Li Muyun was stunned for a moment, blinked his eyes and wondered: "Give me money, give me money, what are you doing?"
When Yu Zhining heard this, he was angry again: "Bastard, didn't you just say that it was good, thousands of volumes are consistent, do you have to regret it?"
Li Muyun was confused, and said dumbfoundedly: "No, no, it's not a repentance, I mean, what do you keep giving me money for?"
Li Chengqian really couldn't stand Li Muyun's pretending to be confused, and couldn't help but say: "Of course I want to give you money, if I don't give you money if I look for you to print books, do you still want to ask you for money?"
Li Muyun scratched his head, looked at Li Chengqian and said, "Are you saying that the book is published in reverse, isn't it all the bookstore that gives the author money, how can the author pay for it himself?"
At this time, Li Chengqian was also a little confused, and asked with some uncertainty: "The bookstore gave the author money to publish the book."
Li Muyun nodded and said, "Yes, the manuscript fee."
Li Shimin finally heard some ways from the conversation between the two young people, waved his hand to interrupt the two, and asked Li Muyun: "Wait, boy, what you just said about 1,000 copies and 5 copies means that for every 1,000 copies printed, your bookstore will give the author five times."
Li Muyun nodded and said, "Yes."
Bang, in an extremely embarrassing situation, the great Majesty Li Er slapped his forehead and stopped talking.
The rest of the people looked at each other again, and their old faces turned red, as if they were collectively constipated.
Only Yu Zhining slapped the table again angrily: "Criminal, why didn't you say it earlier" Li Muyun said with an innocent face: "What did you say earlier, no, what are you talking about, it won't be that you all think that you want to give me money when you publish the book."
Wei Zheng observed Li Muyun on the side for a long time, and saw that he really didn't look like pretending to be stupid, so he coughed dryly and said: "King Xiaoyao, this is the case, it is necessary to pay for publishing a book in the Tang Dynasty, and the more it is printed, the more money the author needs to pay." ” Now, it was Li Muyun's turn to be embarrassed, only to see that this thing gave himself a slap and muttered: "Pig, I am a pig." ” Because of conceptual problems, Li Muyun made a big oolong, in his impression, if a publishing house wants to publish someone's work, it must pay a manuscript fee, otherwise it is illegal and infringing.
He never thought that in the ancient Tang Dynasty, the rules turned out to be reversed, and if the author wanted to publish a book, he had to pay for it himself, and as for the bookseller who published it, it was completely like eating the upper house and eating the lower house, earning the author's money while asking the readers for money.
Of course, there were such examples in his time, but they were all self-funded books, and they were the result of some people wanting to publish books that were not approved by the publisher.
And although there is such a situation, if the book sells well, the author can still recover the investment, than if the book is published, the publisher has to share the money with the author.
However, it was precisely because of Li Muyun's own slap that the embarrassing atmosphere eased a little, Yu Zhining glanced at him fiercely and said: "The old man doesn't care, you said it yourself, tomorrow you ask people to come to your house to pick up the manuscript, don't forget to bring the money." ” Li Muyun was stunned: "Why, didn't you just say that it was consistent?"
"You are a rich man, you have money in your hands, and you still need those two melons and dates" Li Shimin knocked on the table and set the tone for this matter: "It will be decided in the future, a thousand copies and five times" "No, Brother Huang, you have a golden mouth, you can't speak" Li Muyun was a little anxious: "If everyone comes to me to print books in the future, then I will have to compensate my wife and children." ” Hearing his wife and children, Changle, who was standing behind Li Er, glared at Li Muyun fiercely, I really don't know what this little girl has in her head, just a sigh of emotion, and it is worth her glare It's just that the little girl's staring eyes are really pleasing, Li Muyun was stared at by her, couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and glared back.
"Cough" A cough interrupted the eyebrows between Li Muyun and Changle, and His Majesty Li Er said threateningly: "Boy, do you want to say that I broke my word and gained weight."
"Brother Huang, looking at what you said, even if you lend me a thousand guts, you don't dare to think like this."
Li Muyun replied with a smile.
Li Shimin didn't say anything more when he saw that he was interested, just snorted and continued: "Okay, since you don't object, then the rules are so set, you can print more Tang Law and everything when you go back, and the money can be directly taken to the Ministry of Civil Affairs." ” Li Muyun really doesn't understand what His Majesty the Emperor thinks, Tang Law is a legal provision, it is said that there is no single author, its owner should be the Tang Dynasty Court, and the Tang Dynasty Court wants to print things for Mao to ask for money from himself No, this matter must not be right, this matter must be explained clearly, thinking of this, Li Muyun shook his head like a big windmill: "Brother Huang, this is not good, Tang Law is not something that anyone can print, it is the legal text of the court, and it must be printed by the court, otherwise if there is a problem in it, I am afraid that there will be a big mess." ” "What kind of big mess can happen" Li Er asked disapprerovantly: "Could it be that you feel that you have lost money?"
"Of course not."
Li Muyun said firmly: "Brother Huang, you think, Tang Law is the foundation of my Tang Dynasty, if there is a private person to print this book, if there is something wrong in it, wouldn't it mislead the people, so the minister thinks that the provisions of the law should be printed by the court, if the imperial brother feels inconvenient, I can contribute to the effort, only charge the cost of work, but the proofreading and issuing unit must be signed by the court agency, otherwise you have made a holy decree, and the minister will not dare to print it." ” The introduction of legal provisions, this is the exclusive power of the court, and it must not be handed over to a person, this is what Li Muyun wants to express, Li Shimin also felt some truth after listening to it, nodded and didn't say anything, just looked at him with a kind of indescribable taste in his eyes.
Li Muyun's new actions quickly spread through various channels, and some people were happy and some were worried for a while.
The joy is those poor students, many of these people are talented, but due to the poor conditions of their own families, many books and materials are things they can't ask for, and now there is a library where they can read books for free, which is simply a shocking joy for them.
Just one night later, the Wangfu Library, which was written by Li Er, was crowded with people, and even the door of the library was full of people standing and reading.
These men were plainly dressed and haggard-looking, but they were very orderly, keeping a solemn sign under the signs, and trying not to make a sound throughout the reading process.
The scene inside and outside the gallery is strange, and there are more than 100 people reading books, except for the sound of books turning the pages, there is not even the sound of breathing.
The table, with its twenty or so chairs, is always empty unless someone needs to keep track of something, as if everyone is creating conditions for everyone else.
Tian Yuhe hugged his arms and looked at everything in front of him, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he turned his head and said to the bookstore manager beside him: "Go back and build a shed outside, and get a few more chairs by the way." ” "No," the steward replied softly.
The surroundings were so quiet, so quiet that although his voice was not loud, it was still heard by many people, and then a few pairs of disgusted eyes glared at him, making the steward not embarrassed.
And at this moment, a young man gently closed the book in his hand and came to Tian Yuhe: "This lord, there is no need for a shed or something, it is already a great kindness to let us read quietly here, how dare you make trouble for the king of the county again." ” Tian Yuhe looked at the young man and said with a smile: "It's not easy to read, and besides, it's convenient for others to be convenient for yourself, it doesn't take much effort for us to build a shed, but for you, you can come here to study on a rainy day, why not do it." ” The young man lowered his head and thought about it, as if he felt that what Tian Yuhe said made some sense, and bowed and said, "The student has been taught." ” Tian Yuhe stretched out his hand and stroked the young man and said: "This brother doesn't have to be like this, everything here is the idea of the county king, and he is just acting according to orders, if you want to thank me, you just need to thank my county king." ” The young man nodded and didn't say anything more, turned back to his original position, opened the book again, and looked up silently as he read it, obviously cherishing this hard-won opportunity to read, and there were many young or middle-aged people who were similar to him around him.
I have to say that the quality of the readers in Datang is really very high, Li Muyun's library only has three guys, and it is said that it can't take care of so many people at all, even if someone runs away with the book, it is very likely that no one will find out.
But nothing like this has ever happened, and after five days have passed unconsciously, there is not a single book in the library, not even a folded page.
Those who come to the library to read books are real readers, and they cherish books almost to the point of no return, because they can't afford to buy them, which makes them cherish books even more.
And by chance, a teenager with several patches on his clothes discovered another big secret when he accidentally dropped the book on the ground, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my God, this, this book is only fifteen yuan" The young man's voice alarmed many people around him, and a middle-aged man beside him said: "What fifteen wen, your kid doesn't have a fever, I have seen this Zhaoming anthology in other bookstores before, and it costs more than three hundred wen."
Seeing that the middle-aged man didn't believe it, the young man immediately turned the book to the end, pointed to a row of small characters and said: "How can you be wrong, you can look at the back for yourself, it is clearly written here, the price: fifteen wen" The middle-aged man looked down seriously, and was suddenly a little dumbfounded, muttering: "It's true, it's true, it's really fifteen texts, how is this possible, could it be that it was misprinted, and the first three hundred were omitted":