The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1683

[1683.Chapter 1601 Selling Millions]

An ordinary farmer has no one to teach him how to read and write.

But in fact, sometimes it is inevitable to see words.

For example, when you pass by the archway of a gentry family, you can see the big red characters when you look up.

Another example is the Spring Festival couplets in front of the door…

These inevitable words will always appear in their eyes.

Anyone who has a little bit of knowledge will recognize dozens or hundreds of simple characters no matter what.

Of course… this is a completely different concept from true literacy. The written characters of this era require systematic study before they can decipher their meaning.

What’s more, if you don’t know how to break up a sentence, it’s like reading a book from heaven.

But this book in his hand…in Chen Shisan’s eyes, it was completely different!

There is nothing special in it, not even uncommon words. We try our best to use common words that are more repetitive and concise.

He looked hard and couldn’t help but read: “After giving birth, sows need to be urged. To urge them to use red flowers, beet leaves, etc…”

It was very difficult to read.

But… as the name implies, there is nothing hard to understand in it.

And… although there are many words that I don’t understand, I can barely understand them by connecting the words before and after. I was half-guessed.

Chen Shisan thought to himself, after the sow gives birth, the most important thing is to stimulate lactation… This must mean lactation. You need to feed beet leaves, and what is this red… sweet potato?

Oh, it turns out that this is the word for sweet potato, and this word… actually means milk…

But… is this really useful?

He was both curious and suspicious!

Something suddenly came to mind. At the clan brother’s house next door, there seemed to be a sow that had less milk after giving birth, and the piglets were screaming hungry.

Ever since, Chen Shisan wanted to give it a try.

…

A few days later…

Chen Liu came to Chen Shisan’s house with pastries wrapped in lotus leaves.

“Old Thirteen…” Chen Liu stood outside the door and shouted gratefully.

But at this time, his little brother was taking a break from his busy schedule today and was still reading a book and thinking.

Chen Shisan’s wife opened the door and welcomed the six brothers in. She said, “You’re already here, why are you bringing something…” She took the pastry and went to the kitchen to boil water.

“My pig has been fed potato leaves and beetroots. In the past two days… the milk has been sufficient… Where did you learn this method?”

Chen Shisan suddenly understood after hearing this.

He looked at his sixth brother, who was already happy.

This is actually understandable.

In this era, those who have pigs at home are considered wealthy.

Of course, things have gotten better these past few years.

After all, in this era, raising pigs is an extremely luxurious thing.

This is the hope of Lao Liu’s family.

After finally waiting for the sow to give birth, the family was extremely anxious because of insufficient RU water.

In such a closed village, the knowledge that people can absorb is limited after all. Even if there are field guards in the county, this is still far away for the people in the village.

Now according to Lao Shisan’s method, he actually urged RU. How could Chen Liu be so unhappy that he was dancing for joy?

After Chen Shisan heard this, at this moment, his heart was filled with turmoil.

This method actually works, this book… is really amazing.

In this way, everything written in the book…is useful.

He remembered that it contained methods for dealing with injuries, some matters about growing wheat, how to get rid of insects when planting fruit trees, the almanac, some precautions for pregnant women, and the solar terms of different seasons…

These things were originally based on The elders in the village spread the word by word of mouth.

But in fact, word of mouth is often unreliable and therefore inaccurate, and even… some are simply wrong.

“This book… this book…”

“What book…”

………

In the entire village surnamed Chen, Chen ‘Xiucai’ suddenly appeared. In the eyes of everyone, Chen ‘Xiucai’ was the top intellectual Astronomy, geography.

Therefore…many people encountered problems and began to ask Chen Shisan for advice.

Of course… people gradually began to know that the knowledge of Chen’s ‘Xiucai’ actually came from that ‘Ming Song’.

Chen Xiucai can understand even a blind guess, so…think about it…others can understand it too.

In the past, knowledge was mastered by the gentry in the village.

All the families were staring at the gentry family. The gentry family felt that the season had come and they could farm. Seeing that their fields began to be plowed in the spring, everyone followed suit.

But…it’s different now.

With Chen Xiucai… Next… Chen Liu also started to ask people everywhere to buy a copy of ‘Ming Song’.

Not only that… Chen Shisan relied on blind guesses, and sometimes asked people for advice on words he really didn’t recognize.

After all… this book is so important. No matter what day it is today, or whether it will be a good time to go out in a few days, you need to read this poem to feel at ease.

Because of this, Chen Shisan was particularly concerned.

Soon, from village to village, rumors began to spread about the magic of this Ming Song.

At the beginning… this was just a rumor. Soon… some merchants finally found business opportunities through some information.

Then…bundles of Mingsong began to appear in this small village, and then the price of this book…increased!

Fifty articles a book, a child and an old man are not deceived.

Fifty Wen is not a small amount for people in the countryside…

but compared to the wonderful use of this book, it is not a lot.

Farmers are not stupid.

They will settle the score.

So much knowledge, only fifty texts.

In the future, it will be extremely useful for weddings and funerals, planting crops, and even seeking medical advice…

The information inside is extremely simple. As long as you recognize a hundred or so characters, you can probably barely understand it.

I heard that in order to make reading easier, the words here are expressed in the most commonly used words.

After all… for farmers, although they can ask their neighbors when something happens, there are so many miscellaneous things throughout the year, so they can’t always ask others for everything.

It’s only fifty coins, so I can afford it.

This 50-word book… actually just arrived in a village. Sixty or seventy copies were sold out in an instant.

The sales speed made the bookseller confused.

Originally they just heard that someone in the countryside was asking about buying this Mingsong.

In this case, then simply take a batch of these unsalable books to the countryside, going from village to village, and they will always be sold out.

They originally prepared for a few days.

But who would have known… As soon as we arrived at the first village, they were all sold out.

What’s even more unexpected is that those who haven’t bought one are still anxious, looking eagerly at the book seller walking from door to door, and keep telling them to come next time, definitely…

In this world, No one has a better nose than a merchant.

This is a business opportunity, a business opportunity that urgently needs to be explored.

It’s a big gold mine.

……

Suddenly, the printing workshop in Xishan was surrounded by booksellers.

Booksellers are frantically buying.

Not only that…

other workshops also began to desperately contact the Duke of Qi in Xishan.

I hope the Duke of Qi will allow the printing of Ming Song.

In this era, there are no copyright issues.

Pirate printing… these workshops often do it without any respect for the author.

But for Fang Jifan, there is no such problem for the time being.

Without Fang Jifan’s permission, no workshop dared to pirate this book. It’s not that the ancients were more morally responsible than some pirates in later generations, but that after all, everyone was just looking for money and would not stick their heads in their belts. let’s go!

Obviously, in front of Fang Jifan, everyone’s desire to survive is very strong.

After receiving Fang Jifan’s permission and paying the polishing fee as required, dozens of workshops in Beijing began to operate day and night.

Countless Ming songs were printed one after another, and then… quickly fell into the hands of booksellers.

Booksellers quickly organized manpower and quickly sent truckloads of books to various states and counties below.

The sellers in the prefecture and county who had been waiting for a long time picked up their burdens, happily put the books into their burdens, and then… began to walk into the countryside.

In the exchange, many merchants looked at these booksellers and were a little confused.

Only then did they begin to realize that there was such a huge market in this world.

In the past… people’s understanding of the market was extremely limited.

After all… there are not many people with spending power in this era.

The merchants are targeting…this type of people.

And Mingsong’s best-selling… suddenly made people realize… It turns out that in this world, it is not just a market for millions of people. In another world that is originally isolated and separated, that market is the current market. Ten times.

The hot sales of this Ming Song also led to the prosperity of paper and ink workshops, so that many people began to be very optimistic about these markets, which was greatly reflected in the trading market.

The stock prices of several large workshops began to soar. At the same time, with the funds raised, many workshops also began to expand production.

And all of this… to the court and most of the officials, it seemed like something happened in another world.

Of course… apart from the merchants, the one who really paid attention to the phenomenon… was Xishan Academy.

Some students of Xishan Academy were disappointed with Ming Song at first.

They thought that their master or ancestor would write some profound knowledge, but who would have thought… that it would be so superficial.

But now… they seem to have discovered something.

Some students began to take leave, sneaked into the nearby countryside, and began to investigate.

Soon… some students suddenly began to wake up.

It was as if they had discovered a new continent.

The master is so powerful, it turns out… this is the real teaching by words and deeds.

In less than a month, the good news spread throughout the capital, and Mingsong’s sales in January exceeded one million!

Millions… This is almost something that has happened since ancient times.

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A lot of people scolded me yesterday, saying that water is good. Tiger quickly looked back at some previous chapters, but he didn’t find water. Every content is essential. Without it, the whole story would be useless. Coherent, many things cannot be explained clearly. Writing a novel is like writing eight-part essays. It needs to carry the topic, have a starting point, a starting point, a starting point, a middle part, a last part, and finally an end. Otherwise, it will not be perfect. Obviously, in I wrote the story with all my heart, so aggrieved.

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