"Haha! Mathematics is not as simple as you think. Later, I will introduce you to a mathematical talent, and you can compile mathematics textbooks with him!"
Lin Fan said with a smile.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, we still have some strength!"
Everyone said.
Later, Lin Fan took out a contract, which was signed by all the martial arts people. Naturally, these nobles also had to sign.
"Everyone, please sign your names on this contract."
Lin Fan said.
"contract?
Your Highness, do you not trust us?
Are you going to tie us up with a contract?"
one person asked.
"You have misunderstood. I have no intention of distrusting you. It's just that the civil and military officials of this court are watching. How can I help you apply for money if you don't sign a contract or something?"
"Some time ago, those martial arts people signed contracts, and I allocated 70 million Daming coins directly from the Ministry of Household Affairs to them, and more than 100 million Daming coins will follow."
"That's it, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue are still in the court, questioning this prince. I have to talk to him, and this matter is considered approved!"
"If we don't sign a contract, how can I apply for money from the Ministry of Accounts?"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
He pushed everything to the Ministry of Household Affairs. These nobles heard that the martial arts people had received 70 million Ming coins, and there were hundreds of millions of capital investment behind them.
I couldn't help but feel envious in my heart. For those officials from the Ministry of Revenue, they showed malice in an instant. These people dared to disobey His Highness the Crown Prince. They really lacked education.
"Your Highness, those officials from the Ministry of Revenue must be too courageous!"
One person said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan smiled slightly. If this happened to others, these people would definitely reprimand him in public.
"Actually, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue are not to blame for this matter. If it were the prince, he would try his best to stop it. After all, the flow of funds is too great!"
"For this newspaper, my initial investment was 50 million yuan. With so much money, the Ministry of Revenue didn't know how to embarrass me."
Lin Fan said and revealed a figure of fifty million yuan.
hiss!
The eyes of this group of nobles were wide-eyed, and they immediately said: "Your Highness, when we sign a contract, we must not embarrass you in this matter!"
"Everyone, His Royal Highness is already in a very difficult situation. We cannot make it more difficult for him. Besides, this is a good thing for the country and the people!"
"From now on, we will do our best to let the people of the Ming Dynasty get the latest current affairs information!"
Lin Fan pretended to be very moved and said: "Oh! You really moved my prince. It would be great if all the civil and military officials in this dynasty could be like you!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has given you too much praise!"
Everyone gathered together and signed.
Lin Fan said: "Everyone, tomorrow, I will be looking for an office space in the capital. That is where the newspaper collects all kinds of information and compiles content."
"As for the printing workshop, I will also help you find it, and each of you will be given a mansion. You can bring your family to live there, or you can go back regularly."
"Anyway, if you feel uncomfortable living in this capital city, please tell me!"
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Everyone said one after another.
Then, Lin Fan added: "Also, let's put the compilation of books later. You can compile a newspaper in the next few days."
"This newspaper is about this big. The font is written with a pen. We must try to print as much content as possible. By the way, we must use simplified Chinese characters!"
"Let's do this, half are simplified characters and half are traditional Chinese characters. Then we will see how the people respond to the newspaper. If everyone is used to traditional Chinese characters, they will no longer use simplified characters. If everyone is used to simplified characters, then they will no longer use traditional Chinese characters.
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Lin Fan had already planned everything. When the nobles present heard about it, they all said, "His Royal Highness is still thoughtful. In fact, the simplified Chinese characters are not bad either!"
"I'll do my best to do it, that's it!"
After these nobles left, Lin Fan asked the Jin Yiwei people to follow them and help them buy a mansion, and then found a suitable place to serve as the office address of the newspaper.
As for the printing workshop, it was even simpler. Lin Fan bought one directly and asked those workers to not take other jobs and only serve the newspaper.
The gentry's work efficiency is really not commendable. They have too many things they want to complain about, and they compile a newspaper in less than a day.
In this newspaper, it praised Lin Fan, and then criticized the officials of the Ministry of Revenue. The rest was about some recent events in the Ming Dynasty.
After reading it, Lin Fan estimated that the articles these nobles wanted to write could fill at least ten newspapers. If they were allowed to publish one issue a week, when would the common people be able to see the latest current affairs information?
However, these people were all pedantic, and Lin Fan could not really refute their reputation, so he found them and decided to issue one issue every day in the first month of the newspaper's opening.
At this time, the group of gentry people were going crazy, writing articles crazily every day, and the people in the printing workshop were also very busy, constantly recruiting more workers.
In just one week, newspapers were delivered to all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and they were distributed free of charge to the people. Although the people were illiterate, they could let their children read it.
Invisibly, this also made the children of the Ming Dynasty learn characters faster. However, the daily consumption of hundreds of thousands of Ming coins also made Lin Fan very heartbroken!
"Ahem! Your Royal Highness, the Ministry of Household Affairs will not be able to hold on any longer!"
On this day, Ni Yuanlu found Lin Fan and said.
"kindness?
Can't hold it anymore?
Is the Ministry of Accounts out of money?"
Lin Fan asked.
"His Royal Highness, you gave 70 million yuan to those colleges. Now this newspaper office is paying hundreds of thousands of yuan a day. Can the Ministry of Household Affairs support it?"
Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice.
He really wanted to print a large amount of Ming Dynasty coins, but he was worried about causing inflation, so he had been holding back, but the inventory was getting smaller and smaller, and he had no choice.
"It's true that we can't hold on anymore. Let's do this. You let the Ministry of Industry print one billion Ming coins."
Lin Fan said.
"Ah! Another billion. Your Highness, if so many Ming coins are put into the market, the people will be miserable!"
Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice.
"There is a lot of silver on the market. Have you ever seen silver depreciate?"
Lin Fan asked rhetorically.
Ni Yuanlu said: "Your Highness, can this be the same?
Ming coins are not silver!"
"What if I could make all the existing silver stocks of the Ming Dynasty be collected into the national treasury?
If there is no silver in the market, the proportion of Ming coins will increase several times, so if the quantity increases several times, it will be nothing."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice that as long as everyone uses Daming coins, even if 10 billion Daming coins are printed, the value will not depreciate too much.