Be a master through ancient times

On the next day, Chu Ci took them to several places to learn about the rules and regulations of the new teaching system. Before the adults left, he distributed a new set of textbooks to them. Go back and discuss with the Tixue Division. It would be best to invite the mountain chiefs from the county school and village school to discuss together.

After all, the Department of Tixue is in charge of the general direction of education, and the academies are the ones who really want to implement it.If they all have a repelling mentality, then the policy cannot be implemented.

These scholars are grateful for Chu Ci's selflessness.They originally wanted to get close to Chu Ci to show their goodwill to Du Ti, but after such an encounter, they felt that the trip was worthwhile.

They bowed their hands and said goodbye to Chu Ci one after another, and the branch patrols who followed them also said goodbye to Chu Ci.Chu Ci watched them go away, his originally upright body couldn't help but relax a little bit, these two days he was busy with his feet on the ground, and he had to deal with many people and things, which made him feel a little tired.

"Master, shall we go back?" Zhang Hu hurried back to make soup for Chu Ci to drink.

Chu Ci sighed: "I also want to go back, but there are still some things to do, and I have to go to Changfeng Street."

Changfeng Street is an ordinary street in Fucheng. In terms of prosperity, it is far inferior to Changrong Street, which is one street away from it, but this is the street that Chuci has visited the most times, because there are several bookstores here.

Chu Ci was sitting in a box in an inn at the moment, communicating face to face with the stewards of the bookstore.

"Chu Tixue, I don't know why you called the old people over?" Wenmo Bookstore Wu Guanshi asked, and the others also looked at Chu Ci with puzzled expressions, as if they really didn't understand the purpose of Chu Ci's visit. It seems clear.

In fact, Chu Ci knew that they must have guessed it.There are a lot of unfamiliar faces in the prefecture city when students from other prefectures come to visit, and you can know this by just asking.And it's not a secret why they came here. These old foxes have always attached great importance to matters closely related to them.

"The managers are all sensible people, and I don't want to hide it anymore. This time, I invite a few of you here to print new textbooks."

"When it was first published, I invited three bookstores to jointly print three books, each with [-] sets, and it took you more than a month to print them. This time the book is far more than [-] sets, so I want to communicate with you in advance. You say hello, so as not to be unprepared when the time comes."

Things such as ink for printing and paper for publishing books must be prepared in advance. Zhangzhou Prefecture does not produce these, and they are all shipped from other places.It will be ambush in a short time. In summer, the sea is very stormy and the weather is changeable. When the time comes, there will be endless sailing. If you think about preparations, you will be delayed.

The old foxes smiled at each other, and said, "Even if Chu Ti learns from you, we still have to prepare. Yesterday we contacted an Huizhou merchant and asked him to bring us a shipment of ink as soon as possible."

A boatload of ink?Zhangzhou government can't use these inks for this little demand, and pretends not to know!

Thinking of this, Chu Ci also smiled: "Then the official can rest assured. Since that's the case, let's talk about the price?"

As soon as this was mentioned, these old foxes immediately sat upright, and said in a miserable manner: "Chu Tixue, when it comes to the price, the price this time can't be the same as last time! Last time the old people thought you were going to publish I only quoted you that price for [-] books, but in the end you only printed [-] copies, and we almost lost our capital. This time, you have to do your best this time, otherwise we will not be able to reconcile with the owner at the end of the year Let's go!"

The tearful cry made those who heard it sad, and those who saw it shed tears, and even the most hard-hearted people couldn't help but soften their hearts.

Chu Ci thought to himself: Believe me, you bastard, a bunch of bad old men are very bad.If you don't make a lot of money, will you rush over?If you don't make a profit, will you contact Yichuanmo in advance?

"You guys are right, but it's really inappropriate to use that price," Chu Ci said.

Hearing what he said, the old men immediately became happy, but before they were happy, Chu Ci spoke again.

"Last time, I asked for 43 books, and the price offered by the stewards was to print a copy of [-] articles. However, this time, I asked for more than [-] copies. It stands to reason that this price is still a bit high. Isn’t the amount required by the official large? Take a look, it would be best if you can reduce some more.” Chu Ci said with a serious and expectant face.

The expressions of the stewards have changed from being happy at the beginning to twitching at the corners of their mouths, and their hearts are messed up.

"This...Chu Tixue, are you joking with us? Hehe." Steward Wu laughed dryly, very forcedly.

Chu Ci frowned: "Wu Guanshi, does this officer seem to be joking?"

"Chu Tixue, this... how can there be such a thing!" The stewards said without tears. They wanted to increase the price but failed, but the price was reduced. How can there be such a reason in the world?

"As everyone said, it costs money to publish these books. After deducting wages and paper and ink, it is pure profit. I have roughly inquired about it before, and according to the cost of four to five, nine The cost price of a thousand books is about 170 four taels, and the net profit is 210 taels. The more books are printed, the less capital will be required, and the profit will only be more. Therefore, the official asked for a reduction Some are more than reasonable."

These stewards were thrown down by Chuci's set of data, their heads were dizzy, and they felt that his request was indeed not too much.

But there is still a sensible person here, he said: "Chu Tixue, you can do a lot of inquiries, we can earn so much, it's just a few hard-earned money, enough to support our family. So, this Money can’t be less, any less will really lose money.”

"Yes, yes, what Brother Feng said is reasonable, Chu Tixue, don't bother with us about these three melons and two dates."

"I've inquired about whether you can do it or not. The managers are the clearest, but I don't say much. It's just that small profits can make more sales. Everyone has heard this truth, right? You know, this is not a one-time event for us. Sex trafficking. Think about it, if you print one batch this year, add another batch next year, that will be two batches, and the next year will be three batches. If things go on like this, the business will continue to flow.”

Chu Ci drew a big cake for them, and then changed the subject: "However, if the adults in Beppu think that the books are too expensive and want to buy them back and print them themselves, the loss will not be worth the loss. Besides, this is also for the benefit of our Southern Fujian province. It is a great thing for the students, and it will be of great help to be famous in the bookstore, all the stewards, please think about it again!"

After a set of combined punches, the stewards finally let go, and the two sides discussed back and forth for a while, and finally set a price of 38 articles for a book.Of course, Chu Ci also promised that this time each bookstore will need to print no less than [-] books.

After the price was settled, Chu Ci returned to the Department of Education contentedly, leaving only the buzzing stewards behind.

However, they also understand that it doesn't matter if they earn less in front of them, after all, the blueprint that Chuci drew for them is too tempting!