My father is Jiajing

Chapter 321: The Second Creation of Jin Ping Mei
The 31st year of the Jiajing reign was also an ordinary year in history.

Apart from Zhu Zaigui's wedding, which could be considered a major event this year, the rest of the things could almost be said to be not worth mentioning.

Therefore, this year passed very quickly.

Moreover, after this year, the expansion project of the capital outside Chongwenmen has completed the preliminary underground drainage and underground pipeline reservation work.

Next, we can carry out the massive ground construction work.

Zhu Zaigui, accompanied by Si Hua, Li Xianshi, and several close followers including Meng Chong, once again came to the outskirts of Xishan in disguise.

Standing in Laiqingxuan, which he had inscribed and built two years ago, Zhu Zaigui once again took in the beautiful scenery of the Western Hills.

Zhu Zaigui laughed and said, "Does Si Hua still remember this place?"

When Si Hua heard Zhu Zaigui's question, she also replied with a smile: "Of course I remember. The prince brought me here two years ago. At that time, the prince was very interested and even wrote the words 'Laiqing' and had this viewing pavilion built here."

As Si Hua spoke, he made tea for Zhu Zaigui.

Li Xianshi, who was also accompanying them, was helping Si Hua to organize the tea sets. When she heard that there was such a story about Lai Qingxuan, she was curious and at the same time impressed at how favored Si Hua was.

Since Zhu Zaigui's wedding, apart from Princess Li and Concubine Chen, Zhu Zaigui rarely visited the other selected concubines.

But Si Hua is an exception.

After the wedding, Zhu Zaigui not only made Sihua his concubine, but also allowed her to continue living in the "Zhihua" courtyard as before.

This kind of honor is unique in the royal palace.

Although there were many troubles among women, Zhu Zaigui managed this aspect well.

Zhu Zaigui knew very well that the biggest reason why these women were so restless and scheming in the harem was that they were too idle and had nothing better to do.

Therefore, in order to prevent these women in the harem from scheming so much and making the harem a mess, Zhu Zaigui took great pains.

In addition to the special treatment given to his wife and concubines, Zhu Zaigui treated the remaining concubines almost equally.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui's harem has been relatively peaceful and nothing unusual has happened.

And to give them something to divert their attention and do.

Zhu Zaigui also "invented" for them a pastime called mahjong, and another pastime called watching a play.

Mahjong, as the name implies, is Mahjong, which is the familiar "two five eight thousand" that Zhu Zaigui plagiarized before traveling through time;
Watching a play is even simpler. Zhu Zaigui made certain changes based on the Kunqu opera, which was still in its infancy.

It makes the storyline and stage effects richer.

Although Zhu Zaigui couldn't sing Peking opera, Henan opera, or Huangmei opera, but had he ever eaten pork, had he ever seen a pig run?
Therefore, under the guidance and organization of Zhu Zaigui, the royal palace opera troupe came into being, and the repertoire performed was the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" script that was well-known in the Ming Dynasty today.

Although this book was written nearly two hundred years ago, it has only been circulated in a small range during these two hundred years.

Many people know the story of the Three Kingdoms, but not many can tell the whole story in a systematic way.

So after Hongwenguan and Daming Bookstore had just made some achievements and effects, Zhu Zaigui spent a lot of money to reorganize and edit the popular "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on the market, and finally formed the current "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Then he released the hardcover version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the name of Daming Bookstore, which made the story have a systematic logic.

Therefore, it is natural that this book became popular hundreds of years in advance.

Now, a genuine hardcover edition of the first edition of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" published by Daming Bookstore has become a rare fine collection in the eyes of private collectors.

Therefore, the original selling price of one tael and eight cents of silver has now been raised to more than ten taels.

The reason why it is hyped up so high is that, on the one hand, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" published by Daming Bookstore is well-made, and on the other hand, this set of books also has a special genuine edition number.

For private collectors, this edition number is undoubtedly an anti-counterfeiting mark. With this information, it would be strange if the first edition of the hardcover version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was not sold at a sky-high price.

After all, the printing style of Daming Book Bureau cannot be imitated by any bookseller on the market, so this also indirectly leads to the scarcity of this book.

Therefore, it is normal that the current hardcover edition of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" can be sold at a high price.

However, the price of the hardcover edition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms printed later returned to a reasonable level, that is, one tael and eight cents, because it was not the front page.

It can’t be any higher, and it can’t be any lower.

After all, this set of books goes through a lot of steps from typesetting to printing, and the manpower and material resources used are also very complicated.

Therefore, it is unlikely to sell this kind of recreational reading material at a low price.

After all, this kind of book is not like the "Four Books and Five Classics" which are already popular "popular" literature, so it is understandable that it is more expensive.

So now with the emergence of Daming Bookstore, many frustrated writers who have literary dreams have seen hope, and they are also quietly changing their thinking and ideas.

They tried to submit their works to Daming Bookstore in the hope of gaining its favor, so that their painstakingly created works could be printed into books and distributed throughout the world, allowing more people to see their talents.

Among them is the legendary masterpiece "Jin Ping Mei", whose author no one is willing to admit until now. It is now also typeset and printed by Daming Bookstore. However, compared with other small booksellers in the market, the set of "Jin Ping Mei" published by Daming Bookstore does not have illustrations.

However, the set of "Jin Ping Mei" published by Daming Bookstore is still very popular. As soon as it was released, it sold even better than "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

I heard that some smart booksellers, after purchasing a large number of copies of "Jin Ping Mei" published by Daming Bookstore, specially hired painters to illustrate the books, and then packaged them together for sale.

This price was immediately several times more expensive than the original book published by Daming Bookstore.

Faced with such a situation, Zhu Zaigui could only sigh that the wisdom of the working people was indeed infinite. They could even think of this method. They deserved to be able to make money!

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui did not ask Zhao Zhenji and Li Chunfang to crack down on this kind of soft piracy, because in Zhu Zaigui's view, this was also a normal market behavior.

Although Daming Bookstore cannot publish illustrated editions, there are still people who are interested in publishing them, which shows that this market is extremely active and has great prospects.

Therefore, during this period of time, Zhu Zaigui couldn't help but want to try the pleasure of plagiarizing, but so far Zhu Zaigui has not decided which great writer to plagiarize.

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Please vote for me~~~
After taking the medicine and having a massage, I felt much better.

(End of this chapter)