"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, Lancheng Daily, one penny a piece, freshly released Lancheng Daily!"
Early in the morning, such voices resounded in the streets and alleys of Lancheng. Groups of children in animal skin skirts were running around the streets with thick stacks of newspapers, shouting non-stop.
"Lancheng Daily? What is it?" Pedestrians were wondering, what is this
"The new daily newspaper of Zizhu Academy has the latest information on the big and small things in Lancheng. The Minister of the Ministry of Households and the Minister of the Ministry of War fought in the court hall. The Minister of the Ministry of Rites was kicked into the ditch by Mrs. Shangshu when he returned home from the brothel with a hangover last night. Bing Siqing challenged an unnamed master last night and was kicked until he fell to the ground. Zi Donglai guarded him in Izumo and broke seven cities..."
"Boy, come here, is what you just said true?" A big man asked.
"Of course, there are all of them." The person who was stopped was a seven or eight-year-old child, looking up at the other person expectantly: "Would you like a copy? One penny."
"I can't read!" The big man laughed loudly.
The child's face turned dark immediately: "Why ask if you can't read?"
"I'll just ask you if it's true." The big man didn't mind either.
At this moment, another little girl ran by, shouting as she ran: "Sell newspapers, there is a bust portrait of His Majesty on the newspaper! There are also various news in Lancheng!"
"Give me a copy!" The big man threw a copper coin over without saying a word, and happily left with a newspaper.
Although I can't understand what's written on it, it's good to look at the bust of His Majesty!
The front page of this new so-called Lancheng Daily is a half-length photo of the empress. Although it is black and white, everyone can imagine that it is a set of bright red clothes, and her eyes are slightly squinted. Mang flashed.
Those who bought this newspaper could even feel the aura emanating from the empress through this portrait.
I don't know who the person in the painting is, just like a real person, that's what is called lifelike.
Put this paper on the paper when you go back, and pay tribute sooner or later, more than one person thought this way, some people even made a wooden frame after going back, and put this newspaper in the frame.
It's easier to set it up that way.
"My lord, the newspapers are selling well, but most of them are bought for the bust of His Majesty, and there are not many people who can read. After tomorrow, I'm afraid they won't be able to sell so many."
In the afternoon, most of the newspapers had been sold, and Zhu Zhuo, the business secretary, reported to Ren Baqian.
"It's okay, if you can't sell it, send it to various places and post it on the streets and alleys, and have someone read it out." Ren Baqian said.
Newspapers can open people's minds first, and they can be tongue-in-cheek, so it doesn't matter if you lose money.
What's more, this thing can't lose money.
However, it was really prescient for me to put the bust photo of the Empress in the newspaper, at least the reputation of the Lancheng Daily will go out immediately.
After the opening of the Martial Arts Hall, another month passed for Dayao. These days, he built a paper mill, mainly producing two kinds of paper, one is for newspaper...the other is for toilet paper! Then the paper mill was thrown to the Ministry of Industry.
If it wasn't for high-value or short-term luxuries, such as mirrors and glass, Ren Baqian didn't plan to get involved, lest he end up with the reputation of competing with the people for profit. He himself doesn't care, but he still has to think about it for the Empress.
This also gave the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households a little sweetness.
As for the content of the daily newspaper, it is basically provided by the students of the institution.
For these new things, the students in the college are very interested in their spare time, and they come up with a lot of secrets from various prefectures. For example, Tonglan sold the black history of her grandfather Tong Zhenye without saying anything I can do a few Tongfu columns.
Ren Baqian left the Office of the Department of Commerce and went to the middle of Beihong District and Zhulian District, where a small area of houses was cleaned up and a circular square was vacated. And in the middle there are countless straw bags of cement, red bricks, thick tree trunks, and many ancient people coming and going there.
The clock tower is under construction here.
Today, more than half of the 20-foot-high clock tower has been repaired, and it is expected to be completed in another month.
The Zhang family is also busy building the huge tower clock above the clock tower.
If it goes well, the clock tower will be completed within two months, which can also be said to be the landmark building of Lancheng.
Ren Baqian looked around the clock tower for a long time before returning to the palace, and saw the empress standing in front of the table, which was covered with pens, ink, paper and inkstone, the empress stood holding the brush for a long time before she moved the brush like flying.
Ren Baqian walked over and saw that the Empress was drawing something, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is actually drawing, in such a good mood today?"
"Well... I want to be calm. It is said that painting has this effect." After finishing the painting quickly, the empress threw the brush aside, stretched her body and stretched her waist, exposing the beautiful curves of her upper body to Ren Baqian's eyes.
The empress felt that her recent cultivation was still growing, which made her a little distressed.
She hardly uses cultivation, and seems to be growing casually, whether it is happy or angry.
Occasionally, a sudden enlightenment will greatly increase the cultivation base.
Last time, if he hadn't forcibly restrained himself, he would have directly broken through the Supreme Heaven and reached the level of the former emperor.
But even though she suppressed herself, her strength was still gradually increasing, which made her a little distressed.
She has been worrying about her strength growing too fast recently.
If others knew about the Empress' troubles, she would probably vomit three liters of blood and hang herself on the southeast branch. How many people are stuck at a pass and cannot advance an inch for life, and how many people are working day and night to go further!
But the empress is worried about the fact that she can't control the growth rate of her strength!
"Your Majesty, this drawing is... funny?" Ren Baqian was startled when he looked at the paper. It was a round ball with two crescent eyes on the top and an arc below. Isn't this funny
"What's funny?" The empress was a little puzzled, and then pointed to the circle on the paper, "The sun, the red moon and the yellow moon! Don't they look like it?"
Ren Baqian was silent for a long time: emmmmm
Well, there are indeed two moons in this world, one red moon and one yellow moon. The red moon can be seen every day, while the yellow moon can only be seen once every three days.
No matter how you look at it, your drawing is ridiculous! The level is equivalent to that of kindergarten middle class!
But you are the emperor, you have the final say.
"Like, it's just that I'm too stupid to think of it for a while. I heard from His Majesty that it is indeed the case. If it is painted with color, it must be recognized at a glance. Your Majesty can draw such a picture with just one move, and it really is." It is not comparable to ordinary people.”
"You think I'm a fool? Fooling me again!" The empress cast a glance at him, flicked her sleeves and walked back to the couch.
"How could it be? Just the sun, if you haven't practiced for ten or eight years, you can't draw such a circle! There used to be a great painter who painted eggs for several years, but he couldn't draw two identical ones. One of the most famous painters.
Look at what His Majesty drew again, it's almost the same as the one drawn with a compasses. If His Majesty draws another one, it must be able to achieve this level. Look at these two moons again, even the angle and size are exactly the same, this control power is beyond the reach of others, and it is natural to get twice the result with half the effort when painting! "Ren Baqian exclaimed earnestly.
"Whether your majesty is practicing martial arts or painting, as long as you touch him, you are much better than ordinary people."
"The great painter you mentioned really exists? What's his name?" the empress turned her head and asked.
"Da Vinci!"