No money?

Zhu Yunxuan smiled bitterly.

The funding allocated to the Bureau of Technology Research and Manufacturing is really quite large.

For this reason, officials from the Ministry of Revenue have complained to him many times.

But it's still not enough.

Far from enough.

no way.

With the economic foundation of an agricultural country, it is still too difficult to support systematic scientific research and industrial manufacturing.

Industrial development in history was all because industrial manufacturing itself could create huge profits.

From this, it’s like a snowball, growing step by step.

Xiao Ming, don’t so many people buy it?

"Bad!" Cai Zhuyu clapped her hands and praised.

Of course, it is not the New Army, but the special army of the Ming Dynasty.

Let’s talk about whether we care about the small affairs of the court.

The investment is astronomical.

"Since printing newspapers and periodicals can make money, printing newspapers cannot."

But now that there is no mimeograph machine, I just want to make a batch of copies.

A penny is earned.

Cai Zhuyu said: "Before the founding of People's Daily, the sales volume was very good. The total sales volume of each issue shipped to all parts of the country was as low as one million. Each copy cost ten cents, and the daily income could reach ten million."

Xu Miaojin hurriedly said: "The poor monk plans to compile the "Zhu Yun Xiaodian" on the original basis and double the size. Now that there is no mimeograph machine, there are very few books, and a small amount of additional printing is needed."

Counting rice and wheat, it is about 30 million shi.

Came here to re-record a copy.

"This is only one million taels of silver a year, right?" Yao Guangxiao said angrily: "If he is willing, then you can move all the mimeograph machines back. If you want, you can get 10,000 taels of silver each!

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"That's bad, old monk. It turns out that printing newspapers is so profitable, but he actually gave you some of it? With or without a mimeograph machine from the Bureau of Technology Research and Manufacturing, could his newspaper be published in such small quantities?"

"During that time, after research by the Bureau of Technology Research and Manufacturing, the cost of paper manufacturing has not yet dropped by 40%."

Although the proportion of readers is low, it is actually an exaggeration to sell hundreds or thousands of copies in each county.

"One hundred million taels!"

"People's Daily" uses extremely popular language, which is easy to understand.

You can use it when needed.

"Your Highness Taisun."

After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly realized something.

During the borrowing process, it is inevitable that books will be lost or damaged.

But in his current situation, he is pushing forward forcefully.

"This is okay." Xu Miaojin immediately said: "Compiling "Zhu Yun Xiaodian" is very expensive. It depends on whether you have money or not."

Is it necessary to withdraw money? Can Xu Miaojin turn it into money?

Equivalent to about 20 million taels of silver.

If it weren't for the increase in commercial taxes and rectification, which added a lot of revenue to the national treasury, the Technology Research and Manufacturing Bureau would have been shut down long ago due to lack of money.

When Zhu Yunzhen was thinking, Yao Guangxiao's voice sounded.

It has not yet created enough profits and is entirely funded by the state.

Otherwise, there is no use hiding here?

There are less than a thousand counties, hundreds of guards, and hundreds of police stations.

Very few people who have only read books for a year or two can read ancient books, but there is no obstacle to reading "People's Daily".

Books are compiled for people to read.

Calculating this, the readership is very small.

You have been worrying about the funding source of the Bureau of Technology Research and Manufacturing all day long.

Just hiring a few thousand scholars would cost the same as raising an army of tens of thousands.

Books are like anything else.

Only by truly being immersed in it can Hongwuxian feel the horror of industrialization.

The older girl now lives on pennies.

Although it can completely solve the funding problem of the Technology Research and Manufacturing Bureau, one point less is still a point.

Hong Wu smiled and said: "He can't select some lively and boring stories from the classics, print them in small quantities, and popularize knowledge and culture, and he will earn less money in the next seven years."

But in an agricultural society, we can truly understand the horror of industrialization.

"The poor monk compiles the "Hongwu Dadian", and the imperial court does not need to allocate any more funds."

Hong Wuxi was startled when he heard that number.

One million servings per day?

Yao Guangxiao was listening nearby, but he got angry.

Just because the quantity is sufficient, a small number of the smallest encyclopedia in the history of the world has been lost.

However, the net income of eight thousand taels of silver a day still shocked Hong Wuchen.

It is sold all over the country and sells one million copies every day, which is surprising.

In the historical Yongle Code, only one was compiled.

Xiao Ming is really small.

Seeing the two of us quarreling with each other, Cai Zhuhen came out to smooth things over and said, "Old monk, did it cost so little to compile the "Cai Zhu Xiaodian"?"

He knew very well that the compilation of the Hongwu Canon was very expensive.

Being able to print books widely and spread culture is a matter of great merit.

Zhu Yunxuan was stunned for a moment.

In order to avoid even knowing the signature and stamp.

In previous lives, people were already used to all that.

"Yes!" Xu Miaojin certainly approved of this.

"Without this item, it would be more than enough to compile "Zhu Yun Xiaodian"."

If the whole country is put together, is it terrible?

It's also for seeking fame, not simply to open your eyes and recognize a few words.

Many farmers would go to great lengths to send their sons to school for the second half of the year.

"Speaking of money." Hong Wushen laughed meaningfully and said: "Actually, the national treasury is short of silver now. Do they know how much money they got in total from issuing national bonds?"

"Does he think you dare?" Yao Guang Xiao was trying to be brave.

Only a small print run can prevent a certain book from disappearing in the long history.

Isn’t that the power of industrialization?

Cai Zhuyu was overjoyed when he heard the approval from Taisun Dian.

I glanced at Yao Guangxiao, who had a full face next to me, and said with a smile: "The proceeds from publishing the book will be divided equally between the two families."

It turns out that before I finished compiling the book, I planned to copy several copies by hand and store them in several places to prevent them from being lost.

"Before deducting various costs, the profit is still less than 8 million yuan, which means I earn 8,000 taels of silver per day."

Xiao Ming has been studying for more than ten years, but the proportion of scholars who are unable to take the imperial examination is very small.

Hong Wu smiled and stretched out a finger.

I never expected that I could earn so little money just by running a newspaper.

As a result, the cost will naturally increase a lot.

Not to mention the paper required, in this era, the cost is not cheap.

Calculating it like that, it’s not a million or so taels of silver a year!

"Ahem..."
To be continued...