Chapter 3372 Extra: Strong Sister 27

Princess Mingda did not object and was very generous. Bai Shan and Zhou Man only gave a set of books to official schools within the area. She went to the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College to get the number of female students in official schools in various places, and then transferred the number of female students in the official schools to

List the official schools with less than five students, and ask the Ministry of Rites to notify these official schools that she will donate a batch of books to them. A list of books will be attached.

She made it clear that she wanted to donate money to female students. Therefore, government schools in various places began to increase their efforts to recruit female students.

And those government schools that have never admitted female students have relaxed their conditions and begun to recruit female students.

If no one in the county applied for the exam, they would still have to go around convincing girls who could afford it, which would be a very busy time.

They also worked very hard to get the books on the book list.

However, Princess Mingda only contacted them through the Ministry of Rites, and the book had not been printed yet. It would probably take one or two years for them to print it and send it to the various official schools.

Princess Mingda still approached Zhou Man about this, knowing that she was busy, so she went directly to the Imperial Medical Office to block people.

Zhou Man had just returned from the imperial village where he had been vaccinated against pox in the suburbs of Beijing. When he saw her, he stood a little further away and talked to her, "Although I have washed and changed my whole body, you have not been vaccinated against pox, so you should not get too close to me.

.”

Mingda stood far away and talked to her, "The bookstore has started printing according to the books on the book list. They will print your batch first, but..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that I found that my bookstore is still a bit small. It has to do business with bookstores and booksellers, and print books for these government schools. The bookstore is simply too busy."

"Don't all the books on the list have ready-made editions? Just print them."

"But too much engraving printing will cause losses," Mingda said: "I carefully calculated it last night. After printing like this, I'm afraid I have to replace all the plates. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is

, all my manpower is busy printing donated books, and the books printed for bookstores and booksellers cannot be released in time."

Zhou Man understood, "You want to open a new bookstore?"

Princess Mingda nodded, her eyes sparkling, "I have thought about it a long time ago, but I have always been undecided. This time Jing Xing and Ruo Yu let me make the decision."

She said: "Since our paper mill has continuously developed new paper, the price of paper has been getting lower year by year, but the price of books has not been much lower."

After Zhou Man calculated it, he said: "It's still low. A copy of The Analects of Confucius is two cents cheaper than before."

It doesn't look like much, but for a bookstore with a large volume, the gross profit of two cents per book is quite a lot.

"But compared with the price reduction of paper, it is still very high, and the price of ink on the market has also dropped a lot," Mingda said: "Brother Huang mentioned to me privately that it is still difficult for poor families and common people to study. One of the important

The reason is that books are expensive.”

"I've always wanted to lower the price of books."

Zhou Man asked: "Will the Ministry of Rites and the royal family's bookstore agree?"

"We can't decide the bookstores at the Ministry of Rites, but the largest and most bookstores in the Jin Dynasty are in the hands of the royal family. That's the imperial brother's final say." Those bookstores were still taken bit by bit by the late emperor from the hands of the Ministry of Rites.

It was convenient for them to leave it to the royal family and not be influenced by the wealthy and aristocratic families in the court.

Zhou Man thought thoughtfully, "Do you want to send books to various official schools first, and then ask bookstores and booksellers in various places to lower the prices after they all get the books?"

"Yes, through this donation of books, I have been connected with poor county governments and government schools everywhere," Mingda said: "As long as they are willing to help, the price of the books will definitely be reduced."

The price reduction of books in one place will inevitably affect the surrounding areas, let alone so many places at the same time.

In the past, Mingda had not thought of this, and had no suitable reason to donate books, and the county offices and schools in various places would not contact her as a princess, let alone listen to her.

But this time, with the help of Bai Ruoyu and Bai Jingxing's famous bank donations, it will be much easier for the yamen and officials in these places to take advantage of people and be soft-spoken.

Not to mention, book price reductions are also a good thing for these poor counties and government schools.

Some people do not have strong control over these places.

Zhou Man was stunned when he heard Mingda's grand and far-reaching goal, "Is this your intention or His Majesty's?"

"They are all." Mingda looked around and saw that no one was coming and the surroundings were empty, so he lowered his voice and said: "You also know that the emperor brother has some conflicts with the aristocratic families. Although the two sides have been harmonious over the years, on weekdays

There is no lack of cooperation, but..."

Zhou Man realized, "I know that some conflicts are not between His Majesty and individual courtiers, but between the royal family and the wealthy families, the Jin Dynasty and the wealthy families, and the Jin Dynasty and the imperial family. They are beyond the control of an individual."

She said: "It exists objectively and does not depend on human will. It is not His Majesty, it could be other emperors, let alone someone's family in the world."

"Sometimes the situation is not what they want, but they can't help it. They have to move forward for the sake of the people and family behind them." Someone who can be as courageous as Yang Heshu and put the country and the people above the family.

Not much.

Now Mingda was surprised. She thought about her words for a while and then said: "You are right, these contradictions exist objectively, so even if the emperor likes Bai Shan and Mr. Yang, he will not give up his relationship because of them.

Families compete for each other.”

Zhou Man: "...Bai Shan hardly regards himself as a member of the family."

"I know, and you have also seen that most of the officials in the court now come from families with clan annals. There are very few from poor families and common people, especially the common people. Sometimes they are even junior officials in the yamen.

We can't compete for it." Mingda said: "Brother the emperor needs help, and the future prince will also need help, so we must do something about the book price."

Zhou Man: "So you came to me..."

"I want to hear your opinion. I remember you mentioned to Bai Shan that there seems to be an easier way to print books, but at that time you said that today's ink workers can't do it, so I never asked." Mingda said.

: "I didn't really need it at the time, but now, I want to ask."

"I have asked people from the Ministry of Industry to help find Mohist disciples among the people. When the time comes, I will ask them to study it. Maybe they can find it out."

Zhou Man: ...Oops, it was a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. She drank a little too much. When talking about printed books, she remembered the printing function in the encyclopedia. It took her so many years to barely figure out how it works.

.

but……

How should I tell Mingda?

Zhou Man's mind went blank for a moment, but Keke reminded her kindly, "Host, the contemporary printing technology content is much higher than that of your time, and it also involves cultural communication. If you buy such items, you will have to pay a huge technology tax.

few."

Zhou Man clapped his hands and said, "I remembered, movable type!"

Mingda: "What?"
Chapter completed!