Shi Yi had Yuanshan's promise, and his champion bookstore immediately organized a group of capable scholars to conduct interviews on the construction section of the railway as required.
Soon the first report about the train was released in the Datang tabloid.
As soon as the door opening drum was beaten, the tabloid sellers shouted on the street, and some long-term custom-made people could see tabloid being placed in the tabloid storage box outside the door as soon as they opened the door every morning.
This is also a new thing with the development of tabloids, all long-term customers will be installed free of charge a newspaper box, with holes in the box and a lock to ensure the safety of the tabloid.
The content of today's tabloid is very fresh, and a rectangular pattern is printed in the small newspaper, and the word train is written on the ground of the picture, which immediately attracted attention.
"The look of the train is really peculiar, can such a long thing really move, according to the introduction, this locomotive is made of pure iron, weighing nearly 1,700 stones, so much iron is really amazing."
This topic has not stopped since the morning, and it is calculated that this locomotive is at least about a hundred tons, and the real total amount may be slightly heavier according to the preliminary setting, but Yuan Shan has tried his best to let people remove unnecessary things, and the biggest problem is the multi-cylinder technology, which is the core part of this steam train.
The first issue of the Datang tabloid only published such a behemoth made of pure iron, and this news became the focus of the topic.
There are many good people who have gone to the place where the railway is being built outside Chang'an to check, but what they see is a smooth railway foundation, and at first glance there is only a wooden square pressed by gravel, and the road surface is divided into sections next to it, and there are various road signs and various guidance signs on both sides, which look like long lines paved with gravel.
People who see this don't know what it's doing, but the tabloid will explain the railroad and other relevant information in the next issue after the tabloid introduces the truck, which makes people look forward to it.
Datang Xiaobao is not out every day, and it takes time to make it, but the content of the next issue has already been prepared, and at the same time, the Shi family has opened a champion library next to the champion bookstore, which is equipped with all kinds of related books, and the reading is charged according to the hour, and the desk is provided, but for safety reasons, the business hours are only during the day.
Because they are all books, they are not open at night, no candles, no kerosene lamps, and when you are thirsty when you are reading, you need to go to the well outside to drink water, which is also to prevent drinking water from spilling on the books while reading.
The library is very large, but the fees are not high, and the common people can also pay for their reading, and if the reader wants to earn some pocket money, he can also apply for the library's book copying work, and the remuneration is also quite considerable.
This idea was put forward by Yuan Shan, because with such a library, the Shi family has gained a lot of fame, but this is indeed a dangerous signal in the eyes of the family, and the Shi family is under a lot of pressure, but because of this, it has also been approved by His Majesty the Emperor, which is also the best choice made by the Shi family.
There is also a library in the Tang Dynasty, which allows students to borrow books at will, and the Shi family is even more thorough, as long as there is money, anyone can read, and even some books will be sold at the lowest price after being replaced with new books after a long period of use, which is convenient for some poor students.
Moreover, with the help of Yuan Shan, many students of Guozijian can copy books and then sell their manuscripts to the Zhuangyuan Library, and the purchase price is very high, and this livelihood can also be used by students as a long-term money-making job.
Although Yuanshan's reputation in Guozijian is not very good, it is undeniable that Yuanshan has promoted the most officials in Guozijian, and the purpose of these students is not to be able to enter the scholar in the future, so no one will really argue with Yuanshan based on his bookish spirit alone, so the project of this library is promoted very smoothly.
In addition, the reading library also collects paintings of celebrities and classifies all the books, not to mention the poems and songs, and the poems and songs of the readers kept by the Zhuangyuan Book Company are all to be printed into books, the purpose is to enrich the library's book reserves, some miscellaneous studies are more popular here, but only various religious scriptures are not displayed.
Now the business of Zhuangyuan Bookstore is very hot, some of them buy all kinds of practice questions, more people come to take over the work of copying books, and there are also many people who write poems and songs, because the news that Zhuangyuan Bookstore is going to launch a collection of poems and songs of Tang Dynasty talents has spread.
Even the courtiers in the court are also tired of this, more because I don't know if the Shi family is deliberate, as long as the officials contribute, they will always get a good remuneration, if this person has some fame and literary talent, then he will earn more money than the officials.
The bookstore is not even limited to various schools, not only poetry and songs, but also the ideas of various academic schools can be submitted, and if they can be compiled into a book, the entire book can be repaid for the publication of the book, and a large amount of money can be obtained at one time.
What's more definitely Yuan Shan is not according to the routine, the blue sky medical hall of common disease diagnosis and treatment of the book to Shi Yi, published at his own expense, the first batch of Yuanjia paper workshop directly printed 10,000 copies in the Zhuangyuan Book Bureau to send people to distribute it to the county government of various state capitals, although this business is a little wrong, but with the Shi family's various channels to do it is also handy, and the popularity rate of the yamen around Chang'an is the highest.
For this reason, Shi Yi also earned 500 yuan of Yuanshan's service fee, and Yuanshan did earn 50 yuan of Chang'an businessmen for each advertisement in the advertising column on the tree, adding up to at least 50 advertisements in the advertising part of this book.
The content of the second issue of tabloids after the locomotive report finally let people see the original appearance of the railway, and it is very clear that the composition of the railway makes people know that the original huge iron lump is running on an iron track, which makes many people not believe it.
Although there are many people who don't believe it, the truth is right in front of them, and the truth will naturally be revealed after the completion of the construction of the railway, so there is no controversy about this matter, but when it comes to the amount of investment, the people are very shocked, but there are people in the court who think that this is an act of labor and money to be stopped.
As a result, Yuan Shan was found to have a theory with a minister.
In the Taiji Hall, the corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched slightly, and at this time, Yuan Shan was facing the doubts of the ministers, and he seemed to be unable to say anything at all.
"Yuan Servant Shooting, the locomotive project has been implemented for more than a month, employing as many as 70,000 people, and the daily expenditure is nearly 600,000 yuan so far, which is not what it is to work the people and lose money."
"All this money is from the Ministry of Economic Development, what does it matter to you."
Yuan Shan said directly "You, you are rude."
"You are unreasonable, wasting other people's time is equivalent to making money and killing people, you know that this official is hundreds of minutes and hundreds of times, you are wasting time and know no."
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