Section 1708 Newspapers

"We have to rely on our own efforts to become strong women, not you to help us become strong women, husband, what do you think the two of us should do some business, we have to handle it ourselves from the beginning to the end, the two of us Your jewelry is going to be sent out as a pawn, and then it will be used as the capital. You will be responsible for helping us think of a big-money business. I will definitely not participate in things related to your current business. The two of us are not very old. I think it’s enough to earn tens of millions of gold coins a year.” The little girl’s words almost frightened Li Cong, and she still earns tens of millions of gold coins a year. They don't have much of a concept. In their impression, Li Cong can earn more than a billion gold coins every month anyway. What's wrong with the two of them only earning tens of millions of gold coins every year? It doesn't seem that much, it's just Li Cong's income. It's only one percent, how much is that?

After all, Lu Xinlan knows more than the little princess. Looking at Li Cong's expression, she knows that the requirements set by the two of them are a bit high. In fact, Li Cong's stomach is full of energy. If you want to make money, you can help them think of a business similar to tea in a matter of minutes, but it is impossible to make such huge profits. To make money, you have to attack the upper class, and the common people have only a few dollars in their hands. Ah, it's not that Li Cong didn't think about making something that would benefit the people, but this society is a little more complicated than on Earth, especially with Li Cong's current position, he can only do things that don't end well. It's me, just continue to eat the big family. Li Cong saw the way the two of them looked at him, and began to think slowly in his heart. The two of them have to work, and it's better to help him. Suddenly, Li Cong seemed to be like Brother Yixiu in the Fuso cartoon. With a ding in his head, he thought of a good product, which is a very popular newspaper on the earth. This thing is very powerful on the earth. His two wives will become the two newspaper kings on this planet in the future. Of course, the difference from the earth is that the price of this newspaper cannot be so cheap. The common people here don’t need to read newspapers at all, because they can’t read at all. The customers of this newspaper are those scholars. For rich people, the price of a gold coin and a newspaper can be said to be quite high. But Li Cong believes that if this thing is done well, the price of a gold coin is not expensive. Just publish once a week. There are tens of millions of people in this empire who can afford newspapers. Don’t expect them all to buy it. It’s not bad if one-tenth of them buy it. The money earned in the next year is enough for the two of them. Of course, the most profitable thing in running a newspaper is not selling newspapers. The most profitable thing is naturally the advertisements in newspapers. good. The advertising fee must not be too low, and Li Cong has already thought about this in his heart.

"This is not a problem. I already have this idea. Let's talk about the specific things when we have dinner. Now if you go to dinner with me obediently, I promise you that we will call the steward Yi Tiandang to come and see you two in the afternoon. How much is your jewelry worth, and what kind of store can you set up in the imperial capital. If you don’t cooperate well with me, you two can handle your affairs yourself.” Li Cong said with a straight face, When something happened, I didn't even eat food. How can I do this? You must know that this body is the capital of the revolution, and the capital is gone. What money do you earn?

"Hehe, sister, let's go eat. This villain must love us. He doesn't say it, but he must say it in his heart." The little princess said with a smile, Lu Xinlan also nodded,

The two walked out of the box accumulation area holding hands. There is still a steady stream of shipments from afar. In fact, what kind of money do these two girls make? Counting money at home is also a very good business. Li Cong wants to control the economy of the entire empire, and now his skills are still a bit weak Yes, it’s better to take it slowly. The media is also a very important industry. If you master it, it will only benefit you and not harm you. You have to come up with some better ideas. The first three newspapers must It’s only good to point out most people’s minds, otherwise, it’s all nonsense, and no one is so willing to read this stuff, and the newspapers must be controlled, otherwise, it will be the same as some of the American people on the earth. Just like newspapers, everything can be sold for profit, even some things related to national security will be sold. .

The three of them talked and laughed all the way to the dining room. According to Li Cong's request, when the three of them ate, six dishes and one soup would be enough, and they didn't need such precious dishes, just ordinary home-cooked dishes. A small table is enough for eating. If you use a big table, it will definitely make people feel less friendly, just like the current situation. Is this a family meal? If you eat at the big table in the palace, it will take you a lot of time to eat hundreds of dishes. Where did you get so much time, and the two of them can't be at the same table with Li Cong? Serving food, this is what Li Cong can't stand the most, so now Li Cong has changed all the unnecessary rules, and now they all eat like this, and eating at a small round table is also the first among the princes of the imperial capital. one.

"Husband, what did you tell my sister? We still don't know what idea you gave us. Don't talk about her now. Even I can't help but want to ask you what you want to help us do." Well, the two of us didn’t even go out of the house very often, can we?” Lu Xinlan got some fish for Li Cong and said, the fish is not made of precious materials, it’s just three-year-old fish bought from the market. Ten copper coins and one fish, things that shouldn't be wasted, no matter how rich you are, you shouldn't waste them, and besides, it's not bad to eat.

"Hehe, the things I want to talk about are all things you have never seen before. For example, let's spread the whole news. How do we spread the news now? It all depends on our mouths and the issuance of some state decrees. They all rely on the imperial list, but there are billions of people in the empire, after all, there are still a small number of people who read the imperial list. The spread of this news depends on people's mouths. In the end, everything may change. , what we want to do is to be a bridge between things and people. We copy some recent events and some decrees of the imperial court on a piece of paper. Then our role is to sell these papers. What we sell is not paper. , but the news on this paper, what do you think about this?" Li Cong thought for a long time before he could tell these things about himself, but the two girls still didn't understand very well, and this news could also be used as money. Sell?

"I know this. In fact, many people in the imperial capital make money by selling news. I think this is a very good deal, but how do we know so much news? Even if the news from our palace comes very quickly Hurry up. But the entire imperial capital is so big, we can't cover everything." The little girl knows more about this than Lu Xinlan, she knows that news is valuable, but isn't the price a bit cheaper? I know that many of the sales are for hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Why are they only one gold coin? It's a bit low.

"Hehe, this requires a new profession to help. This is the people who collect news. We can give them a salary. For example, how much do you pay for a piece of news? We have to classify the news. It is definitely not possible to give you too much money, but you can dig up some amazing news that others don’t know, but you know. Or talk about some social topics or something, that’s amazing, and you will definitely Make a lot of money, what do you think?" Li Cong said with a smile, he didn't dare to go too deep into this topic, after all, these two people don't know much about it yet. However, Li Cong's explanation and the two of them also understood a little bit, and Li Cong continued, "Of course it is impossible for us to sell some very precious news. You must know that we do not run newspapers to offend people. The news has been disclosed. Although it will be fine for the time being to suppress our palace, but in the end this thing will be opened independently from our palace. These things need to be solved by this thing. In addition, we can put some theaters in the imperial capital When the news is published, of course, we can publish it for free at the beginning, but in the future we will charge money, and many bosses may come to us and beg us to use money to publish their stuff.” Li Cong mysteriously Said that these two girls are not stupid people, and soon thought of what Li Cong said, and they seemed to see a beautiful prospect.

"Haha, husband, your proposal is really good. I will start to take care of this matter immediately. Sister, you will be responsible for studying with my husband on how to make this thing. I will do some more ordinary work. Where can I find a place?" I'll do it." The little princess knows that Lu Xinlan is not very willing to show her face, but the little princess is very enthusiastic about this, Li Cong nodded with a smile, don't look at the little girl's usual Careless, but in many cases, she still takes good care of Lu Xinlan. Lu Xinlan also understands this, and nodded with a smile, but she still feels a little uncomfortable. Why does she seem to be a little drag on the little princess, but then Li Cong It is also a very important job to make decisions and write something. This is not a joke. Of course, Li Cong will definitely invite some professional people to write articles later. What an honor it is to publish one's own things online, instead of what they feel is related to copper stink now, what literati know best is to pretend to be noble, and asking them to raise money is really more uncomfortable than killing them.

"Don't go so far. I think the first thing we need to do now is to exchange money. This will cost a lot of money. Are some things in our room too expensive? Is there anyone who can eat them?" What about it, and what's more, if we sell it, will people outside say that our family is short of money?" Lu Xinlan is older after all, and she thinks more about these things. At this moment, I thought of some more realistic problems. Will this cause some trouble to Li Cong? Now people outside are staring at the palace. If the two of them go out to pawn things, those who ask Li Cong for work may really think that Li Cong wants I to make money or something, and they will find it bit by bit. With this news, a bigger storm of gift giving will definitely come, and the trouble will definitely be bigger than the current trouble.

"Well, what Xinlan said is quite right. In fact, I think you don't need to be so independent everywhere. That's good. I will contribute and you two will contribute. The three of us will each have one-third of the shares. It’s gone. Doesn’t this hinder the development of you two strong women?” Li Cong said with a smile. In fact, it’s just to make the two girls happy. As for the shares of Yi, if you give it to you, you will give it to you. Anyway, there is no law in this empire that prohibits civil servants from doing business, which is very good.

"Okay. Then you can take out two million gold coins to give our party the initial capital." The little princess really doesn't know how much it costs to do business outside. The two million gold coins don't even talk about renting a place. It’s okay to buy it, two million gold coins come out of the mouth of the charming girl these days, if those people really start from the bottom of the society, it will not be so easy to kill them. Two million gold coins, since his little daughter-in-law said it, Li Cong naturally nodded with a smile. The two million gold coins should be enough. Li Cong doesn't just want the imperial capital, the whole There are three cities in the empire that are similar to the imperial capital. They can be regarded as first-tier cities. There are dozens of second-tier cities in the nine major administrative regions, and thousands of third-tier counties. These all need to lay online stores. From this point of view, two million gold coins are actually not enough. , but Li Cong does not dare to directly lay the stall so big now. It's better to take it slowly, the imperial capital should be an experimental site first, Li Cong and her are discussing where to open the store while having dinner, since it is aimed at the upper class, we can't rely on those If the newsboys sell it, then no one will buy it.

"That's right. I suddenly remembered. When we got married, my mother accompanied me to two shops. It's just south of Zhuque Street. It's not very far away. I remember that there were more than a dozen shops connected together. Yang, go and see if there is such a thing." When the little princess got married. The noble concubine Yanshi married a lot of good things. Anyway, she doesn't have a son. This girl is her most precious. The eldest girl is not in the imperial capital, so the younger girl naturally has to rely on a lot here. Besides, Li Cong sent it over The dowry gift is the only one in the empire. If I can't send more, my daughter will have no face when she arrives at Li Cong, won't she? Li Cong knew about the commercial avenue south of Zhuque Street, which is where the top commercial groups in the empire are located. A shop can be sold for tens of thousands of gold coins. A dozen of such large shops are definitely enough for a newspaper office. This is not a small shop. Although Li Cong has never seen that shop, he knows at least With more than a million gold coins, this mother-in-law treats her pretty well.

"Princess, I went to see this shop. It is indeed very good. It is in the middle of the commercial street. There are many customers who come and go every day. I asked you a while ago. You said it was useless. I I just rented them out, because I didn't get your permission, so I didn't sign a long-term agreement with them. Now it is used to sell some cloth or something. If you want to use it, I will go to them Discuss? The agreement clearly states that we charge them a monthly rent of 15,000 gold coins. If we don't want to rent it to them, we can notify them 20 days in advance, and we won't charge them for these 20 days. Their rent is gone." Lao Yang still knows these things very well, and Li Cong feels that it is no different from the lease agreement on the earth, that is, there is no such thing as the twenty-day rent on the earth, and it has to be paid for one day. rent.

"Huh? It turned out to be like this. Lao Yang, you go and tell them that we need this place urgently and tell them to move quickly. It's okay to pay them a little money." The little princess thought for a while and said, this girl is not When I do something, I don’t do it, but I am impatient when I do it. I can’t wait to get it done right now. Lao Yang glanced at Li Cong, Li Cong nodded, and he hurried out After finishing the work, he was also afraid that it was the little princess who did it recklessly. Since Li Cong nods on this matter, it must be regarded as a matter.

In the evening, Li Cong was going to discuss major life events with his wife, but what Li Cong didn't expect was that someone came to the door. This person was the prince of Dingjun. No matter how you look at it, you don't look like a strong woman in the imperial capital. The little princess and Lu Xinlan have nothing to say to them. Both of them are still thinking about their newspaper at the moment, so let's go down and prepare for their own affairs. They don't have the slightest intention to do things like greet guests, in their opinion. It's all about the housekeepers, they are very busy.

Regarding the arrival of the two of them, Li Cong did not receive any news. There was no sign of these two people coming, and they came here without sending a message through an intermediary. They killed Li Cong by surprise, but Li Cong didn't feel anything. Something is wrong, the two of them must be desperate. That's when they came here. They thought they were allied with the Queen Mother. I don't dare to target them anymore. In fact, today's incident is just the beginning. They were receiving bad news in the afternoon. They were more or less retaliated against in hotels in several cities. The reprisals by the government on the surface, and some of them are directly behind the scenes. There was a murder case in the hotel. Although the people who were killed were all damned people, the reputation of this hotel is also bad, isn't it? They feel that this incident must not be a coincidence. They don't care about a hotel in the imperial capital, but there are so many in the country. If something goes wrong, the financial source of the Dingjun Palace may have problems. They dare not continue to confront Li Cong, so they choose to come here Admit your mistakes to Li Cong, hoping to get Li Cong's forgiveness. They didn't even have the idea of ​​what they were fighting for.

"The prince and the princess are here. It is a great honor for the whole palace. Please sit down, Lao Yang, and serve tea." Li Cong said with a smile, although everyone is an enemy. But people are guests when they enter the door, how can we be so cautious, what should be done is still to be done.

Long You is responsible for taking a look at Long Ming'er. The two of them are basically in conflict. It is impossible for the two of them to treat Li Cong with such a normal heart. thought. The two of them can't catch up. It seems that the gap between the two of them and Li Cong is not a trivial matter. Both of them glanced at Li Cong, and felt that this person's eyes were a bit profound. In the past, they were two brothers and sisters. It depends on how many people can see the bottom line, but in Li Cong's body, they can't see anything, as if this look never brought them some inspiration, Long Youzhi regretted it a bit, if he didn't follow If the queen mother jointly made a test, they would not have this result now. He also knew what Li Cong meant. People, Li Cong set himself up as a target for others to see, and those people will understand how he feels now.

"The prince came back from Guangming City, we should have come to visit, but it was delayed because of some trivial matters, please don't be offended, the prince, some time ago, the prince went to our place for dinner, and some unpleasant things happened, I think There must be some misunderstanding in the middle, my little sister is straightforward, if there is something that offends the prince, I will apologize to the prince here." Long You said with a smile, the man can bend and stretch, and the one who bows his head today is the regent As for the king, it is not shameful to say this, at least Li Cong gave himself a chance to let himself say that. The two brothers and sisters of Long Youzhi don't care much about the affairs of the court, but they are very concerned about business matters. , This time I also want a peaceful solution.

"Hehe, the prince is too polite, it's just some trivial things, just like what you said, it's better not to mention trivial things, otherwise many people will think I'm a small belly, but there are some things that can't be mentioned, and some things It's really infuriating. A few days ago, I accompanied my wife to the imperial concubine outside the city. I didn't expect to meet someone who wanted to assassinate my wife. This thing is really disgusting. I haven't found out yet. Who did it, if I find out, I will definitely crush this person." Li Cong said with a smile, his words caused Long Youshi to fight a cold war with Long Minger and his brother and sister. Did Li Cong tell them clearly that there was no room for turning things around? But if this is the case, why did they call the two of them in to talk again? Before showing any anger, Li Cong's performance filled the hearts of the two of them with speculation. The two brothers and sisters have no idea at the moment. What does this mean? They inadvertently started to be led away by Li Cong.

"Such a thing happened? It's too much. Although our Dingjun Palace has no power, we will help the prince to find out." Long You said absent-mindedly. With a guilty conscience, the sufferer is in front of him. He always feels that Li Cong is actually talking about himself, and his eyes begin to dare not confront Li Cong head-on. Speaking of it, he himself feels very strange. There are far more dangerous things than this. I can deal with it head-on, how come I can't keep up with this matter, I have never encountered such a thing before, can this Li Cong really restrain himself? Long felt responsible and helpless.

"Then thank you, son." Li Congshi refused to say a word. Since you want to make peace, you have to show your sincerity and don't let yourself see your sincerity. This is not acceptable, is it to waste time?

Long Youzhi talked nonsense with Li Cong for a long time again. There is nothing serious about it. Li Cong saw that this guy was still holding it at this time, so he immediately gave Lao Yang a wink, and Lao Yang immediately stood up and said, "My lord, the prince of Wu'an County will come to choose the front man soon." Isn't it time to prepare the horses you gave him in a few days?" Lao Yang naturally knew what Li Cong meant, and Li Cong didn't need to come forward for such things before, so it's okay to say it now. It is the duty of the dragon to listen. If you are sensible, you should quickly say what you want to say. If you don't know what's interesting, get out of here quickly.

"Oh, that's it, son, look, I have something to do, so I'll stay with you less." Li Cong won't give the slightest face to such a person who came to admit his mistake, and you don't have any face at this moment. Word. I gave it to you just now, and you don't cherish it yourself, and now you don't want it anymore, but Li Cong's walking speed is very slow, if Long Youzhi wants to say it, he will definitely say it, otherwise. But there was really no chance. Long Ming'er looked at Li Cong angrily, but she also knew that where her brother was, she had no right to speak. She was just a follower, and it was because of the gift giving She has made her family very passive. She also doubted her own ability to do things because of this matter, and even her own IQ incidentally, she also doubted her IQ. The blow Li Cong dealt to others was too great, and a good strong woman lost her confidence.

"Wait, my lord, there is indeed something else to do. Recently, the imperial court has undergone a rotation. In the southern province, we have three disciples in Dingjun Wangfu who are all in charge of a county city. Recently, the number of talents in the family has really decreased too much. I don't know if there is any suitable candidate under the prince's command, these are the best counties, and there are twelve counties below." Long Youzhi thought for a while and said, his heart was bleeding when he spoke , They have a total of twelve counties under the name of Dingjun Wangfu. Although they are all the best counties, there are several bad ones. It is still uncomfortable to take out a quarter of them. , There are three types of counties in this empire. One is what Long Youzhi said. This is the best county in the empire. There must be more than ten counties below, with a population of more than 10 million. This time the first-class county is just like Kahuan County, with a maximum of five or six million people, and the second-class is the border area. The number of people is not fixed, and the fixed population is at most a little over two million. Basically, no one wanted the county town, but the first-class county town was the county town that everyone wanted, and it was usually only available to powerful palaces or prime ministers.

Three counties? Li Cong smiled at the corner of his mouth. He was very satisfied with the result. It is not bad to ask for a quarter of Dingjun Wangfu. I would think that they would allocate three counties to myself. My power in the imperial capital is considered good, but from the perspective of the entire empire, my power is still very weak. Many people brought by Li Cong on the earth are already Under Li Cong's care, they moved from some Qingshui yamen to the position of the sixth rank. It is not a problem to ask them to be county magistrates or county magistrates in the past. Although there is no suitable person here, there should be a lot of people between Prince Gong and Yanping County King Longyun, especially the old guy Suo Ye, who is absolutely unfathomable. Even now Li Cong doesn't know the relationship between this old guy How complicated the Internet is, Suoye can get news in advance several times when something happens. Li Cong also knows that other people's sources will definitely not tell him. Thinking of Suoye, Li Cong began to think again. If this guy If you come to help me make a newspaper, it will definitely be very good in the future.

Long Youzhi exchanged a glance with Long Ming'er. Li Cong had a lot of thoughts in his heart, but there was no expression on his face. The two of them thought of the people outside who were waiting to join Li Cong. Are these three counties not enough to impress Li Cong? Long Youzhi nodded, and made another decision.

"My lord, our palace also has some properties in these three counties. If the lord doesn't dislike it, we can give it to him as a gift. When the lord got married, we were no longer in the imperial capital. We didn't even send this gift. It's so wrong, I'll make it up for the lord this time." Long You blamed him for being a little embarrassed, but Li Cong smiled very happy, these three counties are the core industries of the Ding County Prince's Mansion. No matter how you calculate the assets, it must exceed one billion gold coins. The bleeding in Dingjun Wangfu this time is not insignificant. Naturally, Li Cong couldn't hold it anymore. In fact, Li Cong was ready to agree just now. It's just that I was distracted. I didn't expect that I would settle this matter so quickly when I was distracted for a while. Except that the matter cannot be revealed, other things can still be said. After all, in the beginning, he still caused trouble for others. Li Cong also has to compensate Dingjun Wangfu, and he can't do things so excessively. Li Cong thought about it, let's make up his mind on the goods he got from the savages.

"Really? Thank you very much, Shizi. This time I came back from Guangming City and brought about tens of thousands of savage furs. As you know, my subordinates don't have so many fur shops. I heard that your palace has a lot of people, about 40,000 horses. If the prince is interested, I will ask someone to send them over in a few days. Let's cooperate. These leathers will be my shares and sold. How about one and half of us?" Li Cong said with a smile, the fur of this savage tribe is the most valuable thing. Ladies each have several bodies. In the past, hundreds of horses were very rare. This Li Cong is very powerful. In the past, it was rare to have a horse in Wan Jin. Although the price is a little lower now, every horse The leather alone costs 8,000 gold coins, and 40,000 horses is hundreds of millions. This Li Cong gave them more than 200 million gold coins. Long Youzhi didn't expect such a good thing. Besides, after these things are sold, their clothing store in the palace will definitely be improved. , We are selling things that are not available in other stores, which will invisibly upgrade our store several levels. This kind of favor is not small.

"Haha, I should be the one who came to thank the lord. Since the lord has something to do, we won't bother him. I don't need to worry about the lord these days. I will call someone over. Sister, say goodbye to the lord. Let's go first." Ming'er has never recovered, what is this? This is the legendary slap to a sweet date? It's just that the slap was a bit harsh, and the sweet date was a bit small. Although Long Ming'er was dissatisfied, she couldn't say anything more, and said goodbye to Li Cong with a smile. So shallow, this thing is so happy.

"Okay, okay, we will be cooperating in the future. If you come and go often, I won't see you off, Lao Yang, see off the guests." Li Cong stood up and said, Long Youzhi also nodded, it was really unbelievable These two people were still at war before, but now they are friends.

After going out, Long Ming'er was finally able to talk, and almost suffocated him, "Brother, why are you so polite to that surnamed Li? I get angry when I talk about it. Just give him three counties. Give him back." He has so much property, although he also gave us a deal, I don't think there is much profit, at most 200 million gold coins, and our loss is ten times that." Long Ming'er said depressedly, Her calculation ability is still very powerful, and she has already calculated all his losses at this moment, and she is very dissatisfied with her brother's actions.

"Hehe, sister, I have to say again that women can't see the long-term benefits. Tell me how much we have lost in this period of time. If nothing else, Long Lie is not very right with our family, but why It is also a family, and a few titles are lost just like that. If this is done, it is something that no amount of money can get down. If Li Cong continues to mess around like that, it is not just Long Lie's title, maybe we Father's title may not be kept. We are talking about our business. How much have we lost in the entire empire? If we continue, we will lose hundreds of millions of gold coins in a month. We will solve this problem once and for all. The problem, although on the surface it seems that we have lost too much, but in fact, we have also become friends with Li Cong. In the future, we can say that we can cooperate. These furs are just the beginning. If we participate in the tea business, it will be like gold and silver." Long Youzhi thought about the profit of tea, and he himself was a little bloody. Long Ming'er often walked around the mall, so of course he knew the profit of tea. At this moment, both brother and sister seem to see a bright future.

Another important reason for Li Cong to reconcile with them is the queen mother. This old woman often makes trouble for herself, and she can't deal with her on the surface. She is in her eighties, and Li Cong is really a little bit uncomfortable. Let's go, but this old woman doesn't know her weight at all. After the Dingjun Palace doesn't cooperate with her, it will not be so easy for her to find a partner. This can be regarded as a lesson for her, what to do in the future You have to have at least one idea in your heart, so you don't have to be so reckless.

In addition, Li Cong knew that Dingjun Wangfu was deeply involved in business, and his two daughter-in-laws had to be guided by them even if they were doing business for tickets. Everything can be done with half the effort, which is also what Li Cong thought of.

Thinking of business issues, Li Cong immediately called a few people over. They were all from the earth. The task Li Cong gave them was to ask them to make a plan for the newspaper immediately, and hoped that the little princess and Lu Xinlan would It is still a bit difficult. Besides, Li Cong himself has no experience in newspapers. It is better to leave this matter to some professionals. The three of us are not as good as Zhuge Liang in a newspaper. Speaking of this reason, several subordinates were also very surprised when they learned of the newspaper's plan, but they believed that their boss's vision would be very good. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)