sinovels Chapter 264 Letter Issuance
Chapter 264 Letter Issuance
"New paper? Hasn't it been sold yet?" Cheng Fulang picked it up and looked at it.
Lin Xiazhi nodded: "Not really, but the first batch of new paper this year should be coming out soon, and there will be new paper on the market in a short time, but this one in my hand is not from this year, it was made by myself at home before, Brother Jing My son took some away from me, and he said that the writing was not as smooth as the Xuanzhi."
"Well, I also feel that the surface of the paper is not as smooth as Xuanzhi, but this kind of paper is whiter than Xuanzhi. Not everyone needs to use Xuanzhi to write things. After all, Xuanzhi is not cheap. I heard that the cost is cheap, and it will soon catch up Scrap paper, it’s too easy to write on papyrus and it’s not suitable for writing. I think this new paper is okay, it’s not bad for writing, it’s very suitable for students from ordinary families, the cost of printing books on new paper is reduced, and the price of books in the future will also be reduced. It's a good thing to be able to come down." Cheng Fulang commented quite well.
"That's right, I heard that most of the previous batches of paper will be sent to the book printing workshop to print a batch of books for children's enlightenment, and then sell them at bookstores at a very cheap price, encouraging children from poor families to buy books to read , read and write more." Lin Xiazhi said with a smile.
Thinking that the new paper he proposed would be released soon, Lin Xiazhi was still a little excited, feeling that he had made a contribution to others.
Cheng Fulang took some new paper from Lin Xiazhi, and he wanted to try how the words written on the new paper would look. If the new paper was cheap, they could replace their future account books with new paper, as the husband and wife who managed the family property Lang, increasing income and reducing expenditure is an essential skill. You must know that the family spends a lot of money on paper every month.
The timing was just right, and on the first day Cheng Wenliu came back, the bookstores in Jiangning County began to sell the first batch of new paper, the quantity was only ten boxes.
In fact, as early as two days ago, that is, the day when Cheng Fulang and Lin Xiazhi discussed the new paper, the first batch of new paper had already been made, and the county magistrate ordered all the new paper to be sent to the printing workshop.
The book printing workshop had already received orders from the imperial court, and had done all the typesetting. As soon as the new paper arrived, it put all the books of other customers behind, and worked overtime to print the books required by the county magistrate.
Therefore, with the launch of new paper, a large number of new books made of new paper appeared in bookstores, including "San Zi Jing", "Hundred Surnames", "Thousand Characters" and other books suitable for Mongolian children. The books are not thick, only 25 copper plates a book.
This price is possible because new paper is cheap. The cost price of new paper for a book is ten copper coins. The labor costs, ink costs, etc. required for printing add up to almost ten copper coins. After buying it in the store, the store sells every book. Books can only earn two copper coins, and the remaining three copper coins are handed over to the court as taxes.
There are four bookstores in Jiangning County. The county magistrate sent people to communicate with them and told them about selling books and paper. Three of them heard that it was new paper. It was so cheap that they all declined politely, and only one family was willing to accept it.
There will always be a process for new things to be accepted by everyone. The owners of the other three bookstores are worried that they will not be able to sell them when they bring in a few boxes of new paper. At that time, all of them will be thrown into their own hands. Even if the paper is cheap, it will cost money. They want to wait and see for a while Besides.
As for the new books, the profits are indeed too low. If you really want to sell them, you can't make a lot of money. They don't want to do such a thankless thing. Besides, their bookstore has always had a high status in the eyes of scholars, and they suddenly sell cheap books. Not good.
The three bookstores refused to accept it. Now the county magistrate is looking for someone to talk to these bookstores. They are not willing to accept it. If they want to sell new paper in the future, it will not be so easy. Maybe they can’t ask for it.
Of course, Lin Xiazhi didn't know the twists and turns behind these new papers. He thought that the county magistrate deliberately chose only one bookstore to sell new papers. In order to show his support for new papers, he asked Lin Xiaodong to go to the only shop that sold new papers. I bought fifty copies of new paper and twenty sets of enlightenment books and sent them back to Linjiacun School.
The enlightenment books are placed in the reading room, and the children in the village can borrow them. The new paper is a small gift from him to the children in the school, and the extra new paper can be used as a reward for their annual assessment.
Cheng Wenliu also sent someone to buy fifty copies of new paper. He only sold six sets of enlightenment books, one set for each Jufulou, and put it at the shopkeeper. The waiter in the store can go to the shopkeeper to borrow. Just as a reward for the juniors in the store to seriously improve their skills, they will be rewarded with a new paper if they can finish reading a book.
New paper is cheap. A piece of uncut new paper costs twenty copper plates. If it is cut well, it can almost catch up with the thickness of three enlightenment books. There are only two hundred copies in a big box, and Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Wenliu will pack it directly. After packing half a box, Cheng Fulang and Cheng Apa didn't want to be outdone, they bought [-] copies each, and the whole family divided up the whole box.
Aunt Cheng took forty copies of the new paper and asked Cheng Fulang to help make the ledger. After the old ledger was used up, he took the ledger of this new paper from home, and distributed the remaining ten copies to the shopkeepers of each shop. Tell them not to buy declarations in the future, and just use new paper to write things down.
The Cheng family's actions were known by the county magistrate on the same day, and the county magistrate immediately ordered that the new paper be limited, and each family could only buy [-] copies at most, and no more.
The sale of the new paper was not publicized with much fanfare, so not many people knew about the sale of the new paper on the first day, except for the Cheng family, who were reading and buying books in the bookstore at that time.
These scholars saw that the person next to him bought fifty copies of new paper with a tael of silver, and couldn't help asking: "Boss, how much is this paper for you?"
"Twenty copper coins for a piece of new paper." The owner of the bookstore took the time to answer while flicking his abacus.
"New paper?" Scholars have never heard of it.
"Here's a sample, take a look for yourself. It's the first time we sell this kind of paper in our store. I have so much to sell, and it will be gone if it's too late." The boss saw that the clothes worn by the scholar were neat and unpatched , but it turned a little pale after washing, so I told him kindly.
"Thank you boss for reminding me." The scholar is not a pedantic person, he heard the concern in the boss's words, and immediately went to the place pointed by the boss to check the so-called new paper.
A copy of [-] copper coins for new paper is much cheaper than rice paper that cost [-] copper coins at worst. After reading it, he immediately took out [-] copper coins and bought a copy back.
After buying new paper, he didn't even want to read the book, so the scholar immediately went back to try the effect of writing on the new paper.
Although it is slightly flawed, it can also write and draw. The price is much cheaper than rice paper. It is simply not more cost-effective. He immediately told the news to his classmates, teachers and friends, and he gritted his teeth and bought [-] copies of new paper from the bookstore. .
Not only this scholar, but also other people saw the wooden boxes piled up behind the bookstore owner and asked curiously. After learning that these were new papers of twenty copper coins, they bought some and went back to try.
The next day, the number of people who went to the store to buy new paper suddenly increased, and half of the remaining nine boxes of new paper were quickly snapped up, leaving only four more boxes, because of the limited quantity.
Some well-informed people knew that the new paper was something the people above wanted to do. They waited for the new paper to be sold for a few days before they began to pay for it. I don't know if such cheap paper will be available in the future, and when I don't buy it at this time.
The sales of new paper made the county magistrate quite happy. It seems that everyone is quite appreciative of new paper, and immediately ordered to increase the scale of new paper production in the new paper workshop, and strive to produce more new paper.
At the same time, the county magistrate wrote a copy of the sales of new paper and books in the past few days and submitted it to the head of Lishui County.
In addition to Jiangning County, Lishui County, other counties that were selected to make new paper, and other counties that also wanted to make new paper, similar things happened.
New paper suddenly appeared in most parts of Jingguo, and began to enter the sight of the people of Jingguo. Students from poor backgrounds admired new paper and hoped that the imperial court would continue to issue new paper, so that the burden of their studies on their families would be reduced by half.
In Linjiacun School, Master Zheng did not give each child a copy after receiving the new paper from Lin Xiazhi, but gave them an impromptu test, and all the children who passed the test could get it from his master A new piece of paper, and the children who failed the test must work hard to try to pass the next time, successfully arousing a new round of enthusiasm for reading among the children in Linjia Village.
For the twenty sets of enlightenment books that Lin Xiazhi donated to the school, Master Zheng also found another way. He asked his husband and several other husbands to cut and bind ten copies of new paper into blank booklets the size of an adult's palm. Two hundred copies came out.
This kind of booklet will be used as another kind of reward. Each child can borrow an enlightenment book from the master. They can basically recognize the words in the book now, so the reward is not for them, but for them to go back and teach themselves. Fathers and elders, once fathers and elders can know a quarter of a book, they can receive a booklet from their wives as a reward. For each quarter they know, they will give a booklet and put a book on the book. After reading all the characters, you can get an extra booklet as a reward, that is, if your father reads a whole book, you can get five booklets as a reward.
Master Zheng came up with this method after pondering for a few days, hoping to stimulate children's enthusiasm for reading and literacy.
After Master Zheng became the dean of Molin School in Linjia Village, Master Zheng paid more and more attention to the children in the school. He thought it was boring to simply let the children read and write by themselves. With rewards, it should be able to make more children like reading and literacy.
One is passive literacy, the other is active literacy, and the difference is not even a tiny bit.
According to his observation, the children who voluntarily study are not bad, and those children who are stuffed by their parents and can't sit still learn much slower.