days.

Gu Yanshu spent a lot of time with him, so how could he not know this?

Sighing slightly, he simply put his words more bluntly:

"The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. As long as there are enough benefits, most people will give up their bottom line for it. Tianqi has been in war all year round, isn't it because of this?"

"En." Qin Lu nodded slightly. Tianqi's national strength is weak but its land and resources are abundant, so it will become the fat in the mouths of others. Everyone wants to come up and bite.

"Just the 120 million yuan from the Changle Gambling Shop has already made the eldest prince jealous. Why does the prince think that things like glass and movable type printing can be protected by the Marquis of Cheng'en?"

Seeing that Qin Lu understood what he meant, Gu Yanshu asked directly.

Without giving Qin Lu a chance to answer, Gu Yanshu gave the answer on his own:

"So if there is no Prince Li's Mansion, these things will not only not be the way to make money for me, but will also be a reminder for me to die without a place to bury myself."

Although what Gu Yanshu said was exaggerated, it was not completely unreasonable.

In this era of supremacy of imperial power, the royal family has the right to kill or seize ordinary people.

According to the ingenuity of taking care of Yanshu, even if he can save himself by taking out these things, it will never be as easy as it is now.

At this time, Qin Lu, who had been tense since he knew that Gu Yanshu was going to hand over the daily newspaper to the emperor, finally relaxed a little.

Aware of this, Gu Yanshu immediately hit the snake on the stick, stretched out his hand to caress Qin Lu's eyebrows and eyes:

"I still have a lot of ideas in my mind that are no less than glass and movable type printing. If the prince really feels sorry for me in the matter of the daily newspaper, then he will protect me more in the future."

"Okay," Qin Lu's brows finally relaxed at this moment, looking at Gu Yanshu, with a firm tone, "I will protect you from now on!"