"How is this possible?"

"What's impossible?"

The sales volume of 3,000 copies shocked Changsun Wuji, but Chu Suiliang, who had been shocked, turned around and thought about it for two days but had already figured it out.

"There are more than 8,000 soldiers and civilians in Chang'an, and many noble officials and scholars, and there are more than 8,000 students in the Imperial College alone." As a retired prime minister who once ruled, Chu Suiliang certainly knew how different Chang'an was. It gathered the world's wealth and the elites of the world.

This city has more scholars than any place in the world.

What can you do in Chang'an for 40 or 50 cents? What is the price of grain? Forty or 50 cents is just the price of a dou of rice. In Chang'an City, buying a dou of wine at will start at least 100 cents, and a better one can even make a dou of wine worth 10,000.

Forty or fifty cents are just a few mutton cakes.

"Too."

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and said, "The books in his impression are expensive and have nothing to do with ordinary people. Ordinary people can't afford them and can't understand them, but he forgot that the Chang'an Newspaper, which has dozens of pages, actually does not count as books. The content of the 20,000 words is equivalent to two volumes of scriptures, but the price is less than one hundred of the price of two volumes of scriptures."

It is absolutely normal for two volumes of scriptures to sell for four or five silos, and it is even a bit conscientious, but Li Xiao’s Chang'an Newspaper only costs for forty or fifty cents.

It seems that this newspaper cannot make any profit, but it is the amount that people are leaving. Chu Suiliang also said that he originally said to print 1,000 copies, but later he printed it twice, a total of 3,000 copies.

There are 480,000 soldiers and civilians in Chang'an, and 3,000 newspapers are indeed not many, after all, the price is so cheap. One serving costs forty or fifty yuan, but three thousand servings can be sold for more than one hundred cents in total.

There are three issues in January, even if there are 3,000 copies of the period, it is actually less than 500 coins. This is just sales revenue and not profit. But if you can sell more than 400 coins in a month, you probably still have some surplus.

But people at the level of Changsun Wuji are no longer simply looking at whether they make money or not. What he saw was that the influence of Chang'an Newspaper after being sold for 3,000 copies, and they have always said that they are all ways to master public opinion.

Books are the continuation of human mouthpieces and the transmission of thoughts.

Although it is reasonable and not loud, sometimes speaking loudly can make more people hear you.

"Three thousand servings."

The eldest grandson was amazed.

Han Yuan said over there, "Actually, the so-called 3,000 portions also have a lot of moisture. I asked someone to inquire about this first issue. Li Xiao was sold half and half for the first issue. There were many restaurants and tea shops in the Beijing Hundred Secretariats and Imperial College, and Li Xiao sent many free delivery. Even on the wall of the newly built 480 toilets, he even asked someone to post newspapers on them and let them browse for free."

Three thousand parts, one thousand parts are definitely water.

But even if one thousand is removed, there are still two thousand. Even if that thousand portions are not sold, so what? Those thousand portions are not thrown in, and they are still for people to see, and even more people may see them.

It is impossible for a newspaper to be read by one person. If three or five people see a newspaper, it means that this newspaper can be spread to the eyes of ten thousand people. Through the mouths of ten thousand people, then Li Xiao’s Chang'an news can be known to almost everyone in Chang'an.

Through Chang'an News, Li Xiao can actually say something to the entire Chang'an.

What an amazing innovation. In the past, even the government did not necessarily have such rapid influence. But now, Li Xiao can achieve an influence no less than that of the government through just a newspaper.

The news in this newspaper is very regular now, but what Changsun Wuji sees through the phenomenon is the essence.

"This Li Xiao is unexpected everywhere. If I were still in the Political Affairs Hall, I would definitely summon Li Xiao as soon as possible and take the Chang'an news report under the control of the court."

Chu Suiliang also nodded. A newspaper that can quickly convey the voice to the entire Chang'an is public opinion. If it is public opinion, it will have its own opinions and attitudes, and it is impossible to achieve complete objective and fairness. For example, today's front-page headline report on Baekje's victory, it is obvious that the praise and praise of Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang is very obvious. What is this? This is attitude, and this is the direction of public opinion.

There is another version that specifically introduces the situation in the southern part of Baekje that the second general Xue Su now occupied, saying that the climate there is excellent, the land is fertile, etc. If the imperial court is now preparing to issue bonds for the second time, can't it be possible to see the direction?

The court issued bonds twice, but they used Baekje land and slaves as collateral to issue debts to the noble merchants and borrow money.

There are also advertisements for Lou Guandao, and even the novels attached to the Gods List, which Changsun can see, but it is not that simple behind it.

"I heard that Li Xiao's printing house had received many large orders from Louguan Road before, but now he has written the List of Gods again, which is obviously in the Lord's Dao, and it is not simple here."

Han Yuan said, "It can be seen by everyone. Li Xiao has collected many benefits from Lou Guan Dao. Now Lou Guan Dao has handed over more than a dozen Taoist scriptures to his printing office to print, and his Fengshen Dao was originally tailor-made for Taoism. I heard that Lou Guan Dao gave the royal fee of 3,000 words to the list of Fengshenshang, and after publishing the book, he also shared the 30% of the book sales."

Nude collusion of interests.

Lou Guandao gave money, Li Xiao helped them build momentum. This is the case when printing the Taoist scriptures, and now writing the List of Gods is the same.

If Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang continued to rule, they would definitely not allow such a powerful public opinion weapon to be held in the hands of others.

But now it is not these old guys who are in power. Li Ji is the leader in power. Li Ji is actually not very good at interfering in government affairs. He has a completely different style from Changsun. When Changsun was in power, he had to decide everything himself, but Li Ji was like a Bodhisattva. After pulling Changsun and the others off, he returned to his past style and ignored government affairs.

This is the result of his origin as a military general and his always cautious behavior.

However, no one from Xu Jingzong and Li Yi Mansion came out to deal with Li Xiao. First, Li Xiao is now very favored by the emperor, and second, Li Xiao has a good relationship with Li Ji. Li Xiao was angry with Cui Zhiti. I wonder how happy the upstarts in Li Yi Mansion who also dislike the old gentry were.

And it is still unknown whether they can understand the special nature of Chang'an News.

Not to mention, Han Yuan also revealed that Changan News not only Li Xiao is the president and editor-in-chief, but Princess Lantian is also the partner and editor-in-chief.

Against this background, Changan News is so popular now, but there is no movement in the court.
Chapter completed!