Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 332: Show off

Chapter 332 Show your strength

Go **** your beliefs and hobbies.

Not long after this newsletter was released, six of Tokyo's eighteen clubs immediately turned to the football league.

One thing to say.

In fact, these six clubs are at the bottom all year round in Cuju competitions, and they don't see a bright future.

Because this Cuju competition is a purely skillful sport, the talent requirements are extremely high, but it is also very single. In the competition, the proportion of luck is very low, which has led to Qiyun Club being the number one monopoly all year round.

Unlike football, where there is a great chance of being upset, the requirements for talents are also relatively extensive. Fast running, flexibility, and hard work, these talents can all shine on the football field.

The audience is much larger.

And having said that, studying with the crown prince is both merit and hard work, but the annual profits of the Sixth Society, which is always at the bottom, are very limited, almost like charity.

Unlike the football league, even if it is at the bottom, it can still get huge profits.

First of all, the league will give you some money to subsidize you according to your ranking. Secondly, every time you play a game, you can get 20% of the ticket money if you lose, and 5% for the winner. Ten, and the remaining thirty will be handed over to the league.

There are many subsidies, but more wins.

It is still necessary to motivate them to become stronger.

However, in addition to these six clubs, there are many Cuju clubs that are also considering transformation.

After all, the Song Dynasty was a commercial society, and there were bosses behind the Cuju club, and they also wanted to make money. Now it seems that football is more rewarding.

The only reason for their hesitation is that the cuju competition has existed for a long time and is relatively stable, and the football match has only been compared once. Whether it can last for a long time is a question.

But this caused the Cuju Club Alliance to feel extremely panicked.

The Cuju club can be transformed, but they cannot be transferred. If the Cuju club is transferred to the football league, then they will be completely finished!

But these people are not fools, Cuju Club's annual bonuses are all dependent on them.

They took the initiative to spread the rumors that Cuju was about to end, and that Zhang Fei was conspiring to destroy Cuju.

I have to say that this trick is very effective, and this remark immediately aroused a lot of controversy. After all, Cuju was the number one movement in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Moreover, the vast group of scholar-bureaucrats is filled with a large number of Cuju fans. If they are asked to play football, they will be disabled if they don't die. The key opponent is Zhang San.

Although reformists and conservatives are competing for Zhang San.

But that is only limited to political battles, and does not represent class issues and business competition.

Therefore, many scholar-bureaucrats offered to raise funds to support the Cuju Alliance.

This has caused many Cuju clubs to change their minds. After all, they have been playing Cuju for so many years. This is a comfort zone. Going to football is full of uncertainties.

Zhang Fei didn't respond to this. He didn't think there was any need for a response, and he didn't think about eliminating Cuju. The key lies in what games the audience likes to watch.

And the fact that he has too much to do right now, the football league has to wait a little later.

Today, Zhang Fei and the main donors of the Dasong Charity Foundation came to the movable type workshop in the west of the outer city.

"So big!"

"It looks like a manor here, not a workshop."

"This is the first time I have seen such a big workshop."

"Sanlang, how big is your workshop?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It's not very big, it only covers an area of ​​five acres, and there are ten large courtyards and seven stoves."

The ancient workshops are all based on the family model, that is, each yard, even if it is a commercial workshop, it still maintains the family production model. This is the case with genuine bookstores. Zhang Fei has not changed anything about it. It is necessary to get a large factory building, because it involves many issues of sanitation and fire hazards.

The yard is still used as the unit to divide the production area.

Actually, he did not design this workshop, but Bai Ban and Hong Zhong, two old masters, designed it according to the production mode of movable type.

We are open for business at this time.

The key type workshop has been in preparation for a long time.

Fan Yong asked: "How much is the rent?"

Zhang Fei looked directly at Chen Maoqian.

Chen Maoqian said: "Twenty per month."

"This is not expensive!"

"Yes! Although this place is relatively remote, the land is not small after all. It's really worth it!"

"This was originally a warehouse, but later this family moved the warehouse outside the city, so it was vacated. If they want to build a house for rent, the highest housing price in the surrounding area is because of the money. It requires a lot of cost, so simply rent it to us."

"We built this house?"

"Mostly yes, and some houses were modified from warehouses."

"We spent the money, and then the landlord will take it back, what should we do?"

"Don't worry, if he takes it back within ten years, he must subsidize the cost of building our house."

As Chen Maoqian said, he pointed to Zhang Fei and said, "This condition is determined by Saburo."

Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "If you can't earn back this little money within ten years, then this business is meaningless."

Wood merchant Zhou Yan said: "Do we need such a big workshop? Can this movable type make so much money?"

The rest of the people also nodded, expressing their doubts.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "We have received about 2,000 orders in the last three days."

".?"

"How much more?"

"About two thousand strings."

Everyone is you looking at me, and I looking at him.

It seems to be a little suspicious of life.

The paper shop merchant Huang Can said: "Everyone may not know, but on the first day our movable type workshop opened for business, the government has already received applications from 50 newspaper shops. Twenty-one of them have already been approved. Come down."

"Why are there so many at once?"

"In fact, many people have long wanted to print newspapers, and have been waiting for this movable type workshop."

"I heard that most of the proprietors of these newspaper shops are our scholar bureaucrats in Tokyo."

Nowadays, everyone has a deep understanding of the power of the newspaper, and they all understand that whoever controls the newspaper in the future will control the public opinion, and public opinion is very important to the scholar-officials.

Although genuine bookstores are open to visitors, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can scold Zhang Fei.

But almost everyone has a consensus that genuine bookstores must not be allowed to monopolize newspapers.

He can agree today, but he can not agree tomorrow!

However, they just want to print newspapers, and they don't want to find another group of craftsmen to carve movable type. Yes, if it breaks, you will have to hire someone to carve it. The key is that this person is not easy to hire.

Due to the large-scale recruitment of original bookstores, the wages of craftsmen with this kind of craftsmanship have been rising steadily.

It's not cost-effective to keep it all the time.

Just in time, they heard that Zhang Fei was going to do a movable type workshop.

It is the most cost-effective to buy ready-made ones directly.

Especially, this movable type workshop is still controlled by a charity organization, and many scholar-bureaucrats are also donors.

They are not afraid of Zhang Fei's monopoly.

Zhang Fei also explained to the crowd: "If our workshop sells the printed version, the price of a movable type is ten renminbi, and for commonly used characters, one version is 2,000 characters, and one version is 20 guan. In that case, one word is fifteen coins.

Generally speaking, a bookstore must buy at least two, or even three, editions in order to be able to print newspapers quickly. Everyone should know that today's newspapers need to be fast.

At the same time, they also need to buy some characters that are not very commonly used, but they are not rare characters either. Therefore, a newspaper shop will spend at least fifty pennies on movable type. "

"For a family of 50 guan, there must be 40 bookstores to earn 2,000 guan."

"Fifty guan is only the minimum cost of movable type. One family ordered a complete set of movable type, a total of ten plates, and auxiliary materials, such as adhesives, and typesetting disks."

"What is a typesetting disk?"

"Follow me, everyone."

Zhang Fei led them into a small courtyard, but saw the craftsmen inside were making big roulettes with small squares on them, and they could be seen as reserves of movable type.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Can you see some ways?"

Huang Can, a paper shop merchant, said, "A radical?"

Zhang Fei said with a chuckle: "Huang Yuanwai is a seller of the Four Treasures of the Study, so he can tell at a glance."

Pointing to the logo on the roulette, Huang Can said, "It's all engraved on it."

When everyone stared at it, they discovered that there were various radicals engraved on the top of the roulette.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Exactly, this roulette is classified by radicals and divided by strokes, which is convenient for typesetting personnel to find. Since this can save a lot of manpower, those newspaper shops also bought it. This roulette."

This is actually the word-finding method introduced into the dictionary, and then rotated with a roulette for easy access.

Huang Can suddenly said again: "This seems to be the word of Bachelor Sima?"

Zhang Fei shrugged and said, "That's right, Bachelor Sima has a version, and Bachelor Wang also has a version."

Fan Yong said: "It must not be cheap to ask them to write it?"

Zhang Fei sighed: "Because I have a good relationship with them, I don't have the nerve to ask for their money."

".?"

"What?" Fan Yong was shocked: "You still have to ask them for money?"

"Of course!"

Zhang Fei said: "Do you think I should give them money?"

"Yeah."

Everyone nodded in unison.

"What are you thinking?"

Zhang Fei said: "For a literati, if all the newspapers in the world use their words, what kind of prestige will this bring to them? I don't ask them for money, it's considered kind. Money? We tell you, this is only temporary, after all, their calligraphy is just like that, and we will use it first, and we will use better characters in the future."

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang's words, you still have to use them.

Overbearing!

It's too domineering!

We love it!

But the fact is true, Zhang Fei just mentioned it to them at that time, and they immediately agreed.

Open the newspaper, it is full of my own words.

How cool it feels.

In fact, their writing is not bad, but this is the golden age of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Great calligraphers abound, such as Su Shi, Mi Fu, Cai Xiang, and Huang Tingjian. In the future, the movable type will definitely be counted according to whose calligraphy. At that time, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang may be representatives of cheapness.

There is no way.

People are more popular than others!

Next, Zhang Fei took them around inside again.

Basically all movable type printing tools are sold here, and these are also profits.

It even includes engraving.

But for those scholar-bureaucrats, it is definitely too cost-effective to be able to print newspapers by hiring a few typesetting craftsmen for less than a hundred pennies.

After all, in terms of content, they themselves are experts.

Moreover, there is a problem with movable type printing, that is, the movable clay type is relatively easy to break. If only one is broken, the production cost will be very high, but it can be bought here at any time, and one is only fifteen yuan.

It's very worry-free.

Surprise!

This is a great surprise for donors!

After all, his expectations were too low. Looking at it now, it seems that he can still make a lot of money.

What a big surprise!

On the second day, they went out of the city full of expectations to inspect the second important project invested by the Dasong Charity Fund, which was the rental of chariots and horses.

This is also the reason for going out of the city, because the headquarters cannot be located in the city. After all, there is definitely not enough land in the city to raise horses and donkeys on a large scale.

It just so happened that Cao Ping donated a small ranch directly to the charity organization, which is located in the west of the city.

Zhang Fei used it as the headquarters of the car and horse rental.

The small ranch owned by Cao Pingjia is very interesting. It was originally a big ranch, and it belonged to the imperial court, but later all the ranch was occupied by high-ranking officials, and even the common people occupied it, or bought it with money. arable land.

The Cao family also got a piece, but this Cao family is a family of generals, so they hope to keep this small pasture and raise some horses for themselves, but the key is that the surrounding area is all cultivated land, so the horse is not released. Then put it in someone's field.

A lot of accidents happen.

It is almost becoming a heart disease of the Cao family.

The point is, this ranch is still getting smaller.

The Cao family originally planned to turn this pasture into arable land, but happened to meet this charity organization, so they donated the pasture to charity, whether it is farming or animal husbandry.

It can be seen from this that, in fact, the existing territory of the Song Dynasty does not mean that there is no place to raise horses.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a super large horse farm in the west of Kaifeng. horses.

But why is it said that there was no place to raise horses in the Song Dynasty.

The reason is that all the pastures have been taken and turned into arable land.

There is no way, people have to eat, and in the situation where the territory cannot be expanded, the pastures can only be converted into cultivated land.

And from a financial point of view, arable land is indeed more economical than pasture.

The imperial court just turned a blind eye to this, and turned a blind eye.

"Here we come!"

Zhang Fei looked to the west and said with a smile.

Everyone immediately turned their heads to look.

But I saw a very dignified four-wheeled carriage slowly approaching here.

"A four-wheeled carriage?"

Chen Maoqian was slightly surprised.

Fan Yong immediately said: "Sanlang, this four-wheeled carriage looks magnificent, but there are many problems. I have personally seen a four-wheeled carriage and horse turn sideways directly."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "This is the latest four-wheeled carriage developed by our chariot rental company, which can handle the steering problem very well."

If you want to monopolize leasing and gradually phase out private carriages, you must come up with something new.

"Really?"

Fan Yong said in surprise.

Zhang Fei nodded, pointed to the two wheels in front and said: "Look, the front wheels are small and the rear wheels are big, this is to deal with the steering problem, but this is only a semi-finished product, but I believe it won't take long , this kind of four-wheeled carriage can appear in the rental service."

The steering device of this four-wheeled carriage is actually very simple. Zhang Fei, a liberal arts student, knows that he has never been in a carriage or driven a car. However, there are still many details to be solved, such as firmness and shock absorption. ,etc.

Zhang Fei also knows some methods, but the current craftsmanship cannot realize his method, so the current craftsmen can only figure it out by themselves, but as long as there is money to burn, he believes that success will come sooner or later.

In the end, this is not a problem that current technology cannot break through, but the cost of research and development is relatively high.

But as long as it is made, people will naturally consume it.

It turned out to be only a half-finished product.

Everyone is a little disappointed.

Going to the front, everyone found that there were two two-wheeled single carriages behind them, which are also the mainstream carriages at present, except that one has a shed and the other does not.

But the wheels are very large, which makes the carriage larger than ordinary carriages.

It can be seen with the naked eye that all three carriages are striving for one thing, which is comfort.

But no matter what, the four-wheeled carriage is obviously more luxurious, and its carriage is the longest.

Huang Can said: "If there are these four wheels, who would still ride in a two-wheeled carriage."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "The cost of a four-wheeled carriage is five times that of a two-wheeled carriage, and it can be as high as ten times. Do you take four or two."

Huang Can immediately said: "Then it's better to have two rounds. At worst, I'll rent two, which will be much cheaper."

Chen Maoqian said: "The price is so expensive, will anyone rent it?"

Zhang Fei hehe said: "The four-wheeled carriage we developed is mainly for the dignitaries in the capital. They don't need this little money. What they pursue is comfort. Their sedan chairs are much more comfortable, so why do they still take sedan chairs? The law cannot prohibit them from taking sedan chairs, but more spacious and luxurious carriages can eliminate most of the sedan chairs.”

Fan Yong said thoughtfully: "The comfort of the sedan chair lies in not being bumped, but if the two-wheeled carriage encounters a pothole, it will be bumped once, and the four-wheeled carriage will be bumped twice."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "But if the sedan chair is spacious, many people will have to carry it, but if you don't pursue spaciousness, even if the carriage is a bit bumpy, the comfort of the sedan chair is not as good as this spacious carriage."

Zhou Yandao: "But this carriage is not allowed to turn around on the small road, and the steering range is much larger than that of a two-wheeled carriage."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Yuanwai is right, so this kind of carriage can only run within the scope of our Greater Tokyo. After all, the roads in our Tokyo are still very flat and wide. If you want to go to the south of the Yangtze River, you can go there by boat." Isn't it fragrant?"

"That's true."

"Can this four-wheeled carriage ride now?"

"Yes! Everyone please."

"Hey, hey, side door!"

Zhang Fei stopped Chen Maoqian who wanted to get ahead.

"Oh, it turns out that the door opens to the side."

"Comfort is not about sitting in it, but about getting on and off."

The side door opened, and the servant immediately put a small wooden ladder on it.

"Ouch! This was a great experience!"

Chen Maoqian hurried into the carriage.

After that, Fan Yong, Huang Can and Zhang San got on the carriage one after another.

The rest can only wait for the next shift.

"Ouch! This seat is soft, and it's so spacious, and the window can be opened, it's really comfortable!"

Chen Maoqian sat in the car, opened the window, looked around, and was overjoyed.

Fan Yong said: "It's inconvenient to rent, if it can't provide convenience for those dignitaries, it will be difficult to replace private carriages."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "It's impossible to completely replace it all at once, but we will try our best to do it here. We will set up multiple rental points in rich areas. Those who have servants, as long as they are notified, the carriage will be on time. Those who stop in front of their house, as long as they have a planned itinerary, no matter whether it is long-term or short-term, it will not be affected at all. Temporary trips, we will It can be resolved within half an hour."

Chen Maoqian said: "There are still privacy issues. Some nobles don't want us to know his whereabouts."

Zhang Fei said: "As long as the deposit is paid, they can appoint a coachman to drive the car away directly. We have calculated that as long as you don't have to go out every day, from raising horses to raising a coachman, it is definitely not as cost-effective as leasing. Yes, and the service we provide is no worse than theirs.”

"Those dignitaries don't run outside every day."

"Exactly."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "At the same time, we will also provide rental services of different carriages and donkey carts for families of all walks of life, including some public services, such as meal delivery and short-distance delivery. On the way back and forth, we can Make a profit on every mile.

And after a year, we will probably be able to figure out which kind of carriage needs more and which kind needs less, and we can make adjustments at that time. I am confident that our leasing can account for 70% of people's travel choices.

In this way, those dignitaries will naturally rent their carriages to us, so that a virtuous circle can be created. "

"It sounds good."

"For things like car rental, the more you rent, the lower your cost will be."

"Not only that, the imperial court will also like us, after all, it is much more convenient to collect the license plate tax from one family alone."

"Yes."

Sitting in this luxurious four-wheeled carriage, they were full of expectations for the rental of the carriage and horses.

Again, their expectations were too low. They came here for tax avoidance, but now they are indulging in big projects.

After a circle, they got out of the carriage, Zhou Yan and the other four couldn't wait to get on the carriage.

As soon as the carriage left, I saw a man galloping towards him on horseback.

It is Fan Zheng.

The reason why he didn't come today was not because he wanted to watch the shop at home, but because he was going to negotiate with Ma Tianhao, so Ma Tianhao didn't come either.

"Wow!"

Fan Zheng got off the horse, his father Fan Yong hurriedly asked: "Zheng'er, how is your talk with the fourth child?"

Fan Zhengdao: "Pay interest of 4,000 guan every year, a total of 20,000 guan for five years, and return the principal in the fifth year."

When Chen Maoqian heard this, he immediately became angry, "This fourth son is a bit too ruthless, sitting still, earning 20,000 guan in five years, and selling salt is still making money."

"That's right, we bet so much land on him, he doesn't have to take any risks, and he charges such a high interest."

This interest displeases everyone.

It sounds like a lot, a full 20,000 guan.

Zhang Fei asked Fan Zheng, "What is his reason?"

Fan Zhengdao: "He originally asked for 6,000 yuan in interest a year, because our principal is required to be repaid after five years, unlike a mortgage, where the principal can be recovered every quarter."

Chen Maoqian snorted: "It seems that he can loan out 100,000 Guan at once."

Zhang Fei glanced, "I respect the council's suggestion very much. Since everyone thinks it's too expensive, then forget it. Let's do this. You pool the money and let you earn it."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one agreed.

It's not that they care about mortgaging their land to themselves, but that the repayment of the principal after five years is very terrible. Most of them are businessmen and are in urgent need of cash flow.

Actually, Ma Tianhao couldn't afford that much money, but he has the Xiangguo Temple behind him.

After the mortgage, the relationship between Xiangguo Temple and the Ma family became very close. Basically, Xiangguo Temple lends money through the Ma family.

Only Xiangguo Temple was able to spend so much money and spend it in it for five full years. For Xiangguo Temple, it would be impossible to make money with this money at home.

In Zhang Fei's view, this interest rate is quite reasonable. You must know that today's usury, the annual interest is often 100%, but the businessmen standing here are all wealthy businessmen, and some usury is more or less involved. Well, they let the people out, no matter how much they let it go, but if they let them go, even if it's only 4%, they are very upset.

Of course, it was also due to borrowing too much, a full 100,000 guan, four percent, and 4,000 guan.

Zhang Fei said to Fan Zheng, "Just this number!"

Chen Maoqian was worried again, "Can we make so much money every year?"

The interest rate alone is 4,000 strings, and the annual net profit must be higher than this amount.

Zhang Fei said to himself: "If you can't even make this little money, why don't you do charity and be a beggar."