Chapter 1172: Fortnightly

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The semi-monthly magazine is actually very thick, with about a hundred pages.

This is a very thick book, and the selling price is one hundred copper coins.

It's not cheap, but many people can afford it at this point.

The technology was improving, and then the price of a book was directly reduced to around 50 copper coins.

After the scale is increased, the price can be further reduced. As long as there are more buyers and the quantity increases, it is also possible to buy 20 copper coins.

When a half-monthly magazine only costs 20 copper coins, it has the meaning of mass circulation and mass dissemination.

Zhang Yu's continuous improvement of technology, from papermaking to printing, will definitely lower the price.

Zhang Yu took a few sips of tea and listened to the students' discussion.

No one will care how these students talk about political affairs, don't do anything, let alone make something out of nothing, other things don't matter.

In addition, there are many articles in the fortnightly magazine, and those that can be published can be praised for a while.

"Do you know that this Grand Master Cai Yongcai has finally completed the history of Han Dynasty, a book comparable to Shiji."

Cai Yong has been working on Han History for many years, and at this time he finally heard that it was about to be completed.

The reason why Cai Yong is so slow is that after arriving at Jiangdong Academy, there are too many books, the collision of various viewpoints, and the generation of various knowledge, so he has to change many things in the past.

There are many things in it for him to learn, and he can study while studying, so the speed is slowed down.

Although slow down, but the content is rich, and the quality is very good.

This is well-founded, because Huangfusong, Zheng Xuan and others have already read it and commented on it.

Several masters of Jiangdong Academy commented, how could it be false, Cai Yong's book has not yet been published, and I don't know how many people who print books have already focused on Cai Yong.

Once this is printed, it is sure to sell well.

Undoubtedly, it is a fire book, which can be sold in the whole Tang Dynasty immediately.

Now,

Knowledge has to be paid for, and these businessmen have to pay Cai Yong for each book, and they must pay this money.

Many businessmen came to their door. Originally, Cai Yong didn't charge money, but after some persuasion, Cai Yong accepted the money and even put up an advertisement.

It's very simple, he wants to let people know that knowledge can make money, so that more people can participate.

Only in this way can more people study and learn.

As long as you study hard, you can live a good life in various ways.

The person opposite Zhang Yu was also holding a half-monthly magazine, but he didn't seem to discuss it with anyone.

"Brother, you are so serious, why didn't you intend to discuss it with other people?" Zhang Yu asked.

"Not interested in."

Zhang Yu didn't know what he wasn't interested in.

It was inconvenient for Zhang Yu to interrupt his reading, and the other party was flipping through the pages, while Mu Han kept listening, quietly listening to the discussions of the students around him.

"I like the engineering knowledge above, but there are only two articles each time, which is too little." The other party finally put down the bimonthly magazine and said.

"Engineering? If you like, you can apply for the engineering school. There are a lot of information in it, but you can browse it at will." Zhang Yu said.

"Well, there is only one engineering college in the world. I am in Xuzhou, and my mother is seriously ill and cannot travel far." The other party sighed and said.

Zhang Yu realized that it turned out that he had a difficult reason.

Zhang Yu took a look, and found that the other party was in his thirties, dressed casually, like a rich man, not like a businessman or a student, Zhang Yu couldn't feel anything like that.

"The study of engineering is not valued by the world, but you actually like it?" Zhang Yu asked again.

"What's the use of studying? This engineering study is really useful. It can make a lot of things, and it can enrich the country and strengthen the army." The other party said.

"I've underestimated Mr. Mu Yunxia, ​​but I don't know Mr. has such insight." Naturally, Zhang Yu couldn't say that he was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so he could only use a pseudonym.

"It's just complaining. Few people in the world will learn that engineering. It's a craftsman, the lowest." The other party said.

The other party sighed, took a sip of tea and said: "Scholars, peasants, businessmen, and craftsmen used to be in front of merchants, but now merchants have a very high status, and craftsmen are already the lowest existence. This is the general trend, and there is no way to change the fact."

"Oh, I'm talking too much. My name is Yi Bo. I was born as a craftsman in Jiangdong in the early years. Later, I opened my own workshop and made a lot of money."

It's no wonder that the other party can sit here and comment on current affairs easily, but it's really not good without money.

"His Majesty the Tang Dynasty established the Royal Academy of Engineering, so he will definitely pay more attention to craftsmen." Zhang Yu said.

"Yes, Your Majesty attaches great importance to it, but people in the world don't. If you want to change, you can't change it overnight." Yi Bo shook his head and sighed.

Zhang Yu felt that he was a talented person, he liked the study of craftsman, and he was willing to study it.

"You can write and contribute articles to make more people pay attention to the study of engineering, which may be useful." Zhang Yu said again.

The other party's eyes lit up, this is a good idea.

If the other party is really talented and can write good things, Zhang Yu will be able to pay attention to it, and it may be of great use in the future.

Zhang Yu sat in this teahouse for a long time and learned a lot.

These are very important, and Zhang Yu also heard some people arguing about Baijia.

Hundred schools of thought, Zhang Yu intends to involve other academics. From now on, there will only be classics, and there will be no hundred schools of thought.

During the exam, the classics of various schools are included. Only in this way can the culture flourish.

Only after prosperity can they occupy a dominant position in the future.

Zhang Yu borrowed the latest half-monthly magazine from Yibo.

Half of it is current affairs, and then there are articles in various fields, including literature, history, medicine, engineering, etc., and some law, geography, physics, etc.

The bimonthly magazine is very complicated, and only in this way can various disciplines flourish.

"It seems that a half-monthly magazine is not enough. We should also compile monographs of various majors, so that some people with other hobbies can choose books to study. Only in this way can the study of hundreds of schools flourish faster."

The Baijia here is not the Baijia of the Spring and Autumn Period, but has more subjects such as physics, geography, and arithmetic.

Zhang Yu wants to bring modern science over, but this should not be rushed, let people of this era learn slowly.

Zhang Yu was drinking tea, flipping through the fortnightly magazine, reading the articles in it.

"Brother Mu, engineering can create things and generate value, but what value can learning literature and history generate?" Yi Bo said.

Zhang Yu felt that this book was a bit extreme, and studying literature would naturally be useful. After all, it could transform the entire society and allow the entire society to settle down in terms of ideology and culture.

What Zhang Yu wants to do is to let all engineering students also learn literature and history, not just craftsmen.

"Artisans can rejuvenate the country, I agree with this, but literature and history are inheritance, and there is nothing missing." Zhang Yu said.

Yi Bo thought for a while, nodded in agreement and said, "It's a mess."

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