Viscount's Mansion, in the courtyard. Xiong Yan sat on a rocking chair, blew the warm wind, which was very comfortable and felt like he wanted to sleep.

Lihua, holding a jade slip, reported the news aside.

"The previous edition of Qianlong Banquet was sold madly, setting a record for the best. So far, 9.32 million copies have been sold. I heard that many booksellers plan to use this issue's encouragement to enter the country and other provinces."

"According to the current trend, the total number of this period will not be long before it will exceed 10 million. If it can be sold nationwide, it will be really amazing."

"And, with the blessing of this interest alliance, the number of people who encouraged students to sell has increased from two million books per issue to four million books now, with an extremely amazing profit."

"With technological improvement, we can earn a net profit of 180,000 taels for every million books, which means we can earn at least 720,000 taels for each issue."

Two periods per month, twenty-four periods a year, and you don’t need to count, you know that the total profit must be more than 15 million taels.

A business with an annual net profit of more than 15 million taels can be called a luxury businessman or a second-rate person even if it is placed in the capital.

It seems inconspicuous, but it is the capital. If you can become a second-rate person in the capital, and place it in the capital, you will definitely be a first-rate person.

"But, in this case, the profit is too great. We can't cover it at this moment, right?" Lihua said worriedly.

In Dachu, there are actually unspoken rules for any kind of person and how big the business he can do.

For example, if a juren relies solely on his own, his business scale has reached hundreds of thousands of taels, and his annual profit has reached tens of thousands of taels, and his almost the end.

If you want to continue to grow bigger, there will be people who can't even afford to offend Juren, or make things difficult for you, or use various methods to steal your money.

Xiong Yan's identity at this moment is Duke Jie Yuan, a promising scholar. Yicheng Zishi was a famous lord and a relatively noble lord.

These two identities, combined, can be covered by a business worth about one million in more than a year.

In addition, he knew Duke Ji, so he was highly appreciated by Duke Ji. He could barely cover his business with a revenue of millions of taels a year.

However, the current encouragement for learning is about to become a super big business with an annual income of tens of millions. This is not something Xiong Yan can eat alone at this moment.

However, before Xiong Yan could answer, the old patriarch walked quickly from a distance and rushed to Xiong Yan.

Judging from his expression, he was a little panicked and impatient, as if something bad happened. Thinking of this, Xiong Yan sat up.

"Uncle Ye, don't panic, if you have anything to do, just say it slowly." As he said that, Xiong Yan also poured a cup of tea for the old patriarch.

Looking at Xiong Yan's calm appearance, the old patriarch also calmed down. After drinking a cup of spiritual tea, his mood recovered.

"Rumors, overwhelming rumors. There are rumors everywhere that you have to be the first in the juren. It is said that the reason why you are so powerful is that you gave the money you earned to the court to persuade you to study, so the court will let you be the first."

"And, this rumor is analyzed in detail, and you can clearly explain the money you earn in every issue of your encouragement to study."

"Among the rumors, you are very rich and you can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every time you encourage your studies. So far, you have already gained tens of millions of dollars. This time, you took out five million taels of silver in one go and bought it from the court?"

"The rumors have a great influence, and many people believe it. Especially the five million taels and ten million taels of silver, it directly changes your image in the hearts of the people."

"It is no longer the image of a young genius, nor the image of a powerful person reincarnation, but a rich man with a big belly, a family income of tens of millions of yuan, and a monthly income of hundreds of thousands of taels."

"This is fake, and scholars will not believe it. The credibility of the court is here. Moreover, the court will soon refute rumors, and those who spread rumors will pay the price." Xiong Yan said calmly.

"Yes, you and I know it's fake, and scholars also know it's fake. But it will have an impact in the end, even if it's not big."

"And, the impact of five million taels and ten million taels of silver is too great. People's hearts are unpredictable. Even if many scholars and scholars know that this is fake, they will become dark when they think of so much money."

To put it bluntly, the rumors themselves are not scary. Xiong Yan bought the first place with silver, but there were almost no one who believed in it except the ignorant people. However, the ten million taels of silver were deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"And, when so many people hear so much money, their impression of Yan'er will be completely changed." The old patriarch was very angry at this moment.

In fact, Xiong Yan was also a little angry, but he didn't show it.

This is a character design. This time, the other party actually directly attacked his character design.

For several years, the image of a genius boy who was a hard-working elite collapsed directly under ten million taels of silver.

The image of the powerful reincarnation I have always created is useless in the face of so much money.

Even if the court quickly refutes the rumors, catches a few minions and punishes them severely. Or, catch a few unlucky scholars and juren as typical examples, what's the use of dealing with them?

The saying of 10 million taels of silver will probably have been deeply rooted in people's hearts by then.

However, Xiong Yan was not worried. Most of the people's vision was very short-lived, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were short-sighted.

Moreover, over the years, Xiong Yan has also summarized some of his experiences after reading the secret records of the royal family.

In short, the people are ignorant and can be guided by them.

If a rumor attracts attention, so what? Just do another thing to attract the attention of the people.

At that time, the people will naturally forget about this matter.

"There is no need to worry about this matter, what else? Uncle Ye, you are so anxious, it seems that this is more than just this matter, right?"

"There is one more thing that someone has directly attacked us. Pirates have appeared, and pirated copies on the market about urging students have appeared in large quantities."

"In the past, although there were pirated copies, it was not a large number, and it was not large. The total number was at most one percent compared to the genuine version, which was not worth worrying about."

"However, at this moment, pirated copies have appeared on a large scale. It was like, overnight, it spread throughout Hebei Province."

As he said that, the old patriarch took out two books, which looked exactly the same, and there was no big difference.

Xiong Yan carefully checked it, but the quality of the paper, the clarity of the content, the thickness of the book, and the number of pages were almost the same.
Chapter completed!