Chapter 123: Mingchuan Town Construction

With the printing press running at full speed, "The Great Desolation" exuding the fragrance of ink was printed one after another, and then quickly shipped to all parts of the world.

[Tranquility] Bookstore does not have many branches. Initially, it only opened in the capitals of the five major countries, the five hidden villages, and major cities in the country, with a total of more than 40 stores.

People here have the strongest spending power and a high literacy rate.

If you open a bookstore in a small city, the rent will be low, but if no one knows how to read, it will be useless to sell it.

Tsunade sits in Mingchuan Town, always paying attention to the sales of "Prehistoric".

These days, there are no mobile phones, no BB radios, not even a radio station, and the news is extremely difficult.

However, ninjas have their own ninja communication methods, so Tsunade can also get sales information from all over the world within one day.

At eight o'clock in the morning, [Tranquility Bookstore] opened, and "Prehistoric" began to be officially sold. By ten o'clock in the morning, the results were sent back one after another.

"The Kingdom of Fire, Capital City, 800 copies have been sold out, please restock!"

"Konoha Village, 600 copies have been sold out, please restock!"

"In the Hidden Mist Village, 500 copies have been sold out, please restock!"

"The Kingdom of Water, the capital, 800 copies have been sold out, please restock!"

"Am I being a little conservative?" Looking at the replenishment information from all directions, Tsunade was a little confused.

When she received Ning Yuan's manuscript, she didn't think much of it. What kind of book could a little kid write? Or a fairy tale?

But after watching it, I felt something was wrong.

This book is so beautiful!

And, it’s very real!

If she hadn't come from the Thousand Hands Clan, if Ning Yuan hadn't personally handed the manuscript into her hands, she would have really regarded these stories as ancient history!

She would think so, let alone others?

At that time, she felt that this book should be popular.

If the content is good enough, the writing style and uncommon words will not be a problem, but will become a bonus item to improve the quality.

It was only after realizing the excellence of this book that Tsunade gave up the idea of ​​building a theater first and converted it into a bookstore.

She had tried her best to think of this book as a popular one, but she still underestimated it.

It was also her first time doing business. Although the shopkeeper she hired said she could print more copies, to be conservative, she only printed 20,000 copies of the first edition. As a result, the sales volume was

"The popularity of this book may be comparable, eh?" Tsunade thought about it and couldn't think of any book that could compare with it.

After all, before this, the publishing industry in the Fire Country and other countries was not prosperous.

"Huh!" Along with the whistling wind, the trio landed outside the main hall where Tsunade worked.

"The book has been published!" Ning Yuan walked in and saw "The Great Desolation" still smelling of ink in front of Tsunade, so he took a copy and flipped through it.

The writing is clear and the spacing is appropriate.

The most rare thing is that according to Ning Yuan's request, these books are written from left to right.

Originally, books in the ninja world were in the same line as scrolls, so they were printed from right to left, top to bottom.

It’s simply anti-human!

Although it’s not impossible to read once you get used to it, if you print like this, you won’t be able to print many words on one page.

A book of the same thickness can print 200,000 words horizontally, but may only be able to print 150,000 words vertically.

This is very convenient for profiteers to rip off customers, but although [Tranquility Bookstore] is for making money, making money is not its main purpose.

Rather than making money, Ning Yuan values ​​the educational function of bookstores more.

"It has been published, and the results are pretty good!" Tsunade handed the several reports she had just received to Ning Yuan.

"The Kingdom of Water and Kirigakure Village were sold out first?" Ning Yuan was a little surprised. Logically speaking, the second strongest village in the ninja world should be Kumogakure Village.

"There are many bloodstained families in Kirigakure Village, so the literacy rate is naturally high!" Tsunade understood Ning Yuan's doubts and explained: "Although Kirigakure Village is strong, there are not many literate people."

Ning Yuan nodded, as if that was the case.

Hiruzen Sarutobi of Konoha is still planning to build a family in the world, but Kumogakure Village is already there.

The Fourth Raikage didn't pass it on to his son not because he didn't want to, but because he didn't have a son.

"What about Yanyin Village? There should be a lot of literate people in Yanyin Village!" Ning Yuan asked.

There are no ninja families in Iwagakure Village, so Onoki thought of a strategy. If there are not enough elites, let's increase the quantity.

There is power in numbers!

So you can see that when it comes to Iwagakure Village, it is basically related to quantity. For example, the Third Raikage is one against ten thousand, and Kanna Kunqiao Minato is one against fifty.

Iwagakure always has a numerical advantage.

There is great power in numbers, but it is not always a good thing.

The logistical pressure faced by many people is also great.

Therefore, once the supply line of Iwagakure Village is cut off, it will naturally be impossible to fight.

"There are indeed many people in Iwagakure who can read, so I sent a lot of goods, a total of 1,500 volumes!" Tsunade said, "So I guess I have to wait for a while."

"That's it!" Ning Yuan nodded, and then handed over a stack of manuscripts: "These are the second and third chapters of The Great Desolation."

Before, my writing level was not raised, and I could only write one book a week. Now it has been raised, and I can write two books a week.

The Second Period of the Ancient World begins with Hongjun becoming a saint and ends with Nuwa creating humans, including the rise of demon clans and the war between lich and lich.

The Three Ancients begins with Nuwa's creation of humans and ends with the Lich War, including the reincarnation of Houtu, the War between Humans and Demons, and the War between Liches.

It's all full of useful information.

"Isn't the speed of publishing books too fast?" Tsunade asked: "One has not even reached the upper limit yet!"

"This book is highly coherent. If you buy one, you will buy two, and if you buy two, you will buy one. They promote each other." Ning Yuan said: "Besides, I write books quickly, so it won't be a problem."

Five thousand years, and it's a vernacular version. How many books do you have to write? If you write slowly, you can't finish them at all!

"Okay, it's your store anyway!" Tsunade said as she handed the book to the side, and Ning Yuan realized that there was another person in the room.

It was a little girl, not tall, with a watermelon head, looking at this side with curiosity.

"Shizune!" Ning Yuan smiled and greeted her.

Shizune blushed, nodded slightly, and left with the manuscript.

Tsunade didn't pay attention to this scene, but took out a report and handed it to Ning Yuan: "This week's construction results, take a look!"

"Tsk, it's really not easy to manage a city!" Ning Yuan looked through the contents one by one and sighed.

First, Mingchuan Town began to recruit refugees vigorously, but now is not a war period, there are not so many refugees, and because of the poor communication, farmers from other places do not know that Mingchuan Town will give land to them.

So Tsunade chose to cooperate with merchants traveling to Mingchuan Town to purchase population.

There are no refugees in the Land of Fire, but there are in other countries, such as the Land of Rain, which is still in a state of chaos.

The population of the Land of Rain only needs to walk on land for a short time before they can take a boat down to Mingchuan Town, which takes only a few days in total.

Secondly, cement plants, iron smelting plants, glass plants, coal plants, and pharmaceutical plants have also been built. Although they are not large in scale, they have solved the problem of having and not having.

Once these factories are built, roads and buildings can also be repaired. They cannot wait until the refugees arrive, and they can just use work instead of relief.

Finally, the school in Mingchuan Town was also established.

The school address is the manor of the former lord of Mingchuan Town. This manor not only covers a larger area than the ancestral home of the Senju clan, but also has complete facilities. It can be used as a school after a little renovation and adding some windows.

Not only is there a primary school, but also a middle school and university can be placed here.

The only problem is that there are no teachers.

Of course, it is definitely possible to recruit them at a high price, but Ning Yuan wants to engage in Chinese education, so he should teach from the beginning, and not learn the Ninja language for two years halfway through.

"It's really spending money like water!"

There is a number behind each construction, which clearly states the expenditure. In addition to the ready-made place used by the school, which does not cost much, the expenditure of the cement plant and steel plant is extremely huge.

If it were only relying on the assets of Tsunade and the Senju clan, it would have been insufficient long ago.

Fortunately, penicillin was also produced by Tsunade. Businessmen have seen the effect of penicillin. While acting as agents, they also injected a large amount of funds and loans into Mingchuan Town.

Tsunade used the funds to establish Mingchuan Bank, but finance was too complicated, so Tsunade only established an empty shell, and Ning Yuan had to do the subsequent filling and management work.

In fact, Ning Yuan didn't understand finance, but at least he knew how modern banks make profits. He could have a shape first, and then slowly fill in the spirit.

It can be regarded as moving forward while exploring.