Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

Mu Qiong's recent lunch was changed to going to Ping'an Hospital to accompany Fu Yun'an by the way.

When he and Huo Anni arrived at Ping An Hospital, Ping An Hospital was bustling with patients coming and going, some were registering, and some were waiting.

In this era when most poor people don't go to the hospital when they are sick, such a scene is very rare. It can only be said that Xilin's charm is too great - at least half of the people here are here for Xilin.

Because of too many patients, Fu Yun'an had to invite more doctors to work in Ping An Hospital. At the same time, he himself was not as leisurely as before.

When Mu Qiong arrived, Fu Yun'an had just finished an operation for someone.

Fu Yun'an's surgery skills are already very good. After having Xilin, the mortality rate has been reduced a lot. Now not only people in Shanghai will come to him for surgery, but even people in other places will come to him when they need surgery. Will come all the way to find him.

The subject of Fu Yun'an's operation today is a patient who came here from Hangzhou specially for treatment.

Fu Yun'an always wore gloves when performing operations. At this moment, he took off the gloves on his hands and washed his hands carefully with soap.

His fingers were long and slender, but there were thin calluses in some places... Mu Qiong walked over, washed his hands with soap, and asked, "Yun'an, do you have surgery this afternoon?"

"Yes." Fu Yun'an said: "Someone asked me to help him get the bullet embedded in his body."

At this time, some people went to the battlefield. After being injured, they had no chance to get good treatment, so they could only let bullets or shrapnel embedded in their bodies, which was very painful.

"Who is it?" Mu Qiong asked.

Fu Yun'an said a name that Mu Qiong was quite familiar with: "Xu Qingyang."

Mu Qiong had never heard of Xu Qingyang's name in modern times, but since this era, he has heard of Xu Qingyang's name several times. This is a general under a certain warlord. Thousands of soldiers and horses.

"He came to Shanghai to buy Xilin, and asked me to have an operation by the way." Fu Yun'an said.

Mu Qiong nodded.

In modern times, antibiotics are sold very cheaply and their production is simple, but in this era...even if Fu Yun'an followed Mu Qiong's instructions to develop a method of mass-producing Xilin, the production of Xilin is still very troublesome.Not only that, this thing is not a tablet that can be eaten directly, but an injection in a glass bottle.

The glass bottle outside is not cheap.So now, this medicine is not sold much, and those who come to Shanghai to buy medicine are all big shots from various forces.

After washing their hands, the two walked to Fu Yun'an's lounge together, chatting while walking.

Mu Qiong told him about sorting out the Encyclopedia, and Fu Yun'an listened carefully.

After arriving at the place, the servant immediately brought the food.

On the table today, there is another very "new" vegetable-broccoli.

The blossoming green flowers are boiled in a delicious soup that is probably chicken soup, and some mushrooms and diced meat are added, which looks high-end.

"There are broccoli in China!" Huo Anni was a little surprised.

It turns out that there is no broccoli in China at this time... Mu Qiong really didn't know that it was not available in China before. After all, he started eating it at a very young age in his previous life.

"This green cauliflower just came out not long ago." Fu Yun'an picked up one for Mu Qiong, and then asked Huo Anni: "Annie, why did you come here with Mu Qiong?"

"I went to read at Brother Mu's place." Huo Anni said, "Third brother, did you notice me only now?" Her third brother had a happy chat with Mu Qiong just now, and completely forgot about her, which really made her sad.

Also, her third brother was so gentle in front of Mu Qiong that he even served Mu Qiong with food.

Looking at the broccoli in Mu Qiong's bowl, Huo Anni couldn't help being a little jealous.

After she grows up, her third brother will no longer take care of her!

"How could I just see you now?" Fu Yunan glanced at Huo Anni speechlessly, and then went to talk to Mu Qiong again.

Huo Anni: "..."

Forget it, she's fine.

Fu Huai'an was less valued than her.

In the afternoon, Mu Qiong sorted out all the manuscripts of the "Encyclopedia", and listed the pictures that needed to be drawn one by one, and then asked Huo Anni to draw the pictures.

As for himself, he flipped through the newly printed "Silk Township".

"Silk Township" has been published years ago, and now it has finally been printed and will be on sale soon.

It is now 1917, and because he made deals with people and promoted punctuation in advance, all the books published in this year were punctuated.

Although the text is still arranged vertically, with the addition of punctuation, the book looks much more comfortable.

After dinner that night, Mu Qiong went home with Fu Yun'an.

He had a new house, and Huo Yong also gave them a house, but they didn't move out, they still lived in the old place.

This way, it is convenient for Fu Yun'an to handle various affairs in the bungalow next to his house, and on the other hand, because Zhu Wanwan and Zhu Yu are both women, it is not easy for Mu Qiong to leave them alone.

Still, he was witty.

Years later, he asked someone to open a hole in the courtyard wall of the two houses. There was not even a door in the hole.

In this way, it will be much more convenient for the two families to communicate. Fu Yun'an has recently added some servants and bodyguards. He can also clean his house by the way and take care of Zhu Wanwan and Zhu Yu.

Now, when Zhu Wanwan and Zhu Yu go home at night, they don't have to boil water to wash themselves. When they get up in the morning, there is always a hot breakfast ready for them to take.

After Mu Qiong traveled to this era, he has always done housework by himself, and he has practiced the skills of washing and cooking, but now someone is waiting for him...

He felt that before long, his skills might be lost.

The next day, "Silk Township" was launched.

Lou Yuyu's books are one after another, and they are all very good-looking. Although many people have read this novel in Dazhong Daily, but now that the book is on the market, everyone still buys it.

But at this moment, there are still a few people who are eager to buy it. After all, they also know that even if they buy it later, they can still buy this book.

The sales of "Silk Township" are not very popular, but the sales volume is actually very high. This is a very interesting book. Many people are willing to buy it and read it in their spare time. Some even study it carefully after buying it, looking forward to it. Can industry save the country.

At the same time that "Silk Township" was released, Mu Qiong went to the shanty town.

Years ago, due to the large number of people coming and going in the shanty town, there was even a large market, but now, there is only an open space left here.

Ever since Ping An Hospital started selling Xilin, Huo Ying stopped selling Xilin here, and naturally there was no one here.

In the past, those doctors and others built many sheds on this open space, and now these sheds are gone. It’s not that these doctors took down the sheds, but the people in the shantytowns. Come build a house.

Mu Qiong saw a low mud house covered with a piece of cloth that those doctors used to build the house.

Mu Qiong came here this time to handle school affairs.

He had been thinking about setting up a school for a long time, but there were too many things at that time, so he took a break for a while, but now, he finally has time, so he contacted people from the government and came to have a look together.

"Mr. Mu, if you want to run a school, you have several lands to choose from, and the prices are very reasonable..." The staff introduced it enthusiastically to Mu Qiong.

Mu Qiong didn't answer, but instead asked, "Is there anyone still suffering from scarlet fever?"

"It's gone." The man said, "This plague ended very quickly! In the past, there were always some people whose family members got sick and insisted on hiding it, and refused to hand it over. As a result, people kept getting sick. But this time is different, because people who are sick can not only get treatment, but also eat good food, not only no one hides the sick, but also people who are not sick want to pretend to be sick... Soon no one will get sick. "

When the staff said this, their faces were full of joy, Mu Qiong also smiled when he heard this, and then asked about the price of the land in detail.

The shantytowns are near the countryside, and there are still many poor people living here, so no rich people come here to buy land and build houses, and the land price is very cheap.

Mu Qiong bought a large piece of land at a cost of [-] yuan, and he planned to build three schools on this piece of land.

One enlightenment school and two vocational technical schools.

The reason why the latter was divided into two schools was because Mu Qiong planned to set up a school for boys and a school for girls.

In fact, he wanted to run a coeducational school, but if he really wanted to do this, he might not be able to recruit female students, so he just gave up.

These three schools, according to Mu Qiong's plan, will recruit students from the low-level people in Shanghai and around Shanghai.

Enlightenment Primary School accepts children aged six to under 12, regardless of gender. Boys charge [-] yuan a year, and girls are free. The school manages one lunch. It mainly teaches Chinese studies and mathematics, and there are other courses. Generally speaking, it is similar to other courses. Almost elementary school.

As for the two vocational and technical schools, boys and girls over the age of 12 are admitted. Of course, they will be relaxed a bit—if ten-year-old children are sensible and able to work, they can also come to study.

Men's vocational and technical school, let them learn technology and work during the day, and learn to read and write in different classes at night, and take cultural classes. The school does not charge tuition fees, but it provides three meals a day and accommodation, and also distributes school uniforms. The form is a bit like recruiting apprentices .

The situation in women's vocational and technical colleges is similar, except that the skills taught are different. For example, male students may be taught carpentry and other skills, while female students are taught clothes making and the like.

At the same time, regardless of gender, if they perform well, they may also learn more advanced skills. For example, some boys can be selected and taught to use machines to repair machines, or some girls can be selected to teach them medical knowledge.

This school is charitable. Although the students can get some income from working, it will definitely not make any money. It is thankful that they can maintain a balance of income and expenditure.

The main purpose of running such a school is to let the people at the bottom learn more things, change their lives, and instill in them some knowledge that he hopes they will understand... Therefore, Mu Qiong also worked hard on the practical side, and there is no need for English and the like. Things, simply do not teach.

Of course, if there are students who are particularly smart and worthy of training, he can also spend money to sponsor them to go to Ping An Middle School.

Let’s not talk about that enlightenment school for the time being, let’s just say that if the two vocational and technical schools together can train 1000 people a year, that will be 1 people in ten years, 20 people in 2 years, and [-] literacy skills. Workers are not useless at all. These students may be able to teach more people.

What's more, if this school is run well, he can open a few more and recruit more students.

But thinking about those, it's a bit far away.

Now the school hasn't even been built yet.

Mu Qiong wrote a detailed plan, and then contacted suitable workers to help him build the house. During this toss, Huo Anni drew all the pictures needed for the "Encyclopedia".

Huo Anni's painting skills are average, but the pictures she draws have the advantage of being realistic, which is exactly what Mu Qiong needs.

After seeing the picture drawn by Huo Anni, Mu Qiong immediately went to Zhang Che with his manuscript and Huo Anni's picture.

Most of this book was translated by Mu Qiong, and Mu Qiong marked the source of all these articles. As for his own writing, the words "editor Lou Yuyu" were marked.

"Uncle Zhang, some of these manuscripts were translated by me, and some were written by me looking at the materials. I can't guarantee that the contents are all correct. You can ask someone to check them before printing them for sale." Mu Qiong said: " I don't want any royalties from this book, I just hope that the price of this book can be cheaper."

Zhang Che was already reading those manuscripts, and he was very surprised.

As the editor-in-chief of the Commercial Press, Zhang Che is well-informed. Among other things, he knows very well that the earth is round.

But he doesn't know much about the earth's rotation and revolution, and he doesn't know that the sun is so big!

There is also a lot of knowledge behind that Zhang Che doesn't understand, such as the formation of snow and rain.

Looking at it this way, he immediately realized the value of this book.

The promotion of this book will definitely benefit many people!Let the students in their country understand the world more!

"With so many manuscripts, two books can probably be printed. Just mark one and two. They will be sold at a price of five cents each." Zhang Che said.

The previous "English Essays" sold for a dime, and this book sold even cheaper than English Essays.

It is really not profitable for a commercial press to sell this book at such a price, after all, this book is not thin.

And there is a reason for this.

The book "Essays in English" is for those who learn English, and those who can learn English will not be poor no matter how poor they are.

This book is different. All literate people should read this book and know how big the world is!

That being the case, it is not appropriate to sell too expensive.

After discussing with Zhang Che, Mu Qiong left the Commercial Press.

At this time, Song Yanqiu had already brought many books to Changsha, Hunan.

He brought a lot of fresh goods, but the most are all kinds of books, such as "Study Abroad", "Seeking a Doctor", "Wandering", "I am in a hundred years", "Contagion", and the educational monthly hope monthly report... …These books cannot be placed together.

After arriving at the place, Song Yanqiu first rented a house to store these goods and books, and then he was not in a hurry to sell things, but first sent posts to the scholars here, inviting them to attend the literary meeting.

Scholars these days are actually rich or powerful people, and anyone who is rich or powerful can read...

The few military generals who came out in troubled times were not considered scholars, but it would be fine if Song Yanqiu gave a gift in the name of Huo Ershao.

On the day of the Wenhui, Song Yanqiu was extremely lively here.

Then, Song Yanqiu showed all the books he had brought, and showed the various commodities he had brought.

Whether it was the enamel cup, enamel washbasin, rain boot buttons, or the books that Song Yanqiu brought, they were all very popular.

Especially those books... At the essay meeting, many people randomly took a copy to read, but the essay meeting ended before they finished reading it, but Song Yanqiu didn't give the book to them...

Of course Song Yanqiu didn't give it away. He said that these books are not his and he can't make the decision, but these books will be consigned in a bookstore tomorrow.

People who have read half of the books basically ordered the servants at home that night to buy books early tomorrow morning. They were not short of money, so they asked those servants to buy every book.

Forget it, Song Yanqiu even found some people, pretending to be people who went to buy books...

On this day, just after dawn, there was a long queue at the door of a certain bookstore in Changsha.

The old man who gets up early in the morning to drink tea in the teahouse, the farmer who sells vegetables on the street, the student who goes to school with his schoolbag, etc., etc., but everyone who passes by this bookstore becomes curious and does not understand what it is. What's wrong.

There is such a long queue early in the morning, could it be that the store is delivering eggs?

Here, a store opened before, and everyone who went shopping in their store on the first day gave an egg. There were so many people in their store that day!

"What are you sending eggs for? We're here to buy books!"

"There are books sent from Shanghai for sale here! They are books sent from Shanghai, and they are said to be very beautiful!"

"My master asked me to buy one of each book!"

"My master asked me to buy two copies of each book, and I can give them away!"

……

The people in line talked one after another, but in the middle of talking, they stopped talking.

The store is open!

Seeing the store door open, these people hurriedly squeezed into the store, and after a while, someone came out with a large stack of books.

There were even some people who couldn’t move the books, so they called the people nearby to help move them: “Come on, I’ll give you ten coppers, and help me move the books back to Tang’s house!”

Those who came several times at a time and planned to buy more sets even went to hire a car after they came out!

Chinese people love to watch the excitement.

If there are many people around a stall, even if they don't want to buy it, they will want to go and see it.

As a result, there are more people in the bookstore, and more curious people.

The news that a batch of books from Shanghai were snapped up by people spread immediately!

Those servants were still buying it, and some people who heard about it came running to the bookstore and wanted to buy it too...

"A book costs four cents? Isn't that too expensive?" Those scholars were frightened.

Prices in Beijing and Shanghai are very high. You can only buy one catty of meat in Shanghai, but you can buy two catties here!The income of the people here is also low. Under such circumstances, the books printed by the local printing houses here are of course cheaper than those from Shanghai.

Scholars here usually buy a book, and ten cents is enough, but now, these so-called books from Shanghai cost forty cents a book!

This is too expensive!

"This is shipped from Shanghai, is it not expensive?"

"All the famous scholars here have come to buy it. This book must be extraordinary!"

"I read it. There are punctuation marks in this book. It looks different from other books!"

……

The people hired by Song Yanqiu talked one after another, boasting and boasting about these books.

Although the government had already advocated the use of punctuation last year, many printing houses were too lazy to produce punctuated books immediately. At least the printing houses here did not print any books with punctuation.

As for the scholars here, although they have read the usage of punctuation written in newspapers, they still don't understand some places, because there are too many punctuation marks!

Books with punctuation are now on sale...

Many people bought a book as soon as they gritted their teeth, and those who didn't have much money bought a magazine for [-] cents to read.

Whether it's a book or a magazine, there are punctuation inside, so you can read it the same way!

On this day, thanks to Song Yanqiu's hard work, the bookstore was always full of people.

When Song Yanqiu came, he brought [-] copies of each book. Because of this, he felt that it was not easy to sell. As a result... the first day, each book sold at least [-] copies!

Many people have not received the news at this time!If he worked harder, it might not be long before the books would be sold out!

Song Yanqiu's idea is correct.

Changsha is the capital city of Hunan Province. It is very big. There are many schools here, and even more literate people!

In such a place, like Shanghai, it is not easy to sell [-] books, but [-] books is still no problem.

There are not only five thousand scholars here!

As for the price of the book...

This is from Shanghai!

Just as people in Shanghai think that things from foreigners are very rare, people here also think that things from Shanghai are very rare!

"The books this time are all from Lou Yuyu and Tianxing. I have heard of these two people!"

"My elder brother is studying in Shanghai, and he sent me these books! Don't think that a book is expensive at [-] cents. My brother sent me the book, and the postage is more than [-] cents!"

"After I bought the book yesterday, I didn't sleep all night and read it. It's really good!"

"I only knew how to use punctuation after I bought the book. This book is worth buying!"

"I'm going to buy every book I don't have."

"If you bought it, can you lend me a copy?"

……

It has only been two years since Mu Qiong traveled here. Most people in Hunan don't know Lou Yuyu and Tianxing at all, but at this moment, there is a wave of Lou Yuyu's fever, a wave of Tianxing's fever.

Those scholars are even proud of having their books in their hands.

Song Yanqiu sold this book, not only did he not lose money, he even made a fortune.

It was also at this time that Zhu Wanwan approached Mu Qiong and said that she wanted to go back to Suzhou.

That is Zhu Wanwan's hometown, even though many sad things happened there, Zhu Wanwan is still homesick, and the most important thing is that Qingming is about to come.

Zhu Wanwan wanted to go back and visit her parents' graves.