I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

As the first listing of Datang News, both Wei Zheng and Li Shimin were undoubtedly very nervous. On the one hand, they both felt that this product was good, but on the other hand, they were afraid that it would be unacceptable.

Therefore, Wei Zheng and Li Shimin strolled to the restaurant in Chang'an City early in the morning, ordered a few small dishes and a pot of wine with big white eyes, and sat in front of the window on the second floor to watch the street view with the cold wind blowing.

If Da Zhuang hadn't known that this was the owner's friend, or the second owner of the winery, he would have quit so early in the morning, how could the restaurant open so early in the morning.

As a result, the old man came early in the morning and asked people to knock on the door regardless. He also took people to wash, prepare vegetables, and stock in the backyard, and he was dragged to the front to cook for them.

And the most ruthless thing is, early in the morning, he has to make a lion head, and he has to say that thing is for drinking. If Da Zhuang didn't know Li Shimin, he really wouldn't do it.

There is still a lot of work in the backyard, and the owner has assigned him a task. He has to practice cooking and knife skills every day. He is busy!

Li Shimin sat in front of the window with a smile on his face, took a sip from the wine glass in one hand, held the lion's head on the plate in the other, and said to Wei Zheng,

"Master Wei, try this food and wine. You can't find such a good craftsmanship in other places in Chang'an City. This is made by Da Zhuang. Brother Xiao Zhang taught two apprentices in a serious way, and now one of them is here. Here, one is in another restaurant, except for these two restaurants, you can't eat such delicious food anywhere else!"

Li Shimin didn't know what was wrong, as long as he left the palace now, he could immediately change his identity to that businessman Lao Li.

Not only the speaking style has changed, but even the temperament and demeanor can be perfectly changed.No, Wei Zheng was stunned for a while, he had never seen Li Shimin's superb acting skills before.

However, no matter how you say, Master Wei Zhengwei has also seen strong winds and waves. If His Majesty came out in a white dragon fish suit, it's better not to reveal His Majesty's identity.

Therefore, Wei Zheng also nodded along the way, holding the wine glass and drinking slowly.

Today's Chang'an people, as long as they have a little money in their pockets, their drinking style is completely different from before.

In the past, when the brothers sat together to drink, at least they had to use a big bowl to show their masculinity, or maybe they had to use a jar.

But now, those who drink with big bowls are either local turtles from the countryside outside the city, or melons who are too poor to drink Zhang's fine wine. Anyone who has really drank Zhang's fine wine knows that the aroma of the wine is also real. The energy is amazing.

For a normal drinking capacity, it is estimated that only one large glass has to be poured. Even if the alcohol capacity is good, it is estimated that it will not pass three glasses.

If we still follow the previous drinking method of drinking from a large bowl, I am afraid that if the bowl is not finished, the table will have to leave.

I have to say that Zhang Nuo has abruptly changed the dining atmosphere of Datang, even drinking has become elegant!

Wei Zheng is like this now. In the past, even if he was a powerless literati, he would drink bowl by bowl, but now, when he faces Li Shimin face to face, he still scores several sips for a small glass of wine, sipping slowly. Just do it!

The two monarchs and ministers changed their identities, and without the tit-for-tat confrontation in the court, it seemed that they even got closer to chatting. It was the first time that Li Shimin felt that when Wei Zheng was not talking about others, chatting was actually quite interesting.

But this chatting atmosphere didn't last long, and Li Shimin and his ministers heard the voice they wanted to hear coming from outside the window.

"The Great Tang News, the Great Tang News with His Majesty's own inscription, take a look at the details of the Youzhou Rebellion, and see His Majesty's comments on the Zhenguan New Deal!"

A big man with a broken arm now had a cloth pocket hanging on his chest, filled with a lot of newspapers, and was yelling as he walked hard.

Li Shimin quickly stretched out his head to stop the remnant army, and then asked someone to buy two newspapers to come up.

After getting the newspaper, Li Shimin didn't read the content carefully at the first time, but held up the newspaper and looked it around.

First of all, he was satisfied with the price of the newspaper. Not to mention the two large sheets of paper, which were densely filled with words, but only ten coppers, the price was extremely conscientious.

Moreover, he knew that the price of the ten coppers was the result of Wei Zheng's profit of adding two pennies. The real price of buying paper and printing from Zhang Nuo was eight pennies.

Looking at the newspaper now, the paper doesn't seem to be the snow-white paper he usually sees. The color is quite dull, but the writing is still very clear.

The most important thing is that Zhang Nuo told him very early on, don't make the newspaper so that only the rich can afford it, then the newspaper will lose its original meaning.

It is necessary to use all means to lower the price under the premise of ensuring quality, so that this newspaper can be truly circulated, and as long as it is circulated, more and more people will be able to read, and the government's decrees and news will also be spread. will become wider and wider.

The most important thing is that as long as the newspapers can continue to sell well, then the imperial court will have a new channel for information release and a position of public opinion that is different from the usual.

Therefore, even if he knew that the quality of these papers was obviously not as good as the ones he used, and the ones sold in Zhang's Bookstore on weekdays, he didn't care.

As long as the writing is clear and the price is cheap, then his goal has been achieved.

To put it bluntly, he used to subsidize money from internal funds to let people produce rice paper for those students. For what, isn't it just to let everyone study more and train more poor students?

Nowadays, not only do you not need to post money, but you can still earn money, and the amount is so large, so there is nothing to complain about.

Li Shimin was thinking about the quality of the newspaper, while Wei Zheng looked at the newspaper excitedly.

Although he, as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, knows every article on it and can even recite every word, but this is the first time he has seen the real print in the newspaper.

The first page of the newspaper was an article written by Li Shimin himself. It probably said that the newspaper was run with the support of the imperial court and was used to disseminate some information for all the people in the country to know.

Not to mention the inscription written in the name of Li Shimin, but the manuscript written by Li Shimin was directly published, which is to put a layer of gold on Datang Daily.

And Wei Zheng looked at the second edition of the prose written by himself, and immediately felt comfortable no matter how he read it.

To put it bluntly, he, Wei Zheng, is also a literati. To be able to see his own words printed on paper in his lifetime is simply the highest pursuit of a scholar.

What's more, this is the first time, and there will be a newspaper every few days in the future, so Wei Zheng will definitely have more articles published.

And by that time, he will surely become famous in the literary world!

Chapter 340 Newspaper Influence

Li Shimin and Wei Zheng sat here not only to buy a newspaper for the first time, but also to know the people's views on newspapers, a new thing.

Therefore, even Da Zhuang almost turned his eyeballs so that he could hardly see the darkness, Li Shimin still smiled and ordered a few more dishes, ordered a pot of wine again, and continued to sit with a little drunkenness.

In fact, Zhang Nuo was holding back his bad intentions. Logically speaking, after all the manuscripts arrived at the printing factory, there should be an existing version for Wei Zheng and others to review.

But Zhang Nuo didn't think it was troublesome, so he just checked it himself. People like Wei Zheng know nothing, let alone Lao Li. How can a layman guide an expert?

Therefore, Zhang Nuo didn't tell them that there was still a sample. After receiving the manuscript and simply typesetting it, he handed it over to the printing workers. Then after the first newspaper came out, he checked that there was no problem, and then printed it in large batches. up.

It is also because of this that after the first edition of the first issue of Datang's first newspaper came out, except for Zhang Nuo, the editor-in-chief and the big boss of the newspaper did not read it at all, which is a bit painful.

But Li Shimin and the others didn't know anyway, and instead looked at the newspaper in their hands happily.

In their view, as long as the text is correct, the article is written by them, how to print it is not the craftsman's business, and they will not arrange these things for them!

Of course, maybe after a while, after they know what is the front page headline and what is the small tofu block in the middle, they will know the importance of typography and printing.

But at least for now, the two of them, the monarch and his ministers, are still reading the newspaper happily.

Smelling the ink smell unique to the newspaper that just came out of the oven, the two monarchs and ministers didn't even think about talking, even if they had read the article, looking at the newspaper printed with Zhang Nuo's standard face at this time, that feeling Still not the same.

It didn't take long for people to come to the restaurant one after another. At this time, those who can go to the restaurant to eat are basically wealthy. After all, if the business of the black-hearted boss Zhang Nuo is cheap, wouldn't it be contemptuous of people?

And these days, as long as there is a certain wealth, everyone is literate, even if they can't speak well, they can be regarded as a proficient writer.

Therefore, for new things like newspapers, when the group came up, they already had one piece in their hands. Now after ordering, they chatted about the newspaper while waiting for the dishes to be served.

One of the rather rich fat men spoke first,

"Everyone, is the present-day sage too rich? I'm afraid it's not cheap for this great paper to be printed with this. If you sell it for such a small amount, won't you have to keep losing money? What is your sire planning? "

After all, if they are businessmen, ordinary people would probably think about the information, news, and articles in the newspaper, but the first thing these businessmen pay attention to is the cost and price of the newspaper.

And another businessman with a wisp of a goatee replied with a smile,

"Brother, you're thinking about things again. It's the Holy Majesty's own business. What's the matter, you still plan to learn from the Wang family and learn the handicrafts passed down from generation to generation?"

"You must know that the Wang family in Taiyuan is a top-notch big family. As a result, more than 1000 people are small, and their heads were chopped off and placed at the door of the house."

"Brother, if you think you are good enough, you can try it too?"

When the fat man heard this, his whole body trembled, and he forced a smile twice,

"Aren't you kidding? We are small, let alone compared with the Wang family, and are incomparable with those nobles. Let's do our own business honestly!"

"However, this shopkeeper Zhang is tough enough. I heard that he killed all the thousand or so members of the Wang family with the help of his own manpower. Who knows where the gods came from? The foundation, reveal it to us, don't offend the nobleman in the future!"

After the goatee took a sip of wine proudly, he said slowly,

"I've never met that shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, but I only know one thing, that is, whether it's a restaurant, a wine shop or a bookstore here, that guy is all in partnership with the current emperor!"

"I have a cousin in the yamen, who warned me in private that these properties must not be distracted. I heard that the Holy One not only arranged for the servants around him to be in charge, but also directly warned all the yamen not to Embarrassment!"

"So, buddy, even if you don't know the basics of this kind of business, you'd better not provoke it, because people with the support of the Holy One are more solid than any other foundation!"

Li Shimin smiled triumphantly when he heard this, mother, finally someone said something nice about me, little brother Zhang always complained that I just took money and didn't do anything, but I didn't say anything, how can this business be done so well?

Is it true that the nobles and big households in Chang'an City are all kind and law-abiding families?

If it weren't for Li Shimin's greeting in advance, and Zhang Nuo's business is basically in an industry that no one can compete with, maybe the small officials in the yamen can ruin Zhang Nuo's property without the help of other big households. .

It's a pity that I didn't have a showdown on my identity, and I can't be honest with my little brother Zhang about the credits I have made all the time. What a pity!

However, Li Shimin didn't feel complacent for a long time, because he heard the two people next door talking about Zhang Nuo, and found that it was too mysterious and deeply rooted.

The same fat man, after reading the newspaper, put the newspaper on the table, pointed to one of the articles and said,

"Look, this Luo Yi rebelled. In the past, the Supreme Emperor gave the country the surname Li. I didn't expect it to be a white-eyed wolf. What do you think he wants? Isn't it good to be his local emperor in the Western Regions? Do you have to make such a fuss?"

The goatee also saw this part, and curled his lips in disdain,

"Picture what? Maybe people want to be emperor? At the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the Eighteenth Route rebelled against the king, there were not one or two such people! It's just that I didn't expect that the world has been peaceful for a long time, and there can still appear Come on such a fool!"

"From my point of view, this person probably has a bad brain and is blind. If rebellion is so easy, why don't other people rebel? Could it be that his 2 people are all heavenly soldiers and generals?"

The fat businessman said with a smile,

"I don't care about the heavenly soldiers and generals who fart, just as Master Wei said, as soon as General Qin arrives with the imperial army, this Luo Yi can only run away like a shit!"

"It's just that you explain to me the words in Mr. Wei's article. I don't know what they mean!"

Li Shimin looked at the goatee-bearded businessman who was holding a newspaper to ask for advice, and looked at Wei Zheng meaningfully. Wei Qing, you editor-in-chief, I'm afraid you didn't do a good job!

Chapter 341 Wei Zheng's Little Secret

For these businessmen, a rough knowledge of writing and ink is enough, so it is not extravagant to say how knowledgeable they are.

Therefore, they really don't know the few rare characters written by Wei Zheng's pedantry.

Not to mention them, even Zhang Nuo was tricked by old Wei at the beginning, because he didn't prepare the fonts of those rare characters at all, but since Wei Zheng wrote it, as the owner of the printing factory, how can he still write it? Type the manuscript back and say you changed these words for me?

In desperation, Zhang Nuo forced himself to write for a long time before he cooperated with the engraver to fill in the lack of fonts exposed this time.

But Zhang Nuo could only fill in the words. For these uncommon words, he really had no idea to understand them.

In fact, Li Shimin could understand this, and he also knew those words, but when he heard the merchant next to him say it, he understood that it was obviously that Wei Zhengxian was showing too much, so that other people couldn't understand it at all.

If this is the case, this newspaper is still useless. It was originally intended to establish word-of-mouth among ordinary people. As a result, let alone ordinary people who cannot read, even people who are fluent in Chinese and ink can’t understand it. What's the point?

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with unfriendly eyes, frowning and thinking about how to punish this bastard, Wei Zheng had a rare playful smile on his face.

He is also a smart person, so naturally he has already discovered what he did wrong from what the person next to him said just now.

But it's really not his fault. To him, those words are not uncommon words at all but common words.Moreover, if you don't use it that much, you will always feel that there is something missing.

In fact, Wei Zheng's state at this time is the same as that gang of Zicai forced writers.In their view, using "so" is a lack of style, and using "so" is particularly elegant.

Even if the final meaning is the same, but never change, after all, it is other people's business to see or not, handsome or not is one's business!

The businessmen next to them didn't care about Li Shimin's murmurs. After all, the two tables were quite far apart. If their voices weren't loud just now, Li Shimin and Wei Zheng couldn't hear their voices at all.

The fat businessman had already read the whole newspaper quickly, and suddenly smiled and said to the goatee who was still reading the newspaper seriously,

"Dude, look, look at this article, it's about anecdotes in the market, look carefully!"

Goatee followed the little radish finger of the fat businessman and found that it was a column called Miscellaneous Talk in the Market on the second edition, which contained short stories that happened in various parts of the Tang Dynasty.

And the one the fat businessman pointed to was a businessman who had been doing business in other places for a long time. After returning to Chang’an, he had a party with his old friends. Got drunk after two drinks.

This small article laments the rapid changes of Chang'an City, and at the same time laments the mellowness and power of Zhang's fine wine, and kindly advises everyone, although the fine wine is good, don't be greedy.

Goatee looked at this, frowned, and said in confusion,

"What's the matter? It's just a story in Chang'an City. Who hasn't been tricked by Zhang's fine wine at the wine table? Didn't you use this trick to bet with others before?"

The fat businessman shook his head with a smile,

"You, man, are you really not paying attention or are you pretending not to be paying attention? This story seems to be about interesting things in Chang'an City, but why don't you say anything else, but it just talks about Zhang's fine wine and directly puts Zhang's fine wine. Has the name been written?"

Seeing the goatee in front of him lost in thought, the fat man continued,

"I don't know what other people think. The old people in Chang'an City naturally know that Zhang's wine is too mellow and cannot drink too much, but outsiders don't know. If they read this newspaper and this story, would they think about it? How delicious and full-bodied is Zhang's fine wine?"

"You should know that it was mentioned earlier that this newspaper will be published and distributed all over the country. Then, wouldn't the name of Zhang's fine wine be famous all over the country?"

The goatee was taken aback when he heard this, looked at the fat man in front of him, then looked at the newspaper in hand, and said nervously,

"You said that I entrusted someone to send a few hundred guan to Mr. Wei Zheng, can he write an article on my family's lacquerware and put it in this newspaper?

I seem to have heard someone say that to ask Mr. Wei Zheng to write a sacrificial oration, it takes fifty guan, and I don't know if a few hundred guan is enough? "

Li Shimin pricked up his ears when he heard this, and immediately spit out a mouthful of wine, hahaha, someone wanted to bribe Wei Zheng, and he, the emperor, found out on the spot, and Mr. Wei, who has always been poor, actually took money from others The thing about writing a memorial service.

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng in front of him playfully. Wei Zheng's old face was almost squeezed out of water now, and his neck was thick.

"Unexpectedly, Wei Qing, the price of fifty guan is one of the best in Chang'an City. Seeing how poor you are on weekdays, I really can't think of such a profit!"