When people around saw Xiao Yu say this, they looked forward to what would happen next.

Wang Cen walked out of the palace dejectedly. It was obvious that he had failed.

When I returned to Liubu, although I was not so depressed, I was still in a bad mood.

"Master, this matter cannot be resisted by human beings?" Xiao Yu looked at his stinky face and said, Your Majesty is definitely on Xie Ji's side.

I didn't see the newspapers being so flattering to the emperor. They already praised him beyond words.

How could the emperor give the order to stop this matter?

Therefore, your failure this time is within common sense, and there is nothing to be upset about.

Wang Cen ignored Xiao Yu's gloating look and directly picked up a book and started reading without caring about worldly affairs.

Xiao Yu touched her nose, was he wrong? I'll go find Xie Ji later. This newspaper matter must be controlled by the court, right?

This newspaper is not yours alone, Xie Ji's.

Otherwise, by then the entire public opinion will be in your favour, Xie Ji, and that's okay.

The people outside have been talking about what happened today.

"The whole street is blocked today, what's going on?" Some people who don't understand asked a person, what's going on in Chang'an today?

Why are there always people blocking every road, and there is no place to pass? Has something happened again?

When someone with knowledge of the matter told the story, some people started to sigh.

"This Xie Ji is too rich. This is just to show off his wealth. Xie Ji can give away his papers for free, but we can't even afford a meal of meat."

As expected, the wine and meat in Zhumen stinks, and there are bones frozen to death on the road.

Xie Ji's papers can be thrown away casually on the road, but in the wild there are often people who cannot afford to eat and starve to death.

Why not change the paper used to show off your wealth and discarded on the streets into money and donate it to the suffering people?

Of course, this is the view of some people, but not all. There are also some people who are looking carefully at Xie Ji's article.

The title of this article is "Secular Prejudices", which contains various prejudices, such as prejudice against treacherous ministers and prejudice against some customs. It is said that this prejudice is everywhere, and it also writes about things that people know nothing about themselves.

I have no tolerance and think that some fantastic ideas are deviant...

These words have aroused the thinking of some literati. What Xie Ji said makes sense.

In front of the "Sanwei Bookstore", many people stood here and talked about the bookstore.

"Xie Ji did a good thing this time. For example, the paper in this 'bookstore' is very cheap, about half of that in other bookstores."

He came again and said to this 'bookstore' that in their opinion, this was one of the few good things Xie Ji had done.

This is good news for ordinary scholars and is something worth celebrating.

"However, people buying paper formed a long queue, from Zhuque Street to Xuanwu Street. The entire street was just to buy paper. We couldn't get in the queue at all."

Some people looked at this scene and said that the queue was too long and they were too lazy to queue, so they could only watch here.

There are inevitably some people here who want to jump in line, but they are beaten up by the crowd, so they dare not jump in line.

Of course, if you want to buy paper quickly, there is a way to ask the people in front of you to help them buy it together.

"It's sold out. It's sold out today. Come back tomorrow." The shopkeeper inside said when he saw that there was no more paper.

Looking at the bookshelf, here again, whether it is newspapers or simple paper, they are all out of stock. I made a lot of money today.

It seems that what the Prime Minister said is reasonable. If the price is set low, people may think that rare things are more expensive, so they rush to buy them. There is a lot of paper today, but it is still sold out.

You can see how much profit there is.

"Sold out? What about those of us who are waiting in line?"

The person at the front asked, "How many hours did he wait in line before it was his turn? Unexpectedly, he just said it was sold out. Did he wait in line for nothing after waiting in such a long line?"

"Yeah, what should we do?" Is this all a white platoon?

"I didn't think about it well today, I'm sorry, there will be more tomorrow, there will be more tomorrow." The shopkeeper said, there were so many people queuing up behind him, there was nothing he could do.

Unexpectedly, it was so crowded today that the whole street was blocked.

"What if there is no tomorrow?" Those people said, who knows if there will be any? They queued up for such a long time and just told them no, how could this work?

"This is the Prime Minister's store. As long as the Prime Minister is still the Prime Minister, this bookstore will not be out of stock." The shopkeeper said, this is Xie Ji's. How could Xie Ji say that it will only be sold for one day?

"Let's stop making trouble. This is a traitor's shop. It will be difficult to deal with if Xie Ji catches him." After hearing this, someone said that it was just a waste of a few hours and there was no need to go against Xie Ji.

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The shopkeeper went out and asked everyone inside to get out before closing the door.

"Go back, go back, come back tomorrow, they are sold out today." The shopkeeper sent some customers out, closed the door of the bookstore, and shouted to a long queue behind him.

Let them all leave on their own.

The people in the queue at the back were all in disbelief, obviously wanting to look inside, but it was actually sold out.

Not only were all the papers in the bookstore sold out, but all the articles distributed under the pretext were also sold out, and not a single one was left.

Although some people pretended to be taking it for the first time, they still gave it away. That's why the papers were distributed so quickly.

The same is true for the papers in the bookstore. Some people wanted to buy all the papers, but he was afraid that this would not be in line with Xie Ji's original intention, so he stipulated that each person could buy a maximum of 300 sheets, so they could be sold for so long.

But despite this, the papers were sold quickly.

Demand really exceeds supply.

If the supply exceeds demand, another thing will happen, that is, someone will buy it and then resell it, which will cause the price of paper to skyrocket.

This matter soon spread to Xie Ji's side.

"Someone is buying low and selling high?" Xie Ji said, today is destined to be another uneventful night.

Today is just the beginning.

The price of paper is still very high now, because although the price in his bookstore is half that of the market, due to the shortage of supply, prices will naturally become higher outside, that's for sure.

Those people are similar to modern day scalpers.

Xie Ji looked at the papers piled up behind him that were almost as tall as himself, and then said with a smile: "Don't you want to buy it? Then I will let you buy as much as you can."

Xie Ji has some evil thoughts. The price of paper is still very high now, so he has to lower the price of paper.

He has set the price at half of the market price now because the price is still very high and poor people still cannot afford it. What these people buy should be wealthy homes.

"Gao Shan, you take advantage of the night tonight to buy a few shops on the four main streets in the southeast, northwest and northwest of Chang'an and decorate them into bookstores."

Xie Ji told Gao Shan that he had made a lot of money today, and what he had lost was nothing at all.

Although it is only half the price on the market, because the cost is very low, the profit is very considerable and the income is also very considerable.

Xie Ji didn't plan to lower the price of paper to the lowest first. If they didn't want to buy it, they would sell the paper first. When the supply exceeds demand, the price of paper would naturally drop.

Those people will be in trouble by then, but the prerequisite is that there is a lot of paper.

He doesn't have to worry about this. He has already allocated a piece of land to mass-produce paper. He will give them as much paper as they want, as long as they can afford it.

"Tomorrow, if someone comes to buy paper, they can give them as much as they think of."

He has prepared several carts of paper and is waiting.

This time, I will definitely trick them.

When the time comes that it can’t be sold, it will look good.

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On the other side, Xiao Yu saw the craftsman giving him a wooden board, which was carved exactly according to the method of carving a seal.

It took several hours to carve a board.

"Let's see if we can." He asked someone to cover the wooden board with ink and print it on paper.

"It's done, it's done, Xie Ji, it turns out you used this method." Xiao Yu looked at the piece of paper and laughed, but some officials were confused as to what the use of that thing was.

Although the paper is not as clear as the printing, you can still see the content inside.

"Although it is not as good as handwritten transcription, it is enough."

Seeing this, Xiao Yu felt a little worried. This wooden board was a weapon.

Although this is a lot more convenient, books will no longer be so sacred in the future.

He can throw away this wooden board, but he can't use it for others, and he can't use it for Xie Ji.

If he uses it, he will suffer a loss, but if he does not use it, the loss will be greater and it will be even more disadvantageous to him.

In addition to this, he has to fight for the right to participate in that newspaper, and the emperor should agree.

"Quick, go get a bunch of paper, print thousands of copies, and then follow Xie Ji's example and distribute it on the street. Let the world know his shameless face." An official came over and saw this real thing.

I was very happy when it was done, so I sent someone to get the paper.

"This paper is very expensive. If it were free, we would be at a loss." Someone came and said, they were very reluctant to part with it. This paper is really expensive.

They are not Xie Ji, so they are not afraid of running out of money.
To be continued...