I was building in ancient times

Chapter 97 Spreading rumors

Newspapers spread widely in Xinyang City with the wind of Chinese New Year. If Duan Shubai chose the right time to publish the newspaper on the first day of the new year, he did not have such a good start in the whole year. Because during the Chinese New Year, when everyone has nothing to do, if there is any new news, they can't wait to make it known everywhere. If they choose the busy season of March and April, they will definitely not have such influence.

The first issue of the newspaper was free, and even though it was free, those who got it took it seriously. For people at this time, writing and books are still unattainable things. It was too difficult to support a child to study in the past. Even now that Duan Shubai is building schools around Yangzhou, this tradition still cannot be changed. concept.

People who read books have a different status.

For those families with little literacy, such a newspaper is regarded as a treasure. These people hardly have any books in their homes, but they have only attended a few literacy classes. I understand!

The context of the story is continuous, and you can understand the meaning of the text even by guessing. Some old men and women who don't know a few words, when they have nothing to do, sit by the fire and read the newspaper. The grandchildren studying in the school read the newspaper leisurely.

They were Bai Ding in the first half of their lives. They never thought that they could become "scholars" as they approached their old age.

The content in this newspaper is still the news that happened around, the content is not blunt and obscure, but lively and interesting.

Someone sighed: "For the first time in my life, I found that reading is also an interesting thing!"

The enthusiasm of ordinary people in Xinyang City to read newspapers continued to rise.

What surprised them even more was that there was a novel written by Yan Li and others behind them. The people in Yangcheng are too familiar with these things! In the past, when the school was first built, they listened to the books behind them, and the content of the dialogue novel was almost familiar to everyone. There are always many words and sentences that are similar in the content written by an author. When they look at unfamiliar words, they can understand Fu Zhixin read it out of his mouth.

The words and sentences I heard in my ears are finally connected with the words on the page this time!

"It's so strange, I don't know at least half of the words in this sentence, but I can read them together and understand their meanings, as if someone has read them in my ear thousands of times. "

"Didn't you read it thousands of times? Didn't you carry a small stool every day and listen to storytelling for half an hour to feel at ease?" On the

first day of the new year, Duan Shubai sent two thousand for free in Xinyang City. The Four States United Newspaper and Yangbao, these two newspapers are scheduled to be published together, and the subsequent issues will be separated. The Four States United Newspaper is a newspaper published in the four states of Yun, Yang, Xuan and Yuan. Yangbao is just a newspaper in Yangzhou for the entertainment of ordinary people.

Among the two newspapers, the people of Yangzhou like Yangbao the most, because the content in it is really friendly, and the introductions and records on Yangbao are all famous things in Yangzhou.

After the free newspapers are distributed, the rest will be sold in newsstands, and there are places to sell newspapers in several major counties in Yangzhou. The most important place to sell newspapers in Yangzhou is at the wharf in Yangzhou. This is an excellent location for travelers to buy and read newspapers.

The newsstand at the wharf has already been built, and now the newspaper has been published, but it has not yet started operation. In the lively Chinese New Year, the wharf where there were many boats in the past was deserted. In a hurry, newsstands have also started operating.

The four-state joint newspaper is 20 cents a piece, and the Yangpao is ten. The four-state joint newspaper has ten pages in total, and the sunpao has four pages. This price is the lowest price Duan Shubai has tried his best to make. Today's books are priced at hundreds of Wen or even a few taels of silver, and ordinary people can't afford a book at all.

In fact, even at this price, Duan Shubai paid a lot of money. It can be said that the selling price of this newspaper is much lower than the cost.

If it wasn't for him running many businesses and various industries under his own name, several of the people who sent out with the money he gave at the beginning became wealthy businessmen, and they continued to support him with money every month. Yangzhou's tax revenue this year is also a festival. Otherwise, he really can't afford to support the soldiers and the newspaper industry that are rushing out with his money.

As a warlord, he is self-sufficient. Thanks to the help of the system, he can afford to support a huge army without exploiting the people.

Since the beginning of building the school, Duan Shubai has arranged for people to study the improvement of printing, and tried his best to control the price of books. According to some information provided by the system, he found many craftsmen, and finally came up with metal ink movable type printing. The typesetting booklets have small and beautiful fonts, and can hold more words on limited paper.

After the new printing factory was completed, in addition to printing books, Duan Shubai also arranged for the establishment of a newspaper publishing house to revise the content and publish printed newspapers.

For older illiterates, letting them use newspapers to learn literacy is definitely easier to accept than the obscure Four Books and Five Classics. Duan Shubai also asked people to add punctuation marks to the text to avoid the problem of sentence reading. Sentence reading is just a sentence. , because there are no punctuation marks in ancient Chinese, a dense mass of words, the teacher teaches students, the first thing is to let them learn to read sentences, with punctuation, this step can be saved.

Newspapers are regarded as a new media in ancient times. Duan Shubai believes that newspapers will definitely be sought after by the public. After they are widely popularized, production costs will drop, and all the money he lost can be repaid with interest. return.

The Four States United Newspaper also started selling in the other three states after the first day of the new year. In the other three states, there was no reason for Duan Shubai to give it away for free. They all had to be bought with money. The people of the three states were surprised to find that after the Spring Festival, another new thing appeared.

"What is a newspaper?"

"The font on it is small and clear, much better than other books."

"What kind of new thing is this? How much is a copy?"

"It's only twenty cents, buy a copy Let's take a look."

Duan Shubai asked the leaders of several other states to help sell the newspaper, and he must spread the reputation of the newspaper. Along the streets and alleys, there were people hawking newspapers. Different places use different marketing methods, and the Four States United News is very popular.

Among them, the group of storytellers raised by Duan Shubai are the most credited to the promotion of the newspaper. They are the early marketers, they are eloquent, they tell good stories, and they are full of tricks to trick people into buying newspapers. They get commissions for how many copies of newspapers they sell.

"Let's take a look at the newspaper. The content on it is wonderful. Don't miss it when you pass by.

" One copy is fine." The

students came out, and they were about to go when they happened to meet the newspaper seller, and under the cunning tongue of the newspaper seller, they all moved their hearts, "It's only twenty yuan, so I'll buy it. Take a look?"

"I'll buy one."

"I'll buy one too."

Duan Shubai's newspaper business is booming, and the best seller is Xuanzhou, which is a bustling resort where books, cigarettes The fire is strong and the reading atmosphere is strong. Not only are there more rich people, but also more scholars.

The obstinate and old-fashioned literati read it and burned with anger: "What kind of nonsense and vulgar stuff is written here, it's not on the stage.

" Come on!"

Young people who can accept new things find it very novel: "The above articles are both refined and popular, with dots added at the end of each sentence, which looks much more relaxed and lively."

"Hey, the editor-in-chief of this newspaper is still Shi Old man, there are old man's new articles on it!"

"The typesetting of this newspaper is really comfortable, I have never seen a book with small, clear and beautiful words, these clear and beautiful words alone are enough for collection. "

Look carefully, these fonts should be molded with Mr. Shi's fonts."

The civilian businessmen in Xuanzhou who can read a few characters don't care about other things, they only care about the content above, such as those corrupt officials, They were very happy to watch, and they also enjoyed watching the dramas of the northern and southern courts, and what made them pay more attention to the new "advertisements" in the newspapers.

Duan Shubai kept his selfish intentions, and there were a lot of Yangzhou food and beauty advertisements on it. The Xiangjing Coconut Chicken and Yangjiang Fish Restaurant mentioned in it were all properties under his name.

In the past, if there was any famous food and beauty in a certain place, it would be spread by word of mouth, or some princes and nobles nominated it, or some shocking Confucianism would write articles for it. The whole world knows.

Now as soon as the newspaper came out, and after Duan Shubai bombarded people to promote it, all kinds of novel advertisements appeared in front of everyone for the first time. It looked quite novel, and many people decided that they must go to one if they had the time. Going to Yangzhou, "I want to see the newly built Buddhist temple. Is it like a fairyland outside the world, and the sky is full of golden light at sunrise."

"Is the peach blossom wine mentioned above really that delicious?"

"Yangzhou Drunken Goose!"

...

Some discerning businessmen saw the small advertisement of "Survival in the Crack" in the newspaper, their eyes lit up, and their hearts were ready to move. If they put their shop signs on it for publicity, wouldn't it be ...

They also want to appear in small advertisements, but they don't know how to publish them.

The sales of newspapers in Yuanzhou and Yunzhou are not as lively as those in Yangxuan, but they are also very happy to hear about them. Duan Shubai is still building schools in these two states. Yuanzhou has already had a large number of storytellers settled in. This time They also adapted well to newspapers.

Can tell newspapers as lively as storytelling.

The people of Yuanzhou applauded enthusiastically, what happened to their former prefect was very satisfying! Fortunately, they are now under the rule of General Duan, the taxes are reduced compared to previous years, the types of food have increased, and the surplus money in their hands has also increased. More importantly, the school built by Master Duan can study for free!

The people in Yunzhou listened to the storytelling, in a happy mood, full of expectations in their hearts, "Life in Yangzhou is so good, when can we live like that.

" That is: "It is said that it is the Sizhou United News, why is it full of content from Yangzhou? Why don't we write about it here?"

"Yes, this is the Sizhou United News! We want to nominate and write a letter Our stuff!"

"I heard that besides the Sizhou United Newspaper, there is also Yangpao, I'm a little curious, but we can't buy it here."

"I know a few merchants from Yangzhou, let them bring a few copies when the time comes come over."

Some businessmen from the north and the south discovered the business opportunities early, and they stationed newspapers in Xuanzhou and sent them to nine other states. The newspapers bought here for 20 yuan can be sold in Qingzhou and Jinzhou, even if the price is several times higher. Going out, in order to make the newspapers in their hands sell well, these responsible merchants spared no room to help Duan Shubai promote in the north.

The two small newspapers spread widely, not only in the four states, but also in several other major states. This momentum is like the north wind passing overnight, and the next morning when you wake up, everything is covered in white.

By the time Nie Kun found out that these newspapers were circulating in Rongzhou, it was too late.

Nie Kun, who has become the regent, is not unsatisfied. The disobedient little emperor Qi Huabin is dead, and replaced by a young emperor who is not yet ten years old, and he has become a veritable "regent". In this world, Who else has gained power and can be as aboveboard as him.

When he unifies the world in the future, he will let the Qi family "chaka" become extinct. At that time, it will naturally be him, the "righteous" regent yellow robe, who will aspire to the world.

These days, he has joined forces with the mighty Yuzhou and married the daughter of Wangxu, the king of Yuzhou.

The rebel puppet court headed by Ban Han in the north has already changed hands several times, and the regime has changed rapidly. The coalition forces of Jin, Xu and Qing states were beaten to pieces by the Wangxia clan, and the forces of all sizes fell apart, each occupying land as the king. Hua and Yong prefectures in the capital city were in turmoil. Nie Kun took advantage of the turmoil in the north and was near the water. Get a month first, run to get a share of the pie, and take down half of Yongzhou, and it will soon approach the capital of Huazhou.

The territory under Nie Kun's hands at this time is located in a dangerous place in the Central Plains. It can be attacked in advance and defended in retreat. It has the Fanzuo Plain, ten thousand mu of fertile land, and countless granaries. It can be said that it is the most powerful force among all parties. Fat and strong.

He sought talents widely, paid a lot of money for generals, and recruited soldiers and horses. In just a few months, he had already accumulated thousands of followers. Among them were counselors Zhang Liang, Liu Yushu and others. The generals were Ma Yu and Qi Shaoqiu, who took Yongzhou for him. All the way north.

He used the opportunity of suppressing Duan Shubai before to establish a good reputation in the Central Plains for being loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and courteous corporals. With this reputation, he attracted many talents, and of course, he also attracted a lot of money.

It doesn't matter if there is no general like Duan Shubai, there must be a brave man with a lot of money, they are all outstanding, and there are always many generals.

Duan Shubai's business in the four southern states is in full swing. Although Nie Kun was overwhelmed by Duan Shubai's several actions, he actually didn't take Duan Shubai seriously. His military strategic goals have always been concerned. The five states of Jin, Xu, Qing, Hua, and Yong in the north.

Since ancient times, it has always been only from the north to the south, from the north to the south, all the way to dominate the world, but no one has ever seen anyone from south to north, sweeping the north to win the world.

From the geographical point of view, the chances of winning in the south are very small, let alone Yangzhou and Yunzhou.

At that time, Nie Kun will unify Kyushu, drive the Wangxia tribe back to the grassland, and continue to take the Xuanyuan and Xuanyuan states in the south. The remaining Yangzhou and Yunzhou can be given to Duan Shubai. Wait until he unifies the Central Plains , the big deal is that he will be named a king with a different surname in the end, and he still has to accept the surrender obediently. Originally, Yangyun and Yunzhou belonged to our dynasty, but only a hundred years ago, and the remote villages and valleys will slowly clean him up in the future.

The reason why Nie Kun still underestimates Yangzhou is also because of the occlusion of ancient information, and people who go south will never return. Although he also heard that Yangzhou is no longer the barren and decadent scene where thieves were rampant, he doesn't think so. How strong can Yangzhou be?

Seeing is believing.

He still can't believe that Duan Shubai, a military general, can bring about earth-shaking changes after only two years in Yangzhou, unless he, Duan Shubai, is a fairy descended from the world and can turn beans into soldiers.

Blow, blow, let's blow the cowhide to the sky.

Under the horseshoes of their northern iron cavalry, no matter how beautiful a dream is, it can be smashed to pieces by you.

"Regent, Regent, everyone outside is saying that you forced the late king to death and intended to usurp the throne." Nie Kun's subordinates came to report anxiously, and handed over the confiscated newspapers to Nie Kun.

"What!" Nie Kun was shocked, and he picked up the newspaper handed over by his subordinates, "The Four States United News... is full of nonsense, where did this thing come from?? Where did it come from???" On the

newspaper Elaborately wrote how he imprisoned the emperor Qi Huabin, tied his hands with a belt, blocked his mouth with a foot cloth, locked the emperor in the palace, pretended that the emperor was seriously ill, prevented the ministers from seeing him, and fed him poison every day - medicine, let the people insult the emperor to eat mud, drink the boy's urine, and force Qi Huabin to make a will before he died, and forcibly seize the position of regent. He Zhong, the loyal little eunuch beside Qi Huabin, will What happened to the emperor told Hongyue, the maid of honor in the palace. Kun's wolf ambition.

Hongyue escaped from the palace. Nie Kun sent someone to arrest Hongyue. A farmer's family outside the city caught Hongyue and snatched back the imperial jade seal and the emperor's last blood letter. Hongyue killed herself by cutting her throat. All eight of them were silenced. Fortunately, their youngest son, Chu Liuer, escaped and revealed the truth to the world... The

whole article is full of ups and downs, fascinating, and the plot is even more twists and turns. , as if the person who wrote the article had seen it with his own eyes.

"Fucking shit, which bastard wrote this?" Nie Kun was so angry that his eyes were red, he was so angry that his whole body was shaking, and at the same time, the blood in his whole body seemed to be frozen, and the content written on it was true or false , who wrote these things? How many people already know...

He had previously earned himself the reputation of being loyal to the emperor and loving the country, saving the country from danger, and being ordered to support the young emperor when he was in danger. Now that these things are spread, it is not like stomping his face on the ground.

"Have the common people believed it?" Nie Kun said in a cold tone.

The person who came to report tremblingly said, "I believe it, I believe it. Now it is spreading wildly in the city, and there are also songs made up by Huangkou children."

This eye-catching article was written in great detail. Claiming that Qi Huabin was seriously ill in bed and would not allow ministers to see each other, some people were already gossiping about it in private. Some princes and ministers were dissatisfied with Nie Kun when he became queen regent... and not long ago, the palace was indeed arresting a criminal There was indeed a murder case of a family of eight murdered outside the city by the stolen court lady who fled... This series of coincidences completely confirmed the content of the article, making people unbelievable.

"What kind of palace lady Hongyue, the last blood book... It's a complete fabrication!" He, Qi Huabin, was strangled to death, so how could he write a blood book.

There is also a pile behind this, the palace maid fled, the farmer's young son... Nie Kun was dizzy watching it.

The truth of the matter is——the escaped palace lady did commit a theft, and the people in the palace sent people out to arrest them; and the murder of a family of eight outside the city was caused by bandits who fled south from Qingzhou. It has nothing to do with his imprisoning the emperor.

But these details are mixed in, which increases the feasibility of things.