The reason why the Jinling book industry is so prosperous depends not only on the movable type printing technology and the literacy rate of the people, but also on a set of "completion system" for authors, which clearly tells them what they should do in order to obtain
Greater fame and fortune.
Newspapers, magazines, and bookstores are willing to train their own authors and let them prepare works according to their annual, half-year, and monthly plans in order to better promote and package them.
This is a win-win process!
When a newspaper creates a star author, the newspaper's reputation will increase; and when the author's fame increases, it will also bring greater attention and attraction to the newspaper.
The more writers seek fame and fortune, the more they want to go to a promising newspaper. The stronger the newspaper, as long as it is "fair and just", the more powerful the person will want to go.
Obviously, when Gu Qingling founded the Daming Glasses Manufacturing Factory, she not only wanted to build a manufacturing factory, she also wanted to include the book industry, slowly build her own book kingdom, and then evolve into a public opinion empire.
This era is no different than modern times, with various high-tech industrial networks developed.
They are also based on paper media. Whoever owns the paper media has the right to speak.
Gu Qingling never thought about competing for the limelight of the royal newspaper, but she needed more voice so that she could publicize her thoughts, let more people open their minds, and create an era of cultural renaissance in which "a hundred flowers bloom".
Even if she can't see it, it's still good to plant a seed.
Elf Butler Lele:??????
Who do you think can't see it?
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Seeing that everything was going smoothly at Daming Optical Factory, Gu Qingling had a smile on her face.
At this time, Prince Cheng returned.
He appeared in front of everyone with a lot of salt.
"What?!"
Mr. Qi, the first salt merchant in the Ming Dynasty, was shocked, how could this be possible?!
Aren’t all the salt mines in the world in the hands of a few of these aristocratic families? Where did Prince Cheng find so much salt?!
How could they not know about his big move?!
The man was frightened to death and said quickly: "I don't know, sir, it just appeared out of nowhere."
"Salt can't appear suddenly. It must have a history." Mr. Qi called the butler and asked him to notify several other families so that they could meet and find out what was going on.
Mr. Qi wondered if someone had made a large purchase recently, and no one was alert because of some tricks.
"Speaking of bulk purchases... they have been happening in recent years, right?"
"Yes, haven't they always been there?"
"Have it?"
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But if you’re looking for “bulk purchases” that have always been there, they must have always been there.
Several of their aristocratic families have been in the salt business for generations. When it comes to large-scale purchases, there must be some. They have always been there.
When looking for new ones, they can't find them.
Mr. Qi was very angry and immediately asked them to contact those "bulk purchasers" to investigate clearly. By the way, he would check carefully to see if there was anything they had missed.
According to the information he found, the salt brought back by Prince Cheng was refined salt, and the quantity was not small.
It is absolutely obvious that this is definitely not a day's work.
Perhaps starting many years ago, the royal family secretly trained people to "hoard" the salt in their hands.
Then when the hoarding is almost done, they plan to "clean up" them and cultivate a new "puppet family".
Why?
When the Li family conquered the world, their ancestors had provided supplies. Why, after so many years, the Li family has secured its position, so they think they are getting in the way and want to clean it up?
Mr. Qi's teeth were itching with anger.
He knew that none of these royals were good and would one day be "ungrateful".
Look, how long has it been?
Mr. Qi completely ignored that their Li family ancestors had passed away for several generations, and they, the old aristocratic families, took advantage of various resources of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did they not bring any benefits to the Ming Dynasty, but they became more and more excessive and caused more and more disadvantages.
Otherwise, Emperor Mingguang would not even think of touching them.
It's really unbearable, what can't be tolerated anymore.
Mr. Qi immediately united with salt merchants across the country to increase the price of salt due to the decline in production, while reducing the amount of salt on the market.
He wanted to teach Emperor Mingguang a lesson.
He wanted to see how much salt the royal family had hoarded.
Without salt merchants like them, how would the Li Dynasty continue to play?
Emperor Mingguang had a cold look on his face. He had already expected this when Prince Cheng brought Yan to the capital.
"Hmph! I haven't done anything yet. I just asked you to bring salt to Beijing, and they started taking action. What do they think I am? Have they forgotten what the last name is in this world?"
Angrily he threw the secret report on the table.
Below, Prince Cheng lowered his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, calm down, why bother to be like them? They are just grasshoppers after autumn, and they can't jump for a few days. Salt is stored in various places. Even if all the salt merchants in the world close down,
It won’t affect people’s daily lives. Besides, we still have a lot of sea salt that we can’t use up.”
"Keep an eye on it, I don't want anything to go wrong."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Both the salt transportation routes and the salt warehouses are guarded by the army. There will definitely be no problems. When all the salt in the world is replaced by sea salt, these salt merchants will not be able to stand up. By then...
It’s time for us to take action.”
"Okay, very good. I'll wait."
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At this time, both Emperor Mingguang and Prince Cheng were very lucky. Fortunately, Gu Qingling handed over a new method of refining salt and found a new way out for the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would not know how to deal with the salt problem.
When will it be resolved?
It's not that Emperor Mingguang can't use force to deal with the old aristocratic families, but what if the old aristocratic families are unwilling to hand over these resources to the death?
The old aristocratic family hid the resource address so well that generations of emperors arranged their manpower and failed to find it. Once they were moved, they used all the people in the world to "threaten" them. What else could Emperor Mingguang do?
He can't ignore a century-old foundation and make fun of all the people in the world, right?
Everyone knows the importance of food, but salt is also a top priority in life. Once there is a problem with salt, all people in the world will inevitably be in turmoil, and civil commotion will easily occur.
Once a civil uprising occurs, how can the Li dynasty remain stable?
Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. This saying is no joke.
They are easy to fool. If they have something to eat, no matter how hard and tiring they are, they can endure it. But if there is nothing to eat, it is a matter of life and death. Then the people will not talk to you about "etiquette and morality" and call you a traitor.
Just rebel.
As soon as the salt crisis emerged, it was guided by these established families...
hehe!
Everyone knows what the result will be.
"What?! What did you just say?!"
Aunt Chen was shocked. She was just picking vegetables. How could such a big thing happen?!
"Mom, the salt shop in our town is closed."
"What do you mean? The door was closed temporarily because of something, or..."
"I don't know, I just heard it from the second-rate guy next door."
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Aunt Chen couldn't stay any longer and asked her daughter-in-law to take the vegetables back. She immediately took her son and went straight to the next door.
